| So. BotCon. |
[Dec. 25th, 2009|01:27 pm] |
So, after an initial "Oh he-AILL no" at the proposed location, I started giving it serious thought. The timing is pretty good for my job- spring is too soon to save adequate amounts of money, and fall sucks because it's right before my yearly review, which is a rather tetchy time for me. By summer I can have lots of UR stored up, so I will be able to cover a vacation, as well. (If I fall under 100% of my UR requirement, I have Disciplinary Consequences, though Michael is pretty laid back about stuff like that.) I'm currently at like, 100.2% due to November suckage, but I'm well on my way for 400 in December, which will lead to the wonderful $300 bonus. If I get bonus every month between now and June, I can save $1800 (well, probably $1600 once taxes come out..) not to mention lots of stored up UR. My base requirement is 361. If I get 400 for six months, I'd have an extra 234 units. I could take off most of a month and be fine.
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) oasis_pink_peng was the one who called me to break the news, and as I am pretty much literally on the way for her (I'm like, a mile or two away from the expressway she would take) it's pretty self-explanatory that we would carpool for savings. We started talking about how we can save copious amounts of money on the way to try and make it feasible, and then it occurred to me.
I should get a booth and take Helpful Cat Creations to BotCon, like I'd planned for last year.
We're still hammering out the details, and I'm trying to figure out how to save up for a trip and afford to make as much jewelry as I'll need at the same time, but for serious, this could be majorly cool. |
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[Dec. 23rd, 2009|10:22 pm] |
O.M.G.
AVATAR.
MORE TO COME ONCE I HAVE REGAINED THE ABILITY TO FORM COHERENT SENTENCES. AND CAN STOP TYPING IN CAPS. |
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| A truly awesome day. |
[Dec. 18th, 2009|08:52 pm] |
So, a week or so ago, Mari, the adorable little drug rep who's been gone FOREVER on maternity leave, popped in to fulfill her role of "adorable Zyprexa fairy" and I ran into her. Mari's the mother of the adorable little kindergarten Transformers fan, Brennan. You all might remember that I got some autographs for Brennan, and we had yet to coordinate her bringing him in when I was going to be there- either I had an emergency or she did. So we scheduled to meet this morning at ten. Brennan came in, and was utterly adorable and full of squee, and I gave him the signed Alex Milne print I had Derrick Wyatt sign, and one of Wayward's Bumblebee prints I had signed by Dan Gilvezan. Little guy was pretty pumped. He also took home my extra Bumblespud, and he gave me a thank-you card he'd picked out himself (and signed! Kindergartener handwriting!) which contained a $25 gift card to TJMaxx, which I'm pretty stoked about. He also got to pick out a baked good to give to me and presented me with a tray of cinnamon rolls. Somehow this kid knows all my weaknesses and he's five. ;)
So after Mari left, and I'd taken care of my next client, I wandered into Michael's office to tell him something and he said "Oh, Courtney, I need to tell you something."
Me: *stomach hits my shoes* Um... 'kay.
Michael: I... oh, shoot, what's the word? Recommended? No... when you say someone would be good for something... anyway, I put your name in for case manager of the year.
Me: ...nominated?
Michael: Yes! Nominated! *high-five* I nominated you for case manager of the year.
Me: *jaw hits my shoes instead*
Michael: Your paperwork is impeccable, and you really do love your job and care about these people. I don't tell you enough how much of an asset you are to this team.
Me: *I'm not going to cry, I'm not going to cry* Thank you!
I have been on air all day. ALL DAY. Seriously, a client could've done just about anything today and it wouldn't have ruined my mood. :D! |
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| Baubles, bangles, and beads |
[Dec. 17th, 2009|05:06 pm] |
Wow.
