Yubsie's Yammerings

A quick update on today's work on the cosplay project of doom..

( Because fitting through doors is overrated anyway )

Hey look, I finally uploaded my Polaris pictures!

( Con photos! )

We went to see Scott Pilgrim vs. the World last night. It was incredibly awesome. Sadly, I can see why it's doing poorly at the box office. See... the entire time I was watching it, I felt like they had made the movie for me.

And on a related "movies made for me don't succeed" note, one of the previews managed to lose my attention and then actually get it back. It looked like a really generic hockey movie... until halfway through they all started singing and dancing! They are making a HOCKEY MUSICAL. It looks RIDICULOUS. I am excited to watch it. :p

Just about ready to go for Fan Expo. Which is good, since we're leaving tomorrow. I made a Deadpool mask for Ryan today, it came together rather well. I think I have all my costume bits packed, just need to make sure I have all the emergency repair supplies. And the con food. And the non-costume clothing, might want that. :p

Sometimes I end up making very bizarre phone calls. Like today's memorable "Honey, could you please bring me a pair of pants?"

My vacuum pump leaked. Changing the pump oil is always a messy business, so I was wearing my labcoat. Unfortunately, it only goes to my knees. I didn't notice the leak at first when I was moving the pump up onto a stool so I could drain it and I got oil all down my pant leg. It was... icky. :p

On an unrelated note, my sister has figured out what Glaxcin needs. It needs the doctor from Voyager! Because he doesn't need to eat!

Also unrelated, it's a bit chilly today. The nearest warm thing I could grab to throw on was... a White Mage cloak. I'm not sure what that says about me. But I'm typing this while wearing a cloak. :p

It took hours and I hit my thumb with a hammer more times than I care to count (there was a big purple bump. Then I hit it again and it started bleeding :p), but my Halloween costume now laces up!

And the cat decided that the ribbon was a toy. :p

You know what I hate? Zippers. :p They are evil. I was trying to avoid having to use a zipper in this costume, but I didn't have enough slack in the back to do velcro. I was going to do lace up, but when I tested grommets on a piece of scrap fabric, it was NOT HAPPENING. The awl doesn't like this fabric. :p So zipper it was.

Though at least I had the brains to hand baste the zipper in first, so it was easy to pick back out when I, shock, screwed it up. :p

And then when I was sewing it in, I got a little close to the teeth so it snagged when I was trying the costume on. What a sight that was. I was, uh, sitting in the living room in my underwear, battling a zipper with a stitch ripper. I'm told this doesn't happen in normal households. :p

But! The zipper is attached! And the overskirt is made and sewn on. Though I still have the NEVER ENDING HEM to do. And I need to alter the bodice a bit because it's sagging in the chest. Still, making progress!

I have found my missing shoe! Which would probably mean more to you if I'd mentioned I was missing a shoe in the first place. Packing for Anime North is FUN! :p And I have to take a break from it until my laundry finishes. Which is, uh, now. :p

Okay, now that that's done with. :p

Ryan's great aunt got us a lamp as a wedding gift. This makes me RIDICULOUSLY happy, because we need that lamp greatly. The living room is poorly lit. :p

Is it normal that posts on the Piled Higher and Deeper forum about the uncertainty of the academic profession make me think of my childhood lullabye? :p

Dude, where's my layout? (Seriously, it's randomly vanished :p)

We bought a kitchen table yesterday. It came with four chairs. We only really need two, so one is being used as my sewing chair and the fourth is in a corner somewhere to be pulled out when entertaining (because it would get in the way of the fridge normally. :P

I also tried out my new sewing machine yesterday and I heaaaaaaaaart it. I finished up the hood, so today I'm hoping to get started on the rest of the cloak.

We also watched the Fifth Doctor's first arc. I quite like him. Of course, I've yet to meet a Doctor I didn't like. :p Teagan is also really cool. :D Also, I want to see Deadpool, because David TEnnant sings and dances. :p

And I found Photoshop! It was in my drawer thingy. Sometimes known as my other boot. So I can make icons again! As soon as I rebuild my font collection. :p So I can have Doctor Who icons! And all those other things I talked about wanting icons of. :p

I have a weird hobby of looking at every list of wedding song ideas that I come across. This frequently leads to me WTFing and wondering if people even READ the lyrics. I mean, I love "I Will Follow You INto the Dark" but it's kinda DEATHTASTIC (and I don't mean super cheery like I usually do when I say that. :p) Also, "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" as a father/daughter dance? NO BAD WRONG. "A Whole New World", while fine for a bride/groom dance, is not father/daugther material. I mean, wasn't Jasmine's father the one KEEPING her from seeing the world, shining, shimmering, splendid? "My Heart Will Go On" just makes me think "They're like that couple from Titanic, only no one dies, omigod you guys!"

And "Memory" from Cats? Do people just not LISTEN to these songs before they suggest them?

And yes, I look at these lists just for the WTF factor, since we already have both those songs picked out. :p

EDIT: Well, my layout's back. :p

So yeah, with the sewing machine not so much with the working, I think I'll just wear one of my old costumes to Animaritime this year. Which leaves me with a decision.

[Poll #932207]

Katikabe, do you perchance know when Ash Wednesday Mass is today?

I love my sewing machine. I sat down and made the blouse for my Garnet costume in a single sitting. I can't think of HOW long that would have taken to do by hand.

I also clearly mismeasured myself, because the blouse definitely wound up a size or so too big. Fortunately, too big is much simpler to fix than too small. :p

Let's see... other than that, I watched CSI. It was the conclusion of a cliffhanger I had missed several weeks ago, so that made me happy. Though apparently I have to see other episodes to find out what's with the model crime scenes. :p

Also, cubes are hard to wrap. This is the last time I give the Borg. :p