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Stolen from sweetwithdrawl, even though I'm supposed to be sleeping. >>;

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HOLY SHIT ONLY ONE MORE DAY UNTIL WE LEAVE FOR ANIME NORTH. I STILL HAVE SO MUCH TO DO. ;A; *FLAIL*

I have about 20 ponies to try to sell from the hotel, plus a ton and a half of jewelry. I'm really hoping everything goes alright and I get enough money to pay for Otakon. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE WORK OUT. Since we're paying for a hotel room this year instead of crashing at Dad's place, there's no budget for food, so today I have to make all the sammiches and salads and stuff that we're bringing with us in the cooler. Also onigiri, but just for me since Mom won't eat them. xD; Maybe I'll bring extra to share with other people though.

Then I have to double-check that I've got all my cosplay stuff, pony supplies, and jewelry supplies packed. (Mom and I are stopping for more beads on the way out of town on Thursday.) 

At the hotel on Thursday night I have to finish sewing my leg covers for Haine cosplay (note to self: pack a freaking needle and thread!), and add some length to the elastic of my eyepatch for Lavi because it's a teeny bit too small. Plus I have to style my Haine and Lavi wigs. At least my Demyx one is finished and spiffy because I wasn't the one who styled it XD;;, and the Haine one just needs the bangs fixed and some pulled back in a bow. Lavi is the one I'm not sure about, but I think since I'm doing casual!outfit Lavi I might go with the flatter hairstyle.

Mel and Kaz: If you need to get ahold of me at the con, text me instead of calling, since I have unlimited texting but I'm almost out of minutes on my phone. DX Or drop by Crafter's Corner. I hopefully will have presents for you both, assuming I get them finished in the next 24 hours. >.>;; *fingers crossed*

After the con on Sunday, we're going to stop by and visit Dad and Lois for a couple hours, so I can show them my Demyx or Lavi cosplay (Haine is for Saturday, but I haven't decided on Friday or Sunday for the other two) and play with the puppehs some. I'm considering taking Tetsuya and Nazoko with me just to take pretty pics of them around the kennel property, since it's gorgeous there. Plus it would be an excuse to take pics of Nazoko, since I haven't had the chance to do a proper photo shoot with her yet...

Cosplay Schedule Assuming Everything Works Out:
Friday: Org13!Demyx (KH) or casual!Lavi (D.G-M)
Saturday: Haine (TGAC)
Saturday Night: Suigintou (RM) or Haine (TGAC)
Sunday: Org13!Demyx (KH) or casual!Lavi (D.G-M)

So! Anime North this year! ...the programming kind of sucked. There weren't really any panels I was interested in, and the same for Mom. But it was still totally worth going since Mel and Zexy were there. :3

Friday I was in my Host Club cosplay, and we pretty much spent the whole day in line to register and then looking through the dealer's room. Mel dragged me around and we squeed at stuff. XD; She also tried to get me to buy porn-- and very nearly succeeded lawl. ^.^

Sena: You know my Mom's right here. >__>;;
Mom: Whatever. If you want to buy porn, buy porn. *shrug*
Sena: XD;

Then she wandered off, and came back a few minutes later and was like "there's a book over there called The Manga Sutra, but it's shrinkwrapped so I can't look at it. .__.;" XDD;; My Mom makes me laugh sometimes. ♥

Anyway, then we all met up with some of Mel's friends and went to Kelsey's for dinner, after which Mom and I left to head back to Dad's and crash because seriously, I hadn't slept in two days. =.=; And then we ended up staying up until like 1am chatting with Dad and Lois and playing with the dogs. >>;;

Then Saturday, we were late getting up, and then I took forever getting my costume on, since it was my Suigintou day, and I had to mess around with make-up and a wig, and fake nails WHICH I HATED SO MUCH OMG. >.<;

We hung around with Mel after we got there, and then I called Zexy and she came across to sit with us at the café at the TCC for a while. :3 Mom was in awe of her Zexion wig, and so was I. It was soooo good! >3<

Then that night I was supposed to go to the Moonlight Ball with Mel, but I had to go back to Dad's to pick some stuff up, and then Mom wasn't feeling well and didn't want to drive back into TO. Then it turned out Zexy went to the Ball too. D:

Sunday was my AU!Demyx day, but my Demy wig died a terrible death. ;___; So I wore the rest of the costume but not the wig, which was pretty pointless really. xD; I was supposed to meet up with Mel when we got to the TCC, but we waited/searched for about an hour, and then I had to head over to the DoubleTree to the KH photoshoot to find Zexy again... and when we got there I couldn't find the photoshoot either. ><;; BAH.

