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saffron_zephyr @ 2009-07-12T03:07:00

2009-07-12T07:23:22Z

Meme time!
Post five things you want to accomplish before you die:

- go hang gliding in the grand canyon
- write-and FINISH-a novel length story
- learn blacksmithing and glassblowing
- own an equine rescue
- weave/knit/crochet/SOMETHING an article of clothing, and wear it

Post five things you're proud of accomplishing:

- going back to school (even if it was only a small time period between HS and college)
- volunteering with scouts at about a bazillion diffrent places, all of them awesome
- went traveling on my own, and found myself
- having (finally!) learned to ride a fucking bike
- learned to crochet (sorta kinda)

Post five things you're embarrassed about:

- exema. it's yucky.
- having once failed an English class. Yes, me. D:
- that it took me 24 years to decide it was time to learn to ride a bike...:/
- my family (I'll laugh in the face of anyone who dares to tell me Welfare Queens are a myth)
- my glow in the dark legs...course, I'll take that over skin cancer any day, I just wish they matched the rest of me!

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Writer's Block: Lights Out

2009-07-12T07:05:51Z

All it takes is a blackout to realize how much we rely on electricity. What's your most memorable story from a power outage?

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Ha! The Great Black Out of 08!

My college campus had a massive ice storm that knocked power out for...*thinks* four days? Somehow it turned into the Black Out Party, when all five dorms were condensed down into two-the only two that still had emergency power-for about three days. By the time the Red Cross showed up with their shelters, everyone was too stupid to care, and just kept right on sleeping on whatever patch of floor they'd found. And, of course, in the mean time, the pipes burst in my dorm. XP You'd never seen so many people desperate for clean clothes and a shower as that week.

saffron_zephyr @ 2009-07-07T21:35:00

2009-07-08T01:45:31Z

*dancing in place and singin*
Going to Chi-ca-go. Gonna see arielchan. Gonna blow all my mo-ney.

Fuck. :/

saffron_zephyr @ 2009-06-30T21:24:00

2009-07-01T01:29:19Z

I can just about guarantee only about three people will understand/care here, but! Eee! So proud! I finally managed to take off a flute flake without snapping the point! *dancity dance*

It's not a particularly pretty point, or a particularly long flake, and leagues away from a laurel leaf, but! Fluted! :D Using a hammerstone! And it only took a little bit of blood, too.

saffron_zephyr @ 2009-06-30T14:28:00

2009-06-30T18:34:17Z

I'm not really the sort to sing hymns anymore, but if I were, now's the time.

After poking my prof (yes, the grades up) my adviser (yes, your gpa is fine) and financial aid (you don't have enough credit hours! Oh wait, yes you do! You must not have had enough last quarter! Oh wait, yes you did! Gee, maybe the problem is on our end, like you've been saying all along...) things are finally fixed, and I get to go back for fall quarter. Yay!

saffron_zephyr @ 2009-04-30T21:08:00

2009-05-01T01:09:00Z

Huh, I must be turning into a foodie, I just made my first recipe completely from scratch, and it was amazing. Now I need to figure out what I did. :/

saffron_zephyr @ 2009-04-27T01:01:00

2009-04-27T05:05:07Z

Holy carp, now I'm an officer in a club! And meeting people who've been on smart channels! And making job contacts in Arizona/NM. How does this stuff keep happening? (Cause it really needs to /keep/ happening!)

saffron_zephyr @ 2009-04-19T18:06:00

2009-04-19T22:08:54Z

Just back from my first LARP. I have a hardcore funk-haven't slept in days, and haven't showered in longer. I'm black and blue. I'm FREEZING and still kinda wet. I had so much fucking fun.

Just wish someone had warned me about the gypsy hat dance. :x

saffron_zephyr @ 2009-04-16T00:19:00

2009-04-16T04:22:40Z

Not looking forward to Friday's class. Not. Not. Not. Six hour geology lab, all spent in the field, the best I can say is at least I'm in class with friends. :/

I hope to HELL it doesn't rain, because I'll be a very unhappy, wet creature who hugely lacks rain gear. Or, any gear at all for that matter. Oops. :/

On a happier note, there is rumor that I may be making it to OhayoCon and/or AnthroCon this year. Rawk out!

saffron_zephyr @ 2009-04-13T00:43:00

2009-04-13T04:44:18Z

Posted some of the results of last quarter's flint knapping class on dA if anyones interested in seeing. :3

saffron_zephyr @ 2009-04-08T16:40:00

2009-04-08T20:54:00Z

My spinning teacher just hunted me down to remind me to come to an SCA meeting. She's also going to teach me to crochet, apparently. Woot! And I think she might be the weaving teacher, too.

In other news? Eff joo, people! Eff joo! /Now/ is when y'all decide to start flirting with me? BOTH of you? Really?! That's a lot of suck. :C

Spent the night (or at least most of it, anyhow) wandering around Athens and swearing at the clouds. Big Mamma's is love. The Pyramids is a close second. And that sentence makes my inner grammar whore wince.

saffron_zephyr @ 2009-04-06T17:54:00

2009-04-06T21:55:54Z

Holy carp. I'm no longer single.

