Avidly Dreaming

So today I thought…how about a Hot Lips Houlihan costume for DCon? Simple and fun! Even have a friend who could be a good Hawkeye, I think. Hmmm…must look into this!

Oy. My fitness show’s in about eight weeks. And I don’t feel anywhere near ready (not that I’m supposed to be yet, of course; that’s what the eight weeks are for *smacks self*). I’ve been making steady, but slow, progress, and while I am ecstatic with the progress I’m also frustrated because it’s not happening fast enough, thus leading to the first pangs of ohmygodscanIbereadyintime. I have a backup plan if I’m not ready—I’ll simply not do the June show, and do one in September instead (the next one that happens that’s close enough to me). BUT: I really don’t want to do that. I really want to do the June show, with the horde of my Savage sisters who’ll be there, like I’d planned. So…eight weeks and counting.

Ok, I love this mobile-posting thing. But…I am starting to wish I had a camera on my phone. Hrm…wonder if I can rig one up…lol! Or actually, a camera that could upload wirelessly…wonder if that exists.

Perhaps I should wonder about such things later, and get back to work. ;-)

I’m test posting from my BlackBerry…because I love my gadgets, lol. Let’s see if this works!

This was not set up, I swear to whatever-higher-power-you-want-me-to- swear-to. I’ve got some BSG figures & knick-knacks set up on a shelf, a shelf one of my kitties loves to get on to. When she does, I shoo her off, and the resulting movement of the shelf often makes items fall over (cue annoyed grumbling). So here’s what happened when Caprica Six recently fell over:

Hey, she was thirsty.

Theme-fiddling in progress. Random site breaking and insanity may ensue.

ETA: Frak it, frak it, frak it. I’ve given up (again) on trying to create my own (Frankenstein’d) theme. I get a wild hair, decide to jump in, mess with it for hours…then get frustrated and realize I’ve got *many* more things to do. Gah. Thought I’d almost had it this time, too. But the lingering problems within the CSS were just too hair-pulling to bother with now. I suppose that’s what I get for being an on-again, off-again designer these days. To quote a famous philosopher, “Do or do not…there is no try…”

So I’m back to looking for pre-made themes that I like. This one will do for now, as I wanted a beach theme. It’s not exactly what I am hoping to find, in some ways is too simplistic, but it’ll do for the moment.

Originally uploaded by Digital_Rampage

So a bunch of the “Florida frakkers” from TCF gathered at Mystique’s house in Orlando last night to watch the season 4 kickoff episode of Battlestar. Much goofiness and fun was had by all…as evidenced by the pics. I’m testing posting pics from Flickr…none of these were taken by me, but by their respective account holders. Let’s see how this works! If this pic comes through, it’s of Hot Dog thinking he can just grab me and take me away…no one gets a Devil that easy! ;-) The lower pic is most of the gathered group all happy after seeing the fan-frakking-tastic first episode of s4:

The rest of the party pics taken by Digital Rampage are here.

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Love Google’s take on this today.

Reminds me of years ago (15 or so) when I fell for an April Fool’s joke. Local radio station said the space shuttle was being forced to land at the Tampa airport, so without even considering the feasibility (or NOT) of this, I eagerly drove to a good vantage point to watch…until a few cops drove by to tell me and the several other people gathered, “It’s a joke!” Duuuh. As if TIA is large enough to accommodate the shuttle…heh. Doh! ;-)

So I finally upgraded my iPod to a video iPod, a wee silver Nano (3rd gen). I’d gotten it mainly for a workout iPod & for travel, making my “old” pink Mini my home music player. I plan to eventually get either an 80 gig or a Touch (leaning toward the Touch). But I actually love this wee Nano more than I thought I would! The design is beautiful and the video crystal clear. It’s a perfect device except for ONE THING:

The damn headphone jack is on the bottom. So when I’m at a desk and want to prop up the Nano so that I can watch the screen (yeah it’s small, but fun to listen/glance at fav tv show episodes while I’m fiddling on the computer, that sort of thing), I can’t, because the headphone jack sticking out of the bottom prevents it. Grrr.

Just had to get that off my chest. Let’s see what I can concoct to fix the situation…

I’ll post a brief recap soon. A few pics are up here.

Woohoo, the first con of the “season” is this coming weekend, and I’m heading to Orlando on Thursday night to meet up with my peeps (yep, I just said peeps. Pretty sad, isn’t it?). I’m not as interested in the actual con itself—although I will most definitely get a good eyeful (or two) of “Nathan Petrelli” from Heroes, and it’ll be cool to meet another BSG cast member, “Racetrack.” Otherwise, the con is a 9-5er, *yaaaawn*. It “opens” and “closes” at set times. *YAWWWWN*. ;-)

Although not a 24-hr con like DragonCon, there are a couple of groups who are making a big effort to give Mega a wild & kicking nightlife:

So the real fun will start around happy hour and end…oh, around 4 a.m. or so. But the main draw for the weekend is hanging out with other TCFers, getting costumed-up, and being silly.

Before next weekend then, I have a few things to do:

• Alter my BSG tank top set. It needs a “girly” cut, so I’ve got to pin & sew.
• Print and iron on the patch for my Razor Marine compression top.
• Buy my olive and black BDU pants.
• Color my hair (I’ve got a few different blonde shades going, from the various dye jobs of the last couple of years, so I’m trying to even it all out).
• Attempt to peace-tie my airsoft guns. I’m not sure of MegaCon’s weapons policy (add to list: read policy!), but somehow I doubt the Orlando Convention Center, the surrounding streets, or the hotels want clusters of costumers who look like a mini militia toting around real-looking weapons. Not that we’d actually brandish them or anything. Well, only at Cylons.
• Read the weapons policy.
• Get through the week, pack, and go!

There will, of course, be pictures. :-)

Ah, Lost. So far this season I’m *loving* it again. It’s back to the fascinating, strange, unpredictable show I first fell for. Loved last night’s ep; well, I love Desmond no matter what, but when he’s the tortured romantic hero he just shines. The time-jumping stuff was fascinating, and I’m eager to see where they go with it (what triggered it for Desmond? Why could he not remember his time on the island? How is this connected to his previous time jumps and that freaking weird blast from Season 2? Why was the other guy affected, and so far no one else on the island or boat is? Has Faraday time jumped already, or does he know something about why it happens and he expects it will happen to him?). That Desmond finally reconnected with Penelope was beautiful, and I hope they are able to be together again at some point. I just hope they don’t end up as the skeleton couple found in Season 1…