...and then we rode away in the magical tank.... filled with MAGIC and UNICORNS

Got a notification they they were going to purge my LJ account... just wanted to toss something up because even tho its been ages since iv used LJ, I still wanna cling to my account. Cling to it with jaws of life death grips and crab claws.

KEEPING THIS ACCOUNT, SO TAKE THAT NO ONE IN PARTICULAR!!!!

i do not like it one bit.
if all goes to plan i wont even have to step outside today.

holidays are, for all intents and purposes, over. return week from hell is done, and the kiddies should be going back to school. the store is a disaster area. i did manage to get a good portion of the backroom and bathroom clean yesterday. this week at work is gonna be cleaning and holiday recovery. cant say im exactly looking forward to it, but its better then HOSHIT HOLIDAY ASSHOLE ALART!

been feeling crappy on and off. my 80yrd old joints have been killing me. i need a rocking chair and cane. then again, iv ALWAYS needed a rocking chair and cane. and monocle. just because.

besides work and whatnot, the holidays have been pretty uneventful. christday got me boot!sock thingys, Heathers on DVD, the Prisoner complete set (original 60's series X3) on DVD, SHEEP PILLOW (hes so FLAT!!!! esmagado ovelha lol,) catan board game WOOO, Deadpool/Thunderbolts book, and sleep... mmmmm sleep.

we played in the snow for the first time in years... ( with 20+ inches, i couldn't help myself. )

but yeah. thats about it. im not really one to do resolutions for the new year or reminisce about the old. its all just ultimately another year. *shrug*

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/index.html
damn the sunrise and my limited personal viewability T^T

we need to blow more shit up in the name of SCIENCE!!!!!!

so james moved out. it already feels less crowded. like iv mentioned before, i love my bro, but it just wasn't a good match, good time, good situation, etc... im just hoping he goes home to my parents place and tries to be a little more self sufficient there.

but yeah... update?
i The Big Day Out is pretty much a no-go this year. its coming up REALLY fast and we didn't really get a big response about it. ah well. HOPEFULLY next year. were still hoping to get in another pine barrens kayak trip tho. weather providing.
it does look like we might be doing the Eastern State Penitentiary hunted tour thingy. its cheesy and fun and we've done it for a few years now, so i guess its tradition as well.

speaking of weather. IM A WIMP!!! WHAT THE HELL IS WITH THIS COLD?!?! im seriously reptilian or something. unless its a nice and stable 98.6 degrees outside, my body temperature cant seem to keep up either. ha!

as for other stuff... i REALLY NEED to bust my ass on some cosplay stuff. iv just been feeling unmotivated and under the weather in general. i have some definite DO WANTS as far as future plans. i also plan on making a DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUN ....dress. not for cosplay, but because i need one and iv been none to pleased with the fit and styles that iv seen available in stores. tho with all my years of cosplay, iv never actually made a dress. the closest thing to it would have been may from GGX that i did YEARS ago... but that was more like a weird apron skirt thingy. so yeah. fun sewing times.

tattoo is healing well! im still really excited to get more work done on it... tho i have to wait till nov till my appointment.

all in all, its just nice to have a quiet morning. dar made food (thanx mom! XD) and im drinking more coffee then any one person should consume in a single sitting. ( this is my FUCK YEA! coffee mug )

( my life according to Queen )

if you haven't already clicked... that was "that music meme" thingy... iv seen it here and there and it looked fun. plus... QUEEN.

im kinda sleepy... and i ran out of creamer for my tea or coffee. not that i ALWAYS need creamer for either, but i was kinda craving it. im still tempted to break out some of the nicer beans and make a cup of black.
planning on seeing District 9 today and saw Ponyo friday. i was soooo glad i went to see it in theaters. i had watched it at home, and while i ultimately liked the sub better, i really enjoy the theater experience. but yeah, not much planned for today. gotta work on some cosplay. we made a duct tape me. its hanging creepily on the clothing rack.
think ill play some vidya till i have to actually get non PJs on so we can hit up that movie ^__^

and thus closes another chapter in the epic that is Brown Crush.

