Snowed In

Hey guys. It's been a while, I've been on a sort of chaotic sleep schedule and haven't had the stability to post. Figures on my snow day I end up getting up really early so I can post now. Unfortunately since this weekend is another LARP event followed by a convention (Wicked Faire), I'll be trying to spread my focus between the two. So today is mostly going to be about cleaning, sewing, earning extra money, and prepping. I'm fairly optimistic though since it's just passed 8am at the moment. Though I'm a little concerned because every time it snows like this I go stir crazy in the house most likely just because I can't leave.

Well, honestly, I don't have much to say so I probably should just get to work.

Back-Up Rewards: 22

To-Do List:

Writing: Book
Writing: Play
Writing: Script
Writing: Short Story
Etsy Teams
Etsy Products
Etsy Advertisements
Reading Book 1
Brushing Teeth
Money Making: Writing
Money Making: Survey
Money Making: Other
Job Search
Curls
Step Aerobics
German
Belly Dance DVD
Clean Room
Work On Art
Sewing
Wig
Drunken Pixie Planning

Contact Juggling

LARP Songs

Winter Cleaning 1
Winter Cleaning 3
Winter Cleaning 4
Winter Cleaning 5
Winter Cleaning 6
Winter Cleaning 7
Winter Cleaning 8
Winter Cleaning 9
Winter Cleaning 10
Winter Cleaning 11
Winter Cleaning 12
Winter Cleaning 13
Winter Cleaning 14 

Wish me luck. :)

Steampunk Book Review

Hey guys. Well, yesterday could have gone better since only Reading Books 1&2 were done since I ended up coming home and getting...it was either seriously buzzed or actual drunk.

But that being said at the very least I can now put up the review of the Steampunk Crafts Book.




Please note that at the time I am writing this, for some reason Amazon Associates doesn't seem to want to work with blogger. Hopefully a link will work better.


"Steampunk Accessories: 20 Projects to Help You Nail the Style"by Nicola Tedman&Sarah Skeate is a wonderfully detailed book on how to create some wicked accessories ranging in a multitude of difficulty and investment levels and offers some helpful hints and tricks about where to find some important material. Though personally I would change around a few things especially if you're like me and you're not only concerned with making accessories for yourself. Like how many things of juice or milk containers can one get without massively over-inflating their budget for milk and juice just for a bit of the plastic? I would probably sooner measure out how much plastic that is and just head to jo-ann's for very little at a time but enough where it still makes it worth it. But ultimately it's acting more like a helpful tip.

This book is also great in the fact that while I says some specific accessories, you really could just add and subtract whatever you want to it and it'll just teach you how to put it together, layering for effect, and all sorts of other techniques. I highly recommend this book for the crafty person who wants to dive into the world of death rays and corsets. While it is a bit pricey and I do recommend actually buying it so you have something to turn back to, it is far cheaper when you consider the cost of buying  a finished product or several.

Well, there's my review, I best get my lazy butt to work before I have to leave for work.

Back-Up Rewards: 22

To-Do List:
Writing: Book
Writing: Play
Writing: Script
Writing: Short Story
Etsy Teams
Etsy Product
Etsy Ad

Reading Book

Brush Teeth
Money Making: Writing
Money Making: Survey
Money Making: Other
Job Search
Curls
Step Aerobics
Hiragana Practice
Katakana Practice
Japanese Vocabulary
Japanese Sentences
Work on Art
Sewing
Wig
Clean Room
Contact Juggling
LARP Songs
Shower
Drunken Pixie Productions Planning
Winter Cleaning 1
Winter Cleaning 2
Winter Cleaning 3
Winter Cleaning 5
Winter Cleaning 6
Winter Cleaning 7
Winter Cleaning 8
Winter Cleaning 9
Winter Cleaning 10
Winter Cleaning 11
Winter Cleaning 12
Winter Cleaning 13 
Winter Cleaning 14

Wish me luck. :)

In Between LARPs

Hey guys. I know it's been a while, I've been in a slight whirlwind due to the freezing cold LARP event last weekend. Unfortunately my winter costume has yet to come to fruition due to the pieces now being too thick for the machine. I'm hoping to find a place where I can rent a heavy duty machine to be able to finish but in the meantime I suppose I'll do what I can.