So I didn't end up managing to hook up with either of them on Sunday, which was kind of disappointing. :P And I brought Tet-chan with me on Sunday too, to show him off. TT__TT He was disappointed that he didn't get to meet them, but at the same time happy to have fresh air and attention from other people. He had his photo taken a couple of times! ♥ Plus we went back into the dealer's room and I found a new shirt for him, too. :)

All in all, it was a good weekend even though the programming wasn't super. ^_^ I'm looking forward to next year and bothering Mel and Zexy again. X3 *squishes them*

And I did a ton of shopping that I shouldn't have. >__>; I got a new plushroom to go with the fox I got last year (a panda :3), a necklace and four Hitachiin twins buttons and a twins postcard at Artist Alley. In the dealer's room I got a giant blue Gloomy Bear (I named him Bluebell to go with my other Gloomies, Marigold and Sakura, because I name them after flowers lawl; at the same booth Mel got a giant plush banana~~ XD;), a keychain, a bunch of pocky, and 19 volumes of manga. X3

-Alien Nine #1-3
-Alien Nine Emulators
-Rhysmyth #2 (etcetera_cat got me the first one for Christmas :3)
-Vampire Knight #1-2
-Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories #1-2
-Kingdom Hearts II #1 (I got #2 a couple weeks ago)
-Loveless #3-5
-Candidate for Goddess #3-5
-Megatokyo #3
-Fruits Basket #17
-La Corda d'Oro #2 (onewhomust gave me the first one when we traded a bunch of manga a while back ♥)

...and I realised after I got home that I forgot to pick up the latest volume of Tsubasa. Bah. Plus the shirt I got for Tet-chan, and Mom bought about $50 worth of candies at one of the booths because she really really liked them. lol. Then on the way home we stopped at Chapters in Barrie and I got an encyclopedia on gemstones, and the latest Dean Koontz paperback. <3

Anyway, I took Tet-chan with me to show him to Dad and Lois, mostly. I took all of his extra clothing and stuff as well, I'd planned to take some pics of him outside around their property because they have gorgeous grounds, but I didn't have the time. Too bad. Dad like choked when he found out how much he cost. XD;;

It's always nice to have a chance to talk to them some, and play with the dogs. Lois was nice enough to bring Star in from the kennel so I could visit with her some. She's my special doggy and I love her to bits. I fully intended to bring her home with me when they were finished using her for breeding (she was the last in her line so they needed her), but right now I'm not in a situation to. I'm really kind of upset about that...

Other than Star, they have four puppies right now; the black one is very pretty but starts easily. If you surprise him he yelps too. The multicolour (he'll end up being red when his adult coat comes in) is really pretty and friendly, but standoffish, he likes to play but not snuggle. Then the blonde boy is adorable, and when you pick him up be vegges completely in seconds. He's such a cuddler! And finally~ Bella. ♥♥♥ Bella is black and tiny; super tiny. Her brother is on the floor and 4x her size, but she's too little to go out with the adult dogs yet. >3< She loves to cuddle, and is rediculously cute and pretty, and KNOWS it too. They could have sold her in a snap... if she didn't have a heart murmur.

Now, a lot of pups are born with a faint heart murmur, it's not really rare. But in most cases they grow out of it. Bella's is so bad that you can feel it when you're holding her, and if you hold her up to your ear, her heart doesn't go "thump thump" it goes "swish swish". ;___; She doesn't know there's anything wrong with her, but it's not going to go away, and Lois can't sell a dog that might just drop dead at any second. She wants to find a home for her, but it has to be someone who understands that she may have problems and be costly later on if the heart problem gets worse or acts up.

