my envelope of happiness

remember how i did that scavenger hunt not to long ago?  and how my reward was to be an envelope of happiness from jrose, the author of the cheese blarg?  well guess what i got today!  first off, the envelope was stuffed with little heart confetti.  i have luckily learned to be very cautious when opening envelops, due to my family doing similar things, but using about twenty times more confetti.  and glitter.  which you can never get out of your carpet no matter how many times you vacuum.  but i digress.  i survived the cute confetti, and first thing i see is:

stickers!  the llama is made by jrose, and my best guess for the killer whales is that they have yet to make a sticker sheet of narwhals, so this is the next best thing.  but that's not the best part.  the best part would be the custom little sketch that i got.  behold the awesomeness that is:

 THE TEN BLUE STARS LLAMA!!!!!

it's ok if you're all totally jealous right now.  i would be.  but i'm not.  because it's mine.  now to find a little frame so i can share it's awesomeness with all who come to my apartment.  to the craft store! 

where i get my hits

so i check my blog stats like all the time.  i find it interesting to see where my readers are coming from, what key words are leading people here, what pictures get the most google traffic, things like that.  it's entertaining to me.  especially when i can see what phrases i got hits from in a google search.  because one phrase keeps coming up, and i'm pretty damn sure that the people searching it end up being very disappointed when they read that post.  especially since that post is called puerto rican blow jobs , and it ends up being almost entirely about shoes.  another funny one (to me at least) is how many people search for "sylvannas windrunner nude."  apparently there are a lot of horny WoW nerds out there.  really not sure why i come up in that search, probably just because i have a pic of a girl dressed as sylvannas from blizzcon last year.  

picture-wise, my blizzcon ones by far get the most hits.  not just the ones of myself, but the ones from last year's event.  that doesn't surprise me at all, especially now with blizzcon only about a month away.  people are looking for costume ideas, or trying to figure out what to expect when they go.  what does surprise me is how many people want to see my messed up foot  from when i fucked it up last halloween.  and it's usually very specific searches, which is kinda weird.  stuff like "blue bruising on foot like blood specks."  i've had like five searched for that phrase.  

oh and other than the united states and canadia*, where i actually know people, i'm pretty big in germany, the uk, and malaysia.  i have no idea why.  guess i'm just cool like that.

*totally spelled wrong on purpose because it is was more fun to pronounce it that way.  try it, i dare you.

fun with face paint

so i figured i should start trying to work out the face markings for my costume.  when i bought the ears, they came with some face paint, so i tried it out with that first.  i picked the darker of the two purples, and just did a quick free hand onto my face.  overall, i think i got the design pretty well,  but i am going to want a smaller applicator brush to use.  i couldn't get the lines sharp enough with the brush it came with.  also thinking i'm going to need a different color, because.  i just don't think this will have enough contrast with the skin tone i'm going for, but i'll find out next week.  overall, i'm pretty happy with the look, especially considering it's my first time using this stuff.  need to work on getting the coverage a little more even, but again i think a smaller brush will help with that.  i was originally thinking of making a stencil for the pattern to make sure i got both sides even, but i think i did ok without one.  and i'm sure i'm going to practice a few more times between now and then, so i should be pretty pro at it by the time blizzcon rolls around.  now i can add "make up artist" to my list of accomplishment.  ok, not really, but that would be pretty cool.

i'm sorry, you said fuck who now?

ok i'm pretty sure that by now most people in the states have heard how this punk ass little bitch who calls himself "soulja boy" got it in his little head that it would be a good idea to say "fuck the fbi and all the army troops."  apparently this guy has shit for brains, because he seems to have failed to realized that no matter what you political views may be, NO ONE says fuck the military.  and there is a damn good reason for that.  i will use myself as an example here.  if you know me personally, you know that i tend to follow more liberal ideals when it comes to politics.  i am not a supporter of either war we are in, because i do not feel like the US should be the police force of the world.  but never, in my life, would i ever think of disrespecting the men and women who make up all of our military forces.  they are out there every day risking their lives for people they have never met just because it is their duty to do so.  they don't owe me anything, most of them don't know who i am.  but that doesn't matter to them, because their first priority is to protect me and the rest rest of the country and protect our freedoms.  such as the freedom to be a dumbass, like this individual has so chosen.  i hold those who have served and those who continue to serve to the highest level of respect that i possibly can.  and i would say that the majority of the country is an agreement with me.  if you want proof of that, look at how many rebuttal videos there are on youtube.  these are from people in all branches of the military, and well as every day civilians.  because honestly, we're all pissed off by it.  and if those videos aren't enough proof,  look at his latest video and see how many dislikes there are.  i've never seen such a red bar before on youtube.  i'm glad that the reasonable people of our country have decided to let themselves be heard.  now hopefully this ass douche listens.

