No, really, I am!

Work has been a bitch. But it exists and that is a Good Thing.

I miss everyone very much. In September I might be able to go to FP again. Meanwhile we are planning to attend the event next weekend.

Vacation week rocked. There was much sleep. Aaahhhhhhh.........
Beach was lovely. No wind. None. In Oregon?!? Weird but we were all ok with it. ;-)
Todd and I took my 12 and 8 year old nephews to see GI Joe. Who knew the oldest was a budding film critic? :)
I kept thinking how much y'all would have enjoyed hanging on the beach and doing NOTHING for a while. Pure bliss.
Water was oddly 'warm' (aka not quite freezing). Which led to the not so ok news...
A 12' Great White Shark was caught not far from where everyone had been swimming. Ok, maybe *that* shark was no longer a threat but there were belated reports of sightings all along the coast. EEP!

Relaxed vibe was partially wrecked by news of the BART strike. I don't have a telecommuting kind of job. Hope the bus can get me into SF in a timely manner. *sigh*

http://www.rebelliouspixels.com/2009/buffy-vs-edward-twilight-remixed

About damn time.

No W/A War for us this summer. That gas money could be put to better use.
We're day tripping Crown but Conall is not fighting in the list.

Once I get a job we'll be active again. Until then, not so much.

The shoes I ordered yesterday arrived. And they are totally cute. And fit. And are comfy.
Zappos rocks.

A bunch of us saw it last night and gave it a unanimous WOOHOO!!!!!!!
If you like Trek at all, go see it. It was the most fun I've had at the movies in ages.

The casting was excellent, the visuals were amazing and the writing was decent. Familiar one liners were used to much cheering from the audience.
Nero needed more back story. Really, that's my only complaint.

Hopefully someone with better writing skills will review it here soon. I can't do it justice.

I am down to one sleeve pin. Akk!
Historic Enterprises is out of sleeve pins. Will their veil pins work or are they too flimsy? http://www.historicenterprises.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=209&c=16
Obviously I can safety-pin my sleeves on but would rather not. What else could I use?

Help me LJ!

This morning the dreaded email arrived. Sarishop.com finally has new stock listed.
EEK!
I was good and only bought two.

ETA: The saris arrived! Payed for standard shipping and it only took two days.
The kota/bandhni has big taupe diamonds in the body that were not visible in the pics but they add just the right contrast to cool down the orange and red. I think it needs a bright blue choli.
The 7.25yd Karnataka is heavy and gorgeous. The body is so finely checked it almost vibrates, and as advertised, the red and white palu glows.
So glad the sun will still be out when I get home this evening so I can see what they *really* look like.

Crown was fun.
Conall was out early so I stopped paying attention to the fighting but there didn't seem to be much foo. Thank goodness!

It was nice to spend a relaxed weekend with friends.
Sadly, we were asked not to play obscene charades during Ysa's poerty performance.
 
Germans folk seemed to be everywhere. The kingdom may be trending toward later period clothes again.
The idea of Etain's new wulsthaube and steuchlein, fabulous as they were, upstaging her beautiful new dress astounds me. See what happens when you are already known for having nice clothes? Add one new detail and that's all anyone notices.

I wore Scarlet, the Dress from Heck, for the first time. Ouch. So many things need to be changed. My shoulders are bruised.
But it received lots of compliments so I must have done something right.

Excellent dinner Saturday. Ysa's pasta salad was my favorite but Chani's never ending vat o' stew was pretty amazing.

Two kinds of cake!

Sunday was laid back. Maybe too laid back. I may have agreed to teach a wusthaube and steuchlein class at Fall Collegium.
We dithered so long we were rained on while packing. That part wasn't so much fun.

http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/

http://www.thirteen.org/sites/reel13/blog/watch-sita-sings-the-blues-online/347/

This is an amazing animated version of the Ramayana, from the female point of view.

Walking down the hall at work today I saw a sign on a door reading "Please Do Not Use- Door Is Broken".
The door in question is sideways, propped against the wall. How one might go about using it is beyond me, but you never know...