I only seem to post when I'm recovering from being sick, which means that I only have time when I'm recovering from being sick. Here's what is up with me, in handy bullet point format:

- I had a fabulous time in Japan, made new friends and actually ran into a surprisingly large number of San Franciscans.

- Mike broke up with me the day I got back from Japan. It was amicable, and somewhat a poly-FAIL breakup. Kids, if you want anything to work, you have to be honest about what you need. Ask me if you want more details.

- In other relationship news, I am dating someone (Mark) and have been for 4 months. It's good, though I am sad that it precipitated complicated above poly-FAIL.

- I got a new bed. It doesn't squeak and is remarkably wonderfully comfortable. I finally stopped putting off buying a bed I had been sorta hoping to pick out with Mike. This was good for me. It has slightly different dimensions than my old frame, though, so I keep sniping my shins. Not as great.

- I had the stomach flu this weekend. That was about as fun as you would expect.

- I just had my first post-stomach flu meal, which was an avocado, couscous, roasted chicken, and roasted asparagus. My body still doesn't want dairy.

- Oh, and work's settled down a bit but I expect that to spin back up shortly. Nice to have some breathing time, though.

So, uhh, how are you?

I'm sick and working from home this morning, so I might as well mention what I've been up to. Work is hectic but fun, my personal life is more complicated but also fun. Mike and I have been dating for 2 years now and we still don't want to push the other in front of a bus. Yay!

I've been twittering more; my username is the same on there.

The big news is I'm going to Japan in March to visit isolt! This has been a trip I've wanted to make since I was 16 and in Japanese class in high school... and couldn't, because my mother kicked me out of the house. ;) (Long story.) I am SO EXCITED I HAVE TO USE ALL CAPS. Also it's likely a side trip to Thailand will happen when I'm out there.

So, uhh... that's it for me. How are you?

1.) Do not go on a diet.
2.) Do not waste money on a gym membership.
3.) Continue to spend the majority of my discretionary income on:
* Food
* Books
* Travel
* Booze

Stretch goal:
4.) Light more things on fire.

My friend Damon's got some great photos from the Google holiday party (well, the one for engineering ops): http://flickr.com/photos/spof/sets/72157610781907824/

I think that the California Academy of Sciences is definitely improved by strategically placed bars throughout. And of course chocolate dipped bacon.

P.S. Costumers! I have purchased the Truly Victorian Natural Form overskirt, underskirt, and general petticoat pattern. I may be a wee bit short of fabric for my overskirt based on the yardage but I think I can make it work. I've been wanting to pick these up for a while now anyways.

I know I haven't posted in forever; as for why, I've just been busy, with stuff... and while I'm following LJ still, I don't have as much to say.

I do have a favor to ask of my costuming friends: I have a steampunk themed company christmas party coming up. (Because we are Awesome, that's why.) I have a corset I made years back out of burgundy fabric with white pinstripes, and I think I have enough of the fabric left to make a bustle skirt. The party is the first week of January. Any suggestions for patterns I can get and make before then, or for how to make a bustle skirt, or for what I should put under a bustle skirt?

Also I would like to have a while button up shirt of some kind to wear under the (slightly overbust) corset -- the goal is obviously not historical accuracy so much as a steampunk-y theme, and something that won't look totally stupid like that. Any suggestions?

I hope all you Dickens people aren't too busy to comment on this! Which reminds me... go to Dickens Fair...

I just went through my closet; I had thought I had done a thorough job of it in the spring, but I decided that before I let myself buy new clothes I had better get rid of any surplus I had and assess what I actually owned.

I, umm... don't need to buy more clothes. I maybe should patch a pair of my jeans, which would bring me to 4 pairs (which is definitely enough for my rotation, given that I am basically a boy in that I sniff-test my jeans before I wear them.) I might want to get a new sweater for fall. And I should bleach a spot out of a white sweater that my cousin gave me (... Cute, but god. White! This is why I never buy white for myself.) Otherwise, I have more t-shirts than I know what to do with, plenty of skirts, even business casual stuff that doesn't entirely suck.

And I'm giving away about 50 articles of clothing. At least.

Frankly I could have been even more ruthless with the purging, but I think this is just fine for now. My closet even still looks full!

I'm eating pizza at work and thinking about stuff I need to get done. In the mean time, I'm going to do something almost unheard of and actually post a meme. Why?

Because I think it's kind of interesting, that's why. I'll put it behind a cut for you.

Oh! And Mike and I have pledged that will will NOT let ourselves bitch out and collapse before Hubba Hubba at the DNA tonight (Oktoberfest!) -- maybe we will see you there? That would be nice.

From: http://www.verygoodtaste.co.uk/uncategorised/the-omnivores-hundred/
(bold means I've had it, strikethru means I'm not interested)( Read more... )

There were a few I had a hard time remembering if I'd eaten (maybe I was drunk?), so I left them out, generally. But I really do love food. The only thing on here I wouldn't likely eat is fugu, because I hear it's really pretty bland, and I'm not interested in bland food just because it could possibly kill me.

I've really not been good at journalling lately.

All I have right now is that there's a goat roast marinating in my fridge for dinner tonight. I... I'll let you know how that turns out.

And I am only peripherally paying attention to politics lately, for the same reasons I can't watch movies which involve characters embarrassing themselves (such as Welcome to the Dollhouse). I don't have enough emotional distance there. I desperately want things to be better. I don't want to shout and cry and throw things in frustration.

So... no, I didn't watch the RNC, thanks.

This weekend should be fun. Going to a friend's belated birthday party on a barhopping trolley tonight, and some time this week I will watch a double feature of The Godfather parts I and II at the Castro Theatre, which should be awesome.

I'm mostly recovered from my illness last weekend, and I've been trying to get enough sleep.

I'm still not used to this ergonomic keyboard. It certainly slows down my typing, but that may be a good thing. It's just hard to change these bone-deep typing habits. Argh.

Oh, another goal for this weekend: take out my film SLR and take some actual photos, and get my rolls of film developed.

Dear whatever-you-are,

I know we haven't talked in a while, but please stop raining shit down on my loved ones and their loved ones.

Love,
Me