In two weeks, I will be on white sandy beaches, sipping some brightly coloured and heavily alcoholic drink. I am SO excited. This will be my first real vacation as an adult. The first trip I have taken that is more than a road trip.

It's also a bit surreal. I missed a lot of the summer and September flew by in a blink. I feel like I woke up and it was two months later without my noticing. I feel disoriented in general - it's a little like the path I've always followed has become fogged over, and I can barely see the dirt in front of my feet. I am hoping that our holiday will cure that.

Work is good, mostly. But I can't wait to be working freelance and taking photos for a living. The new year will mean a lot of changes for us, I think. I don't know what, but I think we're ready for them.

Aside from silly dragon memes, I have recently become obsessed with old movies. Not classic old, but 70s, 80s and early 90s old. We're watching Evil Dead tonight, and I recently picked up Edward Scissorhands (which is a much more entertaining movie when you are not 10 years old) and the Goonies.

My next few acquisitions will be Short Circuit, the Last Star Fighter and the Monster Squad (and the other Evil Dead movies, of course).

Not much else to say - other than Click the Babies!



--Phae

Yay! My dragon didn't die! Now she is all big and pretty!




I really hope that Cookie Monster and Julio end up being boy dragons.

 

--Phae

I am thinking of naming him Coomo the Devourer, when he is all hatched :)



The Puppy Kicker is still all small and cute. I can't remember if Pink Dragons are supposed to have wings or if I am waiting for something that won't ever happen.



Beware! Teh Keyootness!!

--Phae
ETA - and now I have an orange egg too!

I think I see a baby dragon in there!

--Phae

Now let's see if I can keep it alive.

--Phae

Results may be skewed due to drunken testing ...



X-posted to IJ

But, not in a photographic way

Stolen from lupagreenwolf  and passed on to everyone on my FList - you know you want to do this one!

1)  My eyes - I think that they are one of my best features.  Big, blue and very expressive.  They can seduce and frighten all at the same time (I have been told I have a wicked glare).

2) My hair - it is generally soft and manageable.  And after a lot of years of trying to find a colour that was "me", I finally stumbled upon pink!  LOL

3) My fingers - I have artist fingers (frequently referred to as "pianist fingers" - but I prefer the former term as it sounds less like "penis" fingers).  They are also talented with clay, cloth, jewelry, food, plants, and many other artistic mediums.  They also give pretty nice massages ;)

4) My feet - they are very cute, smaller than average, and look great wrapped in straps of leather.

5) The Bewbies - I wish that they were a little smaller (and that my back was a little stronger), but they are still pretty nice looking, and I fill out a low-cut blouse pretty well.

6) The Freckle - I actually have a lot of freckles, but there is this one that is right in the middle of my upper left arm that perfectly matched one my mother had.  It's always made me feel connected to her.

7) My nose - it is cute and small.  It could do with a nice moisturizing mask, though (hmm, may do that this weekend).

8) My skin - I've often wished that it would tan, so as to hide the fact that it is very translucent (you can see my veins through it at times), but it is wonderfully soft and smooth, and has downy, fair-coloured hair (one of the perks of having been born blond - even if my hair didn't stay the colour it was when I was small).

9) My lips - not too thin, and not too thick.  They are nicely defined and give great kisses.

10) My eyebrows - I have never had to worry about tweezing, threading or any of the other unpleasant things that women do to make their eyebrows the same shape mine are.  This is a good thing because I am wuss about that sort of thing.

This was not the easiest meme I've every done.  I tend to spend a lot of time focusing on the things I would like to change about my body, but it feels really good to see a list of the pros rather than always noting the cons.

--Phae

2007 - Year In Review - List the first sentence of the first post of each month:

January:

"Bleh. My cold has started to aggrivate my asthma."

February:

meanderingsouls is "It's for those of us leaving/or who have left TC and are looking for a new home."

March:

I have a huge list of stuff that needs doing, and I don't want to do any of it. 

April:

What started yesterday as an attempt to work on my webpage became a jump right back into the deep end of my novel. 

May:

Well, it has turned out to be a rather soggy Beltaine this year.

June:

So far I have looked at Typepad (owned by 6A, so that kind of defeats the purpose), Greatest Journal and Blogger (which I am beginning to believe is the same thing as Blogspot). So far, Blogger is ahead.

July:

My computer is finally here!!! A brand spanking new laptop!! Yay! *does a happy dance*

August:

[Happy Lammas] To everyone who celebrates it.

September:

Well, my day has been mildly crappy.

October:

How do you tell a story in 2500 words?

November:

Well, the stress of life (coupled with bouts of insomnia and depression) has caused a flare of new *chronic condition*.

December:

I am on the short list for a promotion at work.