Of course this isn't helped by the fact that Wicked Faire is the weekend after next event so I now have to divide my attention and money between prepping for two different events. Hopefully I wont be too overwhelmed.

Although speaking of money, I am going to be trying to earn an extra $48 a day outside of work. Hopefully this works out well, I feel like it's a doable goal. Though I should start looking for craft fairs for my etsy products so they are more likely to sell. I am going to be dividing my Money Making into categories now between Writing, Survey, and Other. I'm trying a multitude of things so hopefully it works out best.

I'll hopefully be finishing one of the books today and be posting a review of it tomorrow. Of course depending on whether or not I get up early enough. Which if I don't, hopefully I can do part of it on my phone and finish at work like I am doing today, but we'll have to see.

Well, I better get to work on it.


Back-Up Rewards: 22

To-Do List:
Writing: Book
Writing: Play
Writing: Script
Writing: Short Story
Etsy Teams
Etsy Products
Etsy Advertisements
Reading Book 1
Reading Book 2
Brushing Teeth
Money Making: Writing
Money Making: Survey
Money Making: Other
Job Search
Curls
Step Aerobics
German
Belly Dance DVD
Clean Room
Work On Art
Sewing
Wig
Drunken Pixie Planning

Contact Juggling

LARP Songs

Shower
Winter Cleaning 1
Winter Cleaning 3
Winter Cleaning 4
Winter Cleaning 5
Winter Cleaning 6
Winter Cleaning 7
Winter Cleaning 8
Winter Cleaning 9
Winter Cleaning 10
Winter Cleaning 11
Winter Cleaning 12
Winter Cleaning 13 
Winter Cleaning 14  



Wish me luck. :)

Monday Countdown!

Hey guys. It's been a while since I posted since I've been in a slight whirlwind of doing stuff. Friday was all about me either feeling sick of terrible sleep or preparing for last weekend. I got to see Danielle Corsetto who makes one of my favorite webcomics Girls With Slingshots and wrote what is currently one of my favorite comic books Adventure Time; Playing With Fire. I do enjoy my Flame Princess. And then yesterday I had a meeting for AnimeNext which I ended with hanging out with my friend&department head. Though I somewhat regret eating out since now I'm even more broke, though at the same time I was in painful starving through the whole meeting.

So counting down the days I now only have 4 days to finish 86% of my winter larp costume and 5 days to finish the last 14% but that has to wait since that Friday is payday and I'm going to need to make a run for fabric. Hopefully I wont end up having a problem with finishing it by that point.

Well, I best get to work, there's some things I'd rather get done before I have to go to work in a little over 2 hours.

Back-Up Rewards: 22

To-Do List:

Writing: Book 

Writing: Play 

Writing: Script 

Writing: Short Story 

Etsy Teams

Etsy Product

Etsy Ads 

Reading Book 1

Reading Book 2 

Brush Teeth

Money Making 

Job Search 

Curls 

Step Aerobics

Belly Dance DVD 

Clean-Out E-mail 

Hiragana Practice 

Katakana Practice 

Japanese Vocabulary 

Japanese Sentences

Youtube Video

Art 

Sewing

Wig

LARP Songs

Contact Juggling

Drunken Pixie Productions Planning

Winter Cleaning 1

Winter Cleaning 2

Winter Cleaning 3

Winter Cleaning 5

Winter Cleaning 6

Winter Cleaning 7

Winter Cleaning 8

Winter Cleaning 9

Winter Cleaning 10

Winter Cleaning 11

Winter Cleaning 13  

Winter Cleaning 14

Wish me luck. :)

Room Is...Almost Cleaned!

