3359icq w/A
Jul. 11, 2005
evile: hey :) how was your weekend?
SkyeDS: it went. Travis came 	over Saturday, so nothing productive
got done, but we did watch 	movies, the boys played a D&D boardgame
and we ate popcorn 	and watermelon. Sunday was Drandmir.
SkyeDS: I still want to go 	swimming/tubing (next weekend is out,
family reunion)
evile: 	*nod* sounds like a nice laid back time.
SkyeDS: how was da 	toobin?
evile: OK. Not great.
SkyeDS: Ron White's routine 	about toobin is funny (I think anyway)
evile: *shrug* I don't 	think I've heard it.
SkyeDS: I won't bother to try to recreate 	it, I'd just ruin it.
evile: OK.
SkyeDS: I don't recount jokes 	well :|
evile: me neither.
evile: The person I wanted to come 	tubing punked out, and a person I
really didn't want to see 	decided to brave the hangover and come out
anyway.
evile: 	Nobody likes being ditched, but being ditched + lied to isn't
really 	any better, IMHO.
SkyeDS: I really don't understand why people 	lie. I understand
wanting to keep ass out of sling, but lying 	always, always puts ass
into sling even further
SkyeDS: and I 	seldom use the word always.
evile: I am very very smart. and 	fairly intuitive. So...yeah, lying
does not work on me too 	terribly often.
SkyeDS: I'm not an advocate of telling everyone 	everything you know
all the time, mind you
evile: no.
SkyeDS: 	I do believe in the little courtesies that make civilized
discourse 	possible
evile: But a simple ditch "Hey, I'm not going" 	is far less hurtful
than "hey I'm not going [false reasons 	here]"
SkyeDS: certainly
SkyeDS: and if someone doesn't 	accept a simple "hey I'm not going"
and want to discuss 	"can't" v "won't" and "why" then they 	get what
they asked for
evile: I really dont' know what I'm 	doing wrong with my friendships.
People keep lying to me.
SkyeDS: 	don't ask questions you're not sure you want answers to
evile: 	*nod*
SkyeDS: as an example, because it's the first thing that 	crossed my
mind
evile: And I am a curious thing, but I can 	(and DO) accept "I'm
sorry, I dont' want to discuss it with 	you" or "it's none of your
business"
SkyeDS: 	Spherion wanted sineater to go up north remember?
SkyeDS: and I 	told him, stick to the truth
SkyeDS: until you get the offer in 	writing and travel expenses up
front, the answer is no
evile: 	yup
SkyeDS: so here came the day that they had, without honoring 	that,
bought him plane tickets and expected him at the airport, 	and instead
of saying, I told you it wasn't going to work like 	that
SkyeDS: he told them he was in t he hospital with me because 	I'd
been hit
SkyeDS: so they call Hugh to find out if this is 	true
SkyeDS: and I walk in t he door one morning and Hugh's all 	like WTF?
SkyeDS: how do I explain to Hugh that sineater prefers 	to get himself out
of things with elaborate lies?
evile: not 	good.
SkyeDS: without making sineater look bad?
evile: 	sineater's behavior makes sineater look bad.
SkyeDS: yeah, well, 	I don't want sineater to look bad in front of Hugh.
What happens 	when I really am sick or really am in the hospital
because I got 	hit by a mack truck, and sineater has to tell Hugh.
evile: No 	need to editorialize, just say flat out "sineater lied to 	his
employer, I am so sorry it distressed you."
SkyeDS: 	boy who cried wolf and all that.
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: Hugh and 	sineater have enough in common that I don't *think* Hugh
will 	judge him.
SkyeDS: but anyway
SkyeDS: what tangled webs we do 	weave when first we practice to
deceive...or whatever that is 	exactly
evile: yup.
SkyeDS: besides, if you tell someone the 	truth, and they prove that
they can't handle it, then you have no 	further burden past that
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: "I 	can't/won't do (x)"
SkyeDS: why not?
