Back from West Virginia, which will forevermore be known as Left Virginia. Just go look at a map.
There are a lot of dead animals on the roads of West VA. I mean roadburgers. Simply awful. I swear I'm going to have nightmares about some of the critter carnage I had to drive over. Enough said.
It sure is pretty there, though. Did I take one single picture, even though I charged up my camera? The answer is no.
I did really well at the event, against all reason. I asked to have a merchant space inside the merchant hall...little did I know that meant I'd be in a tiny room with one other merchant (who had a flea-market-type table of random junk), while everyone else was outside in their merchant tents, in full view of everyone. I think maybe one tenth of the people who attended that event actually saw me. However, almost everyone who saw me did buy stuff, so it ended up being a very good weekend, money-wise.
I consider that all GRAVY though, as I was mainly there hoping to see my good friend![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
rumdiculous, who showed up with her folks (they are really good sports). It was really great, hanging out with Sarah. After all the time we've spent yakking online, it was like we were old friends. :-) Fun fun.
The long drive home took a lot out of me. I'm still so tired. It's hard, doing a big event alone. Lonely, too. :-(
It sure is pretty there, though. Did I take one single picture, even though I charged up my camera? The answer is no.
I did really well at the event, against all reason. I asked to have a merchant space inside the merchant hall...little did I know that meant I'd be in a tiny room with one other merchant (who had a flea-market-type table of random junk), while everyone else was outside in their merchant tents, in full view of everyone. I think maybe one tenth of the people who attended that event actually saw me. However, almost everyone who saw me did buy stuff, so it ended up being a very good weekend, money-wise.
I consider that all GRAVY though, as I was mainly there hoping to see my good friend
rumdiculous, who showed up with her folks (they are really good sports). It was really great, hanging out with Sarah. After all the time we've spent yakking online, it was like we were old friends. :-) Fun fun.The long drive home took a lot out of me. I'm still so tired. It's hard, doing a big event alone. Lonely, too. :-(
In other news, I am thinking of diving into Twilight Princess tonight. I controlled myself before the event (had to do the responsible thing and make stuff to sell, y'know), but I think I can be allowed this little indulgence now. Greg's been playing and it looks like a ton of fun.
Speaking of Greg, today I bought him his own guitar for Guitar Hero. He and Char have been sharing her red Gibson guitar. Because she's a teen, she's all "Mine! Mine!" when it comes to things (especially that stupid little fake guitar) so I bought him a funky white Les Paul. It's...extremely geeky but he actually looks pretty cool playing it. As cool as a grown man playing a fake guitar can look, at any rate. I'm glad they're having fun, anyway (though I swear I have had it up to HERE with "Freebird". I was alive in the 70s, thankyouverymuch, and am sick unto death of that freaking song).
Speaking of Greg, today I bought him his own guitar for Guitar Hero. He and Char have been sharing her red Gibson guitar. Because she's a teen, she's all "Mine! Mine!" when it comes to things (especially that stupid little fake guitar) so I bought him a funky white Les Paul. It's...extremely geeky but he actually looks pretty cool playing it. As cool as a grown man playing a fake guitar can look, at any rate. I'm glad they're having fun, anyway (though I swear I have had it up to HERE with "Freebird". I was alive in the 70s, thankyouverymuch, and am sick unto death of that freaking song).
Did anyone watch "Heroes" tonight? Because that was my favorite episode yet OMG! That show is incredible...the writing is so tight and I have NO idea where everything is going, though it all seems to be coming together in the most convoluted and wonderful way. Can't wait to see what happens next! Much, much love for Ando & Hiro, by the way. Hiro is such a sweet & hopeful character...I just love him. I sure hope he survives all the chaos. *worried*
And! An update! You will remember that my sweetheart husky Kiba was kicked out of puppy day care about a year ago. A wheaten-coated terrier had bitten him, and he'd decided that all wheatens were enemies, so he was banished (which was sad, as he's a very social dog and LOVES to play with many puppy friends, the more the merrier). Well, I found a new day care for him and so far, he's behaving very nicely. The owners said he's an extremely well-socialized dog and plays very well with everyone. He couldn't be happier about the whole development. The facility is state of the art and very clean and nice, well-staffed and less expensive than the old place. You'll remember how picky I was about finding a new place, and how horrified I was at the crappy, scary doggie daycare facilities I visited. This one's really great, though. Best of all, it's right near where Greg's new office is, so he can drop him there once or twice a week...just so he can play with other pups! My dog is, quite possibly, the most spoiled dog on the face of the planet.
I got the rose in the mail today,
smillaraaq! It's very pretty & perfectly in time for mother's day. Your thingy will be in the mail soon (still working on it). :-)That's about it. I'm going to dive into Twilight Princess tonight, I think. It's the only game I can imagine that might soothe my broken heart after Okami (damn...I wish there was a sequel!)
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actually, I wish I could see Niagara. do they lose anything once you can go see them everyday, or are they always as lovely as the first time you see them?
