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Whoops! I haven't posted in ten days LOL. I did put a few things up on my Wordpress this week.

TWO WEEKS UNTIL PAX EAST 2020!!

I know I just got back from a trip, but that was with my parents. This will be with friends so very different. Tim isn't coming this year because Sylvia's got her last high school choir concert and her 18th birthday is Sunday (though I am coming back Saturday so I will be home for that). So, yeah, it will just be me and our friends Mathew and Zac. Zac works at my old branch so I'm hoping to get all the details about the new manager LOL. I mean, I know her and have met her, but from a worker perspective.

Bonus, I found out the tabletop gaming YouTube channel I obsessively follow, Dicebreaker, will be at PAX! They have a panel on Friday night which is my #1 priority for two days we are going. I am hoping to at least say hello because they are all so sweet and we chat on twitter all the time.

Speaking of, I painted my OWLBEAR! It was really relaxing actually, I would love to do another miniature. I might see if there are some cheap blanks on sale at PAX and buy them. Though I'm also thinking the Firefly game Tim got my for Christmas has minis inside I could easily add a bit of color to...

Currently I am attempting to resist the TOMS sale because the Star Wars shoes that originally brought me to the site are on sale and I want them...because Star Wars...but do I need more shoes? There are 3 pair...I could just get one...of course then they charge shipping...so I might as well get two to not pay for shipping...it makes no sense. Perhaps I will see if they are still in stock this weekend and take that as a sign.

I forgot to get a Valentine's Day card for Tim but I do have some *sexy* gifts...which I actually bought for Christmas and then realized I had purchased a LOT of things so I hid them in my dresser. I got the Chocolate Fondue so I am thinking I will stop on the way home tomorrow and grab some fruits we can dip in it.

I was going to suggest curling up on the couch and watching Your Name, an anime we saw in the theaters together a few years ago and he bought it for me on blu-ray.

But now I need to get to bed! Still gotta work tomorrow and I agreed to go to a meeting in the afternoon in Annapolis which I am kind of regretting because that drive is a pain. But it will be a good learning opportunity, see how the sausage gets made when it comes to public planning.

TTFN!

Rose minifig and Kylo Ren's ship!

You know, I will never argue that 'Last Jedi' was a perfect movie - it was not. It was far too long, needed a lot of tightening up in some of the plot lines. BUT I never had a problem with Rose and I really liked what they were doing with her and Finn up to a point (because omg that whole plot line got out of hand, where was the editor? And was the editor related to Benicio and just didn't want to take him out of the movie? Because he was unnecessary on so many levels).

Anyway, I was happy to see this minifig! Yay Rose!

And Kylo's ship is cool too. I always had a soft spot for it because the design was clearly inspired by the Imperial shuttle from RotJ. Something about those big, ridiculous wings raising and lowering. Again, there is a reason Star Wars is considered fantasy and not sci-fi - pretty sure this ship makes no sense.

Hope everyone that celebrates had a lovely Thanksgiving. This year I discovered the joy of making pretty much all the side dishes the night before and only having the turkey and rolls to cook the day of. IT WAS GLORIOUS! But it felt so wrong to not be a total mess when everyone arrived LOL.

My favorite YouTubers from OutsideXbox, OutsideXtra, and Dicebreaker did a song and music video to raise money for MIND, a charity that helps people with mental illnesses. If you like the tune, you can buy it on iTunes and Amazon for less than $2 and the money all goes the the charity. Or you can just straight up donate via the link in the YouTube video.

It's an ode to their DM and all the work he does so if you play D&D, you will probably enjoy this even more. :)



Now off to bed! Working tomorrow...it will probably be a VERY quiet day because very few people think "Library" on Black Friday.

Thanks for participating in the collaborative playlist experiment! It was so much fun, I think I might do something like that on a regular basis, in some shape or form.

If you want to listen, I have now made the playlist "public" so it should be accessible to all Spotify users.
Here is the link!.

I wish there was a way to share the playlist for everyone to hear...I guess I could recreate it via YouTube or some other service. I will look into that for the next time I want to do a group mix. :)

If you want to add a few more tuns to the playlist from the previous, go ahead! My instagram friends did not read my instructions LOL so now they have added 2-3 songs each and it is throwing off the balance! I'll make the playlist "public" on Monday and share it with the world so everyone can listen to our amazing musical choices on Christmas Eve.

I'm "Saturday Librarianing" today. Got on my Star Wars "ugly" Christmas sweater (though I was told it wasn't ugly at all). I bought donuts for everyone and got here to find someone else had brought in pastries and cookies the day before LOL. So I'm on a sugar high at the moment and loving it.

I also spent most of yesterday afternoon making cookies so I won't go into any kind of withdrawal over the 3 day break, that is for sure!

I need to gather up all the holiday cards from my desk and take them home with me to decorate the staircase. Since we don't have a mantle but we do have split foyer, this year I decorating the ledge around the staircase. I was shocked that the cats didn't knock everything down! I only found two things on the floor so far and it has been weeks! Granted, I put the baby gate we use to block the stairs at night over by the decorated side for extra coverage but we all know if a cat wants to knock things down, it will find a way.

Poor Pillowfort, so much attention and it was not ready for it. I keep trying to check the site and usually I have it up for about 5 minutes and then I'll try to comment or post and it errors out on me. I have a feeling people will give up soon enough but it is still too bad. I can tell you that EVERYONE uses it from 1-3 because I was playing with it at work (shhhhhh) and in the morning it was fine and then right at lunch time CRASH.

