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Thanks to everyone for the well wishes. I’ve been doing pretty well, just haven’t felt like writing much. Hopefully you’ll be seeing more of me again soon.

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My poor Sammy relapsed with a terrible fever again this past weekend, and rather than make him suffer through who knows how many more hospitalizations we put him to sleep yesterday.

I already miss him.

What, like you never drop off the face of the planet for months at a time?

Here are some things that have happened lately, in no particular order:

Sam the cat was deathly ill for two weeks. He is currently recovering, eating lots to put weight back on and being affectionate. SXSW happened, and I avoided it except for the always-awesome nerdcore showcase and a Swedish swing/hip-hop band‘s performance in a pizza parlor’s parking lot. I started knitting lace for reals. I also joined a mystery shawl knitalong and a pattern collection based on Lord of the Rings. I have been watching Spartacus: Blood and Sand every week and enjoying it immensely. I didn’t quite manage to finish Killer 7 before FFXIII came out, so it’s just going to have to wait. I went to (part of) a dance workshop weekend. I will also be doing a dance routine for a showcase in June and am somewhat terrified.

Posting will hopefully commence at a more normal rate.

This morning I came into work and was greeted by a pair of Hershey’s Kisses on my desk. These were not your standard silver wrapped Kisses, but an unfamiliar teal wrapping. They were Kisses with Macadamia nuts, and they are delicious! Turns out that a coworker picked up a bag of these lovelies while visiting Hawaii. While wandering around the internet looking for these I also discovered limited edition cherry, coconut creme, truffle, and hot cocoa Kisses, which all look amazing. I’m going to see if I can procure some of these, preferably in something smaller than a 6lb case.

Well, it’s time for the yearly Dragoncon rundown post! It’s much later than usual because I came down with some form of con crud this year despite my best efforts. I blame the AC and dry air in our hotel room for my massive head cold.

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That feathers are really hard to dye? It makes sense once you think about it for a minute since they are water-resistant, but it may be something that you overlook when you’re getting supplies for a costume.

Ooops.

What is up, the internets? My week has been busy, as usual. I’ve been spending my evenings tidying the guest room (so my brother can actually find the bed when he comes to visit) and the apartment as much as possible. To add to my distress my brand new less than two weeks old monitor decided to stop powering on. I exchanged it over lunch on Wednesday relatively painlessly, but still! Things have been crazy enough. These kinds of things are not necessary!

Wednesday evening Dane went with me to see Wicked. We had a bit of a scheduling snafu beforehand: I underestimated the amount of time dinner would take and Dane didn’t print out the directions to the concert hall, which resulted in us getting there late. To make the whole thing even more stressful our seats were in the middle of the row, which meant we got to piss off about half the row on the way to our seats. Add to that me managing to stumble and land in someone’s lap at one point (hey, I was wearing stilettos and there’s about a foot of room to get by!) and you are pretty much guaranteed an awful night. Yet somehow after a few minutes I managed to calm down and really enjoy myself despite the mishaps. So I’d say that’s a pretty solid recommendation for you.

Now there’s one more week to go before Dragon*Con. (Technically it’s 6 days since we’ll be leaving on Thursday, but you get the point.) I really, really tried this year to get all my shit together early so the last week wouldn’t be a scramble, and it STILL didn’t quite work out. It is somewhat better that normal, though, as at least I have most of what I need already and just need to make the time to sew it all up. So! This weekend I will be sewing, dyeing feathers, and checking out the local costume shops for some last minute accessories.

Wow, I have been gone a long time. I guess I just didn’t feel like I had anything interesting to talk about, or I had writer’s block or something. In any case, things are going great with me. I just got a new job at an awesome place, so I won’t have to be stressed about money. Dragon*Con is coming up, which means rushing around to get costume stuff done. I’ve seen a lot of movies and watched a lot of TV shows. I’ll be trying to get back into the habit of writing more often, so watch this space.

About a month or so ago Dane and I saw that the Drafthouse had a listing for a Lord of the Rings feast. All three movies (the first two as the extended editions) shown back to back with a seven-course meal served at all of the Hobbit mealtimes. It sounded like it would be really intense but also really fun. The tickets were a bit expensive, but when we considered the amount of food and time involved we thought it was something worth doing at least once in our lives.

It was amazing! Both of us really enjoyed ourselves. Each meal was just the right amount of food so we didn’t feel stuffed, and it was great seeing the movies again. I thought that doing it once would be enough, but I would definitely consider doing it again in the future.

My only complaint is that they showed the theatrical version of Return of the King. Their explanation was that the extended version was never done in 35mm, and they didn’t want to show a DVD after showing the 35mm versions of the previous movies. I sort of understand that, but I was pretty disappointed that I didn’t get the see the Mouth of Sauron on the big screen.

Here’s a short breakdown of the food:

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Thanks to everybody for the birthday wishes! I started my birthday weekend off on Thursday night with a midnight showing of Repo! The Genetic Opera. I was pretty tired at work on Friday but it was worth it. If you’re in one of the seven cities it’s playing, go see it. It’s over the top, hilarious, and snarky. I loved it, and may actually try and see it again before the run is over. Then we went out for a nice dinner twice, on both Friday and Saturday. Friday we tried out the restaurant run by the culinary school near us. The food was top notch, and the service was good (even though that poor guy was pretty nervous). Saturday we went to a local place that was spectacular. It’s one of those places where the menu changes daily depending on what ingredients they get, and they use local farms for a lot of it. They even printed a “happy birthday” message on our menus. After dinner we went to the absinthe bar downtown for drinks. I didn’t do much on my actual birthday but play video games, but it was nice to relax a bit.