Watching Good Morning Canada this morning I happened to catch a segment on The Dunlop Observatory which belongs to the U of T and is the place where the professiour discovered a black hole.
Its in the news these days because the U of T is opening up sale on the massive property donated to the university by the Dunlop family oh so many moons ago.
I think this is retarded, absolutely going against the nature of science and education, proving once again, money does make the world turn.
Anyway here is a a link I found in my scramble as I'm heading out the door for work.
Check it out, for the scientist in you.
The DDO
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
Poetic
'If I had but one thing in this world I cherished more than you I would be doubly blessed and face Osirus with his sacred Ibis feather lighter than air.' -- Yve, 2008
wrote that and sent it to Vade spur of the moment at work yesterday, I had a feeling he was having a bad day and I wanted to make him smile. Yes, occasionally I am just THAT good.
wrote that and sent it to Vade spur of the moment at work yesterday, I had a feeling he was having a bad day and I wanted to make him smile. Yes, occasionally I am just THAT good.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
I would like very much to write
BUT I HAVE NO BLOODY INSPIRATION!!
but I will have time. -HHNNNNngh-
btw. inventory is much like pulling teeth without the nitrous oxide.
I think my D.M would appriciate that.
but I will have time. -HHNNNNngh-
btw. inventory is much like pulling teeth without the nitrous oxide.
I think my D.M would appriciate that.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Nuuuuuuuuuugh
So I woke up early today and kicked about online before deciding I wanted more sleep and headed back for a lay down.
Sometime between laying down at 9:30 and getting up 10:30 I pulled a muscle in my neck/shoulder and I can't turn my head to the left at all and barely to the right, nor can I lift my left arm over my ribs.
Plus I woke up originally with a cold. NUGH.
WHHHHY?
Why during inventory week? WHY!??
Fuck you mother nature, fuck and you.
-slumps and whimpers in pain- oh yah. everytime I move I hurt.
nugh.
Sometime between laying down at 9:30 and getting up 10:30 I pulled a muscle in my neck/shoulder and I can't turn my head to the left at all and barely to the right, nor can I lift my left arm over my ribs.
Plus I woke up originally with a cold. NUGH.
WHHHHY?
Why during inventory week? WHY!??
Fuck you mother nature, fuck and you.
-slumps and whimpers in pain- oh yah. everytime I move I hurt.
nugh.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Inventory Week
So its Inventory Week at work this week, which means we have to clean, organize and prep for the big count on Saterday.
This entails much stupidity on behalf of my company and I mean, it really hurts to admit this. Its just that bad.
Lets start at the beginning, today my first day back from the weekend, and the store has already been divided into sections, starting on the left hand 'window' display and moving down the left hand wall, around the back wraps around the right hand side then hits the middle displays. Each section is literally three feet wide and takes up a row of shelving. Monday the front window display was done, the dishwall, asian wall and half the linens were done by the time I came in. Not bad, but we're only a tenth of the way started.
Jess explains to me the method of the inventory, how we have to pre-organize the merchandise by writing down the SKU's and doubling the list leaving the count columns empty (for the Big Count). We have to start on the top shelf, working left to right, down a shelf right to left, down a shelf left to right, in a very drunken style zigzag.
--->
I
I
V
<---
I
I
V
--->
Just like that.
organize, list, document, copy, ignore customers, organize, list, document, copy, ignore phone, for 9 hours.
-shudders-
Remarkably I got finished the rest of the linen section (#10) and made my way through the coffee and tea wall, to the gadjet section, through the aprons and oven mitts to the spice wall. I stopped there. Ten sections chewed through by me and Jess.
I stopped at 8 and started the close.
I was so glad to get the hell out of there by 10 after 9 it was a fucking miracle.
I loathe inventory.
LOATHE.
LOOOOAAAATTHHEE.
this is going to be a very long very annoying week.
BUT I found out.
I get the christmas bonus from all the hours I worked at the holiday store.
YAY!!
This entails much stupidity on behalf of my company and I mean, it really hurts to admit this. Its just that bad.
