3325icq w/A

Jun. 27, 2005

 

 

evile: hi :) How was your weekend?
SkyeDS: good, urs?
evile: very nice :) Biggest tubing gang yet--11 ppl
SkyeDS: saw where Ample is going tubing too
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: might be nice to do that one Sunday rather than HFS
evile: no pets allowed on the san marcos shuttle...but other that,
yeah.
SkyeDS: ....I hadn't planned on taking Arthur or the horses tubing,
although I do intend to teach the horses to swim.
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: I see no way for tubing to be safe for Arthur or it being
enjoyable to him, as much as he likes water
evile: probably not.
SkyeDS: he likes gently falling water, anything that resembles rain.
Not swimming in bodies of water, which he doesn't like.
evile: *nod*
evile: the bellydance/fire show at NM was pretty good, as much as I
really dont' care for the headline act. Drakon was wonderful, as
always, the fire was awesome, and Jaime did well on drums, even with
a hangover.
SkyeDS: I thought Jaime was dancing. Why did I think that.
evile: I probably said 'performing' and you assumed dancing, not
knowing he's a musician.
SkyeDS: that makes more sense to me than him dancing
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: I really couldn't get my mind around him dancing
evile: I'd never seen him on drums before so that was cool
SkyeDS: I bet. I remember when I discovered at pagan events that I'd
rather drum than be in the dance circle.
SkyeDS: I'd never played a drum before, just tamborine, marracas, etc
SkyeDS: but piano is also a percussion instrument so I guess it
should have occurred to me that I'd enjoy drums
evile: *nod* any sense of rhythm is helpful :)
evile: Ample wants to go tubing earlier than we usually do...if she
goes to San Marcos, I may have to plan on joining her later, or go
with Ample & just have Sweetie/peglegasus/etc. join me later.
SkyeDS: yep, definite need to give thought to how long it will take
us to make SM from home
evile: *nod*
evile: I googled Ravensloft, it's almost 5 hours from my house! yuk!
evile: agh. onyxlynxx's being bitchy. Maybe I should go home and steam
some artichokes, the way I've been wanting to for DAYS now.
SkyeDS: my grilling show grilled baby artis and caesar salad this
last episode
SkyeDS: num num num
evile: I've never grilled an artichoke.
SkyeDS: the grilled salad was more surprising to me evne than
artichokes
SkyeDS: I mean, I'd never heard of grilling chokes specifically but I
am familiar with grilling veges and fruits generally
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: what I think would be neat is to grill the Italian stuffed
chokes (stuffed w cheese and other goodies)
SkyeDS: if you can grill peppers stuffed with cheese, why not chokes
evile: true. I guess you'd have to go with baby ones, though,
otherwise half would get cooked and the other half would not.
SkyeDS: they were using babies
SkyeDS: and said since the babies were so tender you didn't have to
remove the chokes
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: I watch the cooking shows on PBS because I don't have Food
Network (or any other channel worth watching) anymore
evile: *nod*
evile: Could be worse: we only get FOX.
SkyeDS: true. we get two versions of all the networks, and 3 pbs,
and one spanish
SkyeDS: the reception on all of them sucks tho
evile: yeah.
evile: Other than simpsons, we really don't watch that much TV, so I
don't really care. Especially now that everything's hooked up and I
can watch movies on the big projector screen :)
SkyeDS: they played a good simpsons rerun not too long ago about a
struggle between the child-free and families
evile: I love that episode :)
SkyeDS: I wondered if you might not ;)
evile: "All my purse has in it is DISPOSABLE INCOME!!"
SkyeDS: LOL
SkyeDS: ironically enough...I have dozens of children who consider me
an Aunt to some degree or another
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: but I've never met the three nieces/nephew that are actually
mine
SkyeDS: by adoption anyway
SkyeDS: so I will be meeting them at the upcoming family reunion
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: about which all I can muster right now is a less than half
hearted academic, tha'ts nice.
evile: yeah...
