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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
2:42 am	Hair today. Slightly messier donut part than before, but the wrap is niftier, just twisted and pinned instead of braiding. I think I sorta like it a little messier instead off how quite so smooth and perfect the first one was. (Comment on this)
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
11:14 pm	I just learned something new! I figured out how to make a donut bun! I do need some practice on what to do with the leftover hair, as my braid wraps aren't too neat, but I didn't spend any time on that part, the whole thing is just so quick and simple. It is really so very nifty and incredibly easy. There's a cheat involved. I had never before stopped to think how people did this, and it's ridiculously silly that it never occurred to me that there was a cheat. ME. The chick who taught herself how to do braided hair extensions and can spot a weave or a wig a mile away never stopped to think that there was a shortcut to the perfectly round donut bun. THERE IS A SOCK INSIDE. Or apparently you can buy a foam form from a store, but sock is softer. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
1:56 pm	On getting older. One of the things I was told as a kid that annoyed me THE VERY MOST, is one of those things that has turned out to be the most true. Just wait it out, give it time. There are so many ridiculous things that seem life ending, WORLD ENDING, even. At the time you feel like nothing will ever change, that everything will always suck exactly that much. Weirdly, being sick so much helped me learn this too. No matter how much some current bacterial infection, or a breakup, or a fight, or even someone you care about very much dying, hurts RIGHT FUCKING NOW ... Just wait. Some things, obviously, like death of a loved one, still always are part of you to some point, but eventually it gets better ... easier. I avoid actually handing out this advice because I knew how very much it once pissed me off to hear it. Because when you're really in wallowing miserable world, the last thing you want to hear is something that translates to you at the time as GET THE FUCK OVER IT. The older I get, the more friendly I become with the passing of time. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
11:26 am	I love Lem and Phil from Better Of Ted. Lem: "Look at that. You had a problem in your life and who stepped up to help you? Math! She has always been there for you, hasn't she, Phil?" Phil: "If she ever took physical form, I'd leave my wife and marry her." Lem: "Stand in line, my friend." (Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
7:37 am	Television, pharmacy, video games, and eventually I'll have a crafts desk. Let's do have a ramble, shall we? I had a rather interesting recent visit to the UMC pharmacy, in which the lines were crazylong and more filled with loud ungrateful bitchers than usual. I was quoted 2-2 1/2 hours, and they filled it in an hour, but when I picked it up there was a mix up with one medication, which they told me would be another hour to fix, but it took them lessa 10 minutes to do so. The pharmacists have been a fuckton happier and friendlier my last few visits, which leads me to believe they're becoming much more organised at least in the backoffice doings, hence less stress on them. Weirdly, though I'm sure it's a coincidence and not at all a conspiracy, I noticed that the more polite customers were getting their scripts filled much faster than the loud bitchers, for identical meds in some cases. There was one dude I was talking to who was there quite a while before me, and still waiting when I left. He was one of the louder complainers. Which was sad because he seemed really nice otherwise and he was pretty good looking. Part of me thinks I should have talked to him more, but the other part is pretty sure that if he's so impatient and bitchy about such a simple situation, that would indicate quite a slew of other things we'd seriously disagree on. Recently, I was complaining to that Spanky guy about a lack of good shows around this time of year, and he recommended The IT Crowd. So I located and watched that. I recognised Moss (Richard Ayoadale) from Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. It's a very fun show and it's still going, so I'm quite looking forward to its fourth series. Apparently they attempted an American version which never got off the ground, with the same Moss, but Joel McHale playing Roy. I'm rather glad that went nowhere. I like McHale quite fine on community, I don't think I would have liked him as Roy. So when I'd watched all of The IT Crowd to date I went looking for information about what else the actors/writers had done. I discovered that several people associated with IT Crowd were also involved in The Might Boosh TV series. I'd been meaning to check out this Boosh business for a while, so I went ahead and gave that a go. I didn't care too much for the first series, the whole set in a zoo business wasn't terribly funny, but it was entertaining enough that I kept watching. I'm glad I did cause series 2 and 3 were much funnier, and I realised I had seen a few episodes before, specifically the episode with Old Gregg. Really the main thing that convinced me to keep watching was the fact that Noel Fielding played the goofy goth who lived in the closet for a bit on The IT Crowd, so I knew he had more of a funny range than he was showing in the first series of Boosh, he pretty much just annoyed me in the first series. Stupid zoo. Further actors and writers in common led me to stumble upon Black Books next. Which is