So, evidently I need to take my jewelry to work more often. I got three commissions and sold $45 worth of jewelry. O_o
A little self-confidence evidently can go a long way! |
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[Dec. 17th, 2009|02:00 am] |
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Blegh. Why do I stay up so late? |
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| Whee! |
[Dec. 13th, 2009|12:10 am] |
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That is all. |
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| Whee! |
[Dec. 10th, 2009|12:10 am] |
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| Latest round. |
[Dec. 9th, 2009|12:13 am] |
Many thanks to those who sent me snowflakes snowflake cookies, they're darling! (Though it started snowing after I received my first one. While *I* love snow and am proficient at driving in it, most of Cincinnati is NOT.)
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| Well, crap. |
[Dec. 5th, 2009|05:13 pm] |
So evidently I can't do math, or a deposited check didn't hit on time, 'cause I just got nailed with six $32 overdraft fees. >_<
Dammit! |
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| Quite possibly the coolest dream I have had in years. |
[Dec. 5th, 2009|01:03 pm] |
So, I had this amazing dream.
For some reason, I was just outside of Area 51, driving a behemoth of an RV. I'd stopped at a nondescript gas station to fuel the beast and I was having trouble swiping my card, because for some reason their machines didn't like that I was from Ohio. I was on the phone with my bank, who also couldn't figure out why the machine didn't like my card, but I was like, OUT of gas, so I was waiting for the (really creepy) folks that worked there to sort things out with the company who made the machines over the phone. They were annoyed, but I needed gas, and I was blocking the pumps with my dead-in-the-water RV, so they didn't have a choice. I asked to use the restroom and I've never seen anyone more gleeful about showing a patron to the bathrooms before. One of the attendants went to show me, and rather than it being one door around the back, she started leading me deep into a labyrinth. I must've had to go really badly, because I kept following her, even though it was getting increasingly scary and the alarm bells were ringing in my head. She finally led me to a large room, where the Constructicons were trapped in a room surrounded by zombies. Cackling, she left me there to become a zombie.
Somehow, I found a shotgun, which was either an energy weapon or special because I never ran out of ammo. I fought my way out and freed other captives who had also stopped at the gas station and been captured by the creepy attendants. I couldn't manage to free the Constructicons, who were too low on energy to escape on their own- there sure wasn't anything I could do about it. The zombies didn't pose a threat to them, they were just out of energy and thus trapped.
I led the small group of survivors out, managing to shoot and kill all the zombies who were trying to catch us. We got out of the building and in the process of running for my life, I stumbled across a camp of terrorists who had the President captive. The zombies had managed to wipe out all of the Secret Service, and the terrorists just happened across the Obamas as they were trying not to get eaten as well. (Bee tee dubs, Michelle Obama was beating the zombies off with whatever happened to be lying around, and totally kicking ass.) I shot the terrorists and rescued the President, who told me help was on the way, we just had to, y'know, not get eaten in the process. Michelle Obama came running over, armed with what looked like a cricket bat ala Shaun of the Dead, and asked, "...Is she the help that's coming?"
"Well, sorta," I replied, shouldering the shotgun. Barack Obama then picked up a gun from one of the dead terrorists. Michelle opted to keep her cricket bat, as it was pretty effective against the zombies. We went off in search of higher ground, fighting off terrorists and zombies as we sought refuge on the roof of a barn. Help came in the form of secret service agents in black helicopters, who airlifted us all to safety. Barack got grabbed by another terrorist just before he was rescued- he'd insisted that Michelle and I were helped first- and I shouted "Mr. President! Sneeze!" While that worked in eramundo's recent fic, Barack just got confused, and I nicked his neck whilst shooting the terrorist who'd grabbed him from behind. Once he was safe, we bickered about it. "You shot me!" he was completely incredulous, and I was just annoyed that he didn't know that 'sneeze' meant for him to duck. I was glad I didn't manage to shoot him in the head and land myself in a Federal prison for accidentally killing the president whilst rescuing him from terrorists and zombies, though. I woke up while the secret service was flying us out of Area 51, and they were planning to nuke the gas station to kill the zombies before they got any further into the general population, but first all the survivors needed to be rescued, and I was particular about needing my RV back.