SkyeDS: "because 	(insert reason here)"
SkyeDS: (insert big blowup 	here)
SkyeDS: last time I explain anything to you
SkyeDS: 	after that, I say can't/won't, and that's that.
evile: I very 	rarely ask why (at least I don't think I do). If
someone says 	"I'm sorry,I wont' be joining you at ___ after all." I
say 	"OK, see ya later"
evile: I figure if they want to 	explain, they can, but I don't feel
like I really tend to 	pry.
evile: sineater pretty much beat that out of me at an early 	age. :P
evile: (growing up with scorpios in the house in general, 	actually)
SkyeDS: I would laugh sympathetically but it's not 	really entirely
funny
SkyeDS: I'm sorry about the person who 	chose not to tell the truth,
but maybe the person with the 	hangover suffered great physical misery
all day :)
evile: I 	take things at face value, if someone just says 'yes'
or 'no' 	that's fine. Then when they start illuminating or
backpedaling or 	spouting falsehoods, that's when I get pissed off and
hurt. 	Nobody wants to hear "NO" but it happens and I accept 	it.
SkyeDS: nodnodnods
evile: Oh well. Time to cast my pearls 	before a different bunch of
swine, it appears.
SkyeDS: Dani 	lost her Pirate Queen for the midreign quest.
SkyeDS: I 	auditioned for the part yesterday. Apparently if I don't
do it, 	all the women of Drandmir have been gone through and exhausted
and 	Dani will have to go to another Kingdom to get help.
SkyeDS: So I 	was told to make the whole persona up on t he spot.
SkyeDS: I 	went with a blending of De Sade, Bathory, White Wolf
Lasombra and 	Toreador Anti Tribu
SkyeDS: spent some time with the writing 	blender today (and yes I
credited my sources :)
evile: 	wow.
SkyeDS: Bathory wasn't hard to adapt, just change her castle 	to a
pirate ship, and change her death to her escape by faking 	death (Tom
Sawyer and Huck Finn there, I guess)
evile: 	*nod*
SkyeDS: anyway, I suspect I just put a whole lot more into 	this
nonplayer character than anyone expected or wanted, but oh 	well.
SkyeDS: that's what happens when you ask me to 	rp/write.
evile: heh. yeah.
SkyeDS: I hate feeling unoriginal, 	but then, there is no such thing
as a truly original plot, or 	character, they've all been done. many
times.
evile: yup. I 	noticed that while watching previews at the movie 	this
weekend.
SkyeDS: why do I keep hearing that Depp as Wonka 	looks like Michael
Jackson? :(
evile: heh. ti's the paleness & 	wierd hair, I think.
SkyeDS: with all the stuff I've ordered 	online from ebay and
elsewhere it's like christmas every day 	lately :)
evile: that's fun :)
SkyeDS: got my pretty purple 	silk dress Friday, wore it today, got my
horse supplies today - 	new bits, new saddle pieces, three times the
worming supplies for 	what I n ormally pay
SkyeDS: in another couple of weeks i should 	be receiving the three
tricktraining books, and the new matching 	purple fleece saddle pad,
breast collar and girthstrap (purple 	fleece, black nylon)
evile: :)
SkyeDS: I decided Mirage needed 	new colors with her new saddle
SkyeDS: all of Jesse's colors have 	always matched
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: the red was ok with the 	old saddle, but I think purple with
the new saddle.
evile: 	*nod*
SkyeDS: then sineater can have the black fleece black nylon 	girth I
bought for Mirage before I bought a set that had a girth 	in it, and
he will get something new too (as well as the new 	bit)
SkyeDS: English full cheek snaffle training bits
SkyeDS: 	(as opposed to the o ring western training snaffles they're
in 	now - even though Jesse's is still fairly new, compared 	to
Mirage's)
evile: cool
SkyeDS: I haven't tried my saris 	out yet, and the salwar kameez(es)
are being custom made so I 	have no idea how long that will take
evile: yeah...waiting is 	always un-fun.
SkyeDS: the new pavilion is nicer than what we 	could have gotten at
Walmart or Academy, and $20 cheaper at 	least
SkyeDS: came missing two pieces, neither fatal, but I went 	ahead and
wrote to ask them to replace them anyway and they said 	they would
evile: that's good
SkyeDS: and I met the head of 	the fire troupe that will be at Ravens
Loft
evile: neat 	:)
SkyeDS: I've been racking my brain over what to do performance 	wise,
besides strolling bardic
SkyeDS: if I can use the 	covered arena I can do Dancing Horses, and
so then I'm thinking 	well
SkyeDS: I've seen dancing horses at liberty (especially 	popular, like
Cirque's Cavalia)
evile: that'd be cool.