Lets start at the beginning, today my first day back from the weekend, and the store has already been divided into sections, starting on the left hand 'window' display and moving down the left hand wall, around the back wraps around the right hand side then hits the middle displays. Each section is literally three feet wide and takes up a row of shelving. Monday the front window display was done, the dishwall, asian wall and half the linens were done by the time I came in. Not bad, but we're only a tenth of the way started.
Jess explains to me the method of the inventory, how we have to pre-organize the merchandise by writing down the SKU's and doubling the list leaving the count columns empty (for the Big Count). We have to start on the top shelf, working left to right, down a shelf right to left, down a shelf left to right, in a very drunken style zigzag.
--->
I
I
V
<---
I
I
V
--->
Just like that.
organize, list, document, copy, ignore customers, organize, list, document, copy, ignore phone, for 9 hours.
-shudders-
Remarkably I got finished the rest of the linen section (#10) and made my way through the coffee and tea wall, to the gadjet section, through the aprons and oven mitts to the spice wall. I stopped there. Ten sections chewed through by me and Jess.
I stopped at 8 and started the close.
I was so glad to get the hell out of there by 10 after 9 it was a fucking miracle.
I loathe inventory.
LOATHE.
LOOOOAAAATTHHEE.
this is going to be a very long very annoying week.
BUT I found out.
I get the christmas bonus from all the hours I worked at the holiday store.
YAY!!
My Monday Off / OK Tripplanner
I even managed to sleep in yesterday morning, and I got up, did the dishes first thing and took Dora for a walk. I jumped in the shower, after promising Bish I'd be up early today to chat with him, then headed out to hang out with shawna for the first time in like five months.
Dave picked us up at the mall, ran a couple errands and then headed back to her place to play with her dog and get ready for the boys to come home.
I was surprised to see her baby belly and how (despite how close she is to her due date) happy and relaxed she was, and yah it is her third, but EVERY woman gets a bit frazzled towards the end.
Tico (her new chihuahua) is fucking hilariously adorable, even when he plays shy, and his little prancing reindeer leaping had me in stitches all night.
All in all I love hanging out with Shawna and her family, I adore her boys and Dave is such a good man.
-looks at shawna- lucky bitch. but you deserve someone like him after those first two ....:P
With 53 days left to go until my trip to oklahoma, my mind has been wrapped around the details of planning, prepping and packing for my trip, I have no suitcase (FUCK) and I've been frantically trying to figure out what I should do with my piercings, do I leave the metal studs in? take the metal ones out for plastic ones? Do I leave them in and wait to be asked to remove them? (all options I'd frankly not do) and I think I'm going to settle on getting plastic studs for my nipples and leaving the rest in. -shrugs-
The one thing that has me worried the most is the weather, I know I won't be cold but I don't want to pack for summer either. I've been doing alot of looking online and it comes down to me packing like the day before I leave for OKC.
I am getting very very excited though. Everyday brings me closer to this awesome experience!
(honestly now, I was twice as excited about meeting Bish, THAT was huge, I waited four years to meet him and our week together was fucking awesome)
DSG keeps telling me about places he wants to take me, like along the Paseo (the name of the art district), The Myriad Gardens, along the canal in Bricktown to the jazz bars, I asked him about the fair grounds he lives uber!close too, and there are horse stables there, so I want to DEFINITELY check those out, cause as a girl, I love horses. I want to go pay a visit to the bombing memorial and of course, I REALLY want to see his dogs and play with Jethro and Leona (his dogs).
The one thing I've been kicking myself in the ass about is my departure time on the 15th. My plane leaves at 6:45 am, which means I have to be at the airport at 4:30 ish.
A.M.
Go Yve.
So. I need to call a cab and have them pick me up at 4ish, check in and go through security and nap in the waiting area before my plane starts taking passengers on.
Thank the gods there is a tim hortons at the airport.
I arrive at O'Hare around 7:45 am, where I transfer flights, and I leave again by 9:45 to arrive in OKC at 11:50 am, which means, I'll be with with the DSG by noon. YAY!
I'll be in OKC for two weeks. -GRINS-
Yah, I want you to know I'm going to be talking about this alot.
BWAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
OKLAHOMA!!!
w00t!
Dave picked us up at the mall, ran a couple errands and then headed back to her place to play with her dog and get ready for the boys to come home.
