Tonight, we're summoned for a divine cause--remembrance, no
Jul. 16th, 2025 05:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beansideHappy Wednesday! I'm very scattered this week. I've got the concert on Saturday, and that's where my attention really is. I'm getting through the day, but it's not easy. Saturday morning is going to be really bad. Especially if it's busy like last week. But money is money is money.
Adding to the overall vibe of the week, my article came out on the Johns Hopkins Radiology internal site. It was really well written and looked nice. I'm not going to attach it, since it was the internal site, though I will put a screencap of the blurb, but it really talked me up and I feel like I came off really well. My boss poked me to let me know that they sent it out to the entirety of radiology leadership throughout the health system, and that it was "Quite the email thread," of people I'd helped singing my praises, and them saying they were going to forward it to other employees to use me as the standard, and proof that we make a difference. If nothing else, the email was sent to our team via the big boss, Peg, who apparently now knows my name and face. (It had a picture I provided.) It was kind of a lot to take in.
After that, I struggled through my 8 hours, and then logged off to make more bracelets for the show. My boots actually did come, and are perfect. They're pretty comfortable right off the bat, and look fabulous. I'm going to wear them a couple of hours a day until the concert so they'll be comfy. They're just your standard shit kicker combat boots, but they'll look great with the fishnet leggings and outfit. Tonight, after the leggings come, I may do a full makeup fit check, just to make sure I'm good for the show. If so, I'll post pictures.
Tomorrow, we have a few more things coming, but nothing for the concert. Jess' hair dye is coming today, so that should be awesome. I think we're going to do it tomorrow, since they have a therapy appointment this afternoon and we have a game tonight.
After this concert, I'm going to have such an adrenaline let down. It's been so much fun to get ready, and I've really enjoyed being involved in the chats for the specific venues.
Okay, time to go forth and get myself ready for work. Everyone have an awesome Wednesday! We're halfway there!
Adding to the overall vibe of the week, my article came out on the Johns Hopkins Radiology internal site. It was really well written and looked nice. I'm not going to attach it, since it was the internal site, though I will put a screencap of the blurb, but it really talked me up and I feel like I came off really well. My boss poked me to let me know that they sent it out to the entirety of radiology leadership throughout the health system, and that it was "Quite the email thread," of people I'd helped singing my praises, and them saying they were going to forward it to other employees to use me as the standard, and proof that we make a difference. If nothing else, the email was sent to our team via the big boss, Peg, who apparently now knows my name and face. (It had a picture I provided.) It was kind of a lot to take in.
After that, I struggled through my 8 hours, and then logged off to make more bracelets for the show. My boots actually did come, and are perfect. They're pretty comfortable right off the bat, and look fabulous. I'm going to wear them a couple of hours a day until the concert so they'll be comfy. They're just your standard shit kicker combat boots, but they'll look great with the fishnet leggings and outfit. Tonight, after the leggings come, I may do a full makeup fit check, just to make sure I'm good for the show. If so, I'll post pictures.
Tomorrow, we have a few more things coming, but nothing for the concert. Jess' hair dye is coming today, so that should be awesome. I think we're going to do it tomorrow, since they have a therapy appointment this afternoon and we have a game tonight.
After this concert, I'm going to have such an adrenaline let down. It's been so much fun to get ready, and I've really enjoyed being involved in the chats for the specific venues.
Okay, time to go forth and get myself ready for work. Everyone have an awesome Wednesday! We're halfway there!
It's the truth of candor shone through the prism of deceit
Jul. 15th, 2025 05:32 ambeansideGood lord, between my brain just refusing to shut off last night, and my cat, I feel like I got almost no sleep. I'm okay, just very tired. But it's okay, we shall deal. I don't have anything exciting scheduled for today. I'm just going to get through work, and then I shall be tired and maybe let Jess cook.
I got a bag from Ipsy last night. It's been fun, playing with makeup. I don't know how what I got is going to be in regular rotation, but it's cool. I found a couple of things last night that I picked up, including one last eye shadow palette. It's reds and blacks and silvers, which caught my eye. I'll give them a go and see how they look. This is possibly my cheapest palette, so we'll see what the quality is. If it looks pretty, I could use it for Ghost on Saturday. If not, oh well.
