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[19 Dec 2009|03:50am] |
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Been working on ES stuff today. I've got the new studio blog up and running (mostly) at ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) espritstudios. Still have quite a bit to do, but I'm rather happy with how it is so far. I've also opened an ES FB page, but I haven't done any work on the content at all yet. I'll get to it tomorrow or the next day, hopefully.
It's taken me forever, but I'm determined to actually get off my rear and get all the Esprit and House of Yum stuff running. >O I CAN DO IT.
Other than that... I'm working a lot on things for people for Christmas. I don't have any money to buy presents for anyone this year, so I'm making things instead. It's the best I can do.
I'm making a home-made wreath for Mom (she finally threw out her old one last year), and doing a pony for Lee and one for my brother; then I'm doing jewelry for as bunch of people, and have a bunch of preserves for Lois. The only problem is Dad. I have no idea what to do for him! ;A; idk... maybe I can scrape up enough money to get him something, if he's the only one I'm buying for...
Anyway, all you people who would normally get cards and gifts from me, you'll still get them, just probably about a month from now because I won't have shipping monies until then. XD IT EXTENDS CHRISTMAS/YULE/ETC SHUT UP. <33
I STILL NEED ADDRESSES FROM PRACTICALLY EVERYONE. COMMENTS ARE SCREENED SO LEAVE YOUR ADDRESS HERE OR MESSAGE/EMAIL IT TO ME DAMN YOU ALL.
Other than that... my RL bff came back from England for a couple weeks. I miss her terribly, and haven't seen her since two-and-a-half years ago. She was supposed to come visit me today but ended up not being able to make it and she's going back to England tomorrow. ~_~;; FML. I was really seriously looking forward to seeing her, too.
Maybe if my government money comes through I can take a visit to England and see her there. That would be fun. I want to go there anyway. And I can inflict myself on other people while I'm there too! >D lol.
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| Feline Studies |
[28 Nov 2009|10:20am] |
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I've started a kind of little project just to keep myself occupied when I have nothing else to do. It's a photo study of cats (mostly mine) and basically all the photos are in black and white. Turns out Loki is generally the most photogenic of my kitties. (But then I always knew he was handsome under all the scabs and scars, and now that that's fixed he's a pretty boy again. <3)
Anyway, this is my personal favorite so far. One of Neko. Go look at my DevART gallery if you want to see the rest that I've posted so far. I'd forgotten how much I love real photography...
Osiris .7 by ~Senashenta on deviantART
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| Dead End |
[26 Nov 2009|06:49am] |
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My favorite fan-film. It's the best one ever in existence. >3 Posting for Kiin, really. WATCH THIS IT'S SO AWESOME ASDGH. >w<~~
And then the making of, which is really interesting (and actually longer than the film itself lmao.) Part one:
Part two:
Just for the record, I think the Joker in this is possibly better than any other ones I've seen. He's classic Joker. Menacing in his obvious insanity, but not too dark. I know I know, Heath Ledger blah blah blah. I personally wasn't as impressed with his portrayal of the Joker as everyone else on Earth was. >>;;
But then Batman in this was the best version I'd seen right up until Batman Begins too. I mean, we're talking right back to the original comic books. Simple but seriously badass.
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| Should Be Sleeping~ |
[25 Nov 2009|01:22am] |
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You know how sometimes people on your friends list post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? Since when were they working THERE? Since when were they dating HIM/HER? Since when???" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you should already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.
Please copy the topics below, erase my answers and put yours in their place, and then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration. One-Word-Answers seldom help anyone out.
Stolen from sweetwithdrawl, even though I'm supposed to be sleeping. >>;
( Meme goes HERE. )
AND ALSO:
Ask me to take pictures of any aspect of my life that you're interested in or curious about. It can be anything from my favorite possession to anything else. Leave your requests as a comment to this entry, I'll snap the pictures and post them in the next post/comments.
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| You Are My Sunshine |
[21 Nov 2009|07:35am] |
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The sun is coming up and I'm still watching movies. Bah. I fail at, yanno, sleep. And stuff. Basically I've been up all night doing chores that were put off the last few days, with movies on in the background just for the company. Fun times.
