A sign I tell you! XD

(Okay, only the Transfans - and probably not very many of them - are going to get this one.)

Specifically, more SQUEEEEGLOMPS for birthday goodies!

spotlight_noa: Thank you so much for the LJ goodies! Everyone go look at my profile page: I haz rhinoceros! XD

purajo: I squee'd over at the entry, but thank you once again for the deliciously sweet fic! *hugs*

And finally, here's what I was talking about in the last entry, from lstarrunner. Ever since I hopped on board Etsy, I've really gotten into Buying Handmade (TM). For others, and for myself. XD My favorites list there has been growing like the proverbial weed. XD At one point, I'd added this lovely thing and was rather bummed to find it had been sold.

( It didn't even OCCUR to me to wonder who'd bought it. XD )

First, thanks to everyone who's sent birthday wishes. *huggles*

Second, lstarrunner, consider yourself SQUEEEEEGLOMPED!!! There will be a more extensive post with pictures later. *mucho huggles*

Third, eloquencelost, you may also consider yourself SQUEEEEEGLOMPED!!! Jazz/Raj luff for all! XD (And believe me, I needed that today, for reasons related below.)

Fourth, sorry, but I must do some birthday kvetching. Not because it's my birthday (I like having birthdays, TYVM, and I have no problems with another year going by - and it's not like I can stop them going by, anyway- and I freely tell everyone I'm thirty-three (33) today. If I were a Hobbit I'd be a legal adult now. XD), but because of what just occurred on what happens to be my birthday.

( I've gotten better presents, that's for damn sure. )

But yeah, so much for my plans for fun today, since I can't - or at least really shouldn't - drive my car any great distance. >_< I'm taking Ags back over to Victor at 5:00, and snagging Victor's loaner car, and going to Target and/or Wal Mart, and by damn there had just better be a few new (and by "new" I mean "no more 2K7 movie toys, kplzthx") TF toys to make me feel better about things, since they're showing up in other places by now.

How come none of you bums told me about THIS?! ;D

I have an original, thanks to my bro *preen* but I might pick up one of these to go with it. It'll be shiny and new. :D

Oooh, lookit me, embedding some YouTube.

So, here's Lady Antebellum's National Television Debut (TM). I would like to note that, while this is Lady A's first appearance on The Ellen Show, it's my bro's second appearance on same. *g* And, funnily enough, each of those appearances was with a Kelley brother. (He played with Josh a couple of years ago - some of you might remember that one, along with their appearance on GMA - and Charles is singing in this one.)

So here's one I got from raisedbymoogles.


Go here. Keep refreshing until you've collected five quotes that really resonate with you, then post 'em to your journal.


I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself.
~ Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)


Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.
~ George Carlin (1937 - )


People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.
~ H. Jackson Browne, P. S. I Love You


Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.
~ Tallulah Bankhead (1903 - 1968)


For the sense of smell, almost more than any other, has the power to recall memories and it is a pity that you use it so little.
~ Rachel Carson (1907 - 1964)

*breathes* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA...

*wipes tears* Yeah, I really needed to stumble across this tonight - warning: LADIES UNMENTIONABLES.

... And I don't even like basketball...

Jazz: You really think anybody thinks you're thinkin' 'bout basketball?

Quiet, you.

It wasn't bad enough that you had to show me that there were actually people writing Almighty Tallest slash, was it? People writing slashfic about ghod-help-us IRKENS. Gangly, weirdly-proportioned, vaguely insectoid, possibly cyborg'd, goofy as all hell, not overburdened with brains Irkens.

No, that wasn't bad enough. No, you had to throw it in my face that there is Cars slash. CARS, DAMMIT. I don't even wanna know. Especially if any of it involves Mater. *wince*

... If I have to suffer with this knowledge, so do the rest of ya'll. >)

I swear, nowadays these guys are insinuating themselves into mah brain because they want some jewelry at least as often as they insinuate themselves because they want some mecha-pr0n. XD


( Sexy 'Bot is sexy. )

I almost had a Botcon Jazz.

Someone sniped me with 8 seconds to go. :P

Such are the fortunes of war, I guess.