Hey guys. Sorry for the lack of posting yesterday. After the whole all nighter to clean my room thing, I was not in the mood to do much of anything. I even had to change strategies in order to get it even close to what it is now. I ended up shoving everything on my bed so I wouldn't be able to go to bed until it was done.     Ok that and I found that this time around, I couldn't do my list as normal and just needed to work from outside in. Which that only half worked since I ending up taking a nap on the couch before I had finished. But now my room is nearly completely cleaned and that is good, especially since my next focus is the bodice, skirt, and cloak I need to finish in like a week!

Well, I best get to work.


Back-Up Rewards: 22

List for today:
Writing: Book
Writing: Play
Writing: Script
Writing: Short Story
Etsy Teams
Etsy Products
Etsy Advertisements
Reading Book 1
Reading Book 2
Brushing Teeth
Money Making
Job Search
Curls
Step Aerobics
Walk
Clean Bedroom
French
Work On Art
Sewing
Marcelline Wig
Drunken Pixie Planning
Contact Juggling

LARP Songs

Shower

Winter Cleaning 1
Winter Cleaning 2
Winter Cleaning 3
Winter Cleaning 5
Winter Cleaning 6
Winter Cleaning 7
Winter Cleaning 8
Winter Cleaning 9
Winter Cleaning 10
Winter Cleaning 11
Winter Cleaning 13  
Winter Cleaning 14



Wish me luck. :) 

New Years Dry Spell

Hey guys. Sorry I haven't posted in a while, it's been a little weird for me. Not helped by the fact that I now have around a week and a half to finish my winter LARP costume so there's going to be a lot of time dedicated to that. There's a lot of stuff I got to do, heck, last night I started catching up on where I left off on Legend of Korra. Yeah, I now know about the Mako-Korra-Asami stuff...again! My reaction: No! No! No! Must hit stuff! No! No more stupid love triangle bs!

So yeah, this week will probably be dedicated to catching up; making my costume; cleaning my room; and other LARP preparations. I'm going to have to return my library books though since they're all way over due. I don't even wanna see my fees bill. But I will, at some point.

Well, as it is I'm posting at work and I should probably just put this up and do other stuff.

Back-Up Rewards: 22

To-Do List:

 Writing: Book 

Writing: Play 

Writing: Script 

Writing: Short Story 

Etsy Teams

 Etsy Product

 Etsy Ads 

Reading Book 1

 Reading Book 2 

Brush Teeth

Money Making 

Job Search 

Curls 

Step Aerobics

 Belly Dance DVD 

Clean-Out E-mail 

Hiragana Practice 

Katakana Practice 

Japanese Vocabulary 

Japanese Sentences

 Youtube Video

Art 

Sewing

Wig 

Clean Room 

Shower

LARP Songs

Contact Juggling

Drunken Pixie Productions Planning

Winter Cleaning 1

Winter Cleaning 2

Winter Cleaning 3

Winter Cleaning 5

Winter Cleaning 6

Winter Cleaning 7

Winter Cleaning 8

Winter Cleaning 9

Winter Cleaning 10

Winter Cleaning 11

Winter Cleaning 12

Winter Cleaning 13  

Winter Cleaning 14

Wish me luck. :)

New Years Dry Spell

Hey guys. Yeah, it's been a pretty heavy dry spell, with the holidays and finances and everything and of course my own horrible sleep schedule. Hopefully I can get back on track. As it is I am not nearly as done with my winter costume for LARPing as I had hoped. I may even need to stop by joann's tonight for some fabric for it.

I might be doing a short story writing contest soon, we'll have to see. $52 for something that I'm competing against publish professionals for, yeah, I'm a bit nervous, but if I don't try, I wont improve. And it'll be a great way to get some fire under my butt.

I honestly don't have that much to say, probably why I procrastinated posting yesterday.

