Wasn't tired at ten, so watched Sign of Four at last. Wasn't tired at half eleven when that finished, so read for a bit. Wasn't tired at half twelve, either, but had to be up, so turned out the light and slept reasonably quickly, only to dream about drinking coffee and wake up pretty permanently at about 3am. Should really just give up and become nocturnal officially.

Things Accomplished This Weekend:
- visiting
- cleaning
- Shadow Magic
- drawing for Tina's Birthday
- Sign of Four

Hours of Sleep: almost 9.

Fail: Less-Than-Epic thanks to Tina's birthday sketch. XD Hurrah!

So today Shadow Magic was officially released and I do not have it and SOMETHING'S WRONG. DDDD:

I had another lovely 6am meeting, continued working on the neverending chapter (WHICH IS NEARLY ENDING OMG) and finally gave in the urge to send off y own obsessive-compulsive project charting to management since they obviously do not care enough/are too busy to do anything about the confusion plaguing Engineering. "LOOK, I PUT THIS TOGETHER A FEW WEEKS AGO," I said. "AS AN EXAMPLE," I said. "YOU MIGHT FIND IT USEFUL," I said. I am preparing for epic OTZ moments in the future and praying that I have not bitten off more than I can chew, here.

Resisting the urge to shake some people until they learn to play nicely.

Also resisting the urge to watch MANY EPISODES of Sherlock Holmes tonight, since there is no middleware meeting tomorrow morning.

In other news, must stop storing the Earl Grey with the Traditional Afternoon. WEIRD THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN MY MOUTH.

And with that, I am off to write so that Tina does not enact cruel punishments upon me. Sob, doesn't she realise I could be enjoying Jeremy Brett's nose?

TINA WHERE ARE YOU D:

SERIOUSLY THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS IS EVERYTHING OKAY?

Work was okay. Release notes and stuff. xsltproc is going to make me stab myself before I get a working stylesheet written for it. Also, omg, if my family doesn't stop arguing about what they don't know about freaking bus routes, I am going to scream.

Tonight, SPN S01E09-12. And probably painting, since this is what I do to coast between plot points.

STOLEN FROM JO-CHAN:

Inspired by Doctor Who's "Turn Left:" Pick one of my stories and tell me a point in the tale that you'd change. Something tiny (e.g. "and then Fay chose silver glitter instead of gold") or big (e.g. "and then Rose was arrested instead of Jack") and I'll tell you how that one difference would have altered the course of the entire story.

(Stories here.)

Was excellent! I mean, things could have been better, i.e. Miss Tina could not have been feeling so awful all the time, but I had a ball. XD And slept! Which was a nice change!

My plane was delayed by an hour and a half on Friday night, so by the time I got to the hotel I was ready to drop. Took my bags up, met Tina on the street, cuddled briefly, and then collapsed the fuck into bed. XD I was really. really. tired. And plane trips are never kind to my head - the changes in pressure always make me feel hideous.

BUT!

Saturday was excellent. Er, despite poor Tina not having slept at all. |D; We are constantly at opposite ends of the awesome spectrum, I swear. Anyway! We went for breakfast, and food shopping, and then we went to Minotaur, which is always a mistake. $160 later, I was the proud owner of both Death comics, a new Amano artbook, a full set of FF7 weapons including DEATH PENALTY AND CONFORMER DESU YO, and Gankutsuou v2. I am still so excited about the Conformer. :'D Eeeeee.

Then we sat around drawing and gaming for a while, and then we went to Avenue Q, which, omg. So much fun. XD So many little touches I didn't realise were coming. Nicky was FREAKING AWESOME, just sayin' - he and Trekkie Monster are the only two-person puppets, y'see, and he was just so amazingly expressive because of it. XDDD It was really fun - and a nice little intimate theatre, too, which I appreciated. ^^ Things got changed a little in terms of lyrics and in-jokes from the Broadway version, but Christmas Eve was amazing, and I bought a real copy of the sound track, which makes me happy. ^^

Then back to the apartment for further lazing (and feeling awful, on Tina's part, the poor thing T_T) and then out for Wicked! Which, lacking the original wizard, and being bizarrely fast — I assume to compensate for an understudy's lungs or people with flu or something — was not quite as awesome as it was the first time I saw it. (Which is to say, I was still crying in songs that needed no crying to. XDDD It is very sad at random moments when you know the whole story already, okay!) Glinda was, er, rather frazzled, actually. SPEEDING through everything. It was rather bizarre. Still great, though, and Elphaba's understudy does a fantastic job. Speaking of which, teacupscientist, the cast list was( as follows. ) Also, I got another flask! :D My life is complete.

Crashed and burned pretty soon after we got back, though there was some drawing because we were both so gleeful after Wicked, and then this morning... hmm, we pretty much packed up and rocked out into the streets and markets of Melbourne, to eat and draw and make merry until I had to get to the airport. We went to the art gallery, or an art gallery, anyway, since Melbourne probably has like 19324763 of them, and I had poffertjes for second-breakfast. :D I miss poffertjes. <3 Also I bought earrings made of WATCH INNARDS. THEY HAVE GEARS THAT TURN AND EVERYTHING. Tol is still geeking the fuck out in the back of my head. Also, a keychain and a pendant. (I spent so. much. money. omfg. *cry*)

Tina's dad picked us up from town and we made it in absolute record time, and the flight back was kind of hideous, and I miss Tina already. T_T SHE IS LITTLER THAN ME, YOU GUYS. LITTLER AND ADORABLE. I DID NOT REALISE THIS OVER SKYPE, DHFDJFD. She is not that much littler than me but littler ENOUGH, OKAY TINA, STOP GLARING AT ME LIKE THAT.

