elanya

I am at work, though I don't really need to be. As a consequence, I'm not working really hard :V

I am "translating" a bunch of stuff from German, via Google translate, which doesn't handle German very elegantly. the quality of the OCR on the pdfs I'm working with is variable also, which doesn't help. I really am starting to hate it, and I've figure out why! I am not learning anything. I'm working with texts I can't read, so it is all unrecognizable words that i need to make look like other unrecognizable words, so it is mindless and completely unengaging, because it means nothing to me. Argh. I don't really have time to read the 'translated' bits, either, so there is no reward there. the moment I stop and do something else, I feel more energized. Blargh. I have three articles and a 150 page book to get through -_-. Fortunately, I have a few other things to work on at the same time.

For now though, it is just about giving me a headache and making want to stuff my face with cookies, and possibly ice cream, both of which I have on hand today -_-

Instead I think I'll work on my reading list for Kevin a little bit.

Boots?

Shipping would be $10-12. They'd be good for a steampunk costume I'd never get to wear....;_; But I could also wear 'em with skirts, right?

....oh the costume I would make if I had the money...

I'd have a brown leather pirate coat and a natural leather custom corset armour thing to wear underneath (with brass fittings), and knickers, and and and....

*sigh*

That said, apart from shoes I could improvise a pretty decent steam punk outfit on pretty short notice, I think. If only there were ever call for it!

My ray gun and goggles for longpig are coming along quite nicely, I think! I think tomorrow I can spray it to seal it and it should be good to go :o