Just wanted to post a few updates here.

• Planning for a trip to Japan in March with friends but not really having any clear ideas of what to do that isn't more than "enjoy being in Japan." There aren't any events or places or activities I actually know about to do. Shopping in Shibuya, exploring Harajuku, visiting the palace or temple or gardens... ( Read more... )

This is just more of a garage sale thing right now, no new products. I used ebay before to get rid of some clothes that don't suit or fit me, but the fees were ridiculous and I undersold too many things. At least this seems to be a slightly better format, set it and forget it, which is how I like to do everything ( Read more... )

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This isn't really a tutorial of how to sew a skirt, it's more of how I made this skirt, mostly because I was too lazy to take really good photos. The steps below assume you already know how to use a sewing machine to sew a basic gathered rectangle skirt, of which there are a few tutorials out there, but I'll describe the steps briefly. Please feel ( Read more... )

This was my Halloween costume this year, Mu Lan from ABC's Once Upon a Time, which Cat told us about and which we are currently making our way through season two. I really like this rendition of her armor when I first saw it on the show, and I said, I'm going to make that costume. This costume was difficult enough to challenge me while still being ( Read more... )

I know, not much updating here, because not much has happened outside of the norm. Work is the same, stressful, full of disappointment in between stretches of being unappreciated except by a couple of drug junkies whose addictions I must be feeding ( Read more... )

I made myself a tiny instagram check it out here: http://instagram.com/insomnielRead more... )

Regarding the job hunt, I applied to some hospitals but was rejected from one, I applied to Target but the phone interview did not go well, and so I was starkly reminded of the fact that I never once earned a job by myself, but was given it. (Assuming you count workstudy at university as a "given" job.) I guess that's how many people get jobs, but ( Read more... )

I posted the rest of my photos of the trip to Australia on Facebook plus a few funny ones on Tumblr. I'd love to talk a little about my first trans-oceanic, trans-hemispheric vacation, but things are pretty shitty right now at work and I just want to sleep and forget about this shitty world ( Read more... )

Saturday, my brother took me and my Mom out to Pappas Bros, which is supposedly the best steak house in Dallas. I had a delicious filet mignon but as always, their medium is my rare, and one assumes their rare is my butchering the cow in front of me, yet I'm too afraid they'll laugh at me if I ask for any more doneness. The best part was the free ( Read more... )