...and now that it's written, i really don't feel like explaining that statement.

why am i more sore today (after a day at the beach) then i was after we went on a 9 mile kayak trip? seriously! i mean, we swam in the ocean and walked around the boardwalk a lot... but nothing that seemed to rough. doesn't matter tho. i had a great time. dar summed it up well with her statement of "Beautiful weather, good friends, and no sunburn!!! YAY!" yeah, it took layers and layers of spf70 but i also managed to avoid getting burned.

right now im drinking tea and thinking about how i dont feel like closing at work tonight. i seem to not want work closing shifts ever. part of it is getting home rather late. working in a mall doesn't help either, ESPECIALLY on the weekends. we get a lot of the mallrats that just kinda hang out and take up space. im turning into one of those grouchy people who is all like "buy something or get out!!!!" hmmm... ok... maybe not "turning into" due to my semi constant "get off my lawn" attitude. haha.

the cats are so cute when they're sprawled around the house! XD

i seem to have an issue going down stairs while simultaneously putting on clothing. i guess it stems from me often putting things like shirts on while leaving my room. this results in me entering the stairwell in states of mostly undress and then nearly falling down said stairs due to having a shirt over my head. im totally slick.
dont ask why i posted this.
i feel like iv been neglecting this journal.

now that ota is over and iv had a good rest time... i can finally really bite the bullet and work on some costumes iv wanted to get done for awhile. namely paladin Cecil from FFIV and Sima Yi from Dynasty Warriors 6. Cecil is priority. i want to get him done by october. Sima Yi looks like hes gonna be for AUSA. have some other plans here and there, nothing solidified yet. possibly something that involves TONS OF FEATHERS WOOOOO! XD

im also trying to adhere to a more solid eating schedule. iv gained some unwanted pounds in the past year, and i want to do something about it. especially now that im feeling a lot better. this winter i was in a lot of joint pain and shit, so i really didn't want to do anything (i swear im not 80yrs old). right now i just want to try to regulate what i eat plus actually hit the gym for once.

-MENERGY CON!
-i am the captain of the CHINESE QUIDDICH TEAM
-death note killed my mother and raped my father
-final destination car is made of danger

....aaaaaaaaand that just about covers it.

SPACE HERPES AND THAT COLT 45 GUY!
THATS what we got out of this night!

its raining a lot. good thing i dyed all the stuff i needed to dye yesterday.

AND MORE ON A COSPLAY FRONT!
have a bunch left to do before otakon... figured out what my "i want something new and not that hard" costume will be. just gotta finish it. lots of little details. and yes... the wooden "pineapple" rings have something to do with it haha. anyone else wearing anything from dynasty warriors @ ota this year? i cant escape my love for mindless repetitive button mashing... theres NO WHERE TO RUN!!! DX!!!!
its bad tho... im already trying to think of when ill be able to finish Cecil up. possibly by the end of september... early october? i REALLY wanna do it bad. FFIV is one of my all time favorite games and i wanna geeeeeeek ouuuuuuut!

hmmm... i should get to bed. i have work in the morning T^T i just thought i had more to say. guess not. haha!

since i haven't really been an avid poster for MONTHS on end... there's a ton of random stuff i can theoretically catch up on! YAY for random stuff!!!
most of it is pics and little events that iv wanted to post and have just been to lazy and/or non internet inclined to actually do. sooooo yeah ill probably be making a few posts working backwards at what iv been up to starting with dar's BIRTHDAY this past weekend!
basically the theme was PROM. girls got all gussied up in prom dresses and guys put on their finest suits. we then hit up cheesecake factory. ( gotta love 20+ people decked out like there in HS boozin' it up and eatin' cheesecake. )

nyquil_driver... ( this pic is for you... )

so yeah... that was friday night. alas i had to work a closing shift on saturday. i was however, happy to find that people were still partying when i got home. i made sure to join in the festivities ( ASAP )

we ended up singing karaoke till about 2am. i cant sing in the best of situations, more or less after downing a significant amount of liquor. good thing reau and i knew how to REALLY do karaoke. none of that actually trying shit. BAH!

( and one last pic to end it all... )