elanya

I have such great intentions of regular posting but I can't seem to keep it up ;p I't a shame - I don't know if anyone reads this regularly, but personally I always feel more connected to people when I can read regularly about their lives. I'd like to.... I dunno if it is that i want to offer you that same opportunity, or the more egoistical version where I want people to feel more connected to me as a sense of validation. Anyway :p Hi?

Work goes on. It is a big mess and I have so many mixed feelings.

I managed to write two things for Jukebox, and am quite pleased with both of them! I also received both a gift and a treat, and they were both so so great! I'm super pleased! I wish I'd been able to write more, but I am having a hard time with time, and motivation, and organization, and life balance things.

I went to a LARP game a few weeks ago and it was super great fun! I know I don't have the time and energy or money to get really sucked back in, but man can I feel the pull of it!

I got more tattoo work done! I got a few more spirals on my underarm (ouch!), plus I got some way-overdue touchups and fixes done to the last bits I had done when I was in Texas. I really really like the artist I've found here, much more than I liked the person in Texas. She's looking in to branding for me, because it isn't really a common thing. But I might know some other people I can look through. I want to get at least one more brand as part of this over all piece. Possibly I'm crazy. But I really want it. pics here!

Uh... what else...I have been and am going to be doing a bunch of traveling! in two weeks I'm going with Nary to Massachusetts for her Grandmother's 100th birthday party, wooh! It will be a pretty hit-and-run affair. Then in August I'll be in New Brunswick to see my dad and folks for two weeks, and then at the end of the month I'm taking a road trip down to Texas for Webercon and to see some other Texas friends. I don't think we have officially told tethys123 that we are planning to descend upon her, but we are (hi! :V)

I am about 3/4 through knitting a cool bolero (ember bolero), and I've started some socks. But also I bough some gorgeous gradient yarn (midnight paintbox by Fiber Optic yarns) to knit another shawl. A bigger shawl! The pattern is Cynara, and I'm still debating how I want to do the gradients for it.

I'm sure I'm missing some stuff, but honestly nothing much has changed with me lately. I really should be job hunting but ugh. Just ugh. Also, ugh.
I'm going out bin a bit to Kareoke at the pub up the street, which is a newish thing in my life (see above re: life balance though, ugh). But I have a cold, so we'll see how things go...

Like I said this is a quicky so if you want links to anything poke me and I'll add them later :3

First of all, thanks to everyone who replied to my post yesterday (err, not the one about Ironman). You did help me feel better - I'll try and reply to everyone individually but I don't know when!

I have been thinking about other stuff, meanwhile. First off, just for my own records, I woke up with the thought this morning that I should check in to the possibility of staying at and working out of the school on HI when i go down there - if I could rent a classroom or two, that would be idea, especially if they have some kind of kitchen and showers or similar. Also see who I need to talk to, in general, about getting access to government facilities and land. I need to e-mail my contact there asap about various things anyway. I can start that today.

Also, I had a dream that my shoes came from Zappos today, but that i had actually ordered them over the phone, and instead of a pair f shoes they sent me one that was "size 2" - a baby shoe - and one that was size 8, which was also too small. How odd.

Also, i have been thinking about this summer. My friend belryan (recent LJ addition and I have no idea if he's done anything with it other than join - I haven't seen any posts ;p) is going to Turkey all summer, and is leaving tomorrow. However, he has kindly and bravely lent me the use of his car for the summer! So I am hoping I can seriously get some driving practice in.

On the other hand, it has recently occurred to me that if I *don't* get a job here for the summer, there isn't a whole lot keeping me here. i can work on papers and do research elsewhere, especially f I raid the library before I go. So, um, why *would* I stay> My initial thought was that if I was planning to go home for hazel's wedding, why wouldn't I just go earlier? But then again, I don't know how dad and Jennifer would feel about having me live on their couch all summer with my dog, and I haven't really talked to them about bringing Jola either. But maybe there is a way I could do it in stages. I'm not sure... Something to think about, but I am going to be brave and send an e-mail around the department today as well. But if I don't find anything, I could potentially make my way up there more slowly, depending on things like, say, having people who are willing to put me and Jola up who are on flight routes and such. We'll see. I'd like to get my license before I go, and I am going to the Bahamas. I'm not good with plans.

Now, I need a shower, wooh!