Also, for some reason Z's clock is a day ahead. He's insisting it's a day later than it actually is. And that screwed me up royally for about six hours last night. ~_~;; idk, I guess I'll reset the clock? Hm. Silly laptop. <3
And omg. ;~~; My paid account and userpics expired! And I don't have the money to renew them! So if anyone wants to get m3 a present for Christmas/my birthday, I would love love love love a paid account and more userpics. The lack of pics and stupid banner ads are already driving me crazy. D:
Now, since I'm sure I've missed a few Christmas Card posts on my f-list. So basically, I WANT CHRISTMAS CARDS! FROM EVERYONE OMG! AND I WANT TO SEND CARDS TO PEOPLE TOO! So! My address is under the cut (remember I've moved, so if you have my old address you need this one instead) and leave your address in a comment if you want me to send a card to you. <3
( Sena's Address )
I guess you could send birthday cards too, since my birthday is so close after Christmas. ._.
Anyway, comments are screened of course~
EDIT: Um, yeah, I need like EVERYONE'S addresses again. They were all on Tempest and he is currently out of commission. I need to gather them again in a big file folder on Z now. ~_~;
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| On Discrimination |
[12 Nov 2009|05:44pm] |
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"...God is Black. But God is not only Black, God is also White. God is also a Flower. So when a lesbian thinks of her relationship with God, if she practices deeply, she can find out that God is also Lesbian.
And God is Gay, too. God is no less. God is Lesbian, and also Gay, Black, White, a Chrysanthemum. And when you discriminate against Black or White or Flower or Lesbian, you discriminate against God, which is the basic Goodness in you."
- Thich Nhât Hanh, 7-20-98
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| Giant Geek |
[11 Nov 2009|04:42pm] |
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N/A: Jurassic Fight Club on the laptop. |
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I am so totally in love with Z. SO MUCH better than my desktop. <333 The only problem is that because Z is a mini laptop, he doesn't have a disc drive. ~_~; Does anyone know if it's possible to get a USB disc drive that I could use? I'll have to look into that. Also need another external hard drive, maybe I'll ask for one for Christmas or my birthday.
Finished a Christmas pony for the bazaar next weekend. She's so pretty and I kind of want to keep her. XD; Anyway, pictures at some point. Her name is Sapphire Snowflake.
Watching reruns of Jurassic Fight Club on the computer. I love this show so freaking much. I'm such a dinosaur geek, honestly. I should be embarrassed, but somehow... I'm not. XD lol. MAHJUNGATHOLUS OMG. \o/
Right, so other than that, my oven is still out of commission. Ugh. Also, the window in the back room is cracked all to hell. There was a little crack in it when I moved in, and then the other day it was really nice out so I opened it-- and the crack spread all the way across it. It's barely holding into the frame now and it needs to be replaced ASAP before we get snow.
So I contacted the landlord and he's coming up this weekend anyway, so he says he'll have a look. I know the oven is a wiring problem, so idk what he'll be able to do. At least the stove stop still works, so I've been able to do all my jams and stuff.
Speaking of which, making pumpkin spread and it smells SO GOOD. I wish I had some vanilla ice cream around, it would taste amazing with the pumpkin stuff on it. X3
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| Real Update Is Real |
[09 Nov 2009|01:06am] |
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Still doing fine with Z, but the smaller keyboard on the laptop is so completely different it's taking a lot of getting used to. Also, I don't like the touch pad, but then I never have liked them. Which is why I have a mouse to plug into Z when I'm at home, though when I'm out and about with him I guess I'll just deal with the touch pad. Like now at Mom's for instance. :D
DLed all my photos from my camera today (now I need to charge it) so that I can start adding things to my Esprit Studios etsy account. Then I logged in and started to do just that... only to be told by etsy that my photos are too big. ~_~; But screw it, I'll deal with resizing them when I get home and have the mouse.
Lately I've been working on things to sell at the bazaar Grandma got me a table at. Mostly jams and jellies right now, but also a few more bits of jewelery and I'm doing two Christmas ponies to take with me to sell and as examples, since it's a Christmas bazaar and all that.
