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Rossi ([personal profile] deathpixie) wrote2007-02-21 09:56 am

Ramblings on a sunny Wednesday morning...

Amazing what an extra half-hour of snoozing can do for you, especially when you got to bed late...

It's a beautiful day out there today. Warm - around 1 or 2 degrees - sunny and fresh. Of course, the snow is melting into gross slushy puddles of ice and cigarette butts, but that's the downside of snow. And you know you're beginning to adapt to Canada when 1 or 2 degrees C is "warm". It is, tho' - I didn't bother buttoning my coat and left the scarf at home today.

Sun is good. Sun brightens your mood, wakes you up, makes you a little happier with the world. As does having pancakes for dinner at a friend's place, and listening to Johnny and the boys over a couple of pints and resolving personal insanity. I got into work a half-hour later than usual, but given Jane's on vacation and Alvin doesn't get in until 10:30/11:00 usually, it's not a problem - I'll just stay an extra half-hour tonight.

I'm settling into the modding thing, after some teething troubles. We're apparently having one of the busiest months ever mod-wise, which is good for the game and for us to learn, although occasionally I cling to the "to-do" list frantically. ;) Lists are Of The Strong.

My little brother turned 35 over the weekend. I missed it due to being in London, but there were birthday wishes being sent telepathically.

Speaking of birthdays... I've decided for mine I want a combined three-way birthday party: [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] has hers in April, [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] has hers May 9 and mine's May 10. There needs to be dressing up and going somewhere nice and wearing tiaras. Because, dammit, if I'm going to continue this inexorable creep towards 40, I want to do it in style. Or as stylish as you can get with a plastic tiara on your head. ;) Consider this my decree: I Have Spoken.

For those who keep asking/wanting to confirm, [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] shall be held on the weekend of AUGUST 3 - 6, 2007. The official announcement will be made at some point, but that's the date [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] gave me (among other people) and that's what I'm sticking to. So if you're the people that need to start planning now due to extreme overseasness, there you go.

I have a pile of filing the size of a small pigmy. *sighs dramatically*

[identity profile] ferox.livejournal.com 2007-02-21 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
1) And I have also Spoken and am Speaking for Jen as well. WE'VE ALL SPOKEN, therefore, get your butts in gear, y'all.

And dude, I'm totally learning how to make tiaras, there will be no tacky here. Psh.

2) Ahah- I love my lists. My precious, precious lists. They will never leave me or think I'm too anal. *giggle*

3) ...I have no idea how I'm going to make Con work. STUPID MOVING THING.

[identity profile] indiana-j.livejournal.com 2007-02-21 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
And I speak for all of us when I say...damned skippy! *grins* Oh yes, there must be a large birthday bash for the three of us. Many evil plans...mwahaha.
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[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/ 2007-02-21 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sitting here, so tempted to at least send sparkly pipe cleaner tiaras over and possibly real ones, should I be able to get my hands on a soldering iron in the next week or two as birthday presents for everyone.

[identity profile] ferox.livejournal.com 2007-02-22 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
Or sashes. We could have sashes.

And whoever says I'm researching tiaras is a LIAR.

(Okay, it ends up I like more traditional tiaras, with the rhinestones and the symmetry. I'm old school, what can I say?)
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[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/ 2007-02-22 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
*nods* They're definitely prettier, if only because they don't look like they've fallen over on one side or something. I've found out that I don't need to solder them (though I can if I want to) which is good, as I haven't done any soldering in years.


You could always have tiaras AND sashes?
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[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/ 2007-02-22 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
I absoletely did not end up buying beads and things to try and make one. Of course not.
ext_3673: Manny, from black books (painty goodness)

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/ 2007-02-22 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
If Mindy's got first dibs on them, she's welcome to them. *grins* I think they're incredible fun to make but I honestly need to practice before they're at a stage where I can give them to other people.

[identity profile] amythyst7.livejournal.com 2007-02-21 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
*flails and clings to the list*

[identity profile] diamond-dust06.livejournal.com 2007-02-21 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Sweet. Who wants to share a hotel room with me for Dexcon?

[identity profile] indiana-j.livejournal.com 2007-02-21 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Me!

That's easy...:D

[identity profile] maelie.livejournal.com 2007-02-21 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I was talking to my dad the other day, and he was saying, "I was watching the news, and it said your place was about -15 (Celsius)!"

"Yeah, that was last week," I replied. "It's warmer this week. . . about 36 Fahrenheit? Which is, what, 2, 3 Celsius?"

"But that's cold!"

". . . Well, yeah, but it's warm*er.*"

(*grins*)

I too am without scarf today, with fewer layers on. Whoohoo!

[identity profile] msss.livejournal.com 2007-02-21 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I remember distinctly my first day of spring sunshine in TO. I ran outside in my T-shirt and jeans and looked up Bloor St West to see on the LED sign that the temperature was ... 7 degrees.
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[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/ 2007-02-21 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for confirming that. I was starting to feel like I should really be organising things. Would it be possible for me to visit for a few days before Dexcon?
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[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/ 2007-02-22 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
It is? Oh, good. I thought I should get in quickly, since Rossi'n Dex's floor space seems to be a prized commodity that's worth it's weight it gold.

[identity profile] medievaloracle.livejournal.com 2007-02-22 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
Oooh. Dexcon might actually be a possibility this year.

(Which is good, because they've just announced we're holding faire auditions the weekend I had been considering an invasion. ;) )

[identity profile] seraangel.livejournal.com 2007-02-22 10:19 am (UTC)(link)
Woot! For confirmation of DexCon. Now I can actually book time off at work.