How did this happen again?
...Cause I'm pretty sure copious amounts of alcohol were involved.

saffron_zephyr @ 2009-04-05T01:18:00

2009-04-05T05:24:10Z

UGH! What is it with this whole "when it rains, it pours" bull shit? This may just be drunk talk, but it's driving me crazy.

Boy from school has admitted to having a thing for me. Same boy also has a girl, who is also a friend of mine, and for the love of Ghod I refuse to poach on a friend. >:O

Boy from Dayton seems amazingly perfect, but is, of course, from Dayton, and all that that entails. ETA: And now Boy from Dayton has completely abandoned all forms of contact that I had with him. :/

Boy from class is doing one thing, and saying the exact opposite.

Things are confusing. Things need to be less confusing. Now.

saffron_zephyr @ 2009-04-03T01:19:00

2009-04-03T05:22:46Z

SHITSHITSHIT!

I just lost my wallet with my EVERYTHING in it somewhere...debit card, school ID, soc card, what little bit of cash I had on me, everything.

I'm hoping like hell it fell out of my pocket in a friend's car, but I don't have any way of getting ahold of him to find out, beyond calling another friend and playing phone tree.

Freaking the fuck out.

saffron_zephyr @ 2009-03-31T18:30:00

2009-03-31T22:31:16Z

Hurrr...I just got invited to join the local LARP, Ohio Alliance. I can't decide if this makes me really happy, or distressed at the level of geek I've obtained. XD

saffron_zephyr @ 2009-03-27T21:57:00

2009-03-28T02:00:10Z

Eating a fucking M&M and my damn tooth broke. A FUCKING M&M! *flail*

And today was shaping up to be my first good birthday in a long ass time, too. :/

saffron_zephyr @ 2009-03-27T14:47:00

2009-03-27T18:55:09Z

"To determine how Predator X used its four huge flippers to pursue and kill its prey, Dr. Hurum called in specialist help from biologist Frank Fish at West Chester University [...]"

Really guys? Frank Fish? Why not just ask Dr. Brazen Bass, or Candid Cuttlefish? I hear Shoot from the Hip Shark is a real bastard, though.

saffron_zephyr @ 2009-03-26T23:17:00

2009-03-27T03:20:11Z

Don't feel like posting on dA, so have some exclusive art.

Click for full size, natch.

saffron_zephyr @ 2009-03-26T18:10:00

2009-03-26T22:15:24Z

I'm sure it's kinda TMI, but I'm the world's happiest beastie today. I finally got my hands on a garter belt and stockings with back seams! I have two really cute retro dresses I could wear tomorrow, and all (I think) the accessories I need for a super cute outfit, and, to top it all off, I got my hair treated today, so it's super soft and shiny and curly and now somewhat more red than brown, and....*dumb*

I swear, there's nothing in the world like the feeling of /knowing/ you look good, even if it's just a nice outfit and clean hair. :3

saffron_zephyr @ 2009-03-23T20:05:00

2009-03-24T00:10:52Z

Your assistance please!

We're doing a birthday cookout thing here at home, and I picked a pink and green fairy cake, ice cream (thin mint and strawberry, probably....or peppermint if I can find it!) and fruit and yogurt dip instead of junkfoods. But? My list of fruit is kinda short. Suggestions are required!

So far I have apples, grapes, kiwi, honeydew, and pears for green, and raspberries and strawberries for pink. (There's really not a whole lot of nomming out here that's pink, is there? I might have to end up with green and red. Boooo....)

saffron_zephyr @ 2009-03-20T13:31:00

2009-03-20T17:32:34Z

I spend the day cleaning, only to leave so I can spend the next week in a messy room. Something seems wrong here. :/

Yay, spring break!

saffron_zephyr @ 2009-03-14T11:27:00

2009-03-14T15:28:54Z

DORM: *flame* *smoke*

STUDENTS: D: ......:O *grabs the marshmallows* :D

saffron_zephyr @ 2009-03-11T15:09:00

2009-03-11T19:11:20Z

I'm thinking of cutting my hairs, and can't make up my mind one way or the other. *whine*

If I do, it'd be back to supa-supa short. Suggestions would be awesome.

saffron_zephyr @ 2009-03-11T01:49:00

2009-03-11T05:51:35Z

GOT MY ACCEPTANCE LETTER!

*flail*

GOING ABROAD THIS SUMMER!

Maybe. I'm actually short about $50/60 dollars for the acceptance fee...and that $450 is all the money I've got til mid April. Bu. Zuh.

I. WILL. GO.

saffron_zephyr @ 2009-03-11T01:35:00

2009-03-11T05:35:57Z

http://dawn.photoape.com/album/index.cfm?albumID=25151

Heh. Ceramics firing? Good excuse for a cook out.