Anyway, so far I've made crab apple jelly, lemon-honey jelly, strawberry-rhubarb jam, rhubarb jam, almond-brown-sugar applesauce, pumpkin sauce, and watermelon jelly. As usual I'm having trouble getting things to set, but whatever.
After the bazaar anything that hasn't sold will be going up at my House of Yum etsy account, along with various cookies and candies. Please, once I get the shop up, anyone who's had my jams/jellies/cookies/misc baking and etc. please spread the word. Between Esprit Studios and House of Yum I'm trying to get myself set up to make enough extra cash each month to keep the bills paid. It doesn't have to be much, about $200 would cover that. But any good word of mouth would be helpful and appreciated. <3
I took Loki to the vet a couple weeks ago because of his allergies again. This time he had been chewing on his feet, and itching at his chest and abdomen until all the hair was coming off, as well as scratching his face up still. -_-;
Same thing is usual, and three years of trying to find a treatment that, you know, WORKS. But this time we got to the vet and saw a new woman (Dr Wilson, I think?) and she actually suggested some things that none of the others had mentioned before even in all the times I'd had him in there (and all the money I've spent.)
She thinks there's a possibility that it could be an immune disorder rather than allergies, which would require different treatment, obviously. But while we're seeing about applying for funding to get the tests done (because I can't afford it on my own), she did suggest an allergy med that we could pick up from the pharmacy.
So we got a bottle of these pills, and he's been taking a half pill twice a day for just over two weeks now... and it's working fucking MIRACLES! His face is 90% healed up and he hasn't been itching at his chest and stomach almost at all. If this keeps up, we might have actually got it figured out finally. And the kicker is, the pills cost $10 a bottle, which covers three months worth of pills for Loki. All that money spent and I could have just gone to the pharmacy and spent $10 instead. Man.
But still, glad to see him feeling so much better. :)
Right now I'm at Mom's to do laundry and print off some things since my own printer is pretty much dead. I'm also watching my brother play Twilight Princess. Ahh, Zelda, ILU. <3
Random recent observation: Last weeks SPN episode? C-CRACKY EP WAS CRACKY. .__.;;
Oh, and before I forget. Cat McD! Were you still interested in those ponies we talked about a while back? Let me know. <3
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| Zephyr, Meet Everyone |
[07 Nov 2009|08:00am] |
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Been a month since I posted last. Mostly that's because of my stupid computer. It crashed about a week into October and took a week to have fixed. Then when I brought it home from that, I plugged it in and it immediately crashed again during bootup. -__-;; So I took it back in again. Two more days and it was fixed a second time. I plugged it back in... and this time my monitor died. >__<;;
Picked up a cheap monitor from goodwill to do until I could get a decent one. Brought that home. Plugged everything in. MOUSE DIED ASDGH;KL. Worked a little with a half-working mouse. Then, last night, COMPUTER CRASHED YET AGAIN. TT~~TT
Welcome to my nightmare the last month. -_-;; Ugh. Anyway, like $500 later and the PC was back in the shop this afternoon. Then Mom and I were at Walmart (getting business cards for me to print up and a new mouse) and happened to see that they had mini-notebooks on sale for like $340 + tax. So, already $500 of repairs and replacements later, I made the decision to scrap the old desktop and just get a new laptop.
EEEE MY FIRST LAPTOP~ AND IT'S SO TINY AND BLUE AND ADORABLE~~ <333 ...I don't know how to do hearts on this keyboard. >>;
So the guys at the repair shop are going to just copy my documents folder onto discs and I'm getting rid of the desktop all together. Teeny laptop ilu! :3
More update tomorrow or whatever once I've finished setting up everything on Zephyr (my old PC was called Tempest, I name them after grouchy winds for a reason lmao) and got some sleep because I am ever ever so exhausted today for some reason. Even my laptop glee can't make me stop yawning. :P
EDIT: Also, the only reason I could afford it was because Mom fronted me the money. I'm so broke right now I have bill collectors on my ass for the first time in my life, and it makes me a sad panda. ;-;
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[03 Oct 2009|04:57pm] |
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EVIL FOOD PROCESSOR IS SHARP AND EVIL. >|
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| Massive Sales Post |
[02 Oct 2009|03:37pm] |
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So, I've recently moved, have precisely zero storage space, and am in need of money! So after much debating, I've decided I have no choice but to sell of some of my (extremely extensive) Sailormoon collection (I've been collecting since 1996. Haha.) This post has what I've decided to sell so far, including a few rare pieces that took me a long time to get my hands on. There may be some added later on too, since I've still got half of my collection to organize. ♥
Prices are listed below the pictures, and everything is in USD (feel free to haggle or make another offer if you want to try.) Shipping will be calculated on a purchase-by-purchase basis. I'm in Canada and will ship anywhere, but of course overseas will be more expensive. :)
And finally, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PIMP THIS OUT!