SkyeDS: 	and dancing horses in hand (being ridden)
SkyeDS: and I'd like to 	do both, but I'm n ot sure how
SkyeDS: at liberty is prettiest 	when the horses have just headstall
and breast collar, not 	saddles
SkyeDS: but I'd have to already have them saddled if I'm 	also going
to do ballet in hand
SkyeDS: doesn't matter how 	many people I have helping me, it takes
time to get saddled 	particularly with barding.
evile: well...most performers at faire 	who do several shows a day
change up the show. So you could do 	the first show of the day one way
and then the next one the other 	way, if that makes sense.
SkyeDS: that's occurred to me too. I 	like it better now if you think
it's a good idea.
evile: and 	that encourages people to see the show again "Come back at
5:30 	for our adult themed songs" or whatever.
SkyeDS: I also 	considered keeping one of them at liberty without
saddle, and 	keeping one saddled so I could combine both in one show
evile: 	*nod*
SkyeDS: but that would keep me from doing a two horse 	ballet
evile: yup
SkyeDS: unless one of us was riding 	bareback
SkyeDS: which would probably be me
SkyeDS: but I 	could still do that, and have more than one show
evile: 	yup
SkyeDS: nobody's given me a schedule of performance times 	either
SkyeDS: so until someone does, I should be at liberty to 	do what I
please
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: found out yesterday 	that there's a covered arena they aren't
using for jousting with 	petting zoo pens right beside it.
SkyeDS: I said, well if that 	isn't custom made for what I"d like to
do...
SkyeDS: I 	was thinking that there would just be the jousting arena, a
long 	arena with the lists set up in the middle, and for my show,
since 	I'd need a smaller set up, I'd buy some of those flags (?) like
the 	car dealers have or whatever to create a period 	looking
square/ring
evile: that would be cool.
SkyeDS: but, 	this is a county fairground, they've just rented it for
two 	weekends, so they don't have the liberty of making a 	permanent
jousting arena
SkyeDS: they're jousting in a big 	open field with portable lists
SkyeDS: nothing for me to create a 	ring out of there with flags that
I"d have to go buy, BUT a 	covered arena nobody else is using that I
know of, and that's 	even better.
evile: sound like :)
SkyeDS: if I have a real 	arena, I can set up a hay bale for archery
against a backwall 	where there isn't gallery for audience/spectators,
and not worry 	about stray arrows
SkyeDS: that way I could use live tips and not 	blunts or boffers.
SkyeDS: although boffers are fun for shooting 	live targets, which is
always amusing :D
SkyeDS: brb 	phone
SkyeDS: bk, but slow
evile: Ok
evile: turns out 	onyxlynxx didn't want to go tubing withme Sunday because
Niki was 	goin to be there, and Niki and I are still at odds. Niki
tried to 	sic onyxlynxx on me at a party Saturday night, so onyxlynxx's 	really
uncomfortable being around both of us right now. 	God.damn.it.
evile: Niki ruffled my feathers and peeved me, which 	I will get over
if she will just STOP. But if she sows discord 	among our mutual
friends, she will be SERIOUSLY HURTING before 	much longer.
SkyeDS: :(
SkyeDS: I hate for there to be awkward 	between you and onyxlynxx
evile: me too. especially as it is 	completely NEEDLESS for there to
be awkwardness there.
evile: 	Other than some stupid little girl tyring to stir up shit 	in
inappropriate times and places.
SkyeDS: she didn't say 	anything else to me after I accepted her
apology, so maybe she 	does respect boundaries when they're set in
certain ways
SkyeDS: 	but you've already tried sitting her down and talking it all
out, 	I'm sure
evile: I mean, really, how DARE she...getting people 	upset and
putting them in the middle of something that isn't any 	of their
business, at someone else's housewarming party???
evile: 	thta's just completely rude, selfish, and inappropriate.
SkyeDS: 	<the queen of inappropriate has nothing to say on that 	score>
evile: oh, please, even YOU know better than 	that.
SkyeDS: well, it is true that if even I know better, I was 	raised in
a barn.
evile: :)
SkyeDS: what I did seemed to 	work for onyxlynxx, I was just wondering if
that tactic could be 	modified for your situation
evile: I just don't understand what I 	did that was so wrong.
evile: And I don't understand how someone 	can expect to lay a
smackdown on me, for what I don't understand, 	and then expect m e to
be all bubbly and cheery and happy to see 	them the next time we see
each other?
evile: I thought I was 	being nice, I thought I was being a good
friend, and she told me 	I was acting "shitty" to her. And that I was
thinking 	things I wasn't telling her and all this other bullshit.