SkyeDS: I've been reading Sandra Day O'Connor's decisions,
particularly Kelo and 10 Commandments, and I'm liking her a lot.
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: have carved an interesting niche for my character in RP
evile: oh?
SkyeDS: anytime someone needs some hole filled in and they can't come
up with a plot device to do so, they use Bella's Sight
evile: oh, that's kinda cool!
SkyeDS: people give me what details they want filled in, what details
they want left obscured, and I come up with fairly genuine tarot,
astrology etc to make it sound good
evile: I haven't read any of the boards in forever; where is all this
going on?
SkyeDS: www.hfscr.org > forums > In Character
SkyeDS: I've just gotten new fodder from last night's minicourt and
Dani/Sharjinka RP this am
SkyeDS: too bad I can't post RP with pictures of the cards, that
would be cool
evile: yeah....
evile: that's one major advantage hfsinchaos has, they have photos
SkyeDS: I was talking to Shadowmist's Kim (as opposed to Drandmir's
Kim)
SkyeDS: who is the feastocrat for CRW
SkyeDS: and she asked me if I was bringing the horses
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: I was like, um...no?
SkyeDS: it's a state park, it isn't one of the 12 where they're
allowed
SkyeDS: besides SIL (that's you) found a faire for us to go to that
weekend instead so it's ok
evile: heh.
SkyeDS: and you don't notice us whining moaning bitching kvetching or
anything similar about date or site
SkyeDS: we'll go to whatever CRWs we can go to and the ones we can't,
that's life
SkyeDS: I didn't tell her that I agree that Ronnie has pretty much
messed up irreparably this year
SkyeDS: because I do agree with her that regardless, he shoudln't be
subject to personal attack
SkyeDS: the children of HFS still need to learn to cordially,
respectfully agree to disagree
evile: yup.
SkyeDS: our court system is adversarial, but courteous
evile: yup...the inherent truth is that by agreeing to debate in
court, you are automatically honoring your opponent by deeming him
worthy of combat kind of thing...
SkyeDS: I personally don't understand why it seems to be so hard for
so many to grasp "agree to disagree" over a cold beer or whatever
evile: you would think...
evile: oh well. geek social fallacies abound in that group, I think.
SkyeDS: I liked those, I memoried those, and the next 10
commandments, same day
evile: yup
SkyeDS: I also thanked argoneric for posting the excellent legal opinion
sites
SkyeDS: I would like sometime to sit down with him and talk shop
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: passionate kisses for onyxlynxx = good too
evile: yup.
evile: I got the first hint of his Leo nature at full moon last
week...I can't say it did much for me, but Libras are better at
dealing with such.
SkyeDS: Leo & Libra are the Fire/Air thing, good thing
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: you'd feel the same connection more with a Cancer/Leo
cuspbaby (predominantly cancer)
evile: I generally want to kick Cancers in teh ass, actually.
evile: and knock Leos upside the head.
SkyeDS: the cusp of leo would be imperative there
SkyeDS: because of your cusp
SkyeDS: you wouldn't be dealing then with a pure critter but a hybrid
complementary to the kind of hybrid you are yourself
evile: I dont' care for the whiney drama of the Cancer, or the
egomania of the Leo...I can't imagine liking someone with traits of
both.
SkyeDS: it would be a mitigating thing, the best of both, without the
worst of either
SkyeDS: theoretically anyway
SkyeDS: it isn't like I can go to the mall and custom order one anyway
evile: I don't think there's a 'best' of Leo. Cancers are OK in
moderation
SkyeDS: I don't seem to have a good track record with Cancer
SkyeDS: I have had enough Cancer friends to notice a pattern
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: I give them several years of "we trust each other with our
lives" and they eventually turn on me for no discernible sensible
reason
evile: my theory is lack of communication when they start feeling
stepped-on, which leads to a blowup
SkyeDS: and then have the unmitigated gall to be surprised when the
gemini reaction to the cancer claws to the belly is to draw the sword
and give them back nubs
SkyeDS: that sounds about right, yepyep, what you said
evile: it's unfortunate...neither person is a bad person, or else
they never would have been friends/trusted each other in the first
place.