( IMAGE HEAVY. )
Then I also have these two things, if anyone was interested;
( Two more. )
x-posted, sorry if this shows up a bunch of times on anyone's flist. ♥
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| Telemarketers Cause Health Problems XD |
[01 Oct 2009|09:52am] |
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This is really long, but it made me laugh SO HARD. Not because of the crazy bitch and her ranting, but because of the telemarketer. I mean, we all hate telemarketing calls, but still. This guy is my new hero for how he reacted to/handled the situation.
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[30 Sep 2009|08:58pm] |
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Also, there's a new pet store downtown. Sarah called the other day to tell me about it, and today I wandered down to have a look, since it's the only one in walking distance. It's nice to have one close so that if I need something and can't get a ride way the hell out to Walmart I can just go downtown.
Anyway.
I should know not to go into pet stores by myself. ~_~; I replaced my beta fish (Teal suicided a few months ago; the new one is called Ciel and I shall be putting cling wrap over his bowl so he won't jump out too), and now I need to think of a good name for another bunny. Am leaning toward Pepper, but I keep thinking that's too close to Pauper, and they would get confused. @_@;;
*facepalm* I'm so utterly, utterly hopeless.
P.S. They had chinchillas too! >w<; AND SNAKES AND FROGS AND LOTS OF LIZARDS AND AND AND AN ALLIGATOR! ...there is a possibility I'll have some money coming in in the next couple months, and am seriously considering getting a ball python. Assuming I can find a store that sells pre-killed mice, because I would NOT have the heart to do that myself.
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| WUT |
[30 Sep 2009|08:51pm] |
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UGH. For like the last two weeks there's been this guy calling almost every day, and he calls and asks for me, and then when I reply "speaking" (which is how I always respond if I pick up the phone and someone asks for me), he goes "you're not [Sena]." And when I go "um, yes I am" he goes "well you don't sound like her."
The conversation is basically that every single time, and it's not a voice I recognize. He even left a voicemail the other day saying "Hey [Sena], call me." A VOICEMAIL, I MIGHT ADD, WHICH HE HAD TO LISTEN TO THE MESSAGE I RECORDED FOR. IN MY VOICE. SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN MY VOICE IN THE VOICEMAIL MESSAGE AND MY VOICE WHEN I ANSWER THE PHONE.
ASDGH THIS IS DRIVING ME CRAZY. >__@;;
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| Catching Up |
[28 Sep 2009|04:36pm] |
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Finally getting to watch last weeks episode of Supernatural. I only downloaded it four days ago. ~_~;
CAS TRYING TO DO SAM'S JOB? LMFAO! I CAN'T STOP CRACKING UP OVER IT. XDD ♥♥♥
EDIT: DEAN OMFG YOU DID NOT JUST TRY TO BUY CAS A HOOKER. BEST EPISODE EVAR.
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[21 Sep 2009|08:20pm] |
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STIRFRYYYYYYYYYY~ *_*
After two weeks of instant foods (or next thing to it), stirfry tonight was ASDGH SO DELICIOUS. ♥♥♥
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| Malibu Shark Attack |
[21 Sep 2009|03:26am] |
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THEY KILL SHARKS WITH CHAINSAWS. CHAINSAWS.
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| For Those Who Care |
[20 Sep 2009|04:02pm] |
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A semi-decent update for those of you on my flist that are wondering how I'm doing aside from ZOMG eel creatures and OMG lampwork heart pendants.