Back-Up Rewards: 25

To-Do List:
Writing: Book
Writing: Play
Writing: Script
Writing: Short Story
Etsy Teams
Etsy Product
Etsy Ad
Library Book 1
Library Book 2
Library Book 3

Library Book 4

Reading Book 1

Reading Book 2
Brush Teeth
Money Making
Job Search
Curls
Step Aerobics
Hiragana Practice
Katakana Practice
Japanese Vocabulary
Japanese Sentences
Work on Art
Sewing
Wig
Clean Room
Contact Juggling
Drunken Pixie Productions Planning
Winter Cleaning 1
Winter Cleaning 2
Winter Cleaning 3
Winter Cleaning 5
Winter Cleaning 6
Winter Cleaning 7
Winter Cleaning 8
Winter Cleaning 9
Winter Cleaning 10
Winter Cleaning 11
Winter Cleaning 12
Winter Cleaning 13 
Winter Cleaning 14

Wish me luck. :)

The Time Machine

Hey guys. Well yesterday could have gone better.

What got done: Library Book 1-5, Reading Book 1&2, Hiragana&Katakana Practice.

So I did finish one of my library books yesterday so I'll post a quick review.



Let me start off by saying, of course it's hard to review a classic, they wouldn't classics if they weren't good right? Keep in mind, I freaking hate, dripping poison from my mouth, hate The Great Gatspy. So to some audiences not all books are created equal. Now let me start off by saying this book has a very odd writing style used. By that I mean the main character, who is never given a name nor is anyone else, is simply recounting the events to his dinner guests about his travel through time. So the book is just one long way he's telling his tale with no one interrupting him or asking questions. To me, the main problem with telling a story like this is that it gives for a lot of writer's quickies. "I can't possibly describe", "I can't recall", and "You can imagine". To me when I am reading this in a book, it's the biggest dual edge sword on the planet. On the good side, it allows for the reader to pop in their own imagination and allow the reader to join in on it. On the bad side, it can be seen as rather lazy and unimaginative. But overall I did really enjoy the story and the world that admittedly due to the books popularity gave way to tropes that are now a bit cliched. It's a super light read as well, the copy I have is only 128 pages in a tiny book. Awful easy to say "Unabridged" when your story is that freaking short. Overall, I highly recommend.

I am posting really late so I really should get to it.

Back-Up Rewards: 25

List for today:
Writing: Book
Writing: Play
Writing: Script
Writing: Short Story
Etsy Teams
Etsy Products
Etsy Advertisements
Library Book 1
Library Book 2
Library Book 3

Library Book 4

Reading Book 1

Reading Book 2
Brushing Teeth
Money Making
Job Search
Step Aerobics
Curls
Practice Violin
Work On Art
Sewing
Wig
Drunken Pixie Planning
Contact Juggling
LARP Songs
Clean Room
Shower
Winter Cleaning 1
Winter Cleaning 2
Winter Cleaning 3
Winter Cleaning 5
Winter Cleaning 6
Winter Cleaning 7
Winter Cleaning 8
Winter Cleaning 9
Winter Cleaning 10
Winter Cleaning 11
Winter Cleaning 12
Winter Cleaning 13 
Winter Cleaning 14

Wish me luck. :) 

Books

Hey guys, well yesterday went fairly well though not as much as I had hoped.

What got done: Etsy Product, Library Book 1-6, Reading Book 1&2, Curls, Winter Cleaning Phase 4

Upon starting one of the books I'm going to return it to the library rather than keep reading, I must have to read the subtitle cause I completely misunderstood what it was about. So I'll have to do that to or from work.

I also did fairly well at Jo Ann's yesterday, I just wish I had more time to browse. Though I'm not sure what I would have found since it was a tiny Jo Ann's. But I did find a good amount of usable remnants including some for some really nice looking steampunk goggles.

I am super happy because either today or tomorrow I'll have my car back. 6 months that thing has been busted and now I'll be able to drive it again! And my sister will be ecstatic that I can move out the flea market crap.

Well, I'm now running late since I woke up late.

