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I run a tight ship, so beware.
May. 28th, 2009 11:23 pmThe past 24 hours have had good news, which is weird. It feels like very few things in my life have actually had good news attached in a while. The Iowa apartment? Subleased. Effective as soon as I can get my lease transferal check to Iowa and fax up my papers. Should be tomorrow. This means that the plans to meet up with Lee the Aussie on her Great American Tour trip are a hella lot more plausible (see also: affordable). Baby sister Lee! After seeing Night at the Museum: Battle at the Smithsonian, my mother also wants to take a trip to DC sometime in mid July. Her treat! In between my TEFL classes!
Also, I just figured out yesterday stumbling around Facebook that Megan is engaged. I am an idiot. Apparently it happened months ago. But, she commented on a photo of mine, and I commented on a photo of hers, and that lead to the most fantastic nostalgic Skype conversation. Unsurprisingly, she's headed to Tokyo soon on a job hunting trip. She dropped an aside that if she's able to get a job and an apartment there, I'm welcome to crash with her for a bit potentially while I job hunt. I miss her like crazy now. I was really surprised she still thought of me at all. The only people I've really kept up with are Lee and Alyssa. I touch base with others every now and again, but I'd figured before this month that it was really fading for most people. Somewhere in there talking to Megan I realized that most of us are probably still hung up on our NUFS time- good bad or indifferent. Japan is like a drug to which one can become addicted in a single dose. And, we were seriously addicted.
But it was so good talking to Megan. My convictions are renewed. Temporary as it might be, I'm excited again.
I've spent more time than I should admit to reading Star Trek fic these past few days. Ok, these past two weeks. Some of it has been very good. I'm only marginally impressed with the 'classics', though. I'm trying to talk myself out of buying a pin from the official collection for my notable bag of pins. I don't like the IDIC ones they have or I'd have been completely unable to resist picking up one of those and one or two communicator pins. Still not sure who I'd cosplay if I were to cosplay someone from Trek. Love the TOS and new movie costumes, but if I went that route I'd want to be Orion or Andorian and that's a whole lot of effort for something I don't have the cash to wear to an event or con. I suppose at some point in my life I'll end up with an entire set. Possibly. The TOS girl outfits of random side characters are more fun than I remembered. I've come full circle from my childhood balk at the colorful crazy that is the TOS to deep artistic appreciation of each frame and outfit. The colors! The colors! The costume breakdown instinct kicked in for, of all characters, T'pring. I sat there trying to work out how the dress was made, how to do the hair, and what the budget breakdown would be like. In the end, though, I don't have the body for any of it. The women of TOS were just too hot and loved the miniskirt too much. I don't think I have the courage.
Geez. When did 1AM happen?
Also, I just figured out yesterday stumbling around Facebook that Megan is engaged. I am an idiot. Apparently it happened months ago. But, she commented on a photo of mine, and I commented on a photo of hers, and that lead to the most fantastic nostalgic Skype conversation. Unsurprisingly, she's headed to Tokyo soon on a job hunting trip. She dropped an aside that if she's able to get a job and an apartment there, I'm welcome to crash with her for a bit potentially while I job hunt. I miss her like crazy now. I was really surprised she still thought of me at all. The only people I've really kept up with are Lee and Alyssa. I touch base with others every now and again, but I'd figured before this month that it was really fading for most people. Somewhere in there talking to Megan I realized that most of us are probably still hung up on our NUFS time- good bad or indifferent. Japan is like a drug to which one can become addicted in a single dose. And, we were seriously addicted.
But it was so good talking to Megan. My convictions are renewed. Temporary as it might be, I'm excited again.
I've spent more time than I should admit to reading Star Trek fic these past few days. Ok, these past two weeks. Some of it has been very good. I'm only marginally impressed with the 'classics', though. I'm trying to talk myself out of buying a pin from the official collection for my notable bag of pins. I don't like the IDIC ones they have or I'd have been completely unable to resist picking up one of those and one or two communicator pins. Still not sure who I'd cosplay if I were to cosplay someone from Trek. Love the TOS and new movie costumes, but if I went that route I'd want to be Orion or Andorian and that's a whole lot of effort for something I don't have the cash to wear to an event or con. I suppose at some point in my life I'll end up with an entire set. Possibly. The TOS girl outfits of random side characters are more fun than I remembered. I've come full circle from my childhood balk at the colorful crazy that is the TOS to deep artistic appreciation of each frame and outfit. The colors! The colors! The costume breakdown instinct kicked in for, of all characters, T'pring. I sat there trying to work out how the dress was made, how to do the hair, and what the budget breakdown would be like. In the end, though, I don't have the body for any of it. The women of TOS were just too hot and loved the miniskirt too much. I don't think I have the courage.
Geez. When did 1AM happen?
