Renegade 2011

It's been a few years since I've been to Renegade Craft Fair, and that's a shame! It was glorious! I was a bit on the broke side, but I did spend most of my time collecting cards like crazy, and plan to search for a handful of the sellers and purchase some awesome handmade things in the near future.

I didn't write down all the shops (cause I'm a failbot), so apologies if I miss some here (let me know if you recognize any of them and I'll link properly).

Mojo Spa is too cute for words. And a local store!

 The only thing I bought: from Ryan Berkley Illustration. A shark in a suit bottle opener. He's my Erik/Magneto, so now I can open all the bottles!

 Brian Gubicza

 Cussing Cozies

They had free pins if you wore them around the fair.

 Took a break for a delicious veggie slider and apple cider from Mana.

Red Boots Design

 Purple Hippo Stitches

I went to Ren Fair and all I got were these pictures

One day, I'll go to Ren Fair fully decked to the nines in appropriate attire like most of my friends get to. Le sigh.

But we had an awesome time! Look at the proof!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with eyes like the sea after a storm

As I'm currently saturated with a zillion shows spinning in my head, I decided I should try to be somewhat productive as I get lost in a sea of fictional drama.
So I started this. The design is from a t-shirt I see floating around whenever I try to find Princess Bride things (cause I need more in my life).

So far, it's only ok (holes up the wazoo!), since I was too lazy to walk the twenty minutes to JoAnn's for proper embroidery fabric and new tools.
One of these days I'll get the hang of it.

GenCon vs Wizard Con

Over the past two weekends, I've been to GenCon in Indianapolis and Wizard Con in Rosemont.
Hands down, GenCon was more fun. Wizard Con had awesome celebs, and I may have flipped my shat over seeing Gareth David-Lloyd (Ianto from Torchwood) but it was way too crowded and not laid out in any way that made sense. I spent more time in heaps of crowds trying to get somewhere than I did actually doing anything.
Plus, at GenCon, I got to go with Ashlee and Susan, in costumes. Yeah. It was awesome.

We plan to go to Capricon in Febuary and Acen in April. Yeah. We're those sort of nerds.

work and fake names

I added some Rickman to my monitors at work. I'm such a professional. I need more, but I haven't decided of what yet.

 

 

My new title in the world of magic is Daniella Greenadle.
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Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Really, I want to give this 2 1/2 stars. I liked the concept, but I didn't like the main love interest or Jane/Courtney constantly talking about the future. I know she can't help it, cause she's kind of a failbot, but still. Time travel: you're doing it wrong.
Also, I'm over only seeing referenced to P&P and S&S. Rigler threw a couple other ones in there, but by the twentieth P&P comparison, I was done.
And with that said, I will probably read the "sequel" from Jane's perspective in Courtney's life. Cause my curiosity on what she gets up to is too much to ignore.



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so many books, so little time

Exciting news! I'm going to Gen Con and Wizard Con over the next two weekends.
Pretty pumped. Still getting costumes together. It's become more stressful than I'd like to admit.
More to come on that.
But today, before I leave, a nerdy book post.....
I'm attempting to get through all of the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. Everyone I tell says it's impossible.
Well, challenge accepted!
This might not be the most updated graph, since I know he recently published a new addition to the thirty plus book series, but it's what I'm going off of for the time being.
The grey checks are the ones I've finished. And I've recently bought The Truth (yes, I'm apparently going backwards as far as date published in the Industrial Revolution path, but I really wanted to read Going Postal).
I think it's doable.
Wish me luck!

Always.

I'm still recovering from Deathly Hallows part 2.
It was amazing! And heartbreaking. And funny. And Snape. And all around a fantastic movie, changes, cuts, and all.

I was crying for most of the battle, which was a lot. Neville was perfect. Ron and Hermione were adorable. And Snape was beyond amazing. Pretty sure I'm going to see it again sometime this weekend. But this time, I'll watch part 1 right beforehand so it feels like an awesome three hour continuous movie.
I also made a shirt for my sister Heather for the midnight premiere.

It's slowly sinking in that it's actually the end. Not as if I can't reread them for the millionth time or watch all the movies in a marathon. But aside from the park (which I will cry if I can't go in the next year), and Pottermore, the amount of new things is dwindling. I accept it. But it's still heartbreaking.
I'm in a glass case of emotion.

Apartment makeover: part 4

It's the back porch's turn to get a spruce-up.

The before:

Thanks Ikea.

The inspiration:

The results:

Aside from not finding lanterns, I'm quite happy with it so far. I mean, did you see the before? Now, this is where everyone ends up when friends come over.