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rainkatt @ 1:17pm: Fleece! Still looks like pansies. Sort of.
Remember the dyed fleece from last summer? I took it to KM's last week, and we decided I should run it through the picker before trying to card it. I sort of divided it by color, and this is the result. I think I'm still going to card it.( my dyed fleece, the next step )

I'd never used the picker before, so that was interesting. I still want to spin this for my Ravelympics project, although the entry names aren't really helpful. The amounts of each color vary wildly, so it'll be interesting to try to come up with a repeat that isn't completely goofy.

irishrose1 @ 3:14pm: Holiday Cards!
Finally sending out my Holiday Cards! If you don't get one it's because you didn't give me your address, or your address has changed since last year, and your card is lost at the post office. (Or blessing some stranger's mail box!)

It isn't too late for me to send you one! If you would like one, head on over to my Holiday Card post right here! and leave me your address!

dtissagirl @ 9:04pm: i only want to be left to my own ways
Thing the first: everyone should watch this short movie, because it is the most awesomest thing ever:

Giant robots invade Montevideo. A 5 minute short movie directed and animated by Fede Alvarez.

[No, you don't need to speak Spanish to watch it, trust me.]

( Ataque de Pánico! )

And if you get the Eisenstein reference, you're almost as awesome as this movie.

/film geek

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Thing the second: I know I posted a truckload of music yesterday, but then this leaked today and really, I was actually supposed to post it three hours ago, but I got distracted by Joel Gretsch being pretty.

Anyway!

MIDLAKE LEAKED, IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!



Bonus:
. Peter Broderick - Roscoe [Midlake cover]
. Adrien Sala - Hudson [this has nothing to do with anything, it's just pretty. *g*]

File is on my server, so right/control-click-save-as, comment if you download, eeeeeee new Midlake!

:)

dtissagirl @ 9:30pm: take one last look at this sacred heart before it blows
Being on vacation = spamming LJ like whoa!

:)

So. I keep listening to this freak-folk-y sometimes almost medieval girly music that is so pretty and lovely, I figure I might as well share with the rest of the class:

( weird girly music for the masses! )

All files on my server, so if you please: right/control-click-save-as, comment if you download, tell me about the weird girly music you're listening to!

Previously uploaded girly music still available here and here, if you missed it.

dtissagirl @ 12:48am: how do you say 'we're screwed' in your native tongue?
( Avatar. )

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In other news, I have ten $10 coupons to give out to people with basic/plus accounts. According to this news post, "recipients can upgrade for $9.95 (instead of $19.95) for one year by enrolling in our automatic payment plan or make a manual payment of $15 (instead of $25)".

So, you know -- comment if you want one.

dtissagirl @ 11:56am: if you want a girl to be your mother, go find another, go find another one
It took me like, trying seventeen different ways to grab this. Apple 16 X 1 Tissa.

But I win in the end. Mwahahahaha.

Ladies and gents, here's the Iron Man 2 trailer:




Now go make me hi-res screencaps because I hate screencapping more than anything else in my entire life, and apparently, you guys don't?

*g*

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Plus: I've been collecting all of the "officially released" IM2 images, as hi-def as I can find them. So far there's about 30 of them, between stills and behind the scenes stuff. I uploaded them to a gallery:

IRON MAN 2 IMAGE GALLERY

If anyone has images I don't have, or better versions of any of the uploaded images, feel free to send them to me [dtissagirl at gmail.com]. PLEASE. :)

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Is it May yet?

rainkatt @ 3:17pm: So
I finally stopped flipping out long enough to remember what I read about giving permission. I gave myself permission to be crazy, and I gave the swirling worry permission to exist. Magic. Went from pacing to sitting down and finishing a sock to relatively functional calm. Not that this is a permanent change. But it's a lovely step in the process.

Of course, not until I'd bombarded alh with too many emails, but she's gracious, so it was OK.

I've been folding clothes and talking to myself, which may seem odd, but that's OK. It's helping. Later, I go get trained in PetCo's method of kitty care-taking for their contingent of CAT cats.

dtissagirl @ 12:36pm: all you parasites, you done schedule, you solitary man, sitting in your territorial machine.
So LJ is now backpedaling from the binary gender issue. I'll link you guys to wtfbrain's post on the matter, because I received the same replies as she did. And I feel the exact same way -- diverting the issue to "you've been misinformed" is a shitty tactic. Still. Glad this won't come to light but -- MEGA FAIL, LJ.

