GOING TO PICK UP MY MAIL-ORDER BOYFRIEND 
February 3, 2012
January 25, 2012
Am very much alive
« Yo folks ... Esgalwen, captive »Been a few days since I last posted, so…
Am still alive! Last week was a bit rough, but this week is definitely looking up, thanks mostly in part to planning for a sudden visit from a dear friend… very dear friend… all right, boyfriend… in a couple weeks. So now I am all a-fluster.
Hopefully the ceiling light will be fixed by then. Note to self – remind people to help me out. Like, remind them today. Also, find out where to get wall socket adaptors.
Classes have been going decently; practice has been going decently; I’ve even been considering doing some artwork! But I always seem to end up getting sidetracked with practice, sleep, or LotRO.
But this is pretty cool! In fact, it is unbelievably awesome. Yep.
January 15, 2012
Yo folks
« Insert Light jokes here ... Am very much alive »Just saying hi to the Internet at large again. Been somewhat busy in the last week – no art, no writing… Ceiling light project is on hold until some guy can come put a 2×4 in the ceiling to hang the bracket from.
Went to see a dress rehearsal of Tosca last night! It’s a pretty intense story.
In the meantime, I am underslept and cold in general and a little anxious about reading Russian in particular.
Eric Beaudry to the rescue!
G’night.
January 9, 2012
Insert Light jokes here
« I Know You’re Out There Somewhere: Chapter 13 ... Yo folks »Mwahahaha, guess what I’ve been doing?? I have a project called “replace the shoddy lights in my room and the one next to it”. I have new light fixtures all ready to go, and if this was a normal house, they’d already be installed. (The power’s off and everything, Mom. 
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But that would be EASY.
The previous light fixture was a hideous contraption that should never have made it to market for various reasons – ugliness, poor design, and also impracticality: it does not do very well the job it was created for, which is, of course, to supply light. It was a big metal box about a foot square and four inches deep, in which there was a lightbulb. The whole thing was covered (roomside) with an ugly opaque glass shield. No typical ceiling bracket at all.
It took me about an hour to figure out how to remove the box from the ceiling (too many screws), and another hour to figure out how to remove the box from the end of the light cable. I had gone and bought normal ceiling brackets yesterday, but until I can find a friend with a power drill to screw them to the wooden beam (which is thankfully right there) they will be useless (and also the power will remain off on that side of the room. : P ). Also the foot-square hole in the ceiling is horribly unattractive and I think I shall also have to acquire some drywall at the same time to patch it up.
Are you freaking out yet? Please don’t. I didn’t know what I was doing when I started this project, but I know now! I know exactly what I need to do. And I know exactly how to do it safely. Also, I’m doing it twice, because the room next door (as I said above) has the same problem and if there’s a problem, it needs fixing! But do stop worrying about my home improvement projects… it’s not as if I can fix the strange walls… or the ugly floor… or the windows… *thinks…* No, those are projects out of my reach. The floor and the windows, anyway. 
…Who built this house so stupid?
*levels up?*
P.S. this whole project has cost me $20 so it’s not like I’m gouging myself, either.
December 29, 2011
Christmas
« February Double Date ... I Know You’re Out There Somewhere: Chapter 12 »Soooooo I’m onna train, coming ‘home’ after a week with my grandparents. (It is a long train. Many hours.) It was a good visit – saw many relatives, and even some sightseeing, too!
I saw the new Tintin movie. I liked it! I never read the books as a kid, but my mom did. So I knew it was a thing that existed. But the movie is super fun and actiony, even if I completely disapprove of the portrayal of opera. It’s got good music and ridiculous sequences and I laughed a lot. I liked the voices and the CG, too!
I went to the art gallery and saw an exhibit about French art students in Rome. Very cool; my kind of art. Fewer naked people than expected. There was an area in which visitors could do their own drawing of a classically-themed plaster model (there were four – head, hand, foot, drapery) and I drew a bit there. There was also some strange modern art, and a digital performance of Thomas Tallis in the chapel (the grownups didn’t want to stay to hear the whole thing : P ) and we went and saw the Group of Seven corner. While passing through the Canadian Art section I saw a girl who looked a lot like me! Except in mid-19th century costume!
And I went to an aunt’s house (giant new house, wow) and played piano there! I played the Prelude (yay) and Toccata (boo) of the Ravel, and the first half (up the the Chicks) of Pictures at an Exhibition. My third-youngest cousin was very taken with the Pictures. Actually, all my cousins are hilarious.
Christmas was a noisy, busy, people-y affair. So many people! I was very surprised to be given so many presents. Also very surprised that my parents smuggled my stocking out to Ontario. XD I was given a kitchen mixer! That is probably the most exciting present, which is odd, because I was also given Silver on the Tree and Fromage: The Darker Side of Schloeffellonia. : P
In general news, Thari has a blog!! It has Tharash’s story on it!!! This is super exciting!!!! It’s called Fwynethwyr, which looks hard to pronounce. Just the way I like ‘em. : D It means Heaven and Earth, which is a very good meaning, imo.
I may post some art soon, but I have to create it, first. : P
