So I kind of dropped off the face of the earth these past few days (and even from Twitter, le gasp!) but I had a very sexy and wonderful weekend, and now I'm feeling great! :D

HEY LET'S TALK KATSUCON.

Assuming the Snowpocalypse doesn't cancel my 6pm Megabus on Thursday, I will be arriving late that night with Erica. Thus far, here are my costumes!



1) Miwako, Paradise Kiss - I'm excited to wear this again, especially with Erica as my Isabella!
2) Spider Splicer, Bioshock - so i hear theres another game out now u gais
3) Sakura, CCS - I need to shorten the skirt a little bit and possibly make a hat, and also buy new shoes, but it's easy and cute! (Oh, and also make it not-tearaway.)
4) Luke, Professor Layton - Cosplay on a whim! If I can find a cheap sweater or feel like making one tomorrow, I think I might do this! SOMEBODY BE MY LAYTON.

I'm pretty much winging it this con, but I'm really looking forward to hanging out with people, so please, call me! I will want to get drinks!

Today's Fun Fan Club Applications from Cure (my favorite parts bolded for emphasis):

1) こんにちは、初めまして。嵐といいます。素敵なマダム・レッドを見つけやって参りました。綺麗なDia様とお写真ばかりでとても憧れます！宜しければファンクラブの仲間に入れていただいていいですか？ それでは。 嵐 ――――― Hello,I am Arashi. Nice to meet you. Wonderful madam red was found and it came. It yearns very much only in beautiful Dia an

Running that first bit through a translator results in this gem:

Hello nice to meet you. It is said that it will storm. Wonderful madam red was found and it came. It yearns very much only in beautiful Dia and the photograph. Does the companion of the fan club put if it is good and is it good?Then,Storm

2) 素晴らしい完成度ですね！これからも更新楽しみにしてます。

With splendid degree of completion shank! It increases even from now on in the update pleasure.


I THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT MY PHOTOS

Actually, both applicants were girls, but it's still hilarious!

1) My parents' visit was lovely. It kinda stressed me out a little bit, for some weird reason, but we had a good time regardless. We saw Sherlock Holmes (which I loved) and I made them go see Legion with me, because I knew nobody else would, and I enjoyed it on a "this is actually a bad movie but Paul Bettany gets me wet" sort of level!

2) Today's Events:

+ Building a bookcase I successfully bought on Craigslist for half the price it would've been brand new at Ikea!
+ Beginning the reorganization of my living room area and figuring out new storage options for my fabric and whatnot!
+ Drinking lots of milk tea!
+ Watching more Mad Men!
+ Taking a nap in the sun!

3) I made a Formspring, because I am a bandwagon whore! Ask me stuff!

4) Sadie is helping me build that bookcase. Can you find Best Cat? There she is!

Hey cool, my mom is coming into town tomorrow! And my dad is coming in on Friday! And then they leave on Sunday! I am excited!

I've got enough freelance patternmaking from work to keep me fairly busy this week, but on Monday, they're apparently having a new girl come in to do patterns and cutting, so I think they have finally more or less pushed me out the door. Oh well. Maybe I'll find somewhere amazing to work where they actually value and appreciate me, after being shit on at that place for so long. I frankly think I might deserve it. And in the meantime, I hope to get started on something kind of exciting that will hopefully enable you, yes you, to buy my designs!

In other news: my apartment is a hopeless goddamn mess, but my mom is going to help me fix it up. I am finally almost, almost back to my normal, marginally healthy self. It's only taken me, what, almost two months? I feel like I have gained a hundred million pounds and am basically disgusted whenever I look in the mirror, so clearly something needs to be done about that. Unfortunately, my sudden and unexpected lack of paychecks will not make that as easy as I might hope. I finally cashed in my giftcard from Leo and got an iPhone, and have thus turned into a giant tool. I just finished the first season of Mad Men - that show is so incredibly sexy to me. It's really an amazing piece of television, and you should watch it. Also I think I want to get a tattoo. I know what, but not sure where yet.

Wholly unrelated: I wish I had a spare $370 to drop on either the Nadia or Love. In black, of course.

It isn't often I need help finding a certain item of clothing, but in the interest in being a lazy ass and not wanting to make it, I'm going to ask you for help! I'm looking for a stretch lace tank/cami - I'd like a nice sheer lace, preferably a v-neck, with skinny straps. Basically, I need this guy here, but not a unitard. I'd thought about just buying the unitard and chopping it up, but it's too expensive to warrant that.

I figure I'm probably going to end up at Spandex House and just making one myself, but I thought I'd check! Help a girl out!

So I've been a bit MIA lately, mostly due to traveling everywhere all of the time! I went home for Christmas, and it was fantastic. Then I went down to DC for New Year's/MAGfes, and it was also fantastic! I had the privilege of spending a nice chunk of time getting to know better some amazing people, even if I managed to get totally and completely sick again. Ugghhhhh I feel like death.

