elanya

Most of the things I said I was going to do yesterday I did today instead. Except for the part about doing extra readings. I may do that next I also played a fun little Legend of the Five Rings oneshot in the (oh god) early am and running to the early afternoon. Thanks again Steve! Other than that.... I did some dance practice. I wish I had someone local to practice with once and a while - my problem (well one of them) is that I always forget how many moves I actually know. So I'll be just improvising to work on basics and realize I'm mostly only doing the same things and that I really *should* know more moves combinations. And while it is fun to experiment and find new stuff, There a lot of stuff I can't remember that I really should! Other problems - lack of motivation since I really only ever dance for myself, poor flexibility, and a back that is getting crankier as I age. I've never been really flexible and though i'm sure i could improve it mire if I could really keep up stretching daily for more than a few months at a time, I've never really gotten significant results from it when I have managed it, which makes it harder to keep trying. Ahh well. I can still do things with my stomach that would make a high percentage of the people reading this... Well you'd be impressed anyway! :V

I haven't really gotten a lot accomplished today, which is really... no so surprising. I feel like such a slacker. There are so many things I should be doing yet somehow I can only really force myself to do the ones that clearly *need* doing.

Right. I also have eaten too much junk food. But as I still feel comfortable flouncing around in skimpy tops mostly composed of scarves, this is probably not really an issue yet :p

I had another aside to add to the list but now forget what it was. it did seem worth mentioning, but I'm sure you will all survive without further trivial insights into my mundane life. I'm going to go read-over my SHA presentation and probably go to bed early :)

Oh now I remember one thing, though i don't recall if it was *the* thing - I want to make a dance belt that is steampunk inspired - like a coin belt, only with a base of brass chain and little cogs instead of coins. Only i have no idea where I would get that many cogs!

Today I got up early to catch the bus in the rain, to go and learn how to draw ship lines. Then I had lunch, and had another class, and then I came back home and failed to actually draw ship lines. I can get as far as drawing the waterlines on the body plan and sheer plan, but as to how I go about translating them onto the half-breadth plan, I am completely mystified. It all seemed so clear in class... *sigh* So now, I will go in early tomorrow and see if I can find someone to explain it to me, and actually show me and try it a few times myself then and there.

I also went over next door to see about the bellydance classes, and meet the instructor, Viviane. She seems nice, but recommended that I try the dance classes she offers through the rec center, as they would be cheaper. I think I'll look into it, but it may be hard to fit into my schedule because of my other classes, the bus schedule, etc :/ I'll figure something out.

The other thing I did was to go and see Pirates 2 again with Claire and Leanne, who hadn't seen it yet. It's a fun little flick, and I am looking forward to the resolution.

Now, I am going to make date squares (been trying to do this for days now!), maybe do some more writing, and maybe also start recovering files off my old computer. Oh, and download House.

My connection seems to be holding for the moment - we'll see how she goes :p

In other other news, I have been on a big Clint Eastwood binge lately, and couldn't resist buying the Man With No Name trilogy at Best Buy, along with High Planes Drifter. Now I just need The Outlaw Josey Whales, and Unforgiven. ...Hey it is Tuesday, where is my Beyond the Pale? :o

They are working on my home internet, yesterday and today. They should be done today. I certainly hope they will be, in any case D:

But in the off chance that anyone was wondering why I wasn't around yesterday, that is the reason.

Instead, I did the following things:

-Had two classes - one which is basically learning how to draw ship lines, and the other which is... repeating a whole mash of things I have already taken at ECU. *And* it is all lectures, and marked via three exams graded on a curve. *prays to be released*
-mailed my dad's birthday present (I've been trying to get to the post office for like a week -_-)
-Went swimming
-Went running for about 20-30 min on the obsolete eliptical machine at the complex weight room.
-watched most of the Noren movie Hidalgo on tv.
-wrote a bunch more of Shadows
-practiced some dance
-cooked/ate dinner
-tried to go to bed early
-missed the internets ;_;
-having nothing better to do, went to bed early and slept really poorly as a result.

Thrills!

Hopefully I will be back online later today, though I may go out instead.

...eventually. I have now sent the rest of my stuff to Texas for immigration. i am worried because I haven't heard anything back from the department yet though and I need to send a copy of a letter I don't actually have to the ISS folks. Hopefully it won't matter too much in the end. But I would really like to hear from the department. So, things I still need to do are: find a place in Texas, book tickets to Greenville and figure out how exactly I am going to move from Point A to Point B. Details, details... *sigh* Dina said I could probably stay with her while I'm in Greenville, although it seems I will probably just miss tsiankiio and justnukeit, which is a shame :/ Looking at dates though, hmm, maybe not - we'll see!