I cannot wait for the rest of my stuff to come in. Tomorrow, Jess' hair dye comes in. They're going to go darkest blue, which should look super cool.
I have an appt on 8/8 to get mine dyed again. I go professional, since most of my hair is grey, which takes dye differently. I wish she'd had something before then, but I just couldn't work it. I'm going like a dark blood red color. Not quite something you can say is unnatural, since redheads exist, but right on the line.
Torrid order #1 comes today, supposedly. When I looked this morning, the last tracking was in Kentucky, so I'm dubious. It would be really helpful if this one came today, but we'll see.
Yesterday, Jess' BPAL order came (in record time). We had so many smellies to go through. I liked a lot of them, especially the ones from the Gourmand imp pack. I do love my food scents. The Incense imp pack was less successful, though Cathedral was nice. My absolute favorite was a freebie they sent along. Scherezade. which lists itself as being red musk, Middle Eastern Spices and Saffron has an amazing scent, and I really love it. It's been on my wrist for almost an hour and has yet to go powdery, which, with my skin composition is fucking amazing. TweedleDee and Knave of Hearts are also really pretty, though I haven't tried them to see if they work on me. Knave of Hearts was a surprise, since I don't normally like rose perfume. But those currant tarts definitely shine in it.
We took Yoda to the vet yesterday. He of course, behaved like a little angel for the vet. The absolute only thing he took exception to was being lifted down after the checkup, when he shrieked in a little piss-baby tantrum. Oh, he also had a tantrum in the waiting area, because I would not let him go meet dogs. (He generally doesn't like dogs, but get him at the vet or the groomer and he's all about going to meet everyone.) It went fine, but was generally stressful, and I'm glad we don't have to do it again for a year.
Okay, time for me to go forth and get myself together. Everyone have an amazing Tuesday!
I got a bag from Ipsy last night. It's been fun, playing with makeup. I don't know how what I got is going to be in regular rotation, but it's cool. I found a couple of things last night that I picked up, including one last eye shadow palette. It's reds and blacks and silvers, which caught my eye. I'll give them a go and see how they look. This is possibly my cheapest palette, so we'll see what the quality is. If it looks pretty, I could use it for Ghost on Saturday. If not, oh well.
I cannot wait for the rest of my stuff to come in. Tomorrow, Jess' hair dye comes in. They're going to go darkest blue, which should look super cool.
I have an appt on 8/8 to get mine dyed again. I go professional, since most of my hair is grey, which takes dye differently. I wish she'd had something before then, but I just couldn't work it. I'm going like a dark blood red color. Not quite something you can say is unnatural, since redheads exist, but right on the line.
Torrid order #1 comes today, supposedly. When I looked this morning, the last tracking was in Kentucky, so I'm dubious. It would be really helpful if this one came today, but we'll see.
Yesterday, Jess' BPAL order came (in record time). We had so many smellies to go through. I liked a lot of them, especially the ones from the Gourmand imp pack. I do love my food scents. The Incense imp pack was less successful, though Cathedral was nice. My absolute favorite was a freebie they sent along. Scherezade. which lists itself as being red musk, Middle Eastern Spices and Saffron has an amazing scent, and I really love it. It's been on my wrist for almost an hour and has yet to go powdery, which, with my skin composition is fucking amazing. TweedleDee and Knave of Hearts are also really pretty, though I haven't tried them to see if they work on me. Knave of Hearts was a surprise, since I don't normally like rose perfume. But those currant tarts definitely shine in it.
We took Yoda to the vet yesterday. He of course, behaved like a little angel for the vet. The absolute only thing he took exception to was being lifted down after the checkup, when he shrieked in a little piss-baby tantrum. Oh, he also had a tantrum in the waiting area, because I would not let him go meet dogs. (He generally doesn't like dogs, but get him at the vet or the groomer and he's all about going to meet everyone.) It went fine, but was generally stressful, and I'm glad we don't have to do it again for a year.