progress shot

so i have all the main components for my costume now, minus that damn white tiger.  someone out bid me by a lot, and i'm kinda feeling like i need to set the fail ninja on attack mode now.  so in order to placate myself, i decided to pull out the stuff i do have and mess around with it.  and wow, is it coming together nicely.  i can't wait until the dress gets here next week so i can start tweaking with that thing.  until then, here are a few shots of the eyes, hair and ears.  some are stylized, some aren't.  enjoy! 

i think they are working together quite well

not going to lie, i love how this turned out

creepers

because i can't see worth shit with those things on

wtf was i thinking

so for who-the-hell-knows why, i decided to level up my archeology skill in WoW tonight.  all it is is the nerd version of the little kid game "hot or cold."  i'm going to go ahead and blame this on the fact that i've been nauseous like all fucking week and i've been having headaches that make me feel almost dizzy today.  because honestly, that is the only logical way i can explain why i'm doing this.  it's like the worst skill to level up.  EVER.  it's even worse than fishing.  while fishing in WoW is boring as hell, at least i can stand in one spot to do it, and don't have to fly all over the fucking map to work on it.  seriously, only three digs per site?  and i don't even get skill points for digging up parts anymore, i have to actually build the whole damn object.  which means for a piece of shit trash item that i'm just going to vendor off, i have to go to a minimum of like five different dig sites to get enough pieces to build it.  for a rarer (wow that word looks weird) item, i'm going to have to go to at least sixteen fucking dig sites.  and i'm not exaggerating, i did the math.  usually on opposite ends of the map, sometimes in an entirely different continent.  all to get some damn wind chimes, where the only thing they do is make a little tingly sound.  i swear if it wasn't for the badass raptor mount, this would be the stupidest profession ever.  and i already have that, so why the fuck am i doing this?  if i /wrist later tonight, you all know why.  

ren faire cherry

so my boyfriend has never been to a ren faire.  i plan on changing that very, very soon.  and the best part is, he's actually looking forward to it.  and he's totally fine if i go in costume as long as he doesn't have to dress up.  i don't really have time to change his mind in time for this upcoming faire, but there's always next year.  because manly men wear tights.  at least he's willing going with me.  it's always more fun if the other person actually wants to be there.  i've been giving him a few warnings as what to expect, because some of the stuff can catch you off guard if you aren't used to it.  especially since i'll be dressed up.  that's more or less like giving the actors there a free pass.  which i'm totally fine with, because i used to be one of them and all.  and i do sorta bring it upon my self what with the wearing of the horns and a dagger in my cleavage.  but for the unsuspecting people who happen to be accompanying me, well they don't always know how to react if the guy at the spear throwing game "kidnaps" me and won't let me go unless they play.  it's always fun to watch them try to figure out how to get me back without actually paying the guy to play the game.  oh and the puritans usually have a few things to say about me wearing horns (as do several drunk old guys).  

which reminds me, that is another really good reason to have a guy with you.  seriously, drunk old guys can be creepers, no matter if you at faire or at a bar.  one time melanie and i were all dressed up at faire, resting on a hay bale in the shade, minding our own business, when some creeper calling himself "robin hood" comes over and tries to hit on us.  we were like nineteen or twenty at the time, and this guy was well past forty.  he stumbles up next to me, and gives me some line about how i have the most beautiful eyes he's ever seen and how they pierce through his soul or some bullshit like that.  i refuse to make eye contact with him and tell him that i have a boyfriend.  so he then turns to melanie and give her they very same line, like exactly the same, word for word.  she tells him the same thing, even though i think she was single at the time (fake boyfriends ftw).  he then offers to buy beer for us, and we told him no and more or less ran away at that point.  i'm pretty sure this was the only time that my cleavage worked against me.  damn creepers.