I got to meet Yadie finally! And stay at her house and enjoy her mama's cooking (Mmm!) Yadie, your mom is so cute. Her sister got Toshiya's pick.

The best thing about seeing Dir en Grey for the 3rd time was the look on Die's face after the show ended and he was emptying bottles of water all over the crowd, into our extended arms and smiling/screaming faces. He looked so happy and exhilarated!!! I can't stop thinking about that moment because it makes me love them so much more. I wish I had gone to all 3 NYC shows. I should have skipped work and found a way.

I got Toshiya's signature again and Kaoru's. Toshiya is so sweet and accepted (with a Thank you and a grin) the little envelope of my prints I made for them after I bought merch.

The encore was amazing. They played Kigan and At the Bottom of Death Valley. Me and Yadie were pretty much crying XD!!

The only downsides were being in the middle of the crowd (but oh-so-close to the stage) with my purse. And also the two punk ass kids who shoved their way past me and a bunch of other people. I put my elbow out so the boyfriend couldn't follow and this little drunken/high 15 year old girl is all "Why you tryin to start somthin? Just let him through. Come on, just push through." (to the bf) And the BF replies "What do you want me to do? This fat bitch isn't gonna let me through." I told him if he called me a fat bitch again, I'd punch him in the face. The girl continued to tug on him and argue with me. I should have punched them.

Pictures are here


On other news, I keep thinking more and more that I should just leave my job even though I don't have back up. I'm miserable and though I'm friends with some of my coworkers (close friends) I can't stand working with them. Everyone is miserable and nobody is doing anything about it. I've tried making the best of it but people just come into work in horrible states of mind and bring everyone down. I want to take time off to just finish all the art work I've started, to sew, to sleep more, to learn how to make dolls. I want to take commission full time, but getting them done in a timely fashion is impossible with this job I have.

I know, I know "At least I have a job..."

But I need to be happy. I've been here for almost 5 years. And the job gets worse every year. It's a disgusting corporation that keeps changing things to make it harder for the workers even though it's easier on the budget.

I got both flu shots sunday. I'm sick. I'm coughing and sneezing and my nose is leaking. I have to go to the dentist again tomorrow for three more fillings. I have to ask about the front tooth he filled because it hurts now. It's really sensitive. I hope I don't need another root canal.

I really don't want to do it anymore, lol.

They said there may be snow next tuesday...

No.

I'm not mentally prepared for the winter. It's bad enough that I've gained weight, but winter makes me a shut in. And miserable.

I need to find a primary care doctor. My hands keep hurting and my upper back has been killing me. The last doctor I had said I have a slight case of scoliosis. It feels like more lately. I can't sit up straight at all without my nerves just freaking out and the base of my neck getting tingly....

I need to exercise. But I know me.

I've at least been good about eating.

I remembered my dream/nightmare from last night after my shower..... It involved being late for work, trying to go to a bathroom but the floor was covered in pee (white I'm wearing a long, floor length white dress,) then getting bitten by small bugs, swatting them away. But this teeny centipede thing burrowed into my wrist and grew and grew until it was nearly a foot long and then squeezed out of my wrist while I was calling my new manager, telling him I wasn't going to make it in, leaving this long shape of loose skin on my forearm.....

I'm kind of grossed out. And kind of fascinated.

In other news. My stand-in manager fails. I want to get out of this job, now. I've thought about just quitting for the past week. But that is a bad idea, I'm going to find a new job first. Third application sent in yesterday.

Going to the show in NYC on Friday the 13th!! Fucking awesome. I believe I'll be staying with/FINALLY meeting my twin from another mother, pixiescented. Me and Yadie have been lj friends for, like, 6/7 years now? We met on the fruits community (same with Katabulous.)

I should have just bought the 3 day concert pass for all three nyc shows, though I would not have been able to go to the Thursday show... But I may just buy a ticket for the saturday show as well... I mean, how often do you get to see your FAVORITE band two nights in a row? My dad told me to do what I want so I don't regret anything later. We'll see if tickets are still available on friday.

In other news, I had to get a root canal. Fail.

---More news in photo form---

funny sight in Harvard square last week

I'm in the square 5 days a week and I have NEVER seen a massive crowd of stereotypically dressed Japanese students.

There is a kitty that is preggers and has been living on the front porch for almost 2 weeks...


And I'm not allowed to smoke anymore because of the ban on flavored cigarettes....

We had a long week, but it was fun!

And wow, the air in Boston is so heavy. I hate humidity. lol.

Pictures later.

The Honeymoon starts this Sunday!!!

August 9:
-Get to Airport by 5/5:30am
-Get into San Fran around 3
-Go check into Hotel in Japantown.
-Wander!

August 10:
-Hanging out all over San Fran, will anyone be there?

August 11:
-Check out of hotel
-Go get rental car
-Drive to Napa and check into hotel
-Dinner and wine tasting

August 12:
-Check out.
-Santa Cruz beach?
-Drive to Monterrey/Seaside.
-stay at Grandma's.

August 13:
-Leave Grandma's
-Monterrey Bay Aquarium
-Drive to Los Angeles.
-Go to Mike's house.
-Probably sleep.

August 14:
-Meet with Scot (Valley of the Dolls owner) for lunch at Royal-T
-Venice Beach
-Tandem bike ride with Mike, lol.

August 15:
-Return rental car.
-No plans? Anyone going to be around?
-Hang out with coworker @ Japanese festival?

August 16:
-Farmers Market?
-Get dropped off at LAX for 3pm flight.
-Get home to Boston at 11:45 pm.
-Get a ride home
-sleeeeeeeeep.