Okay, time for me to go forth and get myself together. Everyone have an amazing Tuesday!
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Jul. 14th, 2025 02:52 pmturpsI was at the gym this morning using the lat pull down machine that's in the free weight section. I'd done two reps when one of the muscle guys came over and said he'd noticed I was using a narrow grip, and he thought a different attachment would work better for me. ( Read more... )
Challenge #4
Fun House
Journaling: What is making you smile these days? Create a top 10 list of anything you want to talk about.
Creative: Write from the perspective of a house or other location.
These guys, MCR! I've been enjoying watching footage and seeing new photos from their concert so much. My love isn't as intense as it was in my height of bandom days, but it's still there, and I still think Mikey is hot like fire.
Seeing him with his bro, how happy he looked throughout that surreal, weird and yet awesome show, well it made me smile, too. Also, comments from Gabe and Travis on Mikey's Insta post, it was like being thrown back in time in the best way.
So, lets go old skool and have a top ten plus four picspam. ( behind here )
Challenge #4
Fun House
Journaling: What is making you smile these days? Create a top 10 list of anything you want to talk about.
Creative: Write from the perspective of a house or other location.
These guys, MCR! I've been enjoying watching footage and seeing new photos from their concert so much. My love isn't as intense as it was in my height of bandom days, but it's still there, and I still think Mikey is hot like fire.
Seeing him with his bro, how happy he looked throughout that surreal, weird and yet awesome show, well it made me smile, too. Also, comments from Gabe and Travis on Mikey's Insta post, it was like being thrown back in time in the best way.
So, lets go old skool and have a top ten
A dawn of prossperity, a faded scar, an ended calamity, a slaughtered tsar
Jul. 14th, 2025 05:40 ambeansideYawn, this morning feels early. Boodle woke me up at 3, but when I shooed her off, she didn't come back til 5:15, which I felt was very kind and considerate of her. She's now had her breakfast, and I'm having mine (by which I mean coffee). Today is sure to be busy, and I need to get ready for it.
It's a full week at work, which is going to be very long, what with the prospect of getting to go away for the second Ghost Concert. I've been very busy getting ready for it. Fans will trade and give away beaded bracelets, so I started making some or them. I tried temporary tattoos, but those didn't work so well. I may give it one more try, but we'll see. I think I may have misunderstood the directions.
I also have been assembling my outfit for the concert. People dress up super gothy for the shows, some dressing as one of the various incarnations of the front man (all the same dude, just different characters.) Some dress in clergy robes or collars, some in nuns habits. I dressed up nice last time, but this time we're going over the top. I found a different shirt in the boxes that's black, adn has billowy diaphanous sleeves. It's super low cut, so I do need to find a necklace of some sort to break up the line between throat and boobs, but I figure a quick trip to Hot Topic will do for that. I also got a nun's veil, which I'm still debating on. I also got some black lipstick, which seems to stay fairly well. I'm going to look a bit over the top, but if you can't have fun, why bother. Plus, I'm also going to look hot. And that makes me happy, even if Bucky Barnes would look at my eyeliner and go "whoa."
I've got a few things coming today, including a big BPAL order, which I'm very excited about. I got the incense and gourmand packages. I'm going to spend this evening sniffing things. Also, my IPSY bag comes today, which should be fun. Usually our mail comes kind of late, but I'm going to stay up til it gets here, dammit.
Yesterday, we had our Strixhaven game. It's a lot of fun, and I finally feel like I have a grip on my character. I'd planned for her to be a kind of sulky goth, but it turns out I'm too practical to even play that. Instead, she's a bit of an Ursula Vernon heroine. She's a lot of fun to play and I'm enjoying her a lot. Our schedules continue to be a mess, so the games are a little way off, but we'll get there. (July-Sept is just brutal.)
This week, we have one possible game on Wednesday, but aside from that, we just have the concert on Saturday. After this, we shall have some quiet time. Games, but no other extravagant outings. Rebuild the savings account a bit.
Then, in August, we have a fandom get together, that I'm very much looking forward to. I'm renting a van, and picking up everyone from DC up at the MARC station and we're going to Rodizio's grill. I love fandom get togethers, and this is a good chunk of people from the TTRPG server. It should be a lot of fun.