I am going to e-mail Dina back now at least and set that up. then I have to fill out some more stuff to get quotes from moving companies. What I really want to do is write this afternoon, though, or else dance. I had a great time at last night's dance show, as well as hanging out with shanmonster last night and this morning. I hope she found Leslie alright!

I also got to see there Lord of the Rings stage show yesterday with dad and Jennifer, which was really awesome. It is a shame that it didn't get the acclaim it deserved.

Alright, off to be productive and creative :)

Today I need to:
-e-mail Texas Anth people about needed info - that took longer than I'd have liked :p
-mail the money to reedy branch
-fax a photocopy of my visa stamp, the bank letter, and the finance form to Texas
-meet da and Jennifer at noon at Spadina station to go and see the LotR thingy
-there is a dance show tonight, for 10$/person - I'd like to go, and Shan will be there.

Maybe Dad and Jennifer would be interested, hmmmmm.... Yes, yes they would. And Rob wants to go to see Jen (who I haven never actually seen perform). So i guess hat i what *we* are doing - anyone else want to come?

And now I need to shower (carefully) so I can get out and do my faxing/mailing. Wheee!

Well, my arm is more sore today than it ever was yesterday. I guess that is to be expected as it isn't currently swathed in bandages. It took about three hours to do because of all the corners, straight edges and geometric designs. I doesn't actually go all the way around, as with the scale I though it would be too difficult to get the spacing right, and it would look funny. I do not doubt, however, that it would have hurt a ton! The parts closest to the inner arm certainly hurt the most, although I tolerate pain quite well. Anyway, i am quite pleased with how it came out. And some of you may be pleased to know that I did not, in the end, get it done by the guy with the dodgy ears, but rather by This Guy. Rob also talked to him for a bit about what he might want to do for the tattoos he still wants to get. I am glad I got George, rather than Leo, I think, because I am really happy with his design. Anyway, my blathering is not, I know, what you folks care about. So here it is...

( the moment of truth )

So, what do you think? :)

In other news, the dance show last night was amazing, and I am extremely glad I went. Too bad I was too late to try and sign up for the workshop though :/ Ahh well, it isn't like I have a sword or even a veil, here! But Ansuya should be teaching zills anyway! I wish i had my zills :( i want to dance dance dance!

Well, actually I want to write write write, but I have to finish downloading the rest of my pictures, run some errands and eat and some other silly things first.

Okay, I have been having this problem with semagic, on both my computers, where it keeps pushing the cursor up one line (or more) when i am typing. wtf? Anyone else notice this?

Maybe not for my neighbors though. I got my new zills! they delight me! I have just finished sewing in the elastics. NO ONE CAN STOP ME!

Luckily I will be gong out in about 10-15 min ;D

Well, maybe my feet. New shoes + walking = having the insides of my arches rubbed off :p I am hoping that this is not a lasting phenomenon and that either my feet or my shoes will acclimatize to the new situation :p I hobbled to class and back. I'm glad I was able to leave early or I'd never have made it on time :p

Anyway, the good! Donna called me this morning, and said that I could come to dance classes free until graduation because she got new students because of me :D I wonder if any of this is because I told Tex to say hi yesterday :D I am glad that she has started classes, and I hope she enjoys them! I wonder who the other person is :o

The bad is that I stayed up until 2:30 or so last night looking over stuff for my thesis even though I started to go to bed at 1:20-1:30. So I am tiiiiired. Who is shocked?

This has resulted in mostly more Good though, because I have found some more things to fix up the thesis with. Which I am going to start with now, woot!

Got stuff from Nevis Guy, as you might guess. exactly the stuff I was looking for! Yay! And pictures! Nevis is really pretty, I must say...

In other news, tonight was my last class for dancing. The new session starts up in April, but I'm not sure if I should sign up or not. Ideally, I would prefer not to be in Greenville in June. Ideally... Hell if I can leave and go somewhere decent in may, that would be good too :V Well, I probably will be here, but right now I can't afford the lessons anyway :( Stupid being poor still. When will my check come, damnit! they told me it was going to be sent last Monday! I wonder when I should call back...? Maybe I will call tomorrow.

In other news there was chick doing henna for free at school today, so I got my left hand all henna'd up and then went to make photocopies... an interesting experience, I tell ya ;D It's pretty dark so far, and It may get darker by tomorrow. Anyway, it was a fun bit of randomness :)