Anyway, now I have to wash clothes and hang clothes and somehow go to sleep in time to not be a zombie at work tomorrow and oh, god, I have to get buses on a public holiday. T_T;;; Can I just work from home...?

Also, this Corambis Q&A just about made me piss myself laughing. I mean, can you imagine Mildmay using those exclamation marks? CAN YOU? PFFFHASHDASJHDAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA. Reminds me of this.

Dear Pope: Shut Yo' Hell Up. I know why you're saying about half of what you're saying, but the other half is TOTALLY CRAZY.

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PHONE CALL OF THE DAY:

ME: Harvey Norman Electrical, Laura speaking. ^^
WOMAN: I want to speak to a salesman about a fridge, a rangehood and an oven.
ME: Sure thing. Were there any particular models you were interested in?
WOMAN: .....I said I want to speak to a salesman. I want to speak to a guy, because it's better to speak to men about these things.
ME: ..............uh, sure. They're pretty busy down there, but just hang on a tic and I'll grab someone for you. Just popping you on hold for a moment, won't be long.
ME: What the fuck.
ME: Antonio, this stupid bitch... *explains* ...how is that for status quo! D:
ANTONIO: ....what the fuck? I don't know about fuckin' rangehoods! I'll tell her to talk to you!

Then I went to transfer her down, and she'd hung up.

This was the kind of fucking day it was. I was shaking all through lunch with Rage because I was stressed out my eyeballs and angry to boot. I had to use a fork on Japanese food, guys, this is how distressed I was. THAT NEVER HAPPENS.

So basically, tired as fuck. But the boss noticed I've been being underpaid for, uh, the whole time I've been working there. And apparently Azra is sorting out the backpay tomorrow. Which is sort of incredibly sweet. :D

And mum got her stimulus package letter today. :D So she was all, "MASSAGE! FUCK YEAH!" and I agree - great plan. XD

[EDIT]

TINA: Oh god, that woman...
TINA: You should have told her you were all man.

I love her so much.

Coloured only by brief thoughts of Pashur, including the following, which took place while I was taking my shoes off by the television, on which my brother was watching Body of Lies.

ME: Hm. That guy in profile has a lovely Pashur-like nose.
LEONARDO DICAPRIO: Pashur! Blah blah blah!
ME: ............omfg♥

IT IS BECOMING A SICKNESS. And now he has a wife (a sexy wife) so I feel slightly worse about being totally obsessed with him. .....but only slightly! XD

[EDIT]

Food: Nutrigrain, 2 x Tuna + Avo Sushi Roll, 1 x Cupcake, 1 x Steak Sandwich-to-be
Tea (Cup Equivalent): 4-to-be
Exercise: 15min cycling tension 3, 10min tension 2
Stuff Before Bed: stepstepjump, Kushiel's Chosen
Mood: +2, with brief dips to -1 and -2 out of sheer boredom/pain

We shall see what kind of sleep this nets me.

TINA: *types a passage from Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner*
ME: FJKDJFS STOP I AM TRYING TO DO THINGS
TINA: *types another passage*
ME: CEASE AND DESIST VILE CREATURE OF DARKNESS
TINA: *and another*
ME: Oh god, Alec, you are so-- NO. NO, I SHALL PREVAIL.
TINA: *drops character details knowingly*
ME: I AM SLAINNNNNNNNNNN I... I must... read... Swordspoint..... DAMMIT.

So if I never do anything ever again YOU ALL KNOW WHY.

kuchibue sent me a care package and omg it is the cutest thing ever. She sent me a blue Mario mushroom and Swordpoint by Ellen Kushner and stickers and music and tea and omg. I am going to be late but it will be worth it. <3 <3 <3 (THE FROG STICKERS ARE CUTE MADE CUTER BY MY IMAGINING XOLOTL MAKING THESE FACES AND SAYING "LOVELY DAY")

Tina's character, Pashur.

EMBARRASSINGLY ATTRACTIVE DESPITE IDIOCY, Y/Y.

You do not actually have to answer this question.

I KNOW THE TRUTH ALREADY. :'D

Dear kuchibue,

It is one in the morning and I have a doe in my head who insists she will be Ciorrnaich's mate. Her name is Fa Li.

Somehow I suspect this is your fault.

No love,
Rave,
who would like to sleep some time this century.

I have another character and it is all. Tina's. fault. And I hate her. Lots. Lots.

asdjhfadsfjas lahsjfhaskjhasjkdaa and he is a frog and his name is Xolotl and ajds asdfhaskdjfhasfuhaewufd nadjgahdsjfas help meeeeeeeeeeeee.

[EDIT] ( Character Design: A Play-by-Play. )

[EDIT] Dear Everyone: Xolotl. Thankyou and goodnight. *facemash*

[EDIT] I have a new icon and I am going to hell. :\