Coolest. Dream. Ever. Evidently, I *am* a bad enough dude to rescue the President!
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| Totally forgot about these! |
[Dec. 2nd, 2009|12:37 am] |
I am so bloody brilliant, I picked up eggs on Thanksgiving and then totally forgot I did.
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Plz give love, thx. |
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[Nov. 26th, 2009|02:02 am] |
Points of interest while on my annual Thanksgiving migration:
-When I passed Big Butter Jesus, traffic stopped for a few minutes. I desperately avoided eye contact.
-At one point I was behind a car with a bumper sticker that said "I (heart) Penguins." I didn't really want to rear-end them in order to figure out what the small words underneath said.
-Dude, Ohio is obsessed with vanity plates. OBSESSED. We ALL have them. |
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| Dragons. |
[Nov. 20th, 2009|04:40 pm] |
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It's been a while, and my template for breeding is on my previous computer... still need to transfer stuff off that harddrive, and the one before it... *sigh*
Work was interesting today. Mostly, I'm tired and depressed- shocking, I know. |
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| -_- |
[Nov. 11th, 2009|03:10 pm] |
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Gotta love being told you're worthless for about three and a half hours straight. -_- I'll be hiding under my covers if anyone needs me... |
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| November 2 |
[Nov. 3rd, 2009|01:37 am] |
I don't think this could be any more stream-of-consciousness at the moment if I tried.
In other news, a GINORMOUS house centipede fell off the ceiling or something while I was showering, and I stepped on it. My brain went "...That was soft and squishy and a bit hairy, I don't think that was supposed to be there." Cue girly shrieking as I realized what was on the floor of the bathtub and tried valiantly to wash it down the drain before I screamed loudly enough to wake Michelle.
*shudder*
I'm gonna have the heebie-jeebies for days. On the bright side, I think it was the same giant one that was on my wall the other day that scurried off and hid behind my dresser before I could kill it.
Edit: OH MY DEAR SWEET NINJA PRIMUS THEY CAN LIVE LIKE SEVEN YEARS I CANNOT CALL AN EXTERMINATOR FAST ENOUGH ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG |
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| Happy birthday, my dear moogle! |
[Nov. 1st, 2009|01:55 pm] |
Happy happy HAPPY birthday to my dear mooglegirl! I miss you so much, darling. ;_; I wish I could take you out for your birthday and bake you things! I hope your day is wonderful and fun and you eat lots of cookies and cake and ice cream and whatever else suits your fancy. ^_^ |
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| I can be decisive. Maybe. >_> |
[Nov. 1st, 2009|02:45 am] |
*Hides under her bed and whimpers* I'm gonna finish my novel. Or rather, definitively start the re-write with the final final version! *affirmative nod* |
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[Oct. 28th, 2009|10:41 pm] |
| My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul |
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| poptartodoom goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as Nadja Wainstain Drabardi. | | _kyri gives you 6 light yellow evil-flavoured pieces of bubblegum. | | beckyh2112 gives you 9 light yellow root beer-flavoured pieces of chewing gum. | | clankclankboom tricks you! You lose 2 pieces of candy! | | crabapplered gives you 16 softly glowing blueberry-flavoured nuggets. | | dinogrrrl gives you 13 light green peach-flavoured pieces of taffy. | | eramundo gives you 8 orange watermelon-flavoured pieces of taffy. | | knave_iespyk gives you 1 dark green grape-flavoured jawbreakers. | | kyra_neko_rei gives you 11 light yellow pineapple-flavoured gumdrops. | | oasis_pink_peng gives you 3 teal tropical-flavoured pieces of chewing gum. | | playswithworms tricks you! You lose 41 pieces of candy! | | poptartodoom ends up with 24 pieces of candy. | | Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern. |
My favorite part is that _kyri gave me evil-flavored candy. Evil? Really? I bet evil tastes like normal. |
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