Saturday, January 31

Henna Tryouts

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I bought some henna samples from hennapage.com
They're ok but I've used better. It may just be the mix I did.
Here's the outcome

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And after about 2 hours of setting

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Another Amazing Date

I know its been a while, and I'm sorry for it.

Whats going on in my life in the new year?
I have 2 jobs, one wiht the library and another witht he school paper as their advertising manager.
Dealing with other people to learn how to do something fo ryour job is not the best thing ever. I'm currently playing phone tag with a guy from College Publisher to try adn do a demo to learn how to advertise and post advertisements online. Its been three days of phone tag and he isn't in the office on weekends -_-
I have 17 hours of classes, almost all of which have a stack of books to read. I'm also teaching a class on Jane Austen, reading four of her books (Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Lady Susan, and Emma).
All of this on top of a boyfriend who and friends as well as my writing...

As for something a lil more personal and recent yesterday DC took me on a beautiful date.
We went to lunch at my favorite oriental fusion restaurant where I had sushi and redbean mochi buns which I've been craving for weeks.
After eating and talking like an old couple for an hour we went to the historic district of the city and walked around in the snow flurries. There were beautiful houses and storefronts. We had expensive gourmet chocolates at Earth and Sky (I had a honey and lavender truffle which was amazing and DC had a peanut butter thing that was very sweet and yummy) and looked at antique stores and I bought an Indian purse necklace at a shop that sells trinkets and statues from Asia and South America.
Just walking around in teh cold holding hands and kissing under the snowy sky was so romantic and its those pictures that stay in my mind when I think of DC.

Sorry for the gush but I had to post and figured this was the best thing thats happened to me in a while.

Monday, October 20

The awesomeness of my weekend...

I hung out with DC, of course.
Friday, after he picked me up from school, we went to Kingsport to a curiosity shop owned by his friends, Tod and Dagny, which he has been promising to take me to for some time. I bought a journal and a pair of earrings and DC bought me a gorgeous pair of sterling silver and blue quartz earrings that are supposed to cleanse my aura ^_^. They’re gorgeous, I don’t care if my aura is dirty lol.
We then headed to downtown Johnson City where we hung out at DC’s friend Brandy has a café, which, my boss, littlestpenguin has told me about before but I never made the connection (I’m bad about that). He just said hi and looked around. Brandy invited us to her Halloween party this Friday (it’s supposed to be 21+ but I am loved and can come if I want as long as I’m not drinking big-girl drinks lol).
We then met up with William and went to eat at Russos where my beloved Kristie works. Sadly she could not wait on our table since she had a wedding party to wait on. I feel bad for the waitress that got us because we were more rambunctious than the ten students form ETSU nearby. (This is mostly due to the fact that William had to be a smart ass about how hot he wanted his Jambalaya and was dying from the heat…and needs a girlfriend to vent his “frustrations” with.)
After eating (DC and mine together was $50 O.O but that’s cause he ordered 2 bears, and 2 meals lol) we checked out what was going on at the Hideaway then moved on to the Acoustic Coffeehouse, which, sadly, was also hosting a wedding party so it was pretty lame (good coffee though).
So DC and I headed to his house where he built a fire up and we cuddled and roasted marshmallows and were disgustingly cute ^_^ and me wearing my gorgeous earrings of course!

Saturday…DC made me a big breakfast of biscuits and gravy and eggs and sausage and apple butter…mmm…then he napped for about 4 hours O.o while I did some laundry and watched Autumn in New York (I cry every time I watch that stupid movie). After he woke up around 4:30 we got ready and went back to Brandy’s café ( I think it’s called something Treasures…bah my memory sucks, I just call it Brandy’s). There we had some terrific coffee and DC and I each had our cards read by June (the co-owner).
My tarot reading consisted of looking at different things as far as school and career are concerned instead of having a one track mind; mending my relationship with my mother; an unexpected event (The Tower) coming but with my stable emotions and intellect (The Empress in my corner) I should get through it. June hated to give me bad news, I could tell she felt really bad for it and kept saying if I ever need any help t feel free to ask. She also said DC and I were really good for each other and that he will help me emotionally and I should help him to focus more on himself instead of spreading himself thin helping those around him.
After that (at around 8:30) we headed back to DC’s where he made pork ribs, mac n cheese, and fried potatoes (one of my favorites).

Sunday was a day of cleaning, realizing I had spent too much money over the weekend, and sleeping.

Friday, October 17

The Prolepsis Project

I’m so excited
(I’m over my stomach flu first of all, finally)
My project proposal for my composition class has been approved!
I’ll be writing a 10-12 page essay (with 10-20 sources) on Steampunk!
If you are interested in my project check out the blog and the forum
www.steamgirl-prolepsis.blogspot.com
www.prolepsis.proboards.com

Wednesday, October 15

Steampunk and School do not mix

A lot going on lately.
School is insane. An important essay and a test Thursday, Midterm grades coming out (gulp), and I’ve been given the next Essay assignment which is 10-12 pages AND I have to have audience interaction!
Essay 3 will be on Steampunk: fashion, art, and subculture. My audience interaction will be a forum and a blog (I’ll be trying to contact a few of the movers and shakers of the movement and get them to post if I can). My goal? Writers Forum at the end of the year. I want to dress up as my steampunk character Professor Almira Humphries and give a sort of dissertation on Steampunk.
For now…
I’m dealing with a stomach virus that my roomie and I both are suffering from (ew) as well as some idiotic high school drama going on with some people I thought were friends…(le sigh).

My Steampunk RP forum Victoriental Anachronism
http://voanachronism.proboards.com
Join Join Join!

Also: I’ve been working on my photography, most of its natural stuff from the park and the river with a little of Granny’s garden in there and of course a few pics of DC. They’ll be on my deviant art DecemberNocte.deviantart.com
Alright I have to get back to 17th C poetry and the French Revolution…Bleh