For now Bella is happy to be where she is and steal cuddles from anyone who looks her way. Mom was so close to taking her home. lol.

And then before we left I raided Dad's DVD collection and ended up with a bunch of b-grade DVDs; The Man-Thing, The Host, Parasite, Ice Spiders and Carnivore. X33

Now a couple of photos. Mom had the camera most of the weekend, but she took a couple of decent ones. I'll go through the rest and see if there are any others worth posting later.

( Four whole AN pics. >>; )

Oh... and on Friday morning Dad got a call that Grandpa (his father, obviously) died. I'm just mentioning it so I have a record of the date. Before anyone says anything about being sorry for me, don't bother; I hadn't seen him in about 18 years, and aside from that I have nothing else to say because you shouldn't speak ill of the dead.

And for things completely un-anime-north-related, RP UPDATE!

Kyo is currently working 14-18 hour days after the bombing at the school last week. He's pretty exhausted. *pets him* Last night Yukari randomly brought him dinner, and he was like "...wut?" until he realised she was Vincent's girlfriend, lol.

Demyx is somewhat trying to convince Zexion they need to take a vacation. At some point soon Marly is having a party and he plans to drag Zexy along to that too. <3

Kadaj. GOD THAT KID IS TROUBLE. First off, Seph found out about him going out with Marluxia and FREAKED OUT (which was to be expected), which of course made Kadaj freak out as well. Now they've somewhat worked it out. Mostly. Then he fucked up royally and slept with Asch, and completely alienated Luke for a few days. D: He was very upset, but he and Luke talked a bit and now everything's okay. As for his relationship with Marly, it's all working out well except that they're likely to have to take some time off until after the trial against Hojo is over. Kadaj is not really impressed with that idea, but... it has to be done. ;__; [Edit: Also, Axel has started calling him Ka-hime because of how much he blushes when asked about Marly lol. I find it amusing. Kadaj was annoyed for about ten minutes and then just gave up because once Axel decides on a nickname you're pretty much stuck with it. He learned that back when they first met. XD;]

Hikaru and Mahiru... .__.; I need to get them doing something. Seriously. Though I think Riku is trying to get the band practicing some, which will take care of Mahiru. *pokes Hikaru and ponders* Hmm.

Okay, so aside from flailing over CSI/Bones/House this week, I've been watching some anime. (What else is new, right? Shush.) Someone over at anime_downloads put Those Who Hunt Elves up, and while I have the first season already I've been looking for the second for about three years, so I was happy to see that. Megaupload is being a bitch and taking forever, but I'm slowly getting them downloaded.

While trying to download TWHE, I did get episodes 1-6 of Vampire Knight downloaded/watched. My basic impression goes along the lines of sdghaydughyfsudohgfdj;kl *___*!! SO MUCH LOVE. *wants more like NOW OMG* A while back I had a commission for Zero from that series, and while I was looking at pics (all manga since it was before the anime) I came to the conclusion that it looked interesting, but I had no idea how awesome it was going to be. X3

What else? Oh! My Steel Angel Kurumi came in this morning, and I've been binging on it all day. My head hurts from the subtitles. How come official subtitles are always so much smaller/harder to read than fansubs? Gah. *aspirin* Other than that, it's a cute series. Though the eps are only about 12 minutes long. I hate that. Psychic Academy was like that too. :P Kurumi makes me think of Suiseiseki, but without the sadistic streak. It's probably the over-use of "desu!" lol.

And I'm trying to find somewhere to download subbed episodes of Hand Maid May. I asked in the anime downloads comm, and was directed to somewhere to download dubbed eps, but... yeah. The dub isn't the worst one I've ever seen, but it's still not great and I'd really rather subs.

I wasn't nearly so picky about dubbing until I got into voice acting back in 2001. xD; Now I pick it apart all the time. I'm probably really annoying. :P

...And Now For Something Anime North Related!