SkyeDS: 	and she's taken all that to onyxlynxx?
evile: At someone's party, 	no less.
SkyeDS: would it work just to tell onyxlynxx the way you 	told me? and say
look, hands up, empty, white flag, peace? at 	least from my camp?
evile: I told onyxlynxx there's no reason for 	her to feel in the middle
of it, and that if she feels she has to 	choose I am not going to be
the asshole forcing that choice, I'll 	just walk away.
SkyeDS: <furrowed brow>
SkyeDS: I can't 	say that I know onyxlynxx as well as I'd like to
SkyeDS: and 	certainly not Maggie Mae Pisces because I just met Meg
the 	once
SkyeDS: but, they seem to love Niki well
evile: her 	natural urge is to making peace and trying to make sure
people 	understnad each other.
SkyeDS: and neither one of them strike me 	as unintelligent or
unobservant or unknowing about people's true 	natures, good and bad
SkyeDS: so I assume they've seen in her 	what I haven't
evile: But...it's not her fight. There was and IS 	no reason for her
to be in the middle of me and Niki and whatever 	bizarre
misunderstanding is taking place between us.
SkyeDS: 	and I also assume they know that she isn't a saint and has
her 	dark shadows like the rest of us
evile: exactly.
SkyeDS: there 	must be something that you can say to onyxlynxx to
illustrate 	that you agree about the peace thing and are trying,
unarmed 	truce, bla bla bla
evile: I don't know what onyxlynxx's doing in 	the middle, anyway. I told
her to butt out, that the party was 	not an appropriate time and place
for a discussion ANYWAY, and 	apparently now sh'es just not
comfortable around either of 	us.
SkyeDS: "can't we all just get along" just isn't 	always pragmatic,
practical or workable in real life
SkyeDS: 	theory always works in theory, but not always in practice
evile: 	*nod* Unlike Niki, I respect our mutual friends enough not to
put 	them in the middle of things. I hadn't said ANYTHING to anyone
about 	anything, and I wouldn't have. It was/is between me and her.
SkyeDS: 	we were probably a lot like that at her age...maybe...
evile: I 	have no idea.
SkyeDS: boss is growling, brb :(
SkyeDS: I'm 	probably going to be slow until he's gone again,
something else 	has upset him so now he's going to take it out on
everyone and 	everything else around him, including me (sigh)
evile: OK. *hugs* 	Sorry that's happening. Lots of bad communication
in the air 	lately.
SkyeDS: let him be that way. worst he can do is fire me. 	he'll have
to give me 30 days notice, which gives me plenty of 	time to find
something that pays more.
evile: *nod* that's a 	good way to look at it on the bad days.
SkyeDS: and he isn't 	going to find anyone to do what I do for what he
pays me, so he 	hurts me worse than he hurts himself
evile: heh. true!
SkyeDS: 	anyway, just so you know why I am occasionally even slower
than 	usual
evile: Ok. No biggie, I know your'e at work.
SkyeDS: 	yes, but right now is a bad time for me to be slow 	in
responding
evile: nah. you're fine.
evile: I just need 	to quit feeling sorry for myself and live my
fuckin' life.
evile: 	And learn that I can not, ever, give my heart to a woman.
evile: 	Women are OK to hang out with, but they aren't to be loved 	or
trusted. And that's fine, because it's got to be. because I've 	got to
stop throwing my love and my efforts down endless black 	holes.
SkyeDS: it is hard to have wasted one's resources. maybe 	love is a
harder resource to have wasted than money, time, 	etc
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: and you, much more than me, are so 	not a wasteful person with
any of your resources.
evile: there 	are no women, there is no woman, who is going to share
my life 	and my interests and my love in the way I want her to.
So...thats' 	that.
evile: And I have to stop trying, because every time I do, 	it ends up
being thrown back in my face with much venom and hurt. 	And I must be
doing something to make that keep happening...so 	arm's lenght, all
of 'em.
evile: I know how to be courteous 	and smile and nod. I just have to
stop wanting anything more and 	deeper, because it just fuckin' hurts.
SkyeDS: there are a lot of 	awesome, beautiful, brilliant, witty,
vibrant and charming women 	surrounding you as Sisters, and they seem
to me to give you the 	best they've got to give. I envy that.
evile: I guess the kind of 	female friendship I want, a) doens't exist
b) hasn't been given 	to the right person [come ON< all of them??!@?