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They remain gorgeous, plus if you visit all the time you become familiar with the different moods of the different seasons (the Falls in winter are very different from summer Falls). Also, you figure out where all the special, secret, non-tourist places are. I know of a little rock hidden by a screen of willow branches that is my own paradise. If you sit there, you can dangle your toes in the Niagara river, less than 50 yards from the big drop. It's wonderful on very hot days in August.
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...course I'm a horrible house-guest, I end up having to do stuff like take out trash or wash dishes. No idea why.
But yes, the hidden places are the best I think. I have one or two around town in Tulsa... well, they're kinda not-hidden in that anyone can go there, but they're my places where I can go and just see the world.
Sadly, one of them got sold off, so I don't think I can go back there anymore. le sigh.
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I'm thinking that or the taiko drums might be rather amusing. XD
Yay for game geekery!! :D
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But I'd LOVE to try a game that teaches you how to play taiko drums! I'd jump on that. Drumming I can do (i've played Middle-Eastern doumbek before). Is there really such a game?
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Also, the WV-roadkill bit reminds me of a poem which I will have to post in a little bit, as soon as I can catch up on a few other things and go grab the book...
Isn't it funny the long memories those dogs can have? My old mal once got nipped on the nose by a miniature dachshund, and for WEEKS afterwards he would try to oh-so-subtly steer me to the other side of the street if he saw a weiner dog approaching. Mind you, this is the same dog who showed an even LONGER memory for any locations where he found some particularly tasty bit of garbage, and insisted on checking a favorite neighbor's door every time we walked by, just in case she was going to open it and invite him in again...so the long memory seemed par for the course. What really freaked me out was when "his" cat, who has never shown herself to be particularly bright, greeted a visiting friend's elderly mal bitch as if she were a long-lost friend. This from a cat who would alternately spit and hide at the sight of ANY other non-household dog, even ones she'd seen dozens of times before; Elsa wasn't the same size or same color as my Jake, but I guess her shape and mannerisms were close enough for the sledkitty to accept her as almost the right dog...even though she didn't even meet the old lady until several years after Jake's death.
Speaking of which, this thread is USELESS without additional pictures of Kiba. It's like Sibe-Potato-Chip-Syndrome by proxy -- one just isn't enough! ;)
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Aren't Northern breeds weird? Just when you're certain that they're a little addled, they do something that proves how clever they are. I've had several dogs, and I'd never guessed that one could hold a grudge like that! Against a particular breed, no less.
Hmm! Pictures of the Keebinator...always happy to oblige! Here he is at about ten months, proving that some huskies CAN be trained and not all of them are door-rushers. My good boy. :-)
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I love the one little paw over the threshold. "What? That doesn't count, right? I'm still inside, like a good boy..."
Does Keebs have favorites as well as grudges? My boy was always eager to see any other friendly dog (well, except maybe the weiners, post-nose-nip), but he always seemed to be particularly excited to run across one of the few other mals or sibes in the neighborhood. One particularly lovely blue-eyed dark copper Sibe bitch was pretty much his Dog Park Girlfriend who would be just as insistent about stopping to say hello if she saw us...although she was a shameless flirt with ALL the dogs, the little hussy. ;)
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Apparently (according to the woman who ran his first doggie daycare...I miss that place because she was SO knowledgeable about dogs)...huskies & Northern breeds always gravitate towards eachother. Kiba likes labs and pits and pretty much everyone (except wheaten-coated terriers!), but he prefers a sled dog or a spitz-breed above all others. At the day care, they'd all hang out in a pack like they were the cool kids.
His best pal at his old daycare was a shiba inu called Tora. Crazy pup full of trouble, but Keebs loved him.
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Jake always seemed to like friendly pits and shibas too -- when he was younger, pit puppies seemed to be the only ones who would play rough and energetic enough to wear him out. I haven't noticed any particular breed preferences with these current two, but I don't even remember the last time I even *saw* another elkhound, so Zeus has not really had a chance to show if he would recognize his own kind. And dear, dim little Biscuit is just too oblivious, I think. Zeus has tended to gravitate to HUGE Great Danes at the dog park -- he did have a GD buddy at home for a while, so I don't know if going up to play with strange Danes was because he recognized them as like his pal Pan, or if it was just the moosedog instinct to harass animals much larger than himself. (I've seen videos of elkies hunting in Scandinavia, and the tactics they use on a real live moose are pretty much the same way he likes to play with big dogs -- just keep running around in circles and barking your fool head off!)
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Though.... I wouldn't count on it soothing a broken heart. I think it's safe to say this is the darkest (no pun intended) Zelda yet. Still amazing. Still totally worth playing. (As I hope to get to redo at some point here in the near future...once the house is together, once the house is together...ha ha ha...)
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Oh gods, yes. It's SOOOO easy to have a crush on this Link - he's SO expressive!!
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I didn't take any pics of the scenery either. I really should have taken a few of that town. Or at least the freaky bridge.
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I'm so glad you were there!