A week today until I'm heading down to Dad's for the Anime North weekend. >3< I'm excited this year! Though I still wish I could have sold ponies again. I was really counting on the money for the Otakon trip. Well... I'm working around that. I'M GOING IF I HAVE TO HITCHHIKE DAMMIT. >__O;;

I think this is how it's going to work cosplay-wise; Friday is Haruhi, then Saturday/Saturday night masquerade is Suigintou, and Friday is AU!Demyx. My Suigintou costume is really hot though, so if it's too warm I might end up doing Haruhi or Demyx on Sunday during the day as well and just saving Suigintou for the masquerade. Which reminds me. NOTE TO SELF: FINISH YOUR DAMN MASK, YOU PROCRASTINATING IDIOT. >__>;;

I need to chat with Mel and Zexy and see how we want to work meeting up. I'm going to the masquerade with Mel, but other than that I don't know. Also, I'm considering asking if I can borrow Sarah's cell to take with me, just to make communication with them easier while we're there. I'd pay whatever charges I made, obviously, but since I don't have a cell phone of my own, it'd just make things easier.

NOTE TO SELF #2: GET A CELL PHONE AT SOME POINT. SERIOUSLY. THEY REALLY ARE HANDY FOR STUFF LIKE THIS. >.<;;

Apparently Lois and Dad are excited to see my new haircut. Neither of them has ever seen me with short hair... well, I mean, Dad did when I was a baby, but not since then. ♥ On Thursday before Mom and I pack up to head down there, I also need to remember to do Dad's broken glass torte and the banana bread I want to make for Lois.

1) Yes this post is numbered. Just because. :P

2) So... turns out C.A. is in Korea because Nova (the company she went to Japan under) like... crashed and burned. Seriously. It was this huge scandal where they weren't paying the teachers and everything. So she was selling stuff out of the apartment they gave her so she could buy food, and then disappeared for a while and showed back up in South Korea. O___O;

That's as much as I know, and I'm really seriously worried. I need to call her parents and see what's going up, if she's coming home or what. *fretfretfretfret* D:

3) Maddie and Chloe are having problems right now, which seriously sucks. (*fretfretfretmore*) I'm worried about them too... in fact, I'm running a collection box for them at Rizu, because we ♥ ♥ ♥ them and want to help. <3

4) Stupid gmail won't let me into my inbox right now. ><;;

5) I've been picking up odds-and-ends for my cosplay in the summer the last while, including a bunch of earrings for my AU!Demyx. >3< The stars came in today, and two of the ear cuffs came in yesterday. Two of the pairs of hoops arrived last week, but were sadly the wrong ones so I had to send them back. Now I have to wait for them to come in, as well as one more ear cuff and a messenger bag. Yep.

6) While we were out grocery shopping today Mom and I popped into Walmart, and we stumbled upon plastic tubs... CLEAR plastic tubs! :3 YEY. Mom bought me four of them lawl, and I'll probably need more before AN, but that'll give me a good start. Now I can pack some of my finished ponies away and make room for more as I finish them.

I also got a deep fryer because they were on the end of the aisle right by the plastic tubs, and on sale for $22. O__o; I was like *YOINK*. Though the only reason I did was because my GST money came in haha. XD;

7) Okay, so the Otakon trip has become slightly more, which is awesome as far as I'm comcerned since I've never been to the US at all before. X3 I'm going to Dayton, then taking the train to Baltimore with Maddie and Chloe, then one of the days we're going to DC to be tourists there, and on the way home, between Baltimore and here, I'm stopping for a night to bother cat_mcdougall. X33 And that's just what's been planned so far. Nevermind all the stuff in Baltimore and Washington that we've planned, the aquarium and everything. ^___^

Oh, but lipstickcat, what days are you going to be in Toronto? Just to make sure, so I can plan for that too. ^^

8) RP STUFF! =D;

Hikaru is basically the same as last time I rambled about him. He and Kaoru are about to have crazy angst since Kao slept with Allen. ^^;

Demyx is all excited because Larxene and Marluxia are in town now, haha. But then he gets excited about everything. Also, he's met C.C. and Link when he went to visit Fate in the hospital, and is happy to have made new friends. He's also planning to go visit Axel sometime soon, since he hasn't seen him around much and Zexy keeps saying he must have died or something. XD;;

Yuki is the same as Hikaru, nothing much going on. I need to get him into something interesting so I can unleash his snark. lol.