Mom's surgery is coming up on the 25th, and it really kind of snuck up on me. The whole family is really stressed and worried right now, and Mom is making herself sick with being afraid that when they go in to do the hysterectomy they'll find something more than the tests have shown so far. I know we should all be trying to keep an optimistic outlook, but it's proving to be hard, especially since Grandpa just died of cancer three years ago. The whole thing is keeping me up at night a lot, and I won't feel any better about it until after the operation when the surgeon comes and tells us everything is fine.
I moved a couple weeks ago as well; to a little apartment downtown. It's not much (I'll post pictures once it's more organized), and pretty small, but it's mine, and I love that about it. Besides which, for one person (and cats/rabbits), it's a fine size. The only problem is that I have too much stuff. >>; It's been a nightmare trying to figure out how to fit everything in, and that's even after two vanloads of stuff having been taken to the goodwill.
When I first was moving in, the place was a mess. The kitchen still needs to have a really good cleaning with bleach, but other than that it's tidy enough I can put up with it until everything's unpacked and settled. The bathroom was DISGUSTING. I should have taken some photos to show you the before and after. Grandma actually came down on the day I moved, and rather than helping with the move itself, just locked herself up in the bathroom and scrubbed the shit out of it for HOURS. It's still terribly stained, but not actually dirty anymore. I don't think the previous tenants cleaned the bathroom once in the entire time they lived here. -__-;; Ugh.
Right as I'm typing this, the girly bunnies are in the kitchen having playtime. Unfortunately, until I got the kitchen organized enough that they couldn't get into things they shouldn't, they couldn't have time out to exercise-- it's been about three weeks since they were last out of their cage. I feel guilty, but there wasn't much I could do, since the kitchen is the only place here I can let them out at all. Now I can though, so we can get back into the regular routine of daily romps.
In November, I've got a table to sell things at the Christmas bazaar in Bracebridge. So I'm selling some jewelry there, as well as some jams and jellies. Grandma brought me six freaking baskets of crab apples when she came down, so I'll have TONS of crab apple jelly. (If anyone wants some, let me know and I'll set aside a jar of it for you.) It'll be the first time I've actually sold something I've cooked/baked so I'm really kind of nervous about it. Hopefully it'll go well.
Also, some time in the next couple days I'll be posting a massive sales post; due to space issues and the fact that I'm in desperate need of money, I've decided to sell off most of my extensive Sailormoon collection. I have a few really rare items, so fingers crossed. Also, if you know anyone who might like to commission a pony or something from me, please point them in my direction.
...because of everything that's been going on, I haven't been online much. Most of my time has been designated to doctor's visits and the move/unpacking. Honestly, I'm starting to get really weary of it, and I'm feeling... downtrodden. Just sad and gloomy. I miss being on AIM and talking to people, and blogging about nothing. But until the end of the month I just won't have the time.
EDIT: Maddie needs monies too, so go check out her etsy shop:
EDIT #2: I'm watching The Evil Dead II right now while I'm organizing things, and the girl's head just bit the guy on the hand, and he's flailing and screaming and smashing said severed head against walls and books and desks and whatnot, and I am LAUGHING MY ASS OFF. XDD;;;
It starts here, at about nine minutes in:
...and continues on here. xD;;
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| Pink Butterflies |
[17 Sep 2009|05:07pm] |
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So a couple weeks ago I bought a bunch of beads and pendants off ebay. Yay. \o/ In the stuff I nicked were two pendants for my Grandma; one was a butterfly with pink sapphires, and the other was a lampwork heart with a blue-and-pink butterfly design inside. (She loves pink and butterflies.)
I got both of them because I couldn't decide which would be better for her, and planned to ask Mom when they came in. I figured either way, I could find something to do with the one left over. SO. The pink sapphire one came in a couple days ago. The heart one came in today... and it's MASSIVE. Like three times the size I thought it was, and I know Grandma wouldn't wear something that big.
I guess my decision is made. XD;; *fail* Now I have to think of something to do with the lampwork heart. Hmmmm...
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