SkyeDS: I completely agree. Of course, that's not the way Cancer
sees it.
SkyeDS: On top of that, you want to talk about holding grudges.
SkyeDS: I have a long memory, Cancers hold grudges longer than herds
of elephants.
SkyeDS: the sad thing bout it is, these have all been relationships I
treasured deeply (some more deeply than others, admittedly)
evile: *nod*
evile: ooh...I just realized this Friday is Drakon's show!!! Now I
almost hope my boss does actually gather the tits/spine to tell
me "no" on my leave request, so I can stay in town instead of heading
out w/Sweetie
SkyeDS: may you find what you seek, either way
evile: *grinz*
SkyeDS: I'm s o bad
evile: are you accumulating double bitch points?
SkyeDS: I ordered 3 five yard saris, and 2 custom made salwar kameez
evile: that's cool.
SkyeDS: I seldom accumulate bitch points at all because apparently,
when I'm bitchy, I'm so bitchy that the other card carrying bitches
around me tell me I'm too bitchy
evile: heh.
SkyeDS: I learned in high school that I wasn't interested in
individual battles, just nuclear options that end the war
SkyeDS: so I tolerate a whole lot and then fire off just one volley
intended to end the entire thing, and that one volley is apparently
too low
SkyeDS: <shrugs>
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: no, I was bad by way of shopping spree
SkyeDS: but three 5 yard saris and two custom tailored silk and
beaded salwar kameez, in my size, for under $100 all told, I couldn't
resist
evile: it's only bad if you deprived your children of food, loved
ones of roof over head by spending the $, and/or the stuff turns out
not to be worth what you spent on it or you don't end up liking it.
SkyeDS: of course....I can resist anything but temptation
SkyeDS: I also found a seamstress on ebay who sells exquisite garb
for not much more than it would take to make it yourself
evile: I am trying to reserve moral judgement for things that
actually effect others. Food, money...neither is good or evil, they
just are.
SkyeDS: Snookies
SkyeDS: but for the time being I will need to learn how to wrap a sari
evile: If I can't spend the money or eat the thing without feeling
like shit, I will just skip it :P
SkyeDS: I've seen pictures of how to do it, but I've not done it yet
evile: as I discovered with wrapping my Dark Goddess Ball turban, it
looks easier than it is :P
SkyeDS: that's what concerns me
evile: another job for de boys, I guess :P
SkyeDS: turbans, saris or both
evile: it's often easier to do something on someone else than it is
on yourself (painting finger/toenails comes to mind as an immediate
example :P)
SkyeDS: I remember Cameron (GWNN) saying it takes two women to wrap
him in his 9 yard tartan properly
evile: heh. probably.
SkyeDS: yard = feet...?
SkyeDS: maybe he meant 3 yards, 9 feet
evile: no. He meant yards.
evile:  Sweetie's is 6 yd, technically cheating, but easier to manage.
SkyeDS: I'm wondering if 5 yards isn't going to be too long for me
SkyeDS: but then there's my belly *sigh*
SkyeDS: the pictures I"ve seen start off with pleats (on the saris at
the waist)
SkyeDS: but I've never seen one on someone that was pleated
evile: sari fabric is lighter weight than tartan, so should be more
manageable.
SkyeDS: the saris are georgette, which is supposed to be more
flattering to full figures than heavier saris
SkyeDS: as much as I love silk - and have a choli made from sari
silk, with a black tribal skirt that has a band of the same sari silk
at bottom
SkyeDS: (I was wearing it at Ingleside)
evile: silk can be georgette.
SkyeDS: the gorgeous choli that goes with the skirt doesn't fit
SkyeDS: but Jubilee said she thinks we can afro-engineer it
evile: georgette is a weight/type of fabric. silk is a material that
fabric is made out of.