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In other news, ( Golden Globes Nominations are out. )

Discuss amongst yourselves!

missmurchison @ 8:35am: Brrr
It's 4 degrees below zero. I'm glad it's warmed up a bit. Yesterday, I had to bring in the bird feeder, scrape ice off it, and run hot water over the lid so that I could open and fill it. But it's very pretty out there, with lots of snow on the ground.

It's also nice to see Christmas decorations going up. My favorite so far is about a half mile from my house. Someone has set up store mannequins in pink prom dresses and attached gold wings as part of his display. It looks like he's filming Attack of the Freaky Paris Hilton Angels.

During the time it took to write this, the temp dropped to minus 3. I'd probably feel warmer if I got rid of the Weather Bug at the bottom of the screen.

dtissagirl @ 12:49am: he's got a ball and chain to wrap and jinx the lock three times
As abbylee explains much better in this post, Livejournal has decided to change their gender options from female/male/unspecified [which was kinda shitty to begin with] to female/male only. A good way to make that NOT HAPPEN is change the site's statistics -- if everyone change their gender to "unspecified", that will get their attention. So go edit you profile, people!

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Teevee:

- I'm really happy Sanctuary was renewed for a third season -- of 20 episodes, no less! NICE GOING, AMANDA AND DAMIEN AND MARTIN. *loves* ( Going into spoilery territory a bit. )

- Dear Whatever From High Atop the Thing. Please please please please PLEASE renew Being Erica for a third season. I'm extremely grateful for the awesomeness that that S2, and I would be a-okay with that last scene being the end, but I NEEDS MORE OMFG PLEASE. Please?

- So. It turns out my current favorite thing in the world ever is Bones. WHO WOULDA THUNK? ( Spoilery talk. )

- ( Legend of the Seeker. )

- Everyone's gonna laugh pretty hard at me now, but you know what I miss tons? Crusoe. There, I said it. [#prontofalei is so much better in these cases. My language >>> your language.]

- Finally, I'm sure most people have seen this already, but it bears re-linking: Sheldon/Penny picspam of awesomeness [dial-uppers, beware the massive amount of images!].

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In other news, I'm on vacation [er, sorta. Website duties only], I'm done with my Christmas shopping, and I can has Avatar tickets for Thursday evening [eight ball points to HATE, but who knows?], but other than that I still have to figure out a) when I'm going home for Christmas, b) how long I'm gonna stay there, and c) what the hell I'm gonna do for New Years. Responsibility, DO NOT WANT.

rainkatt @ 10:52am: I am having difficulty
( ramblings, not coherent, ignore )

In saner news, my back isn't bad today. Standing around on cold asphalt over the weekend wasn't really good for it, so this is a win. I think Terminator Stout is much better for it than oxycodone--I can still walk around, and I'm not nauseated, and my back just relaxes. Oxycodone involves passing out and waking up shaped like a pretzel, with even more back pain. That just isn't right.

We survived a total of eight hours of standing in the cold (two shifts, four hours each), working at the Holiday Express fundraiser for the Portland steam engines and their new home. The fun part was watching the 4449 in action. And I wore antlers. Frightened two dogs and three children.

The wildlife refuge area on the other side of the train tracks is pond-like, and froze in the cold; yesterday, it attracted walkers, skaters, and few sleds. I was a little worried about that, as the temps were rising, but we didn't see anyone fall though the ice. (We were on the trail next to the train, warning bicyclists and runners of the traffic jam ahead during loading and unloading.)

I could not have done a longer shift; as it was, when we got home Saturday, I staggered around and did a little laundry, and then fell asleep. Yesterday, I was wound up, so I didn't sleep in the afternoon, but I did crash early in the evening, after a lovely hot bath.

OH!! There's a roller rink at the park where we were. I didn't know that, or I'd forgotten. I think I want to go skate! I wonder whether that skill comes back...

I've been practicing doing the half-right thing, which actually led to some of the mess in the bedroom dwindling. It's not gone, but I think if I hadn't reminded myself, it would still all be a huge pile. Instead of a half-pile. ;-) It seems to be rewiring the thing in my head that's confused about time, just a bit.

And now, after a brief bout of freaking out, I'm going to go eat, and then empty the dishwasher. No, I didn't really need to tell anyone that, but I want the record. If you weren't used to the boring you wouldn't be here.

edited several times because I don't make sense

rainkatt @ 11:59am: So maybe I can be half-right.,
Back from dentist with freshly-filled tooth; it was the last old amalgam, which had been getting looser over time. Still numb. Tried drinking a little coffee, but it's not safe yet (got more on my chin than in my mouth), and I'm currently at the stage where I have to be careful to not bite myself.

( Dentist wasn't so bad. My brain is a strange place. )