demonia: (Paris Hilton)
It seems that, in these past couple of weeks, I've been given quite the amount of luck when it comes to finding good furniture. The day of Black Friday-

Well, let me clear one thing up. When I deliver papers on Friday, it's in one of the richer places in my area. They're the types that throw out perfectly good furniture, from couches, bedframes, china cabinets, vanities, and dressers, out for the latest styles that they can get for cheap. So we tend to see things out on the curb on Black Friday, around New Years, and at some point in the Spring.

On Black Friday I found this small side-table cabinet that you'd see in a living room. Nothing wrong with it, save for a bit of laminating coming up, and it's in one of those designs that require real, good, wood, that's not made anymore. I liked the shape, it caught my eye, so I ended up grabbing it. Now, while I was afraid of it not fitting where I was planning on stashing the small cabinet table, after taking the knobs off of a drawer on my bed that I never use, it fit perfectly. So I put shipping supplies in there, and had a new place to lean on.

This Friday we were doing the route, and automatically passing one house, my eye caught this black trunk. Like one of those older-styled trunks that would be placed at the end of a bed. After getting more papers cleared out, I took a look at it. No real stains, and the worst damage was the leather covering being torn at one corner, and a little gunk on the back. Inside was clear, and nothing for lining at the time. 

Know what I think it'd be perfect for? Cosplay supplies, the cosplays themselves, and if I get some wheels to screw and bolt in there, with the handles I'll only have to bring that one piece of luggage around with me. If I go to Lowes, I'll probably end up finding something good to stick for lining as well.


Recently, I was able to find Anna Tsuchiya's latest album (Nudy Show,) Kanon Wakeshima's single (Skip, Turn, Step? Or is Suna no Oshura the latest?), and Olivia Lufkin's latest mini-album called Trinka Trinka.

I'm also happy on one other thing. Though the chances are high that I have PCOS, which does make it hard to lose weight, and half the women with it end up overweight/obese, I have been losing. It's gradual, but I'm definitey making progress on a visual level. My niece, who had married around Thanksgiving, was even surprised. Then again, this also had reminded her of my late father, in that with the thinner I've gotten, I look quite the amount more like him than my mother.

I don't know, I've been working hard, so I think I'm being rewarded with the holiday season coming on through. I just want this to keep coming in.

So I'll continue working hard, and when Census comes around, I'll be applying for a job there as well. Due to the economy, and the fact that I'm not part Latino, (which shouldn't matter legally, but it does with the population in my area,) it's become more difficult to get a job.

Ah, and I'm trying to work on something art-wise that's not design doodles. I hope it's an improvement, despite how long it's been since I've drawn anything.
demonia: (Paris Hilton)
So, for the first time in a while, I've started to get sick in a way that I'm not used to. Headaches, which have messed up my sleeping schedule, fluctuating temperatures, and now my throat locks up when I try to gargle even a small amount of plain water. In fact, it's hard to swallow in general. Then there's your average dizzy spells, difficulty concentrating, and the like.

Not fun. Not fun at all.

That, and I think Paypal hates me. It's doing this huge 'fuck you' from the web. I was trying to get a dress, for a wedding next month. I pay, everything is in order. In fact, I get the receipt of completed payment. Everything on my side says the transaction was finished successfully. A week later? The people email me about not receiving payment. Apparently the thing is still under 'review.' o.O I 'submitted a ticket' to Paypal to ask about it, and it's a few days later with no reply. Anyone else feel that huge middle finger?

Now, for less grim updates.

I have a new tablet! While others like to go on about how Vista sucks, I'm the lazy type that doesn't want to go through a huge downgrade. That, and things work out fine for me in general. The only issue was that my tablet wasn't working! This was a year ago, with the first tablet I have that's meant for systems like XP. In fact, that tablet came out before Visa, if I recall correctly.

I went to Newegg.com, expecting little result. Though I did find a tablet of my own kind of comforting style. One that wasn't too far from the original I had. This was the Genius G-Pen F610. Even better? The thing was on sale, and with free shipping! To cover my ass, and prevent a loss of money, I checked other places for their prices. I even went to eBay. Combining shipping costs, and taxes, nothing was beating Newegg.

So I purchased that tablet on a Thursday. On Monday, it had arrived at my door. Inside I heard something give a small 'huzzah!' It didn't impress my conscious one bit, for we both knew something. It'd been well over a year since I've drawn anything digitally! So came out the tablet, and on went with the exercise.

Naturally, I went about whoring this information to the dA community, via a journal few would actually read. What they don't know is that I never updated the progress after that. I didn't want to show how much more my technique had changed.

So now you people get to share in my woes, as this information is glanced over with little care.


Oh, yes. I also have a new obsession in the song category. If anyone has watched Vampire Knight, there is a wonderful ending theme. The song is Still Alive, which says the artist is Kanon Wakeshima alone, but it's a project also worked on by Mana. Still, Kanon's cello skills are amazing. That, and this song is entirely haunting. Some people that don't even like Japanese music liked the song/artist simply because of the feel and cello skills. If you search on YouTube, you'll see the PV's for yourself. Or... How about this?




Alright, now I'm seriously done. Buh bye!

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