Kyo is... oh God, the angst. FFS, he was supposed to be a fun snarky character to play dammit. But no~ he's all love triangle angstangstangst and stuff. Blegh. Though the AIM-verse SephxKyoxZelos is hot and made of awesome. Oh yes.

And finally, I took a 5th character because I fail. Except this time at least it's a GIRL. xD; lawl. We need more girls, seriously. So I took up Shiraishi Mahiru from Mikan no Tsuki (myluck_yourluck), because she's cute and fun, and has a pet bat named (creatively enough) "Mr. Bat" or "Batty". <3

9) Just called to talk to Dad, but he's working that weird shift again so he's in bed. So I talked to Lois for a couple minutes and asked how she was doing; she says much better, though not having use of her one hand is driving her nuts. I can imagine, lol. She also liked the pony I gave her for Christmas, so yey. :)

10) Tomorrow, Grandma is coming up around lunch time and her, me, Mom and Lee are going out for lunch. She's going to drop off some stuff, and pick up some things that need sewing, and see Mom's new furnature and everything since she hasn't yet and it's been 6 months since the place was painted and they got the new furnature and curtains. Haha.

11) And also, I didn't have a birthday party this year, but Ryuu-chan, Andy and Steve came by to visit, which was awesome. I hadn't talked to any of them in a while, but specifically Andy I hadn't talked to in like two years. He's so hard to get in contact with! ><;

EDIT 12) Random anonymous v-gift ftw! Pony! Thank you anon! ♥

EDIT #2, 13) Dammit Kyo-muse! Stop whining for sex already, jeez! >P

EDIT #3, 14) OMG After Eight dark chocolate mints win at everything. ;3; They're so good, and were on sale so I got a couple boxes of them. Now I'm all high on sugar. FWEE. 8D

EDIT #4, 15) Kyo-muse doesn't have me writing Kyo/Seph/Zelos smut, I swear. >.> *innocent whistle*

I'm... spam-my today, aren't I? But finally, here's an actual entry. XD

Dad came up yesterday morning, and we exchanged gifts with him. He got my brother a sword, and my Christmas/birthday gifts were the Alien Quadrilogy (I've wanted it for years >3<) and the Tremors box set with all four movies. <3 He got the entire Space/1999 set from me (17 DVDs omg), and PoTC 3, and a huge set of Star Wars collectors keychains from Trunks.

I asked if he and Lois would be alright with the kennel and everything until her arm healed, because I was going to offer to stay with them for a while to help out, but he says they'll be okay; both Lois' sisters and her sons are going to help out around the farm, so hopefully they'll be able to keep up with what needs to be done. I'm relieved, that was really kind of worrying me. :)

Anyway! So lately I've gotten a bunch of DVDs to replace some of my VHS movies (I'm trying to upgrade, lawl), and have the following titles on VHS that are up for grabs if anyone wants them. Free to a good home, as long as you're willing to pay for the shipping on them because I'm poor and totally have no money left after Christmas. xD;

Shipping would be pretty cheap on most of them anyway, with the exception of the Alien set because that one's five tapes in a collector's box. All of them are Region 1 (US/Canada) VHS.

-LoTR: Fellowship of the Ring
-LoTR: Fellowship of the Ring (extended)
-Tremors 1/Tremors 2: Aftershocks (box set)
-Tremors 3: Back to Perfection
-Predator
-Alien 20th Anniversary Collection (Alien/Aliens/Alien3/Alien Ressurrection + Alien Legacy behind-the-scenes/making-of type VHS + a spiffy box for them)

If anyone's interested please let me know! ^_^

And now, RPG notes because I haven't made any in a while. Haha.

Hikaru; is in for some angst in the near future but doesn't know it yet. Allen was staying with him and Kaoru for a while after his bar got closed down, and one night he and Kaoru were drinking and ended up sleeping together. >>; Then Allen left, and Kaoru's all angst, and Hika's kind of like "...wtf is going on?" at the moment.