Blegh, I have a lot of catching up to do, and not much weekend left. I didn't do a damn thing I was planning during my week off, because I woke up on Tuesday with a cold and spent the rest of the week a) sleeping a whole lot more than planned and b) lying around watching Firefly DVDs a lot more than planned. :P

Meanwhile, yesterday, I made another joolry-thing. I had a bit of a creative block while I was waiting for the supplies to arrive - it's like my brain refuses to come up with any more ideas until the first idea is created.

Anyway, I'm so geeked about this one that I'm gonna show you a picture of me wearing it.

( Headless model is headless. )

( It's not about ME, anyway, it's about that necklace I'm wearing. )

( Okay, okay, here's my less-than-photogenic self. )

Oh yeah. On devART...

... on Etsy. More piccies there, including one with Pocket Jazz. He just luuuurves that modeling gig. XD

So. There's an assload of comments in other entries that I need to respond to, even though they're old and probably no one remembers them. XD There's a beta that I sort-of-kind-of abandoned midway. *looks guilty* There are Starfest photos to sort, re-size and post. There are Starfest loot photos to take. And then re-size and post.

...Wonder if I could get away with calling in dead tomorrow? XD

Oh yeah, and here's another shameless plug for you: Lady Antebellum. Everyone needs to go buy their album right now. Even if you don't like country (or pop-rock-quasi-country) music. Hell, I don't particularly like country music, but I'm actually kind of enjoying this stuff. 'Cause guess who's in their band and is touring with them and plays guitar on the album and has a songwriting credit on the tune I'm listening to right now. Go on, guess. ;D

I'd love to get to another BotCon one day. If they ever get the damn thing within two states of me again.

Hell, within three states would be A-OK. I drove my ass to California once, I'd be overjoyed to do it again.

I'm still trying to figure out why no one seems to notice the rather large whack of United States in between the Mississippi and the Left Coast.

*grumblefume*

The photos and reports are pouring in from BotCon. The Hasbro bigwigs must think it's really funny to watch the toy-collecting fans work themselves into a foaming frustrated rage - I can't think of any other benefit they get out of showing us ALL THESE COOL TOYS and then NOT LETTING US ACTUALLY BUY THEM FOR MONTHS.

( Can you have spoilers for toys? )

Funny how none of this stuff seems to list street dates, other than TF: Ani toys are out in June. Either that or release dates are right in front of my face and I'm just not seeing them. XD

So I'm busy breaking open all the loot... I made out pretty good again, this year, because for the second year running (!) I was a good girl and stashed money for the 'Fest instead of spending it on other stuff.

Finally found that Data in Dress Uniform figure I've been wanting for years... opening this one gave me a little pang of nostalgia. Not just for the TNG days, either: back when these Playmates action figures were on the shelves, Toys "R" Us stores were actually filled with... you know, toys. None of this "Kids "R" Us/Babies "R" Us nonsense where half the place is taken up with cribs and strollers and kids' clothes. All toys, all the time. Also a little nostalgia for the days, not so long past, when a toy was held in its packaging by a simple molded interior tray, and the accessories had a few pieces of tape keeping them in place, and there were no twist ties. Not a one to be found in this Star Trek action figure from the mid-90s. Also picked up a Deanna Troi figure, to give my brother as sort of a gag gift. I got into Trek when I was 12, and ever since then bro has taken great delight in giving me shit for being a Trekkie. Then a few years ago it comes out that he always had a crush on the lovely Counselor. XD XD

What else did I get... went on a shameless orgy of astro-droid buying. XD I have four new R2-D2s: an eraser, a stamp, an embroidered patch, and the Episode I figure that I somehow missed the first time around - the one with the CommTech chip. I loved those stupid things. XD I even shelled out for the chip-reader and the 9-volts it requires. Oh, and I got the other Entertainment Earth Astromech 5-pack, so now I have all 10 semi-anonymous droids who appeared somewhere in the saga for 15 seconds each.

As for miscellany, I also have a big ol' red embroidered patch of the Autobot symbol... another Geek Tag, this one says "geek girl..." a Titanium Series of Kit Fisto's (supposed) Jedi starfighter (I love all these non-movie ships and droids they're coughing up)... and another geeky pin for my bag, this one of the Independent (a.k.a. Browncoat) insignia from Firefly. And a t-shirt with Mal on it which says "Big Damn Hero." ^____^ It's kind of an olive green, which is definitely not a good color for me, but it has Mal on it. ^____^ And a couple more pieces of art from Sue Dawe, some unicorns to satisfy my inner 10-year-old. And a very nifty chain-mail bracelet, and I think if I ever go insane some day I might take up making chain-mail jewelry. XD

Oh, and I scored two 9" Data dolls for $9. For the two of them. IIRC, they retailed for $20 each, back in the day. XD Sometimes it pays to take one more spin through the dealer's room late on Sunday. Guy tried to sell me the other three he had left ($20 for the five dolls) but I'm not that interested in 12" figures of the DS9 people.