Work is a little weird and confusing right now, but that's nothing new, really. Though, with all the holidays recently, I haven't really worked much, so my paychecks are extra tiny these days. I am far more broke than usual, which sucks!

ANYWAY: I'd love to actually see some of you guys sometime! I feel like everyone forgot I existed, so hey, here I am! Let's get dinner! Let's go to the movies! Let's remember our friends! :D

2010 is starting out pretty crazy. I don't really do the resolution thing, and I don't generally do the whole "year in review" stuff, but let's just say that 2009 was great in a lot of ways, and terrible in a lot of ways, and full of strange and exciting things. I can only hope for as interesting a year in 2010.

1) Work has been good lately! Granted, I wouldn't be surprised if that all went to shit in the new year, but whatever! Here's hoping it stays pleasant and productive!

2) Speaking of work, the sewing ladies brought in a plethora of tasty treats yesterday, after I brought in pumpkin bread and Amanda brought candy on Friday. Just to warn everyone, I am likely to become very fat.

3) Speaking of becoming very fat, (rather, not becoming very fat) do any of you fitnessey types know anything about mini elliptical machines? I was looking for something small and easy to use in my apartment, something I can just zone out with, and I found this guy! Reading the reviews, it sounds like just what I need, but I'd love some opinions!

4) Here is a song for you! I am super into the Cardigans lately and have been listening to their discography nonstop, and I think Super Extra Gravity is my favorite album. This is definitely one of my favorite songs:

"I Need Some Fine Wine and You, You Need To Be Nicer

(Actually, on second thought, have the whole album! It's quite good!)

4) Tomorrow after work I go home! Unfortunately, I have a layover in Charlotte, but eventually, come hell or high water, I will get home. Here are some things I am going to get when I do so:

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So I've been sitting on my ass all day, siphoning mucus from my head and watching TV, and I realized... You know what I never did?

Posted my photos from Japan!

So here they are! I'm dividing it up into a few posts, because there are about a billion (over 200, actually) and this is the first!



( Behind the cut! )

Quick rundown:

+ Woke up yesterday to find left eye crusted shut with mucus-ey goo, both eyes bloodshot
+ Went to doctor at 9:30am, for a long-standing appointment I've had for another reason
+ Discovered that the doctor's office switched systems and lost my appointment in the switch
+ Started to cry at the reception desk
+ Got an appointment at 3pm
+ Went home, discovered I was out of tissues
+ Read email from coworker, called coworker and said I could come in for a little while if I was really needed, was told I was really needed
+ Took cab down to work
+ Was told by everyone at work that I looked like a ghost
+ Worked for an hour and a half before being sent home by my boss
+ Took cab home
+ Sort-of napped for an hour or two
+ Went to doctor at 2:45pm, was seen for triage within 20min
+ Waited an hour and forty-five minutes to see doctor, while being moved around waiting area and listening to the loud noises of moving furniture as they set up for a Christmas party
+ Saw doctor, was told I have a bad upper respiratory infection in my sinuses and even in my eyes, was given prescription for antibiotics
+ Walked to pharmacy in bitter cold for prescription
+ Waited a half hour at pharmacy for prescription, then went home
+ Collapsed in hallway in a crying heap when I walked in the door
+ Put on pajamas and curled up on couch with Sadie
+ Rented Julie & Julia on OnDemand
+ Went to bed around 10pm and slept for 11 hours.

I am staying in this weekend.

i am very sick

i am very tired of being sick



im dying squirtle

Hey everybody! I kinda forgot to post on LJ for a while, didn't I? Yes I did!

Here's a quick rundown on recent events:

+ Went to Mehanata in the LES with Erica to see Michelle (horrorvacuii); subsequently danced my ass off, had delicious vodka, was twirled and lifted into the air by some eastern European man, and had some Indian dude try to make me his green card bride. Thought I left my phone in a cab, but found it! All in all a fantastic night!

+ Bought three amazing vintage items from a great seller on Etsy, all of which were $25 or less: black wool Halston wrap skirt, oversized Gloria Vanderbilt blouse, and Lauren Ralph Lauren wool/cashmere blend blazer.

+ Received a lovely box of chocolates from the darling lilinette, with help from accomplices Eva and Cecilia of WCS Team France 2009. It was a complete surprise, and seeing a tidy little package from France waiting in my mailbox after a shitty day was wonderful.

+ Went home! Ohhhhh my god, I needed that so badly. I flew down last Tuesday night and came back Sunday night. Thanksgiving was delicious and relaxing, and I got to spend time with my family. My mom and I did some shopping, I saw a movie with my mom and dad, and pretty much everything was perfect. It completely changed my mood. I think I basically got a hard reboot.

+ Somehow on the way or while I was at home, I caught some sort of cold, so I've been a coughing, phlegmy mess for the past few days. It really sucks. I just can't stop coughing.

+ Tomorrow is the Phoenix/Passion Pit/Manchester Orchestra/Jack's Mannequin concert! I'm making Erica go with me, since all of my buddies who are really into the bands are sadly unable to come. THANKS ERICA YOU'RE A PEACH :D

+ I've been playing catch-up with emails, friends, and life things, trying to take care of all the little things I've been meaning to do for weeks. It's kind of slow going, but I'm getting there!