Back-Up Rewards: 24

To-Do List:
Writing: Book
Writing: Play
Writing: Script
Writing: Short Story
Etsy Teams
Etsy Product
Etsy Ad
Library Book 1
Library Book 2
Library Book 3

Library Book 4

Library Book 5

Reading Book 1

Reading Book 2
Brush Teeth
Money Making
Job Search
Curls
Step Aerobics
Hiragana Practice
Katakana Practice
Japanese Vocabulary
Japanese Sentences
Work on Art
Sewing
Wig
Clean Room
Shower
Contact Juggling
Drunken Pixie Productions Planning
Winter Cleaning 1
Winter Cleaning 2
Winter Cleaning 3
Winter Cleaning 5
Winter Cleaning 6
Winter Cleaning 7
Winter Cleaning 8
Winter Cleaning 9
Winter Cleaning 10
Winter Cleaning 11
Winter Cleaning 12
Winter Cleaning 13 
Winter Cleaning 14

Wish me luck. :)

Post Holiday

Hey guys. You may have noticed that I haven't posted in a while. Basically with the holidays upon me, I've been in a bit of a rush. I still am but that's for more personal projects. Infact, my parents gave me a very useful book for Christmas (4th Day of Yule) that I'll post a review of as soon as I am finished.

Well, since we're passed the solstice, I better start my cleaning list a new. Of course I'll still need to actually finish cleaning my room. Hopefully I can make myself do it tonight especially since I'm going to be going to Jo Ann's after work to get fabric for my winter larp clothes. And obviously I need space to do it.

Well, I better get to it, I'm posting at work again and got a lot to do.

Back-Up Rewards: 24

To-Do List:

Writing: Book
Writing: Play
Writing: Script
Writing: Short Story
Etsy Teams
Etsy Products
Etsy Advertisements
Library Book 1
Library Book 2

Library Book 3

Library Book 4

Library Book 5

Library Book 6

Reading Book 1

Reading Book 2
Brushing Teeth
Money Making
Job Search
Curls
Step Aerobics
German
Belly Dance DVD
Clean Room
Work On Art
Sewing
Wig
Drunken Pixie Planning
Contact Juggling
Winter Cleaning 1
Winter Cleaning 3 
Winter Cleaning 4
Winter Cleaning 5 
Winter Cleaning 6
Winter Cleaning 7 
Winter Cleaning 8
Winter Cleaning 9 
Winter Cleaning 10
Winter Cleaning 11 
Winter Cleaning 12
Winter Cleaning 13  

Winter Cleaning 14  

Wish me luck. :)

Tuesday Feels Like Wensday

Hey guys. Well yesterday could have gone better.

What got done: Library Book 1&2, Clean out E-mail, Hiragana/Katakana Practice, Wig, Go To Store.

Basically after waking up late (as I do it yet again) I came home feel like, screw it, I don't wanna do anything right now, and I know I'm not going to get much done. Though honestly I should have went to bed when I had initially thought of it. I'm just hoping today goes a bit better.

Back-up Rewards: 24

To Do List:

Writing: Book
Writing: Play
Writing: Script
Writing: Short Story
Etsy Teams
Etsy Products
Etsy Ads
Library Book 1
Library Book 2
Library Book 3
Library Book 4
Library Book 5
Library Book 6
Brush Teeth
Money Making
Job Search
Curls
Step Aerobics
German
Violin
Art
Sewing
Wig
Clean Room
Drunken Pixie Planning
Contact Juggling
Shower
Fall Cleaning Phase 1
Fall Cleaning Phase 3
Fall Cleaning Phase 4
Fall Cleaning Phase 5
Fall Cleaning Phase 11
Fall Cleaning Phase 13
Fall Cleaning Phase 14

Wish me luck. :)

Bedroooms

Hey guys. Well a decent number of things got done yesterday.

What got done: Library Book 1&2, 1/2 Brush teeth, Job Search, Curls, French, Clean Out Purse, Shower, Drunken Pixie Productions Planning.

I am still kind of annoyed at myself for constantly have my room being cleaned and I have yet to finish it. Hopefully today that threshold between cleaning and actually cleaned will finally be crossed.

Currently I'm working on my business plan for Drunken Pixie Productions. Which is already 60 pages long and I just have a rough outline so far. This is going to be a huge project.

Well, I only have a little over an hour before I ave to leave for work since once again I got up really late.