Okay, time for me to go forth and get ready for work. Everyone have the best Monday you can Monday!
It's a full week at work, which is going to be very long, what with the prospect of getting to go away for the second Ghost Concert. I've been very busy getting ready for it. Fans will trade and give away beaded bracelets, so I started making some or them. I tried temporary tattoos, but those didn't work so well. I may give it one more try, but we'll see. I think I may have misunderstood the directions.
I also have been assembling my outfit for the concert. People dress up super gothy for the shows, some dressing as one of the various incarnations of the front man (all the same dude, just different characters.) Some dress in clergy robes or collars, some in nuns habits. I dressed up nice last time, but this time we're going over the top. I found a different shirt in the boxes that's black, adn has billowy diaphanous sleeves. It's super low cut, so I do need to find a necklace of some sort to break up the line between throat and boobs, but I figure a quick trip to Hot Topic will do for that. I also got a nun's veil, which I'm still debating on. I also got some black lipstick, which seems to stay fairly well. I'm going to look a bit over the top, but if you can't have fun, why bother. Plus, I'm also going to look hot. And that makes me happy, even if Bucky Barnes would look at my eyeliner and go "whoa."
I've got a few things coming today, including a big BPAL order, which I'm very excited about. I got the incense and gourmand packages. I'm going to spend this evening sniffing things. Also, my IPSY bag comes today, which should be fun. Usually our mail comes kind of late, but I'm going to stay up til it gets here, dammit.
Yesterday, we had our Strixhaven game. It's a lot of fun, and I finally feel like I have a grip on my character. I'd planned for her to be a kind of sulky goth, but it turns out I'm too practical to even play that. Instead, she's a bit of an Ursula Vernon heroine. She's a lot of fun to play and I'm enjoying her a lot. Our schedules continue to be a mess, so the games are a little way off, but we'll get there. (July-Sept is just brutal.)
This week, we have one possible game on Wednesday, but aside from that, we just have the concert on Saturday. After this, we shall have some quiet time. Games, but no other extravagant outings. Rebuild the savings account a bit.
Then, in August, we have a fandom get together, that I'm very much looking forward to. I'm renting a van, and picking up everyone from DC up at the MARC station and we're going to Rodizio's grill. I love fandom get togethers, and this is a good chunk of people from the TTRPG server. It should be a lot of fun.
Okay, time for me to go forth and get ready for work. Everyone have the best Monday you can Monday!
some day we'll find it
Jul. 13th, 2025 07:12 pmpensnestYesterday's all-day singing was woefully underattended—literally half the people who could have shown up were not available, for perfectly respectable reasons—but we did some really good work on our new song and sounded surprisingly good for such a small group. Usually, the fewer singers, the more bitty the sound. Perhaps the more 'individual' voices were those who couldn't make it. But we had our usual good time and a nice chat with a new nearly-member, who seems likely to fit in very well.
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Poor Beast was among those who could not be there. He's still getting positive Covid tests, and has been busying himself looking up advice on how long one must isolate. Which, naturally, varies from five days to ten. How helpful.
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We ate half (!) the summer pudding today, with some Oatly cream, and it was very good indeed! Just raspberries and blackberries—well, I say 'just', it's hard to see how adding anything else could make it *better*—and nice white sourdough bread, and a little sugar. And there is more for tomorrow! And the brambles are groaning with blackberries, just as the apple trees are heavy with fruit. And the 'cerryplum'turlough identified is producing much fruit which is ripening nicely, though may require ladder access. I may not be able to keep up.... sadly, I don't think the sweetcorn is going to come to anything. There are three and a bit stalks remaining, one having been snapped off by a squirrorist (I suspect). Better luck next year.
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Poor Beast was among those who could not be there. He's still getting positive Covid tests, and has been busying himself looking up advice on how long one must isolate. Which, naturally, varies from five days to ten. How helpful.