basically the exact same idea as The IT Crowd, just in a book shop, and the Irish character is considerably more drunk and surly. I enjoyed it quite a lot, and was sad that only the three short series exist of it. It is apparently set in the same Universe as Spaced, which is nifty. However, watching Black books I was sure I knew Fran (Tasmin Greig) from somewhere, so of course after I finished watching that show, I looked to see what else she'd been in. And REstumbled back upon Green Wing. I'd watched the first few episodes prior, on hulu.com and didn't get into it. It's just really really ridiculous. But after all this prior britcom watching, decided to give it another go. I think the first time I just wasn't prepared for such a ridiculous show, so, second go round I managed to watch it all and was very entertained. Although the ending was strange and I didn't really care for it. My favourite character in it was the ridiculous Sue White (Michelle Gomez), a completely batshit insane Scottish staff liason. Really really really batshit insane, but she does it all with a completely straight face that just killed me every time. For example, a few times she's randomly wearing a squirrel head and tail, once she has ridiculously long arms, and once she's just randomly riding a camel through the hospital, which they never ever explain. And now my regular US shows have either started back up or started new seasons, so back to this side of the pond, TV wise. Until Doctor Who and Torchwood start back up at least. As for shows closer to home, I've absolute loved the second season of Dollhouse so far. First season I was just entertained, but not at all upset when I learned it was canceled, but this second season has been brilliant, and now I'm sad. However, they do seem to have been aware of it in the writing, and it seems as though they're going to wrap up the story rather nicely, so, it's not like it's going to be canceled with story dangling. Also, during the TV lull, I noticed that ToeJam & Earl was a featured article recently on Wikipedia, and I remembered I really enjoyed that game, hadn't thought about it in a while. So I acquired a sega emulator, and it, and have played through it a few times now, and it seriously was just as fun as I remembered it. And lastly a thing which has no pictures to illustrate ... YET. Since we've lived here (a year now!), I haven't had any place to put my sewing machine, so it's lived on a shelf in my closet, nor a place for my beading stuff, so it lives all over the dining table and the coffee table, which bothers the Joshperson, and also myself. A few weeks back mother emailed me asking if I'd like a large 3x6foot desk. I found the large metal yard stick, did some measuring around in my room, decided where it should go, and replied to her that yes, yes I would very much like this desk! However, when they went to move it, they discovered that one of its legs was broken, but fixable. So it's apparently been sitting in her living room, half fixed, ever since the first attempt to bring it to me. But hopefully soon it shall be mine. I am looking forward to having all my crafty stuff in one area. Also it has two large file drawers in, so I'll also have a place to keep paperwork and such. YAY! I am excited about it eventually being here. (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
8:30 am	Welcome to Thursday! (Comment on this)
Friday, December 25th, 2009
12:46 am	HAPPY EVERYTHING! (Comment on this)
Saturday, December 19th, 2009
2:13 pm	eris is a cheater, NYAA! (pt. 2) Since it's just me and the catbeast this holiday week, and grocery shopping was just for me. I got a couple extra treats for the week. Been craving potstickers for a few days, so got some of those, chicken and veggie, fried summadembitches up in cast iron skillet with no oil last night, so that's probably not so bad. They are quite tasty. I got a few little appetizer type things, so this is what I am having NAO: Little mushroom bite things, baked up. I am amused they tried to make them into the shape of mushroom. A hugelarge salad, got extra salad fixings this week. this one has got carrots, mushrooms, olives, some salad toppin stuff which includes baco bits und peanuts und sesame seeds nstuff, and some paramsan cheese on. Also for the week I got stuff for more chili, salads, and still have plenty of chikun boobs left in the freezer. (Comment on this)
Friday, December 18th, 2009
11:33 pm	I love, tiny cokes they make me feel so ... bad. I <3 you, little can of soda. (Comment on this)
10:26 pm	Because I haven't posted any Biff funny lately. Dwight = Biff, the brother of eris. Pie = eris Jean = mom Grg = Friend!Grg (Comment on this)
4:38 pm	Heh. Heh Originally uploaded by erispie3 (Comment on this)
2:35 pm	Because we haven't pasted Dom conversations in a while. This happened as a result of a previously serious discussion about a game with both play on facebook. eris: Oh yay, there's fruit in the free gifts now. DOM: My fruit is a free gift. eris: har DOM: Unfortunately, it is only a loquat eris: This seems like a trap. DOM: Trust me. My fruit is delicious. eris: You're a fruit. DOM: YOUR FACE IS A FRUIT eris: YOUR MOM IS A FACE DOM: YOUR FACE IS A FACE eris: YOUR FACE SMELLS DOM: YOUR FACE IS SMELLS eris: You broke my brain. DOM: I win! (Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
