OH NOES! They are discontinuing possibly my favorite BPAL ever, Severin. Ordering extra bottle now.

Residency is...going. This is going to be a long four years, and we're in the cushiest situation ever - a whole month of orientation. They call it Camp Carter. No one else gets that. Like anywhere. Even the other interns. We all know ER folk are the hospital's favorite - we even get ipod touches, and no one else does. But still - oi. Long. Four. Years.

Bottling my beer tonight! Woo!

ETA: I washed my bottles with dish soap instead of antibacterial hand soap. I sure hope I haven't ruined everything. :(

Oh, and I found an apartment and have been approved. Gorgeous. View of the golf course and the marina. Yes, the marina.

Soooo much fun with Sara last night. I had my Zoe outfit, and Sara went as the Badger-inspired Wombat, and looked awesome. Our team of stragglers won the trivia contest and got cds and shot glasses. Then Sara and I both won prizes in the costume contest and got little Janye hats on Christmas ball ornaments. Adorable! THEN we bought a cubit of raffle tickets and we won an autographed picture of ALAN TUDYK! We are awesome. Got some cools pics too, as we made friends with the guy who was taking photos of the event. Will post when they go up.

Left at 7am.
Got back at 10:30pm.

This is just orientation.
To all those who bitch about their six hour day or otherwise slack off (illness not included, of course): bite me. I've got four more years of this shit, on top of the eight I've already put in. If I can do it, you can too. Try it. :P

Now sleep - I get to be up at five tomorrow! Yay!

You can join the National Donor Match Program for FREE until Monday the 22nd! Save a life! They;ll send you a neat swabby kit and get you registered - super easy.

http://www.marrow.org/HELP/Events/Marrowthon2009/index.html

My Zoe belt arrived. PLUS I found the wax rub-on paint I thought I lost; and while it's kind of dried out, it worked. The buckle and belt are PERFECT. Necklace is also here and rocks. So I have shirt, necklace, pants, belt, buckle, and boots - waiting on gun/holster and vest. Woo CSTS!

I'm also delving into the world of home-brewing. It might just be Mr. Beer stuff, but if I can get it so it works well, then it opens up a world of good, cheap beer.

Looking for an apartment now; the house deal is no more.

I'm drinking Frangelico, yay!

I also now own the first real set of matching bras/panties I've ever had. Like the cute things, not the "This is a red bra, and my underpants are also red" way. Like, funky stuff, which is usually impossible to find in anything over a 34B. I even have a yellow bra with pirate skulls and stars on it! Yaaaaarg.

I'm going to get fingerprinted tomorrow, so as to make sure I'm not OMGCRAZY! for work.

Belt is here, buckle is being painted. It was silver, so I sprayed it with a hammered finish blackish color, and then I'm going to hit it with spritzes of gold. I had a wax rub on paint that would have been PERFECT, but I lost it. I used it for the steamy guns and chainsaw, but it got lost in the move.

Vest is...coming along. The leather she ordered turned out to be suede, so there was a big "Ahh!" moment, but I think we're back on track.

Holster is almost done!

And that's all she wrote!

Tomorrow night is the Dr. Horrible screening (and a derm appointment)! Fangirl shirts are ready. Yay for fun with Sara!

Went to the Italian Market in Philly to get baking supplies to make my kick-ass cake for graduation. Got nice pasta for dinner. Had Dim Sum for lunch.

Now Sara's coming over to make Captain Hammer fangirl shirts. Yes, we're just. that. awesome.

Got my gun, blanks and the holster is being made! Wooo! And all for less than the holster would have cost from somewhere else. Plus - possible Browncoat conversion?

So that's it - if I get these in time, then my entire costume is DONE! WOO!

I wanted to get her wooden infinity sign hair stick slide, buit...that's a pipe dream, methinks. Details, details. I'll just curl my hair and leave it down.

Do you think I'll be allowed to wear the blanks at CSTS, or will people freak?

(602): 69 |D_O
(1-602): wtf does that mean??
(602): it's a very specialized emoticon, means 'i heard you fucking some dude through my bedroom wall last night and so i listened intently"

EEE! My Zoe boots, belt buckle and pants made it here today! And the BOOTS FIT! The ankles are big, of course, but they fit my big, fat, crazy calves!