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We ate half (!) the summer pudding today, with some Oatly cream, and it was very good indeed! Just raspberries and blackberries—well, I say 'just', it's hard to see how adding anything else could make it *better*—and nice white sourdough bread, and a little sugar. And there is more for tomorrow! And the brambles are groaning with blackberries, just as the apple trees are heavy with fruit. And the 'cerryplum'
turlough identified is producing much fruit which is ripening nicely, though may require ladder access. I may not be able to keep up.... sadly, I don't think the sweetcorn is going to come to anything. There are three and a bit stalks remaining, one having been snapped off by a squirrorist (I suspect). Better luck next year.To the haunting sound of the monstrance clock singing, "Come together, together as one."
Jul. 13th, 2025 07:02 ambeansideGood morning! And somehow we're already to the last day of the weekend. Ew. But it was a good weekend overall, so it's not so bad. Yesterday, I worked til noon, then we took the dog out for a walk and went to see Superman.
Y'all, it's so much fun. It had a little bit of a slow start, but once it really kicked in, it was awesome. Special props to our new Superman David Corenswet, who was an awesome, sympathetic and believable character, in addition to 100% looking the part. But the movie was absolutely stolen by Edi Gathegi (who got to redeem the shitty way Xmen First Class did his character) who killed it as Mr. Terrific. The other standout was the CGI, especially that relating to Krypto, Superman's dog. It was obvious that James Gunn is a dog lover and that he'd dealt with a hyperactive and recalictrant canine in the past. (As the owner of one, I adored the little collections of pixels.)
I felt like the first half of the plot leaned a little too heavy on putting said dog and an equally pixel-made baby in danger, but it didn't stop me from enjoying it. It even managed to make me verklempt a couple of times. In the end, I didn't necessarily believe in the much less complicated and kind world that James Gunn created, but god I wanted to live there.
After that, we went out to dinner, and had a lovely meal, and then came home and relaxed.
I decided that I wanted to participate in the fannish exchange at the next ghost concert, so I got myself a bead kit, and some temporary tattoo paper and am working on making some shit. I don't know that I'll be able to make too much, but we'll see! I've got four bracelets so far.
This is going to be a long week, waiting for the concert at the end. I picked up a third overtime shift for the month, so I'm going to almost pay for the concert or pay for hotel with that, which is awesome.
Okay, it's time for me to go forth and maybe put on some clothes and consider what I want to make for breakfast. Would I prefer pancakes or a dutch baby. I have some bacon to cook, so that'll go with whatever perfectly. Everyone have a stupendous Sunday!
Y'all, it's so much fun. It had a little bit of a slow start, but once it really kicked in, it was awesome. Special props to our new Superman David Corenswet, who was an awesome, sympathetic and believable character, in addition to 100% looking the part. But the movie was absolutely stolen by Edi Gathegi (who got to redeem the shitty way Xmen First Class did his character) who killed it as Mr. Terrific. The other standout was the CGI, especially that relating to Krypto, Superman's dog. It was obvious that James Gunn is a dog lover and that he'd dealt with a hyperactive and recalictrant canine in the past. (As the owner of one, I adored the little collections of pixels.)
I felt like the first half of the plot leaned a little too heavy on putting said dog and an equally pixel-made baby in danger, but it didn't stop me from enjoying it. It even managed to make me verklempt a couple of times. In the end, I didn't necessarily believe in the much less complicated and kind world that James Gunn created, but god I wanted to live there.
After that, we went out to dinner, and had a lovely meal, and then came home and relaxed.
I decided that I wanted to participate in the fannish exchange at the next ghost concert, so I got myself a bead kit, and some temporary tattoo paper and am working on making some shit. I don't know that I'll be able to make too much, but we'll see! I've got four bracelets so far.
This is going to be a long week, waiting for the concert at the end. I picked up a third overtime shift for the month, so I'm going to almost pay for the concert or pay for hotel with that, which is awesome.
Okay, it's time for me to go forth and maybe put on some clothes and consider what I want to make for breakfast. Would I prefer pancakes or a dutch baby. I have some bacon to cook, so that'll go with whatever perfectly. Everyone have a stupendous Sunday!
