Okay, so. Multiple posts in one day, zomg.

USI Wireless is awesome. Within the service area, wireless is cheap. It's going to cost me about $35 a month for the same level of service I have now. :3

And while my home installation date is next Monday (the appt window is 4-8pm, which is super awesome), they offer a free roaming connection with each home account, so I should be able to connect through my laptop starting now, since I've agreed to the ToS.

One stressor handled. Thanks for suggesting it, X!

Now to find roommate/s/somewhere to live come January/February.

So everyone. I am awesome. And by awesome I mean totally fucked in every sense of the word except the fun one. :D

Last Wednesday I got a call from a friend asking about being roommates. At the time, I said no, because I'd already had an agreement with Bri and Chris to rent a house together.

Welllllll.

Yesterday, Bri texted me to say that Chris had decided that she doesn't want to move. Aka, no roommate-ness for Zen. No hard feelings, I understand. That's fine. We hadn't been talking much since Bri was getting her ass kicked by the flu (possibly H1N1) for the last few weeks. S'all good.

So, I called Sam back to tell her that I did need a roommate after all, and...She already found someone else, but she'll let me know if it falls through.

Awesome. And I already gave written notice to Hornig that I'll be out by the end of January.

Excuse me while I go slam my head in a door or something.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-

I can't tell if I'm angry or terrified or panicking or what. Probably all three, and I couldn't sleep for shit last night.

[On the plus side, Assassin's Creed 2 is amazing.]

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We... okay, elalyr fixed homemade pizza for dinner last night. While we were putting toppings on our respective concoctions, Riley wandered into the kitchen. At the crinkling sound of me opening the bag of pepperoni, he perked up.

"Riley, this is not cat food."

<myow?>

"Not cat food!"

<myow!>

"Okay, but don't say we didn't warn you. Look, meat frisbee!" I flipped a disc of pepperoni into the hall.

My lovely wife glared at me. "When he pukes, you're cleaning it up."

I peeked into the hall. "Well, he's licking it, but it's too big to get into his mouth." I snagged another piece of pepperoni, shredded it into bite-sized pieces, and dropped it in front of Riley. "There he goes. Om nom nom."

"You are so cleaning it up."

Riley sauntered into the kitchen, licking his chops. As of this morning, I don't think he's uneaten it.

Title: An Odious Ode to Dr. Alan Grant
Author: Arkadelos
Fandom: Primeval
Pairing/characters: Cutter
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Spoilers: minimal if any
Word count: 160
Summary: Cutter's views on dinosaurs, hair, vampires, and marriage

( the ficlet. )

WORK

Some pics of my first double gun holster completed.




And a customer wearing it....

UPDATE

The fetish ball outfit I made looked great though a few hurdles have made the completion process a bit challenging (getting ill, breaking both my domestic and industrial machines in the same week, not to mention losing my eyeleting tools) - lucky my customer was so lovely about the whole thing, allowing me to get everything under control first (note to self:- the unexpected always happens when you run short of time).

I took a trip to lapco this week to stock up on goodies for the x-mas holidays (yes I have plans), got another dye for my gorgeous hand press so now it's eyeleting like a dream (my machines are running again too thank goodness).

My exhibition is just around the corner mmmmmm 14th December actually, not to sure how thats going to go but I hope to have at least dressed my two new mannequins, and a few half torsos for the wall. After that it's my orders again (the 2 wedding dresses seem due for my full commitment).......I'll post some pics as I make progress.

Ok so when I haven't been busy with 'the busy' my newest endeavor is learning to roller blade (actually Cleo the dog drags me around the park and I try to stay upright while traveling at high speed), but that has at least given me an excuse to take time for fresh air! Otherwise I'm likely to be found on the couch watching 'Eastwick' or 'Warehouse 13'(see I need an excuse for fresh air)lol.

Woot! I has a turkey carcass! Know what that means?




Turkey dumpling soup!

*runs off to start it*

Fandom: "Primeval"
Series/Episode: Series 1
Icon Count: 36
Credit: a1cmustangpilot
Characters: Abby Maitland, Claudia Brown, Connor Temple, Helen Cutter, James Lester, Nick Cutter, Stephen Hart, and Tom Ryan

Feel free to take what you want and modify them as you wish. No credit is necessary!



All 36 icons can be found here @ quill_graphics!
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Newsletter 115: 21-28 November (the midnight edition!) is now up at anomaly_news

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As most of my friends know, I defy easy political classification. My social politics are pretty much the same as the rules tracker7 and I had when we were roommates: don't let me see it, hear it, or smell it, and we're all good. However, I'm also a proponent of guns, the military, minimal government, and not paying for other people's irresponsibility. And states' rights. And, well, generally being left the hell alone.

So, despite the tendency of some folks to classify me as a closet Republican, I howled when I read this New York Times article. Seems elements of the Republican leadership are concerned about the party's direction, so they're making a ten-point test for core Republican values or some such crap. Any candidate who wants RNC endorsement must agree with at least eight of the ten points or he gets the boot (presumably fur-lined and sized to Sarah Palin's foot).

The only problem I see here is that the Democrats aren't engaged in similar preludes to Balkanization. My current political dream is for both major parties to shatter like dropped teacups and generate a couple dozen parties whose lines of alliance shift based on the issue on which they're voting. But I'll settle for the moderates on both sides calving off to form a third centrist party.

I really hope this leads to some sort of Republican Inquisition. Hey, maybe they can use TSA personnel for it!

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Also, in less happy things.

I am absolutely, completely disgusted by Method, a company that makes eco-friendly cleaning products.

Their PSA for the bill to require all cleaners to be labeled is heinous. Here is a good description of exactly what happens in it. Serious trigger warning.

Here is a very good letter that was sent to the company.

Here is the company's response to said letter. In the comments are many other useful links, including this blogpost on Method's website.

Ugh. UGH. So disgusted.

That super hot guy was in the cafeteria again today. Hrmmm~ We chatted a bit, but I didn't figure out which department he works in. He went towards the one that has a hallway direct to the lunchroom though.

Said he's been in Austin for the last two weeks and the weather down there has been perfect. Jealous of the warmth!

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Prior to the series, was Nick Cutter an evolutionary biologist or a paleotologist?

Picture of the day.

Mmmmm.

( Estrasia Academy, only for those with powers! )

Currently, we only have a book!verse character, and that's Ivy/the Archive, however, we'd love to see more characters around, from TV!verse or from book!verse!


Crossposted to dresdenfilestv and dresdenfans, sorry for any spamming that might have taken place.