Kyo; gahugilhaerugfdhgdk;lk! The boy is proving to be so much more of a pain than I thought he was going to be! xD; At this point in-rp, Zelos and Sephiroth have actually come to blows fighting over him (at the Christmas party, no less), and Kyo was all pissed off at Seph for it. Then Vincent sat him down and had a chat with him about it, and explained that Seph was jealous, duh, and completely in love with him even if he wouldn't admit it... and now Kyo doesn't know wtf to do. He's taking advice from Dante about it. XD;

Demyx; Is typical Demyx, lol. He's happy living with Zexion and Nocturne (their new kitten), and happy that Axel lives down the hall from them, and happy that Roxas is in town, and happy because he's totally starting a boyband with Sora and Shuichi. BWAHAHA. X33 What he's not happy about, though, is Fate, as Fate was hit by a car and is in the hospital and seriously hurt right now. He's going to go visit him and bring him stuff to "cheer him up" later. I have yet to entirely determine what that means. >>;

Yuki; ...is the one who hit Fate with his car. >__>;; Eheh. He called an ambulance and then bailed once they showed up. Now he's all pissed off about the incident. Apparently Sephiroth got a look at him, so I imagine there's going to be many problems for him in the future. ^_^; For now though, he'll go about teaching and picking on Shuichi and pretend nothing happened.

Oh, and speaking of Fate, our Albel quit. Anyone want to pick him up for us? Fate needs his boyfriend. Or at least Maddie says he does, I personally think Fate's better off without that prick. lol. XD; Nevermind. >>;

Today Mom and I went out shopping. =D

She still had almost $200 worth of certificates to buy new clothes, and had promised me new clothes for my birthday as well. Even though my birthday isn't until the 3rd, she took me today to take advantage of boxing week sales. <3 Hehe.

We both got a ton of stuff~ I got another pair of beans (blue, since my other two pairs are black), four t-shirts, two camis, two dressier shirts and this SPIFFY purple suede jacket. I'll so share pics later if I remember to. X33

Then she was all "Surprise! I got you some movies too even though I said you were just getting clothes, bwahaha!"

So I ended up with five new (used) movies; Pan's Labyrinth, the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (squee!) and Ghost Rider. She'd also gotten me Ratatouille and Evan Almighty, but they were dupilcates since Grandma got them for me already, soooo~~ we went to Blockbuster to return them and get different onces. I got Meet The Robinsons and Rise out of it... and then couldn't help grabbing Kaw (killer ravens!) and The Breed (killer wild dogs!) as well. So I paid $20-ish for them and a bag of rainbow twizzlers. lol.

I have seven new movies to watch! :3

Also, at the mall I got some earring covers (for like $4)... they're these little plastic covers that go over the posts to your earrings while you're wearing them, for people like me who are allergic to surgical steel. So I can wear all my earrings again! WHOOT! The girl also said for hoop earrings or whatever that the covers don't fit on, to try painting a couple of coats of clear nailpolish on them, apparently it works too.

Then because I can wear earrings again, I celebrated and spent $10 on some new earrings. lol. One set I only got because they're blue and sparkly and I'm considering wearing them when I'm cosplaying AU!Demyx in the summer. XD

Oh! And Mom got me a new watch, too. Finally I have one again! It's been like eight months since the batteries ran out on my last one. >>;;

Then when we got home, I started putting everything away, and Dad called... he's still coming up tomorrow, but he has to be really quick about it because he has to get back to his place in time to help Lois out with the dogs at lunch time. Normally, Lois is fine doing it by herself... BUT.

She slipped on the ice this morning and SHATTERED her wrist. Like... literally. She's had it set as best they could at the hospital and been put into a cast, but she has an apointment with a specialist in a week to see if they'll have to fix it sugically, or if it'll be alright the way it is.

Now she needs help with everything, for the time being anyway. ;-; I wonder if I should offer to go down and help out for a while or something? Dad can help the next few days because he's off work, but after that, what? Hmm. I'm kind of worried about all that.

