You Can Win It In A Minute When You Spin It, Spin It, Spin It! [December 28, 2009 @ 1:10pm] sunseenli [ mood | bored ] So, my boss is going to be out all week this week, so I have a little more time to myself. I still can't go nuts online as *he* never cared so much what I was doing on the computer, it was the IT department tracking me (and they still are), but I'll have enough free time that I'm feeling the urge to try new things. Only, in typical Crissy fashion, I can't decide what. I thought I'd ask you guys for recommendations. What's something that you do that you enjoy that you think I should give a shot to? The only restrictions are it can't be something that requires hours of learning in order to do (such as knitting or crocheting) and it can't be something that requires money (such as belly dancing lessons) because I'm broke from the holidays. I'm thinking more along the lines of photography or making singing posts or RPing or something--preferably something I can do in a couple of hours or so, and preferably something computer related in some way so I can share it all with you. Any suggestions? Read (6) Comment

[December 26, 2009 @ 12:39pm] rangerofsauron Rain?  On Christmas?  The east coast is fired. Screw you guys, I'm-a going home! Comment

In which Emma is busy making props [December 21, 2009 @ 10:08pm] tavaril [ mood | silly ] [ music | The Muppets sing Bohemian Rhapsody ] E: [collapses in a heap] I do not want to write to Santa! K: [comes over, drags E up] Come on... stand up on your little Jewish feet... Now. Do you have crayons? E: ...No... K: Then you cannot write to Santa! And on that note, Imma make cookies. Comment

In which Emma misses singing Handel [December 20, 2009 @ 3:10pm] tavaril [ mood | lazy ] [ music | The Hallelujah Chorus ] My mother sent out this video to a bunch of her friends. It amused me to no end. Good memories of singing "The Messiah" include that performance we did at Gettysburg where Dr. Natter told the audience not to stand during the Hallelujah chorus, since we were recording... and they stood anyway :D And we all fell in love with the guy in the second row who was, like, having a moment of religious rapture during that. It was one of those nice moments wherein you know that what you're doing matters. Anyway, the below is a slightly different vision of Handel. Today has been mixed. Shoveled the walk outside of T-stone, which sucked. Kevin took me out to Perkins afterward, which rocked. Fell asleep when we got home, and woke up feeling shitty. Oh, I don't want to go anywhere right now... but I have to go back and paint some candy cane quarterstaves. Read (1) Comment

If You Should Die Before Me Ask If You Can Bring A Friend [December 15, 2009 @ 5:10pm] sunseenli [ mood | self-conscious ] It's that time of year where I want a calendar again. I went through this last year. I spent ALL this time picking out photos (admittedly mostly cosplay) of my friends and loved ones, took a long look at it...and decided I'd rather have a Sailor Moon calendar instead. So I picked my favorite Sailor Moon images that I thought went with the theme of each month, and ordered it...and when I was laid off like the day after receiving it, I never used it. Time and money well spent. I've missed having a calendar. I've got an okay memory for dates, birthdays and the like, but it's not great--and despite the fact that I enter the date at least fifty times every goddamn day, my brain can't process that, for example, "12-15-09" is exactly ten days away from Christmas (six business days, no less) in any sort of practical way. My PDA tries it's best, but apparently the alarm function doesn't work unless you've accessed your PDA recently (like, that day, at the very least.) This is less than useful. (Plus, my PDA has crashed at least twice now, and I don't trust that it has all of the information I consider pertinent.) My boss was just out of the office, and I had completed a MAJOR project earlier today, so I decided to give myself a break and give that cosplay calendar another crack. I spent an hour or so searching through photos, making decisions, saving files, and then when I was mostly done I uploaded what I had and created the calendar...and stared at it again. I remembered the two reasons I decided not to go with the photo calendar last year--one, some of my favorite photos don't have high res versions needed for the calendar, and two, I'm in a lot of the shots, and I'm not sure how incredibly egotistical it will look for me to have a calendar that I'm in. Now, at this new place, I have two additional worries: do I really want to open myself up to the kind of ridicule I will face for photos of myself with pink and blue hair and ridiculous outfits? And how long am I going to be here, anyway? Will I leave another job (either by my own choice or otherwise) and have another calendar sitting in a box while I attempt to readjust AGAIN? It's a calendar. Why do I agonize over every single stupid little choice? Read (6) Comment

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