SkyeDS: I wanted to take the sleeves off and make them (whatever you
call detached sleeves)
evile: A chevy is made of steel. Steel is not a Chevy.
SkyeDS: ok, well, georgette as opposed to something heavier
SkyeDS: I got the feeling it had to do with weight of cloth
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: certainly not the Arabian silk that was so heavy it repelled
arrows
evile: georgette is a semi-sheer weave, with a non-shiny type finish.
SkyeDS: but so we're going to detach the sleeves and put grommets in
at the shoulders and under the arms and do laces rather than add
panels
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: nonshiny is good, usually silks/satins that are shiny are
also very heavy and hot
evile: yup.
evile: My silk sarong is shiny, but very light. Charmeuse, I think?
SkyeDS: I'm hoping to be able to ride in the salwar kameez, the
saris....ehhhh........
SkyeDS: but they should make for great court garb
evile: probably not so much.
evile: yeah. definitely :)
SkyeDS: and even if I can't use them as garb at all, I like them, and
I'm going to wear them anyway, any place I wanna
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: that beaded headpiece that came with the riders garb that
came with Mirage's bedouin set, that I thought was silly, sells
online for $28
evile: wow!
SkyeDS: I'm still more partial to a tikka
SkyeDS: on top of the lovely headscarf that goes under the silly
headpiece
SkyeDS: black triangular scarf beaded on two sides
evile: I like those.
SkyeDS: I'm still pondering whether I could wear mine under a turban
SkyeDS: the whole thing with a turban is to use something on bottom
like gauze or cotton
SkyeDS: the scarf has to be held in place with black silk cord as it
is
SkyeDS: and, of course, the scarf means I can't ponytail and then
tuck into the turban
evile: *nod* I imagine with practice, you could incorporate a lot of
separate pieces into your turban-wrapping.
SkyeDS: of course I won't know how it would look until I try it, but
I think the black triangle scarf below, tied with cord, turban on
top, attach the tikka to the turban along with tassels and other such
SkyeDS: I have a lot of pretty trims to cannibalize from my shoddy
attempt at horse barding
evile: yeah, all the trims & stuff add visual interest
evile: all of my rock the casbah stuff is black...so I'm not wearing
it to ravensloft, that's for dang sure :P
SkyeDS: speak of the devil, my 3 saris just arrived
evile: that was quick :)
SkyeDS: drooling, yummies, now I really have to learn how to wear
them!
evile: I once had a green silk sari that I wore as "Gaia" one
halloween, and then used as a window treatment. :p
SkyeDS: they all say 100% polyester, so I guess it's faux georgette
SkyeDS: oh well, should be easy to take care of anyway
SkyeDS: the colors and sparklies and patterns are gorgeous all the
same
evile: no...georgette doesn't have to be silk. Georgette is the style
of fabric, not the material the fabric is made out of.
SkyeDS: did you make pleats in yours at the waist?
SkyeDS: because it looks simple enough if I don't have to make pleats
evile: I wore mine like a toga...It was totally half-assed.
evile: it was fine for a costume party look but would not have stood
up to a full day of activity
evile: (firm believer in hidden safety pins/velcro/etc.)
SkyeDS: this choir sings amen to that
evile: We are so caught up, I had figured that asking off Friday
would be an automatic 'yes'. But I guess not. My boss is so
frustrating...
evile: and I can deal with "no" far more gracefully than I deal
with "no response whatsoever"
SkyeDS: nods.
SkyeDS: am afraid I may be about to have that problem, I hope not,
not to the tune of $50
evile: oh dear.
SkyeDS: 53 and some change actually
evile: ouchies.
evile: I just can't imagine Hugh giving you a hard time like that...
SkyeDS: not Hugh. Ebay seller.
evile: Oh, OK.
SkyeDS: Hugh and I do pretty good together. Been here over a year
and a half now. That's a long time for a merc.
evile: *nod*
evile: Time for me to scoot. I'll yap at ya later.
SkyeDS: wind to your wings! :)