http://vivcore.livejournal.com/113228.html

SO much love!

Some new sales stuff up. It took all night just to get LJ to load the damn pictures, so so far no other info, but check it out and ask any questions you like!

http://terrafire.livejournal.com/

Also, sorry for the fuzzy pictures, I had to use my backup camera [ironically the actual digital camera vs my cell phone] and it never takes a straight picture. *sigh*

Always at least a year behind what's hot, I finally got a Tumblr account!
Enjoy my reblogs, cause that's all I've figured out how to do so far...

Update: Adam just walked in the door and is fine. He relapsed and was afraid to come home and face the music. Thanks for all the good responses, please continue to pray/send good thoughts/do what you do for his sake. He's going to be going back to meetings and working closer with his sponsor and whatnot so hopefully this won't happen again.

Anyway, I'd still like to be able to celebrate his birthday [but without the Castle bit, obviously] so if someone could please make a post for me on florida_egls about the movie, I would greatly appreciate it. I don't have the time as this is his computer.

So many fun and not-so-fun things to report on, so little time. So just one little mini-rant: My car finally dying THE DAY the Cash for Clunkers program ends? I'm so not surprised.

I suppose it was kind of made up for by the leaking of the first episode of Dexter Season 4. Hooray!

I just got laid off.


So, I won't be on LJ for a really long time, or the Internet at all, except when I'm at the library working on my resume, etc.


Sorry for the weird post layout, but I needed to call attention to this post without being flashy and annoying, because I don't have a home comp and I don't have much more time to stay here.


THE STEAMPUNK FASHION PANEL MAY BE CANCELLED BECAUSE I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD METROCON. I will have to ask my Grandma for money.



I AM GOING TO BE MAKING A HUGE SALES POST. MOST OF MY LOLITA STUFF MUST GO.



I may not be attending any meetups that involve spending money. Sewing/craft parties and at-home stuff is still go.


I have no idea what's happening, but I will try to keep anyone updated.


I LOVE YOU GUYS and I care about your lives, so if anything major happens, please comment on this post telling me, because I will not be able to read up on my flist anymore, and I don't want to miss out on what's going on with everyone! PLEASE do this for me!


I <3 you all so much

So, since discovering it a few weeks ago via stumbling, I'm kind of completely obsessed with Style Rookie. I love this quote from a speech she wrote:

"[D]esigning can be like writing a poem, or painting a picture, or playing guitar. When people are passionate about these things, they feel as if they have to create. Rei Kawakubo, who many regard as the first conceptual designer and whose clothes can often inspire uncomfortable thoughts or feelings in people, is my favorite designer in the world. She doesn’t expect that many people will wear her tulle and lumps and masks for a day on the town, but clothing doesn’t have to sell, and it’s her way of expressing her inner values. Using fashion as self expression can go beyond wearing a shirt with a slogan, as clothing has the ability to evoke an entire feel, or atmosphere, or emotion, or world."

Good stuff!

"NO, "civil unions" are NOT good enough. Not only is it "separate but equal" bullshit, but only legal marriage will prevent shit like this from happening."

terrafire is finally reborn as my sales journal! Woo!

CHESHIRE! Pass this on to Beardman too!

http://www.arcattack.com/video.php


AUGH WTF AM I GOING TO WEAR!?

Heck yeah! Last Exile is going to be the main theme-thing for the Fantasy Masquerade at Metrocon! This convention could not get any better.

I'm still not sure whether I want to spend $10 to see people act out little skits in character and then not dance because it's all 15-year-olds' music, just because it's going to be themed after one of my top 3 favorite shows, but it will be so cooooool!

Ugh, between Abney Park, Arc Attack, Last Exile love, a Harvest Moon panel, the Steampunk theme in general, and all my friends being there, I don't think I'm going to be able to contain my joy! All it needs is more Avatar love and we are go for head explosion!

However, I'm still not sure whether to buy a 3-day pass or just for Saturday. There aren't any panels or events outside of Saturday that I'm even remotely interested in, thus far, save a couple friday evening about Geishas and Sewing 101, but I could live without them.

I'm only worried about Metrocon's notoriously horrible management and crowd at this point

My eyes are hot from restraining tears at this, actually.
I needed to read it very badly and didn't even know it.

The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination

Seriously, if you have about 10 minutes, read it.
It can't hurt, and it's very, very inspiring.
And it's J.K. Rowling.

( So, I went to Alabama last week... )


( My brother's doing quite well! )


( I saw Star Trek and almost died of love [does anyone even have to say Spoiler Alert anymore? It's pretty much a given] )


( Saturday I hung out with my friends )

( Sunday I hung out with my mom... sorta  )


And it literally took me two hours to write this update....

Why is Neil Gaiman so awesooooome? His Twitter makes me really happy I got a Twitter... and stuff.

Some measurements are in inches, some are in cm. Sorry, I got a bit lazy with conversions. I tried.

Paypal and US buyers are preferred, but I'll listen to all offers.

Higher offers are given preference because I'm in a bad financial situation [hence the ridiculously massive sales post of 90% of my closet], and I'll consider PM orders as well.

If something is listed as OBO, please feel free to make offers. If not, I will still listen to reasonable offers, but I want to sell it for the price listed.

( Skirts )

( Cardigans )

( Blouses )

( Cutsews )

( Clearance )

( Miscellaneous )

( Dress )

I know a bunch of you love BPAL, so I wanted to give you first dibs.

I'm a BPAL newbie, so I got a huuuge imp order to try pretty much every scent that looked good to get a good idea of what works for me and what doesn't. Sadly, about 90% did not work for me straight out of the bottle [I have an extremely picky nose!]. What I know so far: I LOVE vanilla and sweet, purely foody scents like Jack and Eat Me. I HATE florals of almost any kind, except poppy and lotus. My most hated scent so far was Saint-Germain. The scents I've tried and loved so far are Blood Lotus, Antikythera Mechanism, Eat Me, Glasgow, Cockaigne, Elegba, Jack, Tenochtitlan, and Poisoned Apple.

I paid 3.25 each for them(they're 1/32oz vials, but they last for a really long time), and I'm hoping for close to that, at least.

( Anyway, my loss is your gain! These imps are all brand new, never tried (only sniffed), hoping for sale or for equal-value trade.  )