Hiya all. Back again from the edge if despair (or maybe that's just the two big fat mega-mugs of coffee kicking in). Thank you, thank you to all the sweet people who e-mailed me (especially ![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
rumdiculous and karenebl, who have such kind hearts and make me smile). Also, a big hello to new friend moonphased :::waving:::, who is SO fortunate that she missed my ouchy growing pains when I had NO clue how to format a damn thing or how to do LJ cuts or any of that fun stuff...I used to make such a freaking mess in here! I'm much better now :::pats self on back and gives self a cookie:::
I've been busily making things. I did another Phoenix.
So many of my masks are black, basically. It's fun to do one that's very very not black.
I also made a few Anubis masks. I changed up the design a little, with larger eyes and a slightly different molding technique, so I need new pictures (maybe I'll snap one later today). I've found it's best to have a few Anubis (anubisses? anubii??) on hand these days at the larger shows, because for some reason there are a LOT of people out there who are into the Egyptian god of the underworld. Everyone wants to smite their foes, I guess? Go figger.
And, because I want to have GOOD things to plan for and look forward to, I have officially overbooked myself. I'm doing a moderately big event this weekend and an absolutely HUGE show next weekend. This weekend's event is nearby, fortunately. Next weekend, however, is waaay off in Long Island (a good ten hour drive) at Stony Brook University. I-Con, to be exact, which is a rather large Sci-fi/Fantasy convention. I got the confirmation packet yesterday. Do I have a hotel reservation? No. Do I have my new table display finished yet? No. Have I made my new signs yet? No. Am I still working feverishly on re-stocking from my last big show? Oh yes.
This is what I call a "Twitch". In horse terms, a "twitch" is a little pinchey-thingy you clamp onto a horse's nose when you want to do something to the horse that he may not exactly like (like administering a shot or removing a stone from a hoof, or any number of really gross stomach and intestine-related procedures that I don't feel like thinking about with breakfast in me). The horse is so busy worrying about that twitch on his nose that he could care less about the tube being inserted or the shot being given.
I have just administered a "twitch" to myself. A little self-inflicted anxiety, that I know I can handle, in order to distract myself from the larger anxieties that loom on my horizon. Does that seem a little nuts? Meh, :::shrug::: whatever works, I guess.
Back to work!
rumdiculous and karenebl, who have such kind hearts and make me smile). Also, a big hello to new friend moonphased :::waving:::, who is SO fortunate that she missed my ouchy growing pains when I had NO clue how to format a damn thing or how to do LJ cuts or any of that fun stuff...I used to make such a freaking mess in here! I'm much better now :::pats self on back and gives self a cookie:::I've been busily making things. I did another Phoenix.
So many of my masks are black, basically. It's fun to do one that's very very not black.
I also made a few Anubis masks. I changed up the design a little, with larger eyes and a slightly different molding technique, so I need new pictures (maybe I'll snap one later today). I've found it's best to have a few Anubis (anubisses? anubii??) on hand these days at the larger shows, because for some reason there are a LOT of people out there who are into the Egyptian god of the underworld. Everyone wants to smite their foes, I guess? Go figger.
And, because I want to have GOOD things to plan for and look forward to, I have officially overbooked myself. I'm doing a moderately big event this weekend and an absolutely HUGE show next weekend. This weekend's event is nearby, fortunately. Next weekend, however, is waaay off in Long Island (a good ten hour drive) at Stony Brook University. I-Con, to be exact, which is a rather large Sci-fi/Fantasy convention. I got the confirmation packet yesterday. Do I have a hotel reservation? No. Do I have my new table display finished yet? No. Have I made my new signs yet? No. Am I still working feverishly on re-stocking from my last big show? Oh yes.
This is what I call a "Twitch". In horse terms, a "twitch" is a little pinchey-thingy you clamp onto a horse's nose when you want to do something to the horse that he may not exactly like (like administering a shot or removing a stone from a hoof, or any number of really gross stomach and intestine-related procedures that I don't feel like thinking about with breakfast in me). The horse is so busy worrying about that twitch on his nose that he could care less about the tube being inserted or the shot being given.
I have just administered a "twitch" to myself. A little self-inflicted anxiety, that I know I can handle, in order to distract myself from the larger anxieties that loom on my horizon. Does that seem a little nuts? Meh, :::shrug::: whatever works, I guess.
Back to work!
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