I was surprised to see her baby belly and how (despite how close she is to her due date) happy and relaxed she was, and yah it is her third, but EVERY woman gets a bit frazzled towards the end.
Tico (her new chihuahua) is fucking hilariously adorable, even when he plays shy, and his little prancing reindeer leaping had me in stitches all night.
All in all I love hanging out with Shawna and her family, I adore her boys and Dave is such a good man.
-looks at shawna- lucky bitch. but you deserve someone like him after those first two ....:P
With 53 days left to go until my trip to oklahoma, my mind has been wrapped around the details of planning, prepping and packing for my trip, I have no suitcase (FUCK) and I've been frantically trying to figure out what I should do with my piercings, do I leave the metal studs in? take the metal ones out for plastic ones? Do I leave them in and wait to be asked to remove them? (all options I'd frankly not do) and I think I'm going to settle on getting plastic studs for my nipples and leaving the rest in. -shrugs-
The one thing that has me worried the most is the weather, I know I won't be cold but I don't want to pack for summer either. I've been doing alot of looking online and it comes down to me packing like the day before I leave for OKC.
I am getting very very excited though. Everyday brings me closer to this awesome experience!
(honestly now, I was twice as excited about meeting Bish, THAT was huge, I waited four years to meet him and our week together was fucking awesome)
DSG keeps telling me about places he wants to take me, like along the Paseo (the name of the art district), The Myriad Gardens, along the canal in Bricktown to the jazz bars, I asked him about the fair grounds he lives uber!close too, and there are horse stables there, so I want to DEFINITELY check those out, cause as a girl, I love horses. I want to go pay a visit to the bombing memorial and of course, I REALLY want to see his dogs and play with Jethro and Leona (his dogs).
The one thing I've been kicking myself in the ass about is my departure time on the 15th. My plane leaves at 6:45 am, which means I have to be at the airport at 4:30 ish.
A.M.
Go Yve.
So. I need to call a cab and have them pick me up at 4ish, check in and go through security and nap in the waiting area before my plane starts taking passengers on.
Thank the gods there is a tim hortons at the airport.
I arrive at O'Hare around 7:45 am, where I transfer flights, and I leave again by 9:45 to arrive in OKC at 11:50 am, which means, I'll be with with the DSG by noon. YAY!
I'll be in OKC for two weeks. -GRINS-
Yah, I want you to know I'm going to be talking about this alot.
BWAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
OKLAHOMA!!!
w00t!
Friday, January 18, 2008
Non Art Blog Or Yvil Does Oklahoma
So much to the dismay of my OH so many viewers, this is a non art blog.
SHOCK!
Why? Cause I art lazy and haven't inked anything in a couple of days. HAH! Mostly because I've been working in my key art times and I"M TOO FUCKING EXCITED TO DRAW!!!
I'M GOING TO OKLAHOMA!!!
March 15th- 30th I'm going to be in the south...western state kicking it back okie style with teh D.S.G.
I went in today and booked my flight, and got my travel artinary and total for my round trip tickets, and tomorrow I go in and confirm all everything and pay for my tickets.
Which gives me just under two months to save up for spending money and do my taxes and book the time off work and get my pets taken care off and try not to flip out.
Iregardless I'm bouncing off the walls.
YAY ME!!
bwt first international flight by myself. Oh yah ladies and gents, yvil is rocking it adult style. whatwhat.
SHOCK!
Why? Cause I art lazy and haven't inked anything in a couple of days. HAH! Mostly because I've been working in my key art times and I"M TOO FUCKING EXCITED TO DRAW!!!
I'M GOING TO OKLAHOMA!!!
March 15th- 30th I'm going to be in the south...western state kicking it back okie style with teh D.S.G.
I went in today and booked my flight, and got my travel artinary and total for my round trip tickets, and tomorrow I go in and confirm all everything and pay for my tickets.
Which gives me just under two months to save up for spending money and do my taxes and book the time off work and get my pets taken care off and try not to flip out.
Iregardless I'm bouncing off the walls.
YAY ME!!
bwt first international flight by myself. Oh yah ladies and gents, yvil is rocking it adult style. whatwhat.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
art. lots and lots of art
This is a watercolour I am doing for my manager, Jessica, she wanted something for her apartment. I said I would do my best to give her something original. :P
Re-inked and coloured with pencil crayons it looks a little bland to me. I'm going to have to find some way to give it more colour.
