Pictures from this weekend

Mirrored Box Seats

Imposing Against The Sky

Theatrical Light Rigging

Everyone Is Welcome To Stay Forever

A Most Elegant Pianoforte

Waiting To Be Filled With Souls

Follow The Yellow Brick Road I

Follow The Yellow Brick Road II

Follow The Yellow Brick Road III

Encroaching Blackness

Two Sketches

The Way Is Blocked

Descent Into Shadow

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Beautiful Friday

I went out with Patrick after work yesterday and picked up my pill refill plus some nail polish. I got two shades, gold and a dark grey. They are called Nefertiti and Stormy Weather, both by Deborah Lippmann if anyone is interested. I love them! I painted my nails last night while Patrick played through some pieces on his trombone. Stormy Weather went on my toes, and Nefertiti currently graces my hands.

I tried taking a picture of my toes with the polish on them, but it is very difficult to get a flattering photograph of your own feet. I gave up. Just pretend you can see the dark grey polish on them. It's quite lovely.

An awful lot of next week is going to be dedicated to various types of therapy. Massage, physical, doctor visits, etc. I hope all this helps. I had a killer headache last night, but it finally went away. Probably stress and muscle tension. Glad that's gone.

In other news, I've discovered 750 Words, which is basically a site dedicated to getting you to write more. What about? Anything! It's free, and it's sort of fascinating. After you've written stuff, you can look at the various statistics it compiles about your writing (subject, focus, mood, etc). Some of the algorithm's conclusions are ridiculous, but that kind of adds to the fun. For example, yesterday I wrote my first three pages (that is approximately what 750 words works out to), and it informed me that I was a negative introvert who was upset about death. It exaggerated a little bit... I AM NOT UPSET ABOUT DEATH, DAMN IT! Ahem. Anyway, it gave me a chuckle. Your writings are completely private unless you choose to share them. It's an interesting idea if you're looking for something to motivate you to write more often.

Without further ado, this week's beautiful picks (click on each to be taken to its larger version):

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More new art!

I blame Emilie Autumn.

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Deathcake & Teacup

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New art!

Drawn while listening to Emilie Autumn's awesome new album Fight Like A Girl.

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The very picture of domestic bliss

Gurgles noticed I made the mistake of sitting down for a minute in a very fluffy dress, and immediately availed himself of it. He loves all things fluffy. I'm wearing my black 50s dress with the white polka dots, a red petticoat underneath, and my great-grandmother's apron on top (the red and grey flowered business). It makes for a very old-fashioned outfit, and the perfect kitty sleeping spot, according to Dr. Phineas Gurglepurr!

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I got a new phone! And bikers looking stupid.

I was really trying to hold out for the iPhone 5 (various reasons), but my poor old phone was just so tired and needed a rest. RIP 3G. It is time for the 4S! It is SO much faster.... I am a very happy girl. I can actually see my blog! And the rest of the internet! I'd been out of contract for a while (a year-ish), so this was kind of overdue. I was just being stubborn about it. Patrick had been trying to get me to upgrade for a while, and I'm sure he's very pleased that he no longer has to feel sorry for me and my stone-age phone. :p Also, I can finally stop borrowing his phone every time I want to take a non-crappy picture.

I got a white one and a battery pack-integrated case for it. The case is a lovely red, and I'm a huge fan of the entire package. The battery on my old phone was amazingly still working after three years, but if I'd listen to music for a few hours I'd then have to be really careful not to text too much or it would drain rapidly. Now I should be fine for basically ever. The battery case has its logo on the front, so my phone now appears to be named mophie (not capitalized on purpose). It's pretty adorable. Just imagine a white phone in that picture I linked to and you will know what it looks like.

Really, it's a little weird not having a phone that looks like I found it in a dumpster. The clear case around my other one had cracked in a couple places, so I used tape to hold it together, and it looked pretty hobo chic. Hopefully I will remember this new one actually is mine...

Conversation Patrick and I had on the way to work this morning about a biker's silly outfit:

Me: That guy looks like an asshole.

Patrick: Who, polka dots up there?

Me: Yeah, that just looks stupid.

Patrick (to the biker): Dude, those are reserved for the best mountain-climber in the Tour de France, and you do not look like you are that guy.

Me: What?

Patrick: Yeah, the best mountain-climber wears polka dots. They track how fast you climb the mountains, and the fastest person wears a jersey with polka dots on it.

Me: They couldn't find anything studlier than polka dots?

Patrick: Well, the lead guy wears yellow.

Me: I didn't know that either. Like, is there one with flowers and ponies on it?

Patrick: Yeah, the best sprinter wears that. Ponies, hearts, flowers.

Me: Maybe if you win you get to wear the Brony jersey. This sport is so retarded.

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