Even a broken 	clock is right twice a day!] or c) I don't deserve it.
evile: So 	I guess for the sake of my own wellb-eing I am going to
decide it 	doesn't exist.
SkyeDS: I still wistfully envy what is given to 	you that does exist.
It's more than some of us ever see.
SkyeDS: 	I'm not ever likely to hold the place that you do in the
affections 	of women like Jenn, Julie, JLaw or DeeDee
evile: *nod* I know I 	have a lot of blessings, and I take a lot of
good things in my 	life completely for granted...which just makes me
feel shittier 	about myself.
SkyeDS: Goddess didn't create no crap. And that 	includes you :P
evile: thanks. :)
SkyeDS: I think you need 	more birthday spankins from Jenn
SkyeDS: <ducks and 	runs>
evile: heh.
evile: I think you just want to *watch* 	someone get more spankings
from Jenni.
SkyeDS: I don't know 	that just anybody would have been as
entertaining :P
evile: 	she's a pretty good domme.
SkyeDS: and yes, I am a completely 	unabashed, unashamed voyeur :P
evile: Too bad you're going to be 	out of town this weekend, it's a
GWNN party weekend :)
SkyeDS: 	remember when I told you about the lawyer on the phone from
NOLA 	that got evacuated?
SkyeDS: I vaguely remembered Mom saying she 	and Dad were in NOLA
(where Stuart lives now) with the 	kids
SkyeDS: they went to Georgia to get the kids and had to go 	to court
because the wench wouldn't hand them over
SkyeDS: and 	I thought, you know, maybe I should call the cell (only #
I've 	got besides home) and see if they got out okay
SkyeDS: but then I 	thought, no, SURELY they had the sense to leave,
right?
SkyeDS: 	so Saturday, Gramma calls and says, they've been in NOLA for
two 	days without electricity and NOW they're leaving.
evile: 	jeez.
evile: hpefully they were at a really cool hurricane party 	in the
meantime.
SkyeDS: the three grandchildren are all under 	the age of 6
evile: oh joy.
SkyeDS: so t hen gramma tells me, 	they'll keep the kids till Monday
or whenever its safe to take 	them back
SkyeDS: and then the kids will come back this coming 	weekend with
Stuart for the reunion
evile: that's a hell of a 	lot of driving. esp. through bad weather!
SkyeDS: so, could I 	just drop everything I was doing Saturday and run
to Texarkana 	right then and there
SkyeDS: and I said, um, no sorry
SkyeDS: 	especially not since we went to Tyler last week and were
planning 	to be there this coming weekend
evile: OMG! that's so out of 	line!
SkyeDS: I know what she was getting at
SkyeDS: she 	wanted me to have a chance of seeing the kids without
stuart 	attached
evile: *nod* but still.. you already had plans & 	commitments.
SkyeDS: and that's nice of her to think of, but I 	still can't just go
to txka at the drop of a hat like 	that
SkyeDS: had someone said something about it on Friday night, 	then I
could have gotten up early Saturday morning and left. 	Assuming
someone helped me with the gas expenses. AND found a 	place to keep t
he horses, because no, I can't find a sitter for 	them on less than 24
hours notice
evile: yeah.
SkyeDS: the 	family seems to think that I can just use sonar0m for 	that
purpose.
SkyeDS: and I could, but I'm not going 	to.
SkyeDS: and I'm still not real happy with the stud colt next 	door
who still isn't cut.
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: anyway, I 	can't believe they stayed there for 2 days with no
electric 	before they evacuated <rolls eyes>
evile: I'm sure they had 	their reasons.
SkyeDS: Stuart got laid off from his law office 	after the bankrupty
laws just recently got overhauled, so now 	he's selling cars.
evile: wow.
SkyeDS: and they wouldn't let 	him off work, hurricane or no
hurricane, three small children or 	no
SkyeDS: I told Mom I"m sorry that he got laid off, 	however, the
bankrupty laws did need overhauling
evile: 	*nod*
SkyeDS: people like Trump were declaring faster than they 	change
their underwear
SkyeDS: and Mom says he's good at 	selling cars and it makes him happy
(he's done it for all of a 	week now.)
SkyeDS: so, after he broke her heart so many times 	that eventually
she told him no more, here we are back at square 	one, golden boy child
evile: some personality types are really 	suited for sales...if it
makes him happy and he's good at it, who 	are we to judge.