-sighs-
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Bush proves he's above the law. By Killing Whales.
The phrase, Save the Whales, brings a whole new meaning today.
ABC News
International Herald Tribune
The Raw Story
CTV News
I try to stay out of politics, I am not as smart as I would like, and I really do have to read up things when I hear them, but sitting back with my sketch book today watching the 11 o'clock news I got the shock of a fucking life time.
Bush.
Above the Law.
Above the rule of law, which is NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
Just because his soldiers take precedence on dangers posed to the environment.
Um.
No.
Sorry.
HELL NO.
I'm so mad right now, I'm shaking.
I am so fucking sick to my stomach right now. Americans really need to wake up and get Bush and his people out of the seat of power. Bush can take up his reign of power neck deep in a fire ant nest covered in sticky orange juice.
I think its fitting.
ABC News
International Herald Tribune
The Raw Story
CTV News
I try to stay out of politics, I am not as smart as I would like, and I really do have to read up things when I hear them, but sitting back with my sketch book today watching the 11 o'clock news I got the shock of a fucking life time.
Bush.
Above the Law.
Above the rule of law, which is NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
Just because his soldiers take precedence on dangers posed to the environment.
Um.
No.
Sorry.
HELL NO.
I'm so mad right now, I'm shaking.
I am so fucking sick to my stomach right now. Americans really need to wake up and get Bush and his people out of the seat of power. Bush can take up his reign of power neck deep in a fire ant nest covered in sticky orange juice.
I think its fitting.
VADE!!
On your day, I just want you to know I'm being uber!smug at the fact I said it first.
YAY VADE!!!
sorry guys, cryptic and weird I am, but I hafta give the love when it counts.
YAY VADE!!!
sorry guys, cryptic and weird I am, but I hafta give the love when it counts.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
I need a life
Blogging, art, blogging, sewing, blogging, sleep, rinse repeat.
I need a life.
So having been STRONGLY advised to leave the sewing machine alone tonight I sat down with my sketchbook and worked out a new tattoo/pencil crayon/poster idea.
Vade sez its very punchy. :D I appriciate the compliment.
I need a life.
So having been STRONGLY advised to leave the sewing machine alone tonight I sat down with my sketchbook and worked out a new tattoo/pencil crayon/poster idea.
Vade sez its very punchy. :D I appriciate the compliment.
Obi Belt out of a T-shirt
I art a genius.
Playing around last night on craftster, I noticed alot of girls had posted pics of obi-belts they'd made out of pretty silks and stiff denims. I've always been a fan of obi-belts and something about they're classic look called to me, but being a the funkmaster of sewing I wanted to see what it would be like if I used a t-shirt, I HAD originally intended for this project to be made using my John Lennon Revolution shirt but I needed a practice shirt first. Dig through my box of old clothes I never wear and SHAZAM! I found an old black t-shirt from BorderCon 2006.
The back has all these really funny sayings while heard adventuring in our province, and you will only get them if you play D&D with any of the players I played with, but I think they are funny as shit so I decided wtf. why not??
So I measured my waist, which proved to be a lesson in humility, and started to cutting.
The front panels are all sewn together along the sides, as was the back panels, then I faced the front and back together (so that the writting was in the inside--> so visible seam work) and turned in right side out.
I took the braided straps off an old wrap-style head band and stitched them into the ends of the belt, folded the rough ends in of the material and sowed them shut as well.
Its a five-panel obi belt! WOOO!!
I really wish I had a camera to show you this I just have my webcam and I'm afraid it won't do it justice.
EDITED TO SAY
I caved an took a shot with the webcam. I have these two lovely wool sweaters in ash grey and soft pink. I love them but I'd like to do them up sometimes with a sash or belt. So, with the idea of creating a whole outfit this weekend, I have my Lennon shirt prepped, but I wanted to see what it would take to properly make a stiff(ish) belt and have the definite obi style.
When its done the outfit is going to consist of my black tank top with my grey sweater and finished obi plus the recreated wrap skirt. I figure time and money constraints with have me finished in time for next fall.
