Wherever you are, whatever you do

storme and I are married, as of last Monday!

I haven't posted since because it's been such a hectic few days of things to do and people to see, followed by sleep to catch up with. You'll find that the wedding, followed by our mini-moon in Paris, are described in Storme's LJ already. I'm unlikely to be nearly as eloquent, really. ( But personally, I have two main points to cover. )

And now my biggest challenge is finding an icon for this post... maybe I'll just stick with the default. :D

Holy Carpet Right Lord Sigmund!

( Minami + my long weekend in general )

That's it I think. Bring on Kitacon! We've booked hotel, got leave from work and got train tickets sorted. But costumes are not ready yet, oops. And need to pack for the dealer's table too. PANICMODE.

Did you know that PARTNERSHIP is just a longer way of spelling PARSNIP?

Bad

Work: the guy doing my drawings at work is so incompetent I literally felt my chest clench in a way that must be what pre-heart attacks feel like.

Writing: D1 fic is not moving. I need to look at the next course of action, either ask for an extension or leave what I've done so far and start afresh.

People: "it's so expensive, I can't afford to buy it anyway so it's not like they're losing my business" is not a good enough excuse to take something for free. If you can't afford manga, borrow it from the library. Swap volumes with a friend (and if you don't have friends, fucking make some). Cut your neighbour's lawn and earn some money. You not being able to afford it doesn't mean it should be made available for free like it's in your rights, especially since making it available would mean some people who would otherwise have paid for it, don't pay anymore. Sure, I download shit too, but I don't parade the fact that I take free stuff like it's morally justified.

Can people all stop saying things like "they can't make [game console/gadget/manga/stuff] so expensive that's so unfair" blah blah blah? Nobody's forcing you to buy it. Save up, or do something else with your lives. In the time you've spent whining you could've cleaned some windows and earned a fiver. And if you think that's unfair because some people can buy stuff because their family's rich and you're not so lucky? Suck it up, mate. That's life. If you're so unhappy about that, go join the communists or something. Or, for a better alternative, work for the money.

Good

Game: I spent a long time to kill some Mad Goliath's last night, then looked them up and there turns out to be an easier way (though I don't know how much easier). Bah. Still, I'm proud that I've gone through the game so far without internet help. I think I'll continue this way.

Food: made a tasty pie the other night.

Shop: just asked for an invoice + shipping quote for a load of New Look wigs, which should make some people happy! It's not a massive order, but eventually I should be able to supply them steadily so that nobody in the UK has to suffer Cosworx again.

A connection in Thailand who has too much money to spend (ie if I won the lotto I'll still have less money than him) thinks this cosplay thing looks damn fun. He's into model-making and has connections with workshops that make props for Hollywood. And he said, "hey, give me pictures of really difficult props you want, I'll get them made for you for free!" We'll find out what can be made using con-approved materials, what shipping costs/problems there are, and test what people think with my freebies, see how much they think it's worth.

If things end up looking good, my shop might end up taking orders for such professional, custom-built things.

If I get to keep my job at my current office, I'll work here for at least another few months to help save up a small pile of money for expanding the shop. Work will be shit but it'll be worthwhile. (Not to mention keeping the dental insurance for a while longer so that I can get the fillings in my teeth changed.)

Storme: is awesome. ♥

Could be worse. If only I could find a decent rendered picture of Capell... then there can be Dave!Capell and Dave!Sigmund doing what storme termed "hot flute on flute action", otherwise known as "when I was in band camp, I once stuck a flute inside my flute!"

storme DOESN'T WANT THE FOOD I PREPARED FOR HER.

storme and I are, for the very first time, playing TLR together.

[after a battle]
Storme: Dave's champion rapier's been strengthened~
Me: Oh, is that what they call it these days?
Storme: That's what Rush calls it.

[during another battle]
Me: Oh, Rush can use Mystic Missile!
Storme: *as Rush* *points at crotch* I got your mystic missile right here, baby!

This one looks exactly like my sister's cat in kitten form. @_@

storme and I went to dystopiarcadia's place after numerous... diversions (epic long trek due to engineering works and my inability to read bus maps correctly). ( AND THEN KITTENS HAPPENED. )

Also, because not all Dr Martens are belong to Storme, I bought these in cherry red. They're so shiny and comfortable! /o/

It took forever to get home today because it's a Sunday and Sundays/Trains ≠ OTP. Plus there were some line problems or whatever. But we saw the marathon as a result. XD;

I discovered that sometimes I can't hear a word Matt Smith says in Doctor Who because everythingisonelongsentencewithnostopsorpunctuation and that's difficult for me, it turns out. (It also doesn't help if the episode references to previous stuff which I haven't seen.) Next time I'm turning on the subtitles.