I was REALLY into this thing when I bought it. I've had it for almost two years and really have not got my money's worth.

It's this hoodie

I bought it for 95, selling for 70. It's in good condition aside from the coffee stain on one of the sleeves. but I'm pretty sure it'll come out. I've probably worn this thing all of 20 times. It's small for an XL. And too short on my body.

It's going well! I've made half of my costs back so far. Still no DA prints though. Oh well. I'll have them to sell around town I guess.

Commissions are saving me! I've done 3 so far.

I'll be putting a handful of things up for sale on etsy soon! I should start using that site more.

getting ready for AB has been the biggest nightmare ever. I've had to spend an extra 100 dollars on things because what I was doing was not working.

AND my fucking prints that I ordered from deviantart, on the 8th, shipped first class on the 11th, ARE HERE YET! I'm really angry about this, especially because there are 76 prints and I spent 125 dollars on them.

DA customer service and FAQ both informed me that if I wanted them to get to me in a timely fashion, with tracking/confirmation, I should have picked the fedex shipping option. First class can take up to 2 weeks to be delivered. Two weeks exactly is, oh, MONDAY.

Which is BS. I have no idea how they'd be shipping these (too many things for a tube?) but two weeks for them to get here? Seriously? Packages from the fucking Netherlands, with the cheapest shipping option, have gotten to me faster. And why don't they use the usps option of tracking and confirmation? I know it's available, I ship things pretty frequently.

I'm just angry. Things have not been working out well and I'm intimidated by actually being in the artist alley.... Lessons learned for later, but I'm pretty sure I won't be going through this much trouble again.

Well. I'm getting ready for the first day. Cutting out some freshly laminated bookmarks!

wedding planning is going well. First and foremost of things I'm preparing for is Anime Boston. I'll be in the Artist's Alley this year! For hours....... I've made buttons, bookmarks that need laminated and prints are in the mail from Deviantart. I'm also making about 14 coloring books. I've more or less made everything myself (Thanks for helping with buttons, miri!)

I'm still not sure if I'm going to take on the spot commissions. Seems like a lot of work and I know me, and I haven't finished commissions from a year ago....

As far as the wedding, we're inviting a lot of people..... More then expected, and Jen keeps getting addresses (stop it! we don't need to invite EVERYONE from work!) I'm worried because I don't know what the hell to wear since I doubt I'll be losing weight anytime soon....

I think we're going to california for the honeymoon....

Yeah, so Jen and I are finally doing it. We are planning on having a private ceremony on June 10th with a dinner at Yoki with immediate family that night and I decided "Fuck, let's have the reception that month, too." Because I want it to all be done and over (in a good way) and my mom's husband was afraid we were never going to have the "Big Party!"

So, June 20th! Or 27th, figuring that out today (because we want Chuck and Sarah to be there...)

At my mom's house in Devens. It's going to be lovely :D

And we might go to Disneyworld for our honeymoon, lol. That's the vacation we originally wanted to take. It changed about 3 times.

I Love Jen. She is the best! She makes me feel so happy all of the time and I wish that I could kiss her all day long and bake her cookies. She is dreamy! Also I am the prettiest girl at the ball!

I finally got my hands on a Little Red Riding Hood Barbie. She's a silver label and expensive in stores. I got her for half of what I could have paid, on ebay. She's really pretty.



But of course, I had ulterior motives for buying her.

Mab looks better in it, after all. Barbie as been redressed and is standing on a shelf :D


( New artwork! )

And one more thing:

April showers!!


Bring May Flowers!


(this made me finally figure out what to name her! Fleur! Or maybe April. Hmm. Thoughts?)


Anime Boston is one month away.... so nervous....

I really miss okinawa....

What's with the twitter? It's kind of annoying.


Anyways. Just finished watching Kuroshitsuji. It veered far from the manga, but I think I liked it a lot.

Off to bed....

Button, button, who has the button--- maker? Does anyone have one that I can borrow this april? I need to make buttons for Anime Boston at the end of May.

I got my first ever artist alley table. I am going into this with no idea of what to do. I just know I want buttons!!

I've been feeling like the most useless waste of space lately, doing nothing but buying things to make myself happy and working.



Pineapple Express is a stupid movie. I find most stoner movies funny without being high, but yeah... Couldn't even finish watching it. It's probably all Seth Rogan's fault. srsly.

That's all I really seem to care about these days, haha.

My newest girl came to me from the UK. A special edition, only 500 made sort of girl. Took her the full 14 days, and her box was crumpled like mad. But she's ok! I rewigged her while at a doll meet yesterday. I'd like to replace her eyelashes soon.

Oh, so this is my current collection:


Yep.... They are taking over. Oh well.

Spring is so obviously here, and yet the temperature really like staying in the 25-45 degree range. lame.

I so forgot to post this on LJ!!

I got to show my work in an actual gallery setting. Framing/matting set me back a good 200 bucks, but man was it worth it! They look so beautiful framed! Who knew!









Also, I got a boy doll for my birthday. His name is Vincent.




The Mindless Self Indulgence concert was last night. I don't know why I have never seen them live before. The only thing that sucked is that I felt OLD. The majority of the crowd were obnoxious little teenagers... It's weird thinking about how I've liked this since I was 15, and these kids are 15, so they were 5 years old when I first heard of them...... And the girls were all dressed like skanky ass sluts! We thought some of them were kind of hot, but when those lights came on, whoa.....


Weather is getting nice. Been drawing more. Kisses.