I'm looking at recreating my sweaters in a light linen for summer though. Wearing over tanks and light tops at work, OOH boy I love this sewing machine I'm totally alive.
OH and be nice. It is a webcam after all!
Monday, January 14, 2008
Ruffle Wrap Skirt
So, the skirt is finished! YAY! Two days and I made myself a nice comfy skirt for wearing around and just chilling.
I found the pattern on line for a basic wrap skirt, and I altered it to make it layered and a miscalculation forced me to improvise and I added a panel with ruffle (light ruffle) in the back.
I may need to come back and alter the waist band to give it more strength and I will have to spend a half hour in front of a mirror to decide how I like the extra long sash tied, but its very nice and moves wonderfully, though the black layer underneath is a bit long I like it for the weird weather we've been having the last couple of years, hopefully come spring I'll have worn out some of the kinks in this version and try again.
I wish I had a camera to show you, the webcam won't pick up much. :(
I found the pattern on line for a basic wrap skirt, and I altered it to make it layered and a miscalculation forced me to improvise and I added a panel with ruffle (light ruffle) in the back.
I may need to come back and alter the waist band to give it more strength and I will have to spend a half hour in front of a mirror to decide how I like the extra long sash tied, but its very nice and moves wonderfully, though the black layer underneath is a bit long I like it for the weird weather we've been having the last couple of years, hopefully come spring I'll have worn out some of the kinks in this version and try again.
I wish I had a camera to show you, the webcam won't pick up much. :(
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Homemaker Yve
Last week dad came home with a brand spanking new sewing machine. I have half a dozen sewing projects to finish and I decided since I have three days off I'm going to do it!
First up to bat, is my knock off magic skirt which I am making out of two old top sheets I have, the bottom layer is black and the top is olive drab, something I know DSG is going to appriciate being a militia fiend. Its going to be girlly and pretty though.
Second is a re-con sweater project with an old Big Al's sweater that fits oh so sexily and a brown sweater Ren gave me that if it wasn't for my...what was the name we decided for me? Tits McGee? Or Chesty Larue or Busty something or other??? Anyway if it wasn't for my ample bosom would be all smexy on me.
I want to remake my Old Navy Sackpurse but I need some sturdy material for that so it may wait until I can get my hands on some nice all year fabric like a hefty linen or light weight cord.
And then for filler and shits and giggles, some sachets for some pagan friends made out of purple satin and black and cream silk. I want to make myself a nice sachet for my tarot cards personal, and probably something special for someone special if I can muster the effort to complete the set.
Does anyone know where to I can borrow a nice bone saw??
I was born in the WRONG decade.
Then from there, I'm going to make a couple sachets for some friends out of purple satin and black or cream silk and
First up to bat, is my knock off magic skirt which I am making out of two old top sheets I have, the bottom layer is black and the top is olive drab, something I know DSG is going to appriciate being a militia fiend. Its going to be girlly and pretty though.
Second is a re-con sweater project with an old Big Al's sweater that fits oh so sexily and a brown sweater Ren gave me that if it wasn't for my...what was the name we decided for me? Tits McGee? Or Chesty Larue or Busty something or other??? Anyway if it wasn't for my ample bosom would be all smexy on me.
I want to remake my Old Navy Sackpurse but I need some sturdy material for that so it may wait until I can get my hands on some nice all year fabric like a hefty linen or light weight cord.
And then for filler and shits and giggles, some sachets for some pagan friends made out of purple satin and black and cream silk. I want to make myself a nice sachet for my tarot cards personal, and probably something special for someone special if I can muster the effort to complete the set.
Does anyone know where to I can borrow a nice bone saw??
I was born in the WRONG decade.
Then from there, I'm going to make a couple sachets for some friends out of purple satin and black or cream silk and
Some days it just pays to get out of bed.
I woke up rather late this morning cause I stayed up rather late last night with the DSG online chatting on my shiny new mic and he sent me a song that I forgot to check last night cause I was right properly exhausted by the time he sent me to bed (I let it slip that I had been up for 18 hours...it was actually 19 but shh). So I checked out the song he sent me via msn sharing files and listening to the lyrics I missed a couple phrases but getting the gist of it I decided to search out the lyrics and reading them I was really glad I decided to get out of bed this morning.