And now I'm watching The Breed, because YEY.

EDIT: Oh also also~ I got a package from lipstickcat yesterday! X3 It was full of all kinds of awesome things! Haha, the buns have already scarfed down the seed bars and hay (they inhaled them in about 5.7 seconds), and the cats would have done the same with theirs if I wasn't being stingy and not giving them tons at a time. lol. Mom and I shared a bunch of the truffles and they are LOVE! \o/ And we giggled like crazy at the little grow-your-own-British-man. BWAHAHA. SO AWESOME. She tried to steal the white-chocolate mix. And the mug with Welsh words on it. But I somehow managed to fend her off. >>; Thank you~~ ♥

EDIT #2: The Breed was fun. Now I'm on to Kaw, which I think is the best title evar. Watch them be creative. lawl. KILLER RAVENS FTW.

Ahhh, my thumb isn't bleeding anymore~ yey~

Though I think I still need to be careful with it. Because of where it is, I keep catching it on stuff. And I didn't start clay work on my Ouran ponies today because I was thinking about it, and I doubt getting sculpey into it would probably be a bad thing. >>;

Maybe tomorrow.

So I called Dad today, since I hadn't talked to him on the phone in a while.

Lois's brother died two days ago... he's been dying for about two months now. Or, I suppose he's been dying for about eleven years; he was in a car accident back then, and got a blood transfusion that was tainted with hepatitus. He finally gave way.

So Lois isn't doing really great right now, obviously, and neither of them have been sleeping well.

Dad also told me about this litter of puppies they had born a few days ago. Two of them are raven black, one is black with white socks, and the last one is chocolate-and-tan; he says the black one with white socks won't sell because people seem to think coloration like that is "odd", but I think it would be cute.

As for the chocolate-and-tan one... that coloration is rediculously rare, so Lois is already covetting that pup, and plotting for when she can breed it. lol. Dad keeps joking about how much money he could get for it, and every time he does Lois just gives him a look.

Unfortunately, though, the mother dog has decided she wants nothing to do with the litter, so they have to bottle feed them. Lois is not impressed with her. ^_^; It happens sometimes, but it's never a happy thing when it does...

... *DIES OF EXHAUSTION*

It's way too hot right now. ^_^;; But oh well.

Okay. Went to Anime North with Mom! X3

We stayed at Dad and Lois' place both nights we were down there, so we didn't have to pay for a hotel. :P lol. It was nice... we got to play with the dogs a bunch, and see their bobblehead doggy. He's a couple of months old, but he was sick when he was first born (all the rest of his littermates died), and it stunted his growth a bit, so he's teeny... except for his head. ^_^;; His head is growing faster than the rest of his body, so he's like a little bobblehead. It's cute and kind of rediculous at the same time. ^^;

Anyway. Convention.

It was fun, even though it was so hot. ^^ One of the booths was handing out plastic fans as a promotion, so Mom and I each grabbed one to help keep a bit cooler. I think everyone had one. It was SUCH a good promo idea...

Uhm... we spent a lot of time in the Dealer's Room. Ahaha... and we wandered through Artist Alley, and watched Cosplay Chess, which was awesome. ^^ We went to a couple of seminars, and poked our heads into this wrestling thing they had going this year, but we didn't stay there for long.

There were SO MANY good costumes. A lot of Eds, which doesn't surprise me. And a lot of Advent Children costumes, which also doesn't surprise me. ^^ There was one Al, and some guys dressed as a gameboy and a nintendo, which was amusing...

Yeah, and I spent like, TONS of money. (Also not a surprise, given my lack of restraint.) Not all of it was at the convention, though-- Mom and I went to the World's Biggest Bookstore after AN today, and I bought a lot of books, too. BUAHAHA. I would love to set cat_mcdougall and etcetera_cat loose in there! ^__^

At the convention itself, though, I got a couple of keychains (one FMA Ed one, and one AC Kadaj one), and a set of black leather gauntlet/wristband/bracelets that I thought were really neat. (Mom got a bigger set for my brother for his birthday in the fall, too.) I also got a necklace for cassandracsenta because I saw it and immediately thought of her. =3 I got some peach-strawberry pocky (for myself), and some green tea pocky to send to etcetera_cat. And a button with Yuki from Furuba on it. And I have two fans, from that one booth...