GoodReads just generated my "year in review" but I'm not done yet! I've got a couple graphic novels on my desk that I am determined to finish. Not going to hit my goal of 100 books, but 70 is respectable.

Tree is decorated!



Kermit is one of my favorite ornaments. I tried to share it on PF but it kept rotating the image and I can't stay logged in long enough to fix it. :\ John Denver and the Muppets "Christmas Together" album is my favorite holiday album. Whole thing is up on Spotify too which makes me happy, means I'm not alone! If you have not listened to it, make sure you do. Especially "Silent Night" since it is the 200th anniversary of the writing of that song this year.

EDIT: HA YouTube to the rescue!


Do you have a favorite Christmas ornament or holiday decoration?

Hope you can get through the day without too many awkward family conversations and just focus on the positive of having the ones you love around you.

Or just drink all the wine until you start laughing uncontrollably.

Whatever works.

:P

This will be a bittersweet holiday because it will probably be the last time I see my brother for Thanksgiving - if all goes well (i.e. he doesn't break anything!!) he will be shipped off on his first Navy adventure!

If you have the time tonight, watch the whole thing. If not, take a moment to watch the last beautiful little carol here.



"It's in every one of us to be wise."

"Old friends, new friends, hoping we'll always be here with each other together on Christmas Day"

<3

Still in denial that it will be December in a couple days. This year went by so fast.

Had a nice Thanksgiving with my family. My parents brought over a big box of wine and I think my Dad had a little too much because he was kinda weird but otherwise it was all good. I mean, my Mom and brother and I are used to sort of ignoring him so it was just Tim and his daughter who had to acknowledge him. I was glad my brother came over, we stayed up until 3am goofing off on the computer. He bought me 'Cuphead' for Steam and wanted to play together. I need lots of practice LOL. Then he tried to back seat dungeon master while I played through a level of 'Darkest Dungeon'. He did the math and told me that he probably won't be around next year for the holidays because he will have gone through basic training and gotten his assignment from the Navy so who knows where he will be. Made me a little sad.

In "I'm an idiot" news, I forgot that over the summer I became allergic to raspberries. Eating them made me throw up. Anyway, I had a training for work on Tuesday and we all went out to lunch and I ordered an ice tea with raspberries in it and about halfway through the drink I felt my face get flush and my stomach started to turn and it clicked in my head. I stopped drinking but the last half of the day was tense. Luckily I was sitting next to a friend so I told her what I had done and kind of asked her to save me if I looked like I was going to pass out or something. I felt SO STUPID the rest of the day. I made it through and got home and passed out, didn't throw up, thank goodness, but I was exhausted.

I watched the first episode of Runaways on Hulu this morning. My bar is set pretty high for that series because I love those comics, they were the comics that got me into reading comics. I love Brian K Vaughan. I wasn't super thrilled with the first episode, felt like too much focus on the kids and not getting the story going. Like, I feel like a lot of what filled up the first 30 minutes of the show could have been summed up much quicker in a 10 minute scene. But I'm going to give the next few episodes a try - pilots are always rough.

The casting for the show is amazing though, they all look exactly like their characters. I understand why the had to age up Molly, it is probably hard to find a younger kid that can act in a show like this. I think it works for the friendship dynamic too. I feel like I should reread the comics again to compare a bit more closely. I am a little concerned that BKV's name isn't anywhere in the credits beyond the "based on the comics by" line...

Whoever says these sites are dead clearly doesn't have my friends list! My brilliant idea to sign up for email subscriptions to active LJ/DW filled my inbox up! I just had to speed-read through a bunch of posts while drinking my coffee.

Of course, it doesn't help that I took this week off so I'm not chilling at my work computer and looking for a 5 minute brain break, which is how I end up reading most entries nowadays. I haven't had a break in awhile and I looked at the calendar and no one had taken Thanksgiving off so I claimed it. Tim went ahead and took the time off too. Of course, the temperature dropped way down so my original idea of going hiking went away pretty quick. But we did run some important errands, rake up the back yard and then play video games for hours on end so, pretty good.

I made Tim watch 'Baby Driver' which I think I liked even more the second time round (even if seeing Kevin Spacey on my TV makes me feel uncomfortable now). But I could really hear the music this time and also the ringing in Baby's ears when he lost his headphones. I watched all the special features too - those stunt drivers are insane and the contraptions they made to film it all were just so cool! Practical effects just look better, especially with car chases.

After not hearing anything from my Mom, I finally emailed and asked if she wanted me to host Thanksgiving again this year. So I've also been randomly tidying up here and there. Tomorrow I will really focus on getting things ready - mostly clearing off all the crap around the dining room table since we never eat there. It is mostly just piles of junk mail that Tim needs to sort through (I toss anything with my name on it out immediately) and a few other odds and ends. Also need to vacuum and make sure the kitties haven't left and secret hairballs tucked away. Good times.

I'm hoping my brother comes over. I haven't seen him in awhile. He has been depressed for about a year now, a break up that left him feeling lost. He still lives with my parents but he is will be going to Navy training in February. Mostly depends on his mood on the day of if he decides to come over. But I really hope he does. I told him he could drive himself and stay the night so we could hang out and talk...hm, guess this means I need to clean out the guest bedroom too!

Okay, time to do the one project for today (staining an IKEA drawer set we got for Tim to store his socks) and then back to gaming! :D