SkyeDS: all because of "the chirren"
evile: 	it took uncle bubba more than 40 years to grow up. Some people
are 	just like that.
SkyeDS: I do feel sorry for his children, and 	somebody needs to raise
them because God/dess knows he, his new 	live in lover that Mom just
adores, and his insane ex, aren't 	going to do it
evile: *nod* it's always sadder when kids are 	involved in
dysfunctional situations.
evile: they dont' have 	the choice to walk if it's unhealthy for them.
SkyeDS: I can't 	believe Mom hasn't read him the riot act about living
in sin in 	front of his kids
SkyeDS: but then again, I can believe it too. 	She can't afford to
alienate him, and I know in her mind it isn't 	bad when the golden
child does it, just when the rest of us do 	it.
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: and I can observe all of this, and 	honestly say, I know
that's the way it is, I'm pretty sure that's 	why it's the way it is,
and at least it doesn't hurt me anymore, 	I've learned not to let
that influence my relationship with my 	mother, which shouldn't have
anything to do with him.
SkyeDS: 	I can always tell when she's spent large amounts of money on
him 	because she always shows up shortly thereafter for a work weekend
to 	put hours of labor into the ranch when I try to get them to just
let 	me treat them as guests, and to spend huge amounts of money that
I 	would rather she not
SkyeDS: I'm always happy to see them of 	course but I wish they'd not
work all weekend long and spend time 	visiting and doing pleasant
things instead
evile: that's 	really too bad. I hate it when people act from guilt
SkyeDS: is 	the way she's made, and I accept that, as I accept the law
of 	gravity, which means nothing, for good or for ill, but just 	is.
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: I would just rather take them out 	unique and tasty places to
eat, sit them down to see movies they 	wouldn't otherwise see, and for
Daddy to spend his time fishin, 	not workin
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: I really do worry when they 	insist on spending the hottest
hours of the day out mowing and 	such. Especially when I'm at work
and can't help or be there 	should something bad happen - like heat
stroke
evile: 	yeah...
SkyeDS: anyway, next weekend should be a good test of my 	resolutions
for myself. that's one way to look at it anyway - and 	better than
the way I would otherwise be inclined to look at 	it.
SkyeDS: but whatever else happens, sineater and sonar0m have 	been
instructed that under no circumstances is Gramma allowed to 	wake me
up between 5:30 and 6:30 on Sunday morning.
evile: 	*nod*
SkyeDS: Daddy says I exaggerate about Gramma, but I know 	damn good
and well he knows I'm not, because he goes out of his 	way to avoid
going over there himself, LOL
evile: heh. 	Yeah.
SkyeDS: you could take bellydancing from Z Helene and from 	Drakon and
then you could have your own solo act with us and be 	the only dancer
out there with an Egyptian horse too
evile: 	heh. no thanks. I am a big fat klutz, I would prefer not to
have 	an audience for it.
SkyeDS: klutz maybe, fat no. why I don't do 	it, I'm more belly than
dancer atm.
evile: *shrug* let's just 	say it's out of my comfort zone, and leave
it at that, 	then.
SkyeDS: I figured you'd say that, but it's a nice idea 	anyway :P
evile: OK, nice fantasy, but best left there.
SkyeDS: 	I don't think Jubilee has ever seen a real bellydancing
show. I 	know she was eager to go to the hafla at War but never made
it. 	She asked if the boys could accomplish what we needed with just
two 	bodhrans and a tamborine
SkyeDS: I gently said, um, no dear, we 	need at least one dumbek and
someone who's better with a drum 	than any one of us...
evile: You should bring her out to the show 	next month at casa de luz.
evile: Rick teaches drumming once a 	month, too. That'd be fun, if you
were of a mind to learn some 	bellydancing rhythms.
SkyeDS: if it's on a Friday that might 	could be managed
SkyeDS: assuming it's not on a Raven's Loft 	Friday
evile: yup. Friday the 5th of August.
SkyeDS: might 	give me a chance to ask the dancers what CDs they like
too, 	hm.
evile: I'm pretty sure next month's is all live music so they 	might
not be bringing any of their own music, but I'm sure they'd 	be
willing to chat during the intermission.
