While I'm waiting for latest moving assessor to come through and toss a number out to transport my worldly possessions, I'll bang out an entry. With any luck, he'll arrive in the middle of this.
Moving the second-to-last week of June. I've already started packing; trying to get one box done a day means less of a rush later and less stress on the cats. They'll go to the vet the day of the move, and I'll go back to FW and bring them to the new place once the basics are set up for them (and me!). At the moment, my current culinary goal is to eat everything in the fridge and not buy anything else. So that's a budget saver.....
Yeah, the last two weeks of school murdered my paycheck. The gas hike has not helped. I just have to make it to August financially and then it's all good.
EDIT: and then the guy showed up, haha. Got a good deal, and I am set to go for June 23, huzzah. Now to pack!
As some of you (most of you) know, I went to the Dallas Comic Con and met Leonard Nimoy. Not a great hotbed of interaction, but hell, I met a legend and he was very polite. I was sort of bothered by the fact people would just drape themselves all over him. Yes, I know it's his job, and yes, I know I just paid $65 for this.....but
He's an icon and a man, not a a prop. So I said good morning, thank you, and any kind words I could muster. Beyond Mr. Nimoy and the sheer joy of watching him live (and having a geekgasm hearing him do Henry V), I also had a following of those who liked the costume and makeup. I had the time of my life -- one of my top days, even with the 5:30 wake up call for makeup!
Yes, I did wake up that early for the Vulcan ears and the Vulcan eyebrows. I'll probably do a more detailed post later on the how-to- aspect. However, that did get me in touch with a couple of gentlemen from the USS Navras, a chapter of Starfleet International....
You know what's coming....
So yes, I got recruited as the Chief Science Officer, with a rank of Lieutenant Commander. And I am a Vulcan. Token alien crewmate? Possibly, but I loved the ears and the makeup. I think I'll render an alias for the crew, as Anna is not a very Vulcan name. I have a few ideas, but we'll see. I need to get a new uniform/costume, but that's fine; it's one of the awesome grey/black ones from First Contact. And I get to write articles about being nerdy about science, like NASA, weather, books, Star Trek news, etc. Research!
So other than upping and renewing my devotion to Trek, I'm also doing the same for Sherlock Holmes. Going to read the entire series (hopefully) before I pack it away. I have a book by Alan Forrest I want to get through as well as another about Eleanor of Aquitaine, but I've found myself finishing a Study in Scarlet and the Sign of Four in rapid succession. Well, not much to do these days other than read for fun and plow through TV series on Netflix. This is really my moment without school and work in over a year. I can barely remember what it's like! I mean, what did I DO?
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