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Jul. 12th, 2025 03:52 pmturpsI've had a very lazy day today as James has been off doing a community overtime event for work. So, I've been tidying up indoors, given the garden a good soak and got caught up online. Well, the DW posts anyway, I've still got so much TV to watch, and yes, I know, the tiniest violin needed for me.
Tomorrow we're taking my MiL out for a belated birthday lunch, so I've enjoyed the quiet do very little day. Even enjoying the sunshine and the heat, due to not having to actually do anything but waft around in it.
Sunshine revival challenge prompt now.
Journaling prompt: What are your favorite summer-associated foods?
Creative prompt: Draw art of or make graphics of summer foods, or post your favorite summer recipes. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
The first thing that came to mind here was beach sandwiches. Which were the chopped salad cream, egg and tomato sandwiches my mam used to make for us when I was a kidlet. We'd head off to the beach, and have a picnic, and the sandwiches were always soggy, flat, and always had sand in them, no matter how carefully they were handled. But, at the same time, they always tasted delicious, especially so as mam used to buy a carton of chips to share while eating them.
A more up to date summer food. I was in the garden picking strawberries, raspberries, chillis and pea pods yesterday. There aren't that many of them as I only have a small garden, and the tomatoes haven't started to ripen yet. But, I thought the bowl looked pretty.
Tomorrow we're taking my MiL out for a belated birthday lunch, so I've enjoyed the quiet do very little day. Even enjoying the sunshine and the heat, due to not having to actually do anything but waft around in it.
Sunshine revival challenge prompt now.
Journaling prompt: What are your favorite summer-associated foods?
Creative prompt: Draw art of or make graphics of summer foods, or post your favorite summer recipes. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
The first thing that came to mind here was beach sandwiches. Which were the chopped salad cream, egg and tomato sandwiches my mam used to make for us when I was a kidlet. We'd head off to the beach, and have a picnic, and the sandwiches were always soggy, flat, and always had sand in them, no matter how carefully they were handled. But, at the same time, they always tasted delicious, especially so as mam used to buy a carton of chips to share while eating them.
A more up to date summer food. I was in the garden picking strawberries, raspberries, chillis and pea pods yesterday. There aren't that many of them as I only have a small garden, and the tomatoes haven't started to ripen yet. But, I thought the bowl looked pretty.
In the middle of the night it feeds, in the middle of the night it eats you....
Jul. 12th, 2025 05:45 ambeansideIt's Saturday! We decided to switch Superman to today, since we were both still a little hung over from the concert yesterday, and neither of us was excited about being out late. Today, I work from 8-12, and then we have the movie at 1:30, then the MD German Festival for dinner. It should be a lot of fun, and I'm looking forward to it.
Yesterday, the person who normally makes calls for the team was out, so I was kept jumping. At any given time, I'd have four or five emails of people to call. I got all of them done, so that's something. Scheduled a lot of people for STAT tests.
At about eleven, my boss thanked me again for helping out. He said he'd depleted his balance of points for our in house recognition system, but when they replenished, he was sending some my way, but he also wanted to do something else. He's trying to decide what. (Money is always a good thing. lol)
( Cut for some mental health thoughts )
Tomorrow, I have my Strixhaven game, which is always fun. It's a game light weekend, but that's okay. We're going to actually go. out and do things! Movie! German festival! It's going to be a good weekend, I think.
On that note, I'm going to go forth and get myself together. Everyone have an amazing Saturday!
Yesterday, the person who normally makes calls for the team was out, so I was kept jumping. At any given time, I'd have four or five emails of people to call. I got all of them done, so that's something. Scheduled a lot of people for STAT tests.
At about eleven, my boss thanked me again for helping out. He said he'd depleted his balance of points for our in house recognition system, but when they replenished, he was sending some my way, but he also wanted to do something else. He's trying to decide what. (Money is always a good thing. lol)
( Cut for some mental health thoughts )
Tomorrow, I have my Strixhaven game, which is always fun. It's a game light weekend, but that's okay. We're going to actually go. out and do things! Movie! German festival! It's going to be a good weekend, I think.
On that note, I'm going to go forth and get myself together. Everyone have an amazing Saturday!