SkyeDS: I would so 	love to have live music eventually
SkyeDS: and I don't even know 	why I'm investing so much in this, it
isn't like I want to do it 	for a living, I just want to go to faires
for free and take my 	children
SkyeDS: it's almost turning into what happened when I 	started selling
Arthur feathers at CMA
SkyeDS: it started out 	as, I have more feathers than I'll ever use
for craft purposes, 	and I have an unlimited supply of more, I'll just
start selling 	them loose
SkyeDS: which turned into trips to the leather store 	and the hobby
stores and oh, this is pretty, and that and the 	other thing, and I
don't know what I"ll do with all this 	stuff but I"ll figure it out
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: so 	loose feathers turned into sineater teaching me to work
leather 	and wire and beads and such
SkyeDS: and then someone wanted my 	craftwork but with different
colored feathers, so it turned into 	buying the molt feathers from my
friends' birds
SkyeDS: and 	sineater at one point said, but I thought the po int of all
this 	originally was to just get rid of Arthur's excess molt 	feathers?
ROFL
evile: Yeah....
evile: it's easy to let an 	idea get out of hand.
SkyeDS: while digging out the stash of raw 	material to discuss what
could be made from it, Jubilee 	discovered all of my old crafty stuff,
so plans have now 	expanded
SkyeDS: I offered just to pay her outright for sewing 	with my raw
materials but she said she'd rather me pay her by 	buying her a
readymade outfit from Snookie's. My guess is that if 	I just gave her
the money she wouldn't end up saving it away to 	get something from
Snookie's she'd spend it on practical stuff 	for school (Baylor).
evile: *nod*
evile: what is a 	'Snookie's'?
SkyeDS: an ebay custom garb store that has what we 	both thought were
very reasonable prices and craftmanship
SkyeDS: 	I want to get the boys outfits from there too
evile: cool 	:)
SkyeDS: http://stores.ebay.com/SNOOKIES-FAUX-
ORIGINALS_W0QQssPageNameZstrkQ3amefsQ3amesstQQtZkm
SkyeDS: 	I particularly like their purple witch's garb and their 	men's
pirate/gypsy set, especially the chemise
SkyeDS: and the 	chemise particularly on the women's gypsy set
evile: cool 	:)
SkyeDS: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&category=4156&item=8316049580
evile: 	I like the 	bodice.
SkyeDS: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&category=4156&item=8317495659
SkyeDS: 	the men's chemise on just the plain pirate garb is not the
same 	as on the pirate/gypsy set, which I'm not seeing anymore :|
SkyeDS: 	it had very nice beading on the arms
evile: Oh well, I'm sure you 	can contact the seller and see what's
available, or just watch 	the site and see if it comes up again.
SkyeDS: when I have the 	money I'll just email and ask if it's
possible to still have 	those patterns made nodnod
evile: that is a very good price for 	everything they come with.
SkyeDS: I thought so, and more 	importantly Jubi thought so, who knows
more about it than I 	do.
SkyeDS: I'm not very bright about a whole lot of stuff but I 	am
bright enough to seek out people who are
evile: *nod* 	that's an important skill.
evile: April is such a 	sweetheart.
SkyeDS: April = Ample I completely wholeheartedly 	agree
evile: *nod*
evile: things didn't go exactly as planned 	yesterday, everyone was
running late, and bla bla, but she just 	let it roll off her back &
enjoyed the day.
evile: I 	definitely need to spend more time with people who are 	like
that.
SkyeDS: I definitely need to BE more like 	that
evile: me too. Hoping that if I have more friends like that, 	I can
learn from their example.
SkyeDS: although all this 	eventing is getting me there the hard way
if necessary. now 	pretty much we get there when we get there
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: 	I hope she plans to do more toobin this summer, I want to
make an 	effort to go, just once even
evile: *nod* it would be nice to 	spend more time with her, and maybe
even entice her grumpy 	homebody hubby out too :)
SkyeDS: we were SO late yesterday. Like 	three hours. And I decided
fuck it, I'm wearing my swimsuit and 	my jeans.
SkyeDS: and the world didn't end.
evile: 	*nod*
evile: being late doesn't have to ruin your day, but being 	upset
about being late certainly can.
SkyeDS: zactly
SkyeDS: 	and that's what cell phones are for. I called Dani, told
her, 	I"ll be there, I'm late, I'm sorry, and then I completely 	blew
it off, and got there when I got there.
evile: 	*nod*
SkyeDS: and when I got there I had to wait for a good long 	while for
her to have time to do what she said she needed to 	anyway
evile: so everything worked out for the best, 	really.
evile: time for me to git. *hugs* have a good evening. 	Thanks for
putting up w/me today :P