So, update:

Have in hand:
Shirt
Belt buckle
Boots
Pants

Shipping:
Belt
Vest
Necklace

Possibly in the works:
Holster
Gun
Blanks

So I'm looking at vinyl decals for my house, and on etsy a lot of people will make custom ones for you. So I'm thinking there have to be a couple great, very appropriate Firefly quotes that should adorn my house, but I'm falling short. Help? Morgan?

I've got some non-quote ideas, but it's difficult for home decor. I have a bunch opf Firefly travel posters, so I don't think "Browncoats Welcome" is necessary, because browncoats will recognize them.

The house is a rancher in a quiet neighborhood, overlooking woods. Maybe naming it, like "Serenity Valley Ranch" or something, with small text beneath that, like "the crappy town where I'm a hero", but...I don't know.

Guess who has two thumbs and bought a house today?

This kid.

Have:

Vest
Belt buckle
Pants
Boots
Necklace
Bracelet

Need:

Shirt?
Belt
Holster belt
Gun

Costuming FTW!

Because two of my bestest friends (Sara and Minkey) have equally kick-ass Kaylee costumes, and Sara is occasionally an ass-kicking River (how perfect, seriously? Looks just like her) I have decided for this year's Can't Stop the Serenity I'd pull together a Zoe outfit.

I've got someone making me a leather Zoe vest, and someone else making me a necklace. I've got a bracelet and a shirt that will do in a pinch - it's the right length and fabric and color, but it doesn't have a collar, so I'm keeping my eyes open. I'm about to order some skinny-legged pants to tuck into some flat black boots, and I found a distressed black belt and a cheap rectangular belt buckle that I'm going to spray paint and buff up with the wax paint I used on our steampunk guns. I found a neat sawed-off toy shotgun, and while it's not a mare's leg,it's close. Paint will make it look better. My only problem is the holster.

A. She has a real mare's leg holster, and if I dropped the money for that (which makes me go ouch), I can't even be sure it'd fit right.
B. I don't know enough about guns to figure out if it would fit in a more conventional holster, and I feel a bit sill asking the gun folk.

I don't suppose anyone on my f-list has such odd knowledge.

But once I get the holster and paint the buckle, I think I'm good! I have a suede coat that I could wear if I like, but...it's gonna be June and hot. The brilliance of Firefly - you can be anything, and it's so easy to pull together and look awesome. Plus, BEST. SHOW. EVAR. *lurves*

Just got my April Fools decants - I am in TROUBLE.

I am in love with Bandito (who didn't see that one coming? NO ONE.) and Dogs Playing Poker. Nudie is nice - maybe try and track down a partial? And Panther is one sexy kitty. My favorite dark scents with just a hint of citrus to lighten it up.

Plus the fools are prtty cool - I like both Marotte and Motley.

PLUS the like, five snakes I like now. AHH! Needs. Gradumatiation. Moneys.

I R icon making. Trouble is my wacom tablet isn't calibrated on this laptop, and for some reason, I can't find the control panel option to set it up. I don't know if it's a Vista thing or what, but it makes me angry.

ETA: fixed! Man, this is the first time I can really say this part of vista pissed me off.

But guess what I got my hands on: a bottle of Quincey Morris, and one of Freak Show! I also got my snakes decants - and five out of six are real winners. Uh oh!

I'm on a Jayne/Kaylee fanific binge since watching the commentary and Joss' whole "Jayne has a little crush on Kaylee" comment. I've never read Firefly fanfic before, but some of these are pretty good. I supposed there are far fewer 14 year old authors in this fandom than in HP.

I'm also henna-ing my hair, and totally forgot to put on vaseline around my hairline. Orange ring, anyone?

Scrubs series finale! Awwwwwww. Love it.

PS, why can no one on tv die without bleeding form their mouth? No mater what they die from?

I had a superb weekend in DC with some old friends, some new, and some family tossed in there. Couldn't have asked for nicer weather, though it was hot as balls at some points. I should post pictures of the cupcakes Jacob and I made, but that shall have to wait.

On Sunday night we went to EatBar, which is a gastro pub in Arlington. I had samplers of steak tartar and Camembert with fig - amazing!

So today, I went to the store and went a bit cheese crazy.

( Cheeses and grapes for lunch, anyone? )

Join me and Morgan at this Firefly icon love fest!