If you had invoked me before you began this journey,

It's 2 am, and I'm taking a quick break from WoW. I'm wearing a Murloco's t-shirt, and attending a lockdown that runs from 11 pm to 7 am.

Yeah... Seems this is the point of no return. Happy? Oddly enough, quite.



Also, the 21st, for those that care/are interested, went swimmingly. domnall organized a surprise party, which was vastly fun. I love Ace's Pear Cider. Muchly... It was really nice to have a low-key party with friends.


As per usual - I blame domnall.

Work. Dead.

Life. Pretty Good.


What follows is a little cross-section of things over the past few weeks. It's not in any particular order, but there's still some stuff of interest (maybe?) in there.

Granted, when one works in a University of Arizona department during Spring Break, one expects it to be rather dead. *grin* Actually, it's kind of a nice change, considering priority registration starts in a few scant weeks, and then there will be CHAOS!! I've nearly completely finished the project I was given, all that's left is to sort the forms so they can be shipped off where they need to go. Shouldn't take all that long tomorrow. I'm rather proud of myself for some reason. Plus next check will be nice, as I put in extra hours this week. Yay!

School-wise, things are going alright. The usual mess and cycle of classes. Not much else to say - except that I'm looking more forward to next semester when I can apply to Art History. Latin, the second time around, is surprisingly easier. Still need to work (more), but I feel like I'm getting it better - which rocks. Unfortunately, it means I'm fairly busy/tired most nights. This means I don't know how often I'll be able to hit mini painting at Sam and Marina's. Don't think much, if at all, in the near future, as I need to work on so many things. Couple of papers loom menacingly.

squeeky_v came out last week - which rocked. It's always fun to see/hang out with her. Didn't get to do as much as I wanted with her, but she did come over, spend time with domnall and I, as well as avilina and taranos. She said she had a very good time, which makes me pleased. She played lots of Viva Pinata (Yes, I own it. Don't mock me. *grin*) and played with the loom I bought at Estrella. We also saw Music and Lyrics. Which is a fun little chick flick and has scenes of Hugh Grant doing 80's dance move-thingys. We had a good time. i do need to expand my collection of movies with him - they're wonderfully good background or laze-about movies.

300 was also seen by domnall and I. Bloody, violent, drool-worthy (oh hush), PRETTY! Really. Really. Pretty. Sure, the character development's a bit rushed, and the costumes aren't accurate (much), but it's still a very nice bit of artwork. Granted, it's mostly digital and all, but oh gods is it lovely.

I've also been trying to make conscious effort to spin. I finished my first bag of roving, and now I need to set the resulting yarn in hot water. I'm proud of myself, even if it's shaky and the yarn is no-where near even. The second bag of roving (a nice dark brown/grey) is a little more smooth, but not by much. I keep needing to get my hands used to it all.

I'm happily playing World of Warcraft. My mage has been re-specced to Fire, and oh how I love it. In tabletop news - the druid's got another spear. I fear nothing. Hee! Also, on Friday night nicodeamos and his lady - Angie (who is quite cool, btw), came over to play Arkham Horror - which is a board game based on teh Call of Cthulhu RPG. Very fun.

Also, I've started (again) the cross-stitch of my device! It's looking pretty, and much easier since I bought new, smaller, needles! I just need to let everything else settle a little and then I want to hook up my torch and enjoy glass fun!

So, I suppose you lot are owned an entry...

For the sake of everyone on the flist, I'll try and keep to a minimum long, mopey post - though I could most certainly give you lots of angst (and cookies...).

Southern was fun - phone call and Thursday night aside. Not quite as restful as I'd have liked, but such is life. I've a few months to get everything worked out for Estrella. I did take some photos, but not a great many, and none that are particularly good... actually, there are one or two amusing Whiskey Bards ones.

School is school. I'd really like this semester to end, and end soon. Granted, work is going quite well, and I honesty quite enjoy it. Steve's and Dr Allen's classes (Racing Laws and Enforcement and Development and Management of the Racing Animal, respectively) frustrate me... I'm glad I'm heading over to Art History, at least I've a good idea of exactly where I'd like to end up - (in no particular order) - curate, restore, acquire, or work for an auction house. Granted, this would mean I'm probably going to continue school after I get my Bachelor's, but I think, in the end, it will be better... Next semester's going to be the one to bring up my GPA. *grin*

Keeping me sane now is cross-sitch (I swear, the 2nd set of boars will be done soon. Then I can start on my own projects), reading (slowly working my way through an interesting book about fakes/forgeries in the art world), and gaming (twice a week). The latter's fun - Friday's a plain and simple traditional D&D game where I've got the cleric; Thursday is a d20 Modern/Future - I love my assault rifle - did I mention I'm the Medic?

Brighter news - *meh,* not much. School's hanging over everything and it's about all I can concentrate on right now. I have a project for Latin due Monday and a paper due for Steve on the first of December. Neither of them, I should note, are things I'm looking forward to writing.

*growls*

Did I mention I need sleep?