Oooh! Oooh! And I also snagged, from the freebie table, some mini-posters for the next Star Trek movie and for Indiana Jones. I have two extras of each one, so if anybody wants one, holler.

Back from Starfest. As always, a good time was had by all. I didn't get a pic or autograph, but got some good solid gawking time and can definitively say that Adam Baldwin is even handsomer in person. ;D Will have pictures and stuff later. Meantime - multiclassgeek? Remember this meme? I found you a little something at the 'Fest. :) If you want to send me your RL addy I'll pop it in the mail. tmg1138 AT gmail.com

... So it begins.

Now, where'd I put that tinfoil hat...?

EDIT: One... more... day...




Now let's see if I actually get out of work early like the boss said I could. XD

REVENGE OF THE EDIT: purajo! I has toooooyyys! :D :D Shiny, shiny toyses, yes precious. *pets them and pats them and strokes their pretty paintjobs*

I love the axe on TFA Oppy. XD I even had minimal trouble transforming him, but I don't know if I'll ever be able to get him back to truck mode.

I think I like this Mirage better than the U.S version, because he looks closer to his G1 self. Also he has chrome. *drool*

I don't think I need to say anything about Encore Jazz. ;)

RETURN OF THE SON OF EDIT: Yep, I got a bunch of catching up to do. It's been a... weird week. I'm off to Starfest for the weekend (therefore, no Internetz) but I'm off work next week. So I'll be catching up with ya'll then. Now, I really gotta go make some pretense at packing for the weekend, and then maybe sleep. Scratch, that definitely sleep.

"Let there be Jazz." And there was Jazz. And the Geeks saw the Jazz, that it was good. / blasphemy

XD

So, I've been catching up on TF:Ani via YouTube (bless the hell outta FanTransformers for posting these). I've still got three or four episodes left to watch, but of course I had to jump a few, because Teh Jazz was on today.

I'm not going to say much, I'm not cutting for spoilers, and it's up on YouTube anyway:

Part 1

Part 2

So I don't wanna hear no whinin' outta ya'll. XD

Anyway.

Prowl: "ImPRESSive."

What do you suppose it says about me that my immediate response was to say to the screen, "But you are not a Jedi yet!" Except it looks like Prowl's the one who's not a Jedi yet. XD

I've been enjoying TFA quite a lot, but honestly, the whole series to date could have eaten a giant bowl of suck, and as long as they got Jazz right, all would have been forgiven. They got him SO right. Phil LaMarr: 100% worthy.

(Also, J/P shippers? This.... this is a real reach. Even more than G1 J/P, if that's possible. :P Seriously. Just let it go. For one series.)

Now, Hasbro, where the hell are our tooooooyyyyyys! Dammit! What kind of an idiotic business decision was this, anyway?! GIVE US TOOOOOOOOOYYYYSSS!!!!!

I should be:

1. Answering some emails;
2. Writing some new emails;
3. Getting my apartment cleaned up;
4. Plugging some more jewelry;
5. Learning how to build a real website so I can
6. Get something started for The Sekrit Projekt;
7. Getting ready for bed.


Instead, I am:

8. Making a totally pointless post here;
9. Thinking about getting a glass of water;
10. Thinking about getting ready for bed.

Also, why is it my brain deluges me with great jewelry ideas at times when I really, really need to be stashing my money and not spending it on supplies? Last time this happened was right before Christmas. :P Now Starfest is coming, and not only do I need to pay for a hotel room and eat once or twice during the weekend, but I gotta have fun money. Cons are a lot less fun when you can't buy stuff in the dealer's room and art show. In fact, the dealer's room and art show are half the reason I go to these things.

A uterus pincushion.

WARNING: This link leads to an Etsy shop with mature content. Do not click if you are offended by penises made of felt.

XD

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