He got me hooked to this pagan rock/goth band and I really like thier songs, their lyrics are all very pagan based (duh being a pagan band) and their symbolism isn't lost on a little pagan like me (I'll go back to that little comment later) and it moved me to tears.
Mostly becuase his message was 'this is a song I know you're gonna love' & 'when I heard it I thought of you, hun'
Eternity
Artist(Band):Inkubus Sukkubus
Lying 'neath the trees your arms enfold me
There's some sweet magic
In the way you hold me
I feel the power in your midnight eyes
Let me drink deep from your witches potion
Like the trees we will sway in motion
Watch our souls tumbling from the sky
Wrap me up within your cloak of myst'ry
All nature holds is breath
Whene'er you kiss me
Hear my secrets uttered in my sighs
You know I'll always love you
As the Moon shines far above you
You know I'll always love you
May her light shine on our love
Fall with me into deepest ocean
And let our bodies drown in pure emotion
I feel that I'm immortal by your side
We'll live this life and then we'll live another
For all of time I hope you'll be my lover
We'll be as one long after we've died
You know I'll always love you
As the Moon shines far above you
You know I'll always love you
May her light shine on our love
(repeat stanza twice)
Yah. It just pays to get out of bed some days.
Also, I'm planning on making a skirt today with some fabric I have kicking around and I had to do my measurements, not a task I love doing but its been a couple of months since I have and shock of all shocks, I've lost INCHES off my torso, waist and hips. INCHES!! I laughed because even though I'm still HELLA bigger then I should be, I have an hourglass figure!! YAY! And sexy!
Few more months and I'll fess up and give you my measurements too! :P
He got me hooked to this pagan rock/goth band and I really like thier songs, their lyrics are all very pagan based (duh being a pagan band) and their symbolism isn't lost on a little pagan like me (I'll go back to that little comment later) and it moved me to tears.
Mostly becuase his message was 'this is a song I know you're gonna love' & 'when I heard it I thought of you, hun'
Eternity
Artist(Band):Inkubus Sukkubus
Lying 'neath the trees your arms enfold me
There's some sweet magic
In the way you hold me
I feel the power in your midnight eyes
Let me drink deep from your witches potion
Like the trees we will sway in motion
Watch our souls tumbling from the sky
Wrap me up within your cloak of myst'ry
All nature holds is breath
Whene'er you kiss me
Hear my secrets uttered in my sighs
You know I'll always love you
As the Moon shines far above you
You know I'll always love you
May her light shine on our love
Fall with me into deepest ocean
And let our bodies drown in pure emotion
I feel that I'm immortal by your side
We'll live this life and then we'll live another
For all of time I hope you'll be my lover
We'll be as one long after we've died
You know I'll always love you
As the Moon shines far above you
You know I'll always love you
May her light shine on our love
(repeat stanza twice)
Yah. It just pays to get out of bed some days.
Also, I'm planning on making a skirt today with some fabric I have kicking around and I had to do my measurements, not a task I love doing but its been a couple of months since I have and shock of all shocks, I've lost INCHES off my torso, waist and hips. INCHES!! I laughed because even though I'm still HELLA bigger then I should be, I have an hourglass figure!! YAY! And sexy!
Few more months and I'll fess up and give you my measurements too! :P
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Yvil!Monster Featured on dA
WHAT BIOYATCHEZ!!!!
I got featured in a news article on dA today! SRSLY!
MY FEATURE
Yah. Check that shit out. Yvil!Monster, in the lit section, second row smack in the middle. FUCKING EH!!
Its related to dA's growing pride in plus size women and the artists who spread the love of BBW and since we all know I'm a BBW, you know I'm out there telling people to stfu and accept us as we are. But really to be featured? OMFG recognition after years on dA?
ROCK ON!!!
needless to say. I'm smugger then a fly on a pile of fresh shit right now.
I got featured in a news article on dA today! SRSLY!
MY FEATURE
Yah. Check that shit out. Yvil!Monster, in the lit section, second row smack in the middle. FUCKING EH!!
Its related to dA's growing pride in plus size women and the artists who spread the love of BBW and since we all know I'm a BBW, you know I'm out there telling people to stfu and accept us as we are. But really to be featured? OMFG recognition after years on dA?