11:20 pm	Little books. I have now been successfully keeping a food diary since the 7th, December. This is, so far, my longest successful run at it. In the past I've gone stupid every time, and writing down food ends up with me eating as close to nothing as possible, because my brain is broken in that area (hmm, possibly the zoloft is helping calm that particular obsession?) The green one is food, the blue one is temperature or whatever other vitals doc requests I keep track of in the future. I also keep track of those online in a private community, but books are also nice to have with me and it gives me something to take and show to the doctor if she asks. The black one is an entirely new concept of record keeping that I've never been even a little successful at. I have tried, in private places online, a handful of times over the years and failed. The little black book is unfortunately NOT hot girl phone numbers, but a diary of pain, symptoms, and moods. I only just started it and it's been wildly successful. Somehow writing that stuff online, even if only I can see it, still ends up with me trying to downplay it as much as possible. Weirdly when it's just in that little book, I'm not having that trouble. Just straightfoward, x is going on, x hurts y amount, etc. x, y, and z hurt n amount like the fucking dickens at the moment, if they don't calm the hell down at all tomorrow, I'm calling doctor's office and seeing if I can get in sooner. I'm really enjoying my vacation from the ER so far and am not looking to go back any time soon if I don't hafta. (Comment on this)
Monday, December 14th, 2009
12:14 pm	Fiddlesticks! Drat and blast! Just got an email back from a client that I've done voice work for. They're not going to have any work for me before xmas after all, no room in the budget before end of year and all that. But the job still goes undone, so as soon as they can afford me in the new year, I'll get it. Equal parts annoyed cause I was really hoping to actually get some money to buy xmas gifts, but als notsoannoyed because I'm glad they're keeping in contact and there's still future work in that area. Still, Balls! (Comment on this)
Saturday, December 12th, 2009
7:10 pm	Chikun boob salad. (Comment on this)
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
9:17 pm	Hello bus. A bus came into my complex today, while I was fetching the mail around 3 o'clock. It appeared to be devouring children instead of spitting them out, I do not know why. (Comment on this)
1:00 pm	What the hell is this thing? What is the white fluffy blob? How is it relevant to this advert? Is it the abominable snowman lurking behind poinsettias? I DO NOT UNDERSTAND!!! (Comment on this)
12:17 pm	eris is a cheater, NYAHH! Running out of eatmostlyprotein options with what we've left in kitchen this week since doctor insisted on changes in what I eat, AFTER grocery shopping had already been done. So today, so far, is totally a FUCK IT day. I made me some cheese enchiladas. They're going to get some sour cream on, and also there's about a tablespoon of beans inside each of them. (Comment on this)
Saturday, December 5th, 2009
6:31 am	Some recent pictures. Had a little out this week, took me a walk to the bank of which some pictures were rightaway posted. Albertson's has these HUGELARGE teddy bears out nearly every year, and I always want one. I love GIANT stuffed animals. The next day there was a very lovely out to Lunfast with the girlperson, where I had awesome salad. I<3 salad bars and I wish I could have them all the time. I've tried premaking the bits into seperate storing guys and keeping in the fridge to assemble salad whenever I want. But it's somehow never as good as from a salad bar. She made an ice cream monster, I tried to post picture then but it apparently went nowhere, as sometimes happens, so here is the monster. I like how the lighting's not quite right so that it's slightly glowy. When I got home I meant to have me a walk around the pool to get home, but I discovered that they've taken it a step further than just turning off the heater to the hot tub, they've now chained the gates. This is super annoying, STOP DENYING ME HOT TUB! (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
4:35 pm	Time marches on. A year and three weeks ago from today, we found the perfect condo. Unfortunately we did not have the move-in costs up front, so after a few weeks of negotiating and brainstorming we signed a lease with a move in date of nearly a month in the future. A year ago today we moved out of our tiny little one bedroom apartment that we'd lived in just a week shy of a year and a half, which was nearly a year longer than we'd originally intended to be there, but it all worked out as you can see. Josh went to couch surf at a friend's, Mother came and picked me and some of my things up, and took me down to her house in Arizona. I do miss the porch swing though. It really is beautiful down there, but the quiet drove me a little nuts. This is one of the best pictures, this is from a trip to Kingman I took with my grandfather, in which he bought us a bookcase. And then there was snow. Grandfather took me up to see the Chloride Murals which were surrounded by quite a lot of snow. Both of those posts have too many good pictures in them that I like, so they just get linked instead of filling this entry. I love my tiny snowman so much, If I'd had gloves on I'd have made an army of them, but just making him froze my hands too badly. It was a big frustrating living with my mother for those weeks, but she did the best she could, and as you can see a lot of fun happened. In a few weeks we'll have been here exactly a year. And a couple weeks ago we signed a 2 year lease which is a really interesting feeling. It is nice to finally have some home security. We still haven't home-ifyed as much we'd like, but we have a matching living room set of furniture and a bookcase, which is more than we've had elsewhere since being in this city. (Comment on this)