+ I'm weirdly excited about a number of things coming up in my life - projects, trips, ideas, all sorts of stuff. It's good!


I hate that I neglected this thing for so long! I've been resorting to Twitter a lot more lately, because I get home from work and I'm so exhausted and don't feel like writing more than 140 characters, but I promise I'll keep up with it more from now on. I have pictures from my visit home, too!

I think I left my phone in the cab last night.



I am so distraught. I feel like I have lost a limb. Oh my god I don't know what I'm going to do.

EDIT: CRISIS AVERTED PHONE LOCATED. I tore apart my bed a few times and the last time I found it hiding in the sheets! :D :D :D

Fun Fact: I made the pattern for this dress! We had a vintage one we liked the shape of, and I made a pattern from it, changing some things here and there. Hooray fashion.

On a related note, I actually bought a piece of clothing from my store the other day, which I don't generally do, as our discount is pretty paltry. We get shipments of reworked vintage stuff from the LA designer just about every week, and the boutique manager Yenna was going through some, and I saw this one adorable top. It's a cap-sleeve silk blouse with a boxy fit, in a soft cool grey, with a light shoulderpad and round gunmetal studs on the shoulders. It is A+ amazing and was seemingly made for me. I am very pleased. (Pictures at some point, I promise)

Last weekend was a lot of fun - one single afternoon/evening involved dinner with one group of friends, karaoke and more food with another group of friends, and then Belgian beer with the second group of friends plus some more friends, and then Mercury Bar with a select few. It was a great time. I had many beer.

Currently I am white-knuckling it till I can go home. I am really running ragged these days.



EDIT: Two things:

1) I saw Scott Ian from Anthrax today on Houston Street. If you ignore the beard situation, he's a good-lookin' dude, especially for 46!

2) I am very much in love with Vince Noir from The Mighty Boosh, which I have been watching pretty nonstop for the last few days. I want to put my mouth on his mouth.

I think I am finally going to learn all of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by heart. I've known parts of it since high school, but I've always wanted to know it all. I think I'm going to work on it again.

In other news, we did something like 25 samples for Urban in about 3 days. I am beyond exhausted. But I now also have my Very Own Intern, which is kind of cool. It's a little weird that she's like 4 years older than me, but whatever.

My apartment is chilly. All I do is work work work. I'm too tired to do anything.

My life is really super boring these days!

Oh yeah, I was a really really unattractive Assistant (to the) Regional Manager for Halloween. The party was fun, too.

Uggghhhhh I feel like I am dying.

One of my coworkers was super sick and stupidly came to work anyway, and despite me Clorox-wiping every damn surface, she still got me sick. I got my flu shot, so it's not that, but boy it kinda feels like it is. I actually stayed home from work today, which is pretty rare for me. I've spent the day dozing on the couch or in a hot bath, watching terrible movies on TV.

I hope I'll feel at least human tomorrow so I can enjoy Halloween. I have a lot to do this weekend, so it will suck royally (though, be seasonally appropriate) if I'm too much of a zombie.

Presenting, Things My Cat Has Left In The Hallway For Me To Find When I Get Home

Just about every day when I get home from work, I open the door to my apartment to find a fun, new object sitting in my previously clean hallway, something my cat has found and put there for me to see. She is best cat.

To begin, the day before yesterday's treasures:


Umbrella, sock.

( More gems behind the cut )


In other news, I am going to be this guy for Halloween:

Today it is my birthday! I am 24! I would've posted this morning, when it would've been more relevant, but I was sleeping over at Krys' place and was too lazy. She graciously invited me over this weekend so we could eat fall goodies and watch movies and carve pumpkins and do silly suburban things like go to Target and Sonic. We had a very lovely time. :D

Huge thank-you to everyone who came to my party-dinner-thing on Friday. I had such a wonderful time, and I really appreciate everyone who came by. I've never really gotten the opportunity to really do a big bday thing since moving here, so it was really special.

Now I'm sitting on a bus with nonexistant shocks and noisy breaks, fighting through traffic to go back to the city. Don't really want to go to work tomorrow, but whatever!

Thank you also to everyone who was thoughtful enough to text or call or tweet me. You know it means a lot. XOXO

So I was having a shitty morning, left late for work, couldn't find anything cute to wear, and had fucked-up hair. I got on the A train and transferred at West 4th like usual, to the F. I'm sitting and feeling my usual-of-late miserable self. Next stop, a guy gets on at the other end of the train car, and I don't see him till he gets closer to my area. He's a younger Asian guy, normal clothes, carrying a big paper bag with something furry in it, and an enormous lifesize replica of the head of Carol the Wild Thing.

He sat down next to me with the head in his lap and I couldn't stop grinning.

I told him I'd be getting off at the next stop, so he could use my seat if he needed it. He said thank you.

Pretty much just what I needed today.