And I got a ton of mange GNs, of course:

--Lament of the Lamb by Tomoe Kei, volumes #3/#4
--Fruits Basket by Takaya Natsuki, volume #13
--Diabolo by Kasunoki Kei/Ohashi Kaoru, volume #3
--Gravitation by Murakami Maki, volumes #4/#5
--Tsubasa by CLAMP, volumes #8/#9

There were two things I saw there that I really wanted and didn't get, though; one was a Kumagoro plush, and one was a plush of the dog alien from Alien 3. X3 Isn't that just WRONG, somewhow?? lol.

Then today at the bookstore, I got six books, too:

--Velocity by Dean Koontz
--Finders Seekers by Gayle Greeno (book 1 of "The Ghatti's Tale")
--A Brief History of The Druids by Peter Berresford Ellis
--A Brief History of Infinity by Brian Clegg
--Alchemy and Mysticism: The Hermetic Cabinet by Alexander Roob

And I got a book on monsters and aliens from Star Wars for Dad, assuming he doesn't already have it...

Also, Mom got me a FREAKING HUGE book on ancient civilizations, which goes in the set with my mythology one. There's one other on ancient history, too, that I want if I can ever find it... >^-^;; I have nowhere to put them, though...

I got some souvenirs to send out in the next P.O.S. boxes that I put together, too...

I think that's it for stuff I bought. |_|;; Mom got some buttons for herself, and those gauntlet things for Trunks, and a little mini-poster for him, too... and at the bookstore she got a LoTR puzzle book for C.A. just for the heck of it. She had a lot more fun than I thought she would. ^^

And... yeah. Now I have some photos. None of them are from AN, but I took some photos at the kennel; some are of dogs, and some are of Dad's "room" in the loft of the barn, where about 50% of his Star Wars collection is housed. Note the about 50% part. ^_^;

( Holy crap, that's a lot of freaking Star Wars stuff! )

Scary, isn't it? O_o; lol.

( And a few doggy pictures... )

Oh, and before we left, I also borrowed a whole bag of movies from Dad! I always borrow tons of movies from him:

--Night of the Demon
--BUGGED!
--Mimic 3: The Sentinel
--Megalodon
--Dark Waters
--The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
--Fangs
--Arachnia
--Devil Fish
--Mosquito Man
--Walking With Monsters: Life Before The Dinosaurs

He also gave me 9 old black and white monster movies in a box set that he got me, and a Gamera movie that I had him pick up a while back. X3 OMGB-GRADEMOVIEMARATHONANYONE??

Anyway. That's about it. Except to say that my kitties missed me terribly, and Loki hasn't left me alone since I got home... until about five minutes ago when he got tired and went to take a nap. :)

--Laundry
--Pie(s)
--Tidy apartment
--Pack
--Recharge camera batteries
--Unplug stuff

I'm off to Anime North with Mom tonight. ^_^

I need to remember to unplug some stuff before I leave, and put the wires up, as Loki seems to have a thing for playing with/chewing on them. While we're in Toronto, I'm going to find/buy some clear nailpolish to put on the wires when I get back, but for now I'll just put them up so he can't get to them.

Hopefully, a couple of days alone will finish getting Neko used to having Loki around, too. Tri's already adopted him, but Neko still isn't sure...

Already did laundry last night/this morning, and made pie this morning, because I felt like it and I thought I'd like to take one down to Dad and Lois, since they're letting us stay at their place so we don't have to pay for a hotel. It's strawberry-rhubarb-raspberry-peach-pear-apple. Fruit medley! XD

Also, WTF my jaw is KILLING me. It's been hurting for almost a week now. It doesn't hurt as long as I don't move it, but I can't yawn or open my mouth more than a bit. It's really stiff, too. I can talk, at least, but I have to chew on the right side (since the left side is the sore one), and... yeah. Just ow. ;-;

*goes to get ibuprofin (or however you spell that)*