ROCK ON!!!
needless to say. I'm smugger then a fly on a pile of fresh shit right now.
Monday, January 7, 2008
My Energy Stone
Last August-->
It finally got too hot for me to wear jewellery over the summer so I stripped down to the bare minium of my stainless steel hoops and silver 69 position ring and I left my pentagram and crystal on my window sill where I always leave them. I left for work/school and I didn't think to look for them when I got home.
A weekend passed as it normally does and I decide I hate no wearing my pentagram so I go to put it on and my crystal is missing. Odd, I figured it was in my purse. It wasn't. SO I look for it and that is the day I got into a fight with my mom and kicked out.
Four days later I was living with Matt and my crystal was a.w.o.l. Six months later after searching and crying and having bad dreams over my lost crystal, my mom tells me off handedly that the it might be up on the bookshelf upstairs. So I go and I look and I can't find it.
Which brought back the bad dreams and guilt that I lost my most prized possession.
Today while my dad was adjusting my wall-shelves in my room finally, I decided to clean off the bookshelf (cause I wanted to read a couple books and I wanted to see if we did in fact have the series I was looking for) and just as I pulling off the last of the books I found out that behind two thick books (that were just not sitting right) crammed between them and between two facing books so that it created a little hidey hole that unless you moved the books you'd never see, was my crystal necklace.
I was so happy I cried.
It seems a bit materialistic but I have few possessions I truely love and take care of. I very rarely let anyone touch this necklace and when I have it, its even more rarely seen off me.
The Crystal
is an inch and a half long and about an inch around. It's fucking huge and comes to a sharp quartz point at one end, and the other is frosted from where it was taken from its cave. It has a couple seer windows on it and carries a certain energy to it that literally thrums with life. I recieved it as a gift from my the best friend, sister in all but blood and fellow practioner of the Craft, Sara way back when we first started practicing together in high school. I use to carry it around in a little black velvet sachet in my pocket and I used it for cleansing negative energy and concentrating. It sat in the full moons light every full moon for nearly ten years, it was MY pride as a pagan having such a lovely stone to use as my own.
Three years ago I met a woman who handmakes jewellery from silver and gold wire and she uses semi-precious stones and sets them into necklaces, rings, pendants etc. I asked her if she would turn my crystal into a necklace for me at a price (duh) and she said she would see what she could do cause crystals can be tricky. By the time I remembered to bring my crystal to her, she had left the mall. I was said but I made a mental note to look for her again.
The next year while I was working at Place D'orleans she was there! I asked her again if she'd do it and she laughed and told me to bring it in. The next day I did and she agreed with me that it was a special stone and she told me she'd have it for me after the weekend.
She wrapped it in silver wire and it was, to say the least, exactly what I'd dreamt about for it. I loved it from the second I saw it completed. Even my pissy bitch ex who is pickier then fuck agreed she did a marvelous job and was a bit jealous of me. HAH!
I wear it on a long leather thong double knotted so it won't accidentally come undone when I'm running for a bus or at work or anything and my god, its heavy and you know its there when you get a hug. I've had bruises left from it but I love it. Its my energy stone and for a long while its what kept my anxiety in check.
I'm never taking it off ever again.
-clutches her stone- MINE!!
on a side note and this is highly incriminating but if I ever find out who did take it out of my room is going to loose a pinky finger, cause I swear to the gods, it felt like I lost a part of me while it was missing.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Thursday, January 3, 2008
New Year, New Post, how very apropo
three days into the new year and I find the willingness to post a new blog, how very motivated of me.
I finally did it, The Epic Painting if finished. Three cheers for yve!!!
I have a request to do some art for my managers apartment, and I already have one piece sketched out, and its a water colour so theoretically it'll only take me half the time to finish it.
To day is another day off, and I'm actually doing stuff I was suppose to do today, like clean out Kaa's tank (he digested his last two rats and didn't bother to drop where he normally did so I had to tear his tank apart looking for dried out rat bits...thank you so much Kaa)Out of spite and sheer need to keep my snake entertained, I did a slight tank adjustment and moved his cave around so he's not sitting directly ontop of his heat pad anymore. I really want to up-grade to a 55g tank for him this year. He's big and healthy and I like to give him the extra space, cause I'm good like that.