Back-Up Rewards: 23

To-Do List:
Writing: Book
Writing: Play
Writing: Script
Writing: Short Story
Etsy Teams
Etsy Product
Etsy Ads
Library Book 1
Library Book 2
Reading Book
Brush Teeth
Money Making
Job Search
Curls
Step Aerobics
Belly Dance DVD
Clean-Out E-mail
Hiragana Practice
Katakana Practice
Japanese Vocabulary
Japanese Sentences
Youtube Video
Art
Sewing
Wig
Clean Room
Go To Store
Contact Juggling
Drunken Pixie Productions Planning
Fall Cleaning Phase 1
Fall Cleaning Phase 3
Fall Cleaning Phase 4
Fall Cleaning Phase 5
Fall Cleaning Phase 11
Fall Cleaning Phase 13
Fall Cleaning Phase 14

Wish me luck. :)

Weekend Tizzy

Hey guys. Well, yesterday went terribly. Absolutely nothing got done. It would have helped if I didn't refuse to do anything cause I spent all my time trying to figure out where my mini top hat making stuff went.

Oh well, hopefully I can get better through today. But we'll see.


Back-Up Rewards: 22

List for today:
Writing: Book
Writing: Play
Writing: Script
Writing: Short Story
Etsy Teams
Etsy Products
Etsy Advertisements
Library Book 1
Library Book 2
Brushing Teeth
Money Making
Job Search
Curls
Step Aerobics
French
Clean Out Purse
Clean Out Car
Work On Art
Sewing
Wig
Clean Room
Shower
Contact Juggling
Drunken Pixie Planning
Fall Cleaning 1
Fall Cleaning 3 
Fall Cleaning 4
Fall Cleaning 5 
Fall Cleaning 11 
Fall Cleaning 13 
Fall Cleaning 14 

Wish me luck. :)

Sleepy Saturdays

Hey guys. Well yesterday went well though could have gone better. I definitely need to bring more of my to-do list to work.

What got done: Etsy Product, Library Book 1&2, 1/2 Brush Teeth, Curls, Hiragana/Katakana/Vocabulary/Sentences.

I was hoping to get more done but I ended up going to bed and then I ended up getting up late....again! It's a nasty habit of my Saturdays that I end up getting up really late because I was so tired and go to bed so late normally.

Back-Up Rewards: 22

List for today:
Writing: Book
Writing: Play
Writing: Script
Writing: Short Story
Etsy Teams
Etsy Products
Etsy Advertisements
Library Book 1
Library Book 2
Brushing Teeth
Money Making
Job Search
Step Aerobics
Curls
Practice Violin
Work On Art
Sewing
Wig
Drunken Pixie Planning
Contact Juggling
LARP Songs
Clean Room
Fall Cleaning 1
Fall Cleaning 3 
Fall Cleaning 4
Fall Cleaning 5 
Fall Cleaning 11 
Fall Cleaning 13 
Fall Cleaning 14 

Wish me luck. :)

Languages

Hey guys. Well, yesterday went slightly better.

What got done: Library Book 1&2, Curls, German.

I never notice just how long it's been since I last studied until I have difficulty with my own notes.

I don't really have much to say. I should really get going since I am also planning on running errands before work.


Back-Up Rewards: 21

To-Do List:
Writing: Book
Writing: Play
Writing: Script
Writing: Short Story
Etsy Teams
Etsy Product
Etsy Ad
Library Book 1
Library Book 2
Brush Teeth
Money Making
Job Search
Curls
Step Aerobics
Hiragana Practice
Katakana Practice
Japanese Vocabulary
Japanese Sentances
Work on Art
Sewing
Wig
Clean Room
Contact Juggling
Drunken Pixie Productions Planning
Fall Cleaning Phase 1
Fall Cleaning Phase 3
Fall Cleaning Phase 4
Fall Cleaning Phase 5
Fall Cleaning Phase 11
Fall Cleaning Phase 13
Fall Cleaning Phase 14

Wish me luck. :)