Me and Lawrence are over, again. I haven't spoken to him since he was let go at work, and I don't know if I care too again. -rolls eyes- he was a nice boy but far to immature for me, and I need someone I can relate too on a maturity level not just humourous and amorous levels.
I have new sketchbooks, I splurged and bought two so I won't run out any time soon, but this means I have to get my scanner and editor up and running again. UGH.
I'm thinking about closing my facebook account, I don't really use it all that much nor am I really interested in the five dozen application invites I get daily. Maybe I'll just strip it down to the bare minium and leave it at that.
New years itself was a bit of a knock out, stayed home smoked a joint and painted, smoked a joint and painted, smoked a joint and painted until about 9:30 ish when Jason (the guy I was painting) called and told me to get my ass to his party. I tried to weddle my way out of it, but he insisted and I'm a sucker for anyone who is willing to badger me into coming out to drink and get high. So I packed up my art stuff, put it aside dressed and went out. Met some awesome people, got really fucking high and stumbled home around 2ish. Stayed in bed until about 2ish the next day!
Finished painting and slept the rest of the new year in.
but I finished the painting.
I need to get a couple pictures of it NOT with my webcam, but for that I need to borrow a digital camera....I loathe how long it took to finish it but I'm actually quite happy with how it turned out all things considering, I thought I was never going to finish it, Jason thought I scammed him out of money and it is the BIGGEST pieces I've ever worked on. This is also a lesson in comissions. Don't ever brag you'll have it finished in two weeks. EVER. and always wait till your done to accept payment otherwise the guilt will EAT YOU ALIVE.
Now. I'm going to go back to bed for an hour and be happy that its done.
Go me!
and and happy new year too eh?
I finally did it, The Epic Painting if finished. Three cheers for yve!!!
I have a request to do some art for my managers apartment, and I already have one piece sketched out, and its a water colour so theoretically it'll only take me half the time to finish it.
To day is another day off, and I'm actually doing stuff I was suppose to do today, like clean out Kaa's tank (he digested his last two rats and didn't bother to drop where he normally did so I had to tear his tank apart looking for dried out rat bits...thank you so much Kaa)Out of spite and sheer need to keep my snake entertained, I did a slight tank adjustment and moved his cave around so he's not sitting directly ontop of his heat pad anymore. I really want to up-grade to a 55g tank for him this year. He's big and healthy and I like to give him the extra space, cause I'm good like that.
Me and Lawrence are over, again. I haven't spoken to him since he was let go at work, and I don't know if I care too again. -rolls eyes- he was a nice boy but far to immature for me, and I need someone I can relate too on a maturity level not just humourous and amorous levels.
I have new sketchbooks, I splurged and bought two so I won't run out any time soon, but this means I have to get my scanner and editor up and running again. UGH.
I'm thinking about closing my facebook account, I don't really use it all that much nor am I really interested in the five dozen application invites I get daily. Maybe I'll just strip it down to the bare minium and leave it at that.
New years itself was a bit of a knock out, stayed home smoked a joint and painted, smoked a joint and painted, smoked a joint and painted until about 9:30 ish when Jason (the guy I was painting) called and told me to get my ass to his party. I tried to weddle my way out of it, but he insisted and I'm a sucker for anyone who is willing to badger me into coming out to drink and get high. So I packed up my art stuff, put it aside dressed and went out. Met some awesome people, got really fucking high and stumbled home around 2ish. Stayed in bed until about 2ish the next day!
Finished painting and slept the rest of the new year in.
but I finished the painting.
I need to get a couple pictures of it NOT with my webcam, but for that I need to borrow a digital camera....I loathe how long it took to finish it but I'm actually quite happy with how it turned out all things considering, I thought I was never going to finish it, Jason thought I scammed him out of money and it is the BIGGEST pieces I've ever worked on. This is also a lesson in comissions. Don't ever brag you'll have it finished in two weeks. EVER. and always wait till your done to accept payment otherwise the guilt will EAT YOU ALIVE.
Now. I'm going to go back to bed for an hour and be happy that its done.
Go me!
and and happy new year too eh?
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