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rowanfThe week is flying by! I feel like I have so much to do before the handfasting on Sunday... but I can't quite think what. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gwebbyhead came by last night and dropped off my silk blouse. It doesn't look very piratical but it is just lovely! And the blue skirt sets it off beautifully. If it wouldn't be in the way I'd wear a merkaba circle veil as a wrap. Another day for that. It will be magnificent!
And the hat! The hat isn't really for the handfasting, I just couldn't resist getting Gwen's professional hand at the decorating. It is a red hat I bought at the last Dicken's Faire. One of those lady's top hats that works for either Elizabethan or Victorian costume. Gwen did a wonderful job of using the ribbons and feathers and the killer black-with-stars tulle from Mendel's to turn out an extremely stylish confection. Since I did give people the option of wearing "big hats" at the High Tea reception I may have to change out of my rainbow silks into something I can wear the hat with. Or not. We shall see.
I really I mostly want to dither around worrying about what I'm forgetting... but since I was out last week and will be out next week, I am actually being really good about buckling down and getting work done. I have finished a couple of searches and am working on two totally killer searches that are out of my usual area of expertise. There just aren't humanities resources the way there are tech resources! I hate feeling less than competent!
I finished Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince Tuesday night (it came Monday as it had to come from England... I refuse to read the "translated" US versions). Huh. I hate cliff hangers. Not a bad read though. I love that it outsold summer blockbuster movies on its opening weekend. The last figure I saw was it sold 8.9 million copies in the first 24 hours.
I called around to banks yesterday and found that Union Bank in Menlo Park has new $1 bills. I went and got $200 worth. Oh fresh new, serial number order bills! I don't care if they are San Francisco FRB. Entering serial numbers is so much easier when you can cut and paste and just change one digit! They had fresh $5s too. I will have lots of georges to spend in Vegas next week. :-) I did hit the elusive, George Score of 1,000 today, coming in at 1000.65.
Okay, I'm going back to work now. Hopefully Russell and I get to see Howl's Moving Castle tonight. I understand it strays a good bit from the book but is wonderful Miyazaki animation. I am glad Kurt mentioned it was in town!
gwebbyhead came by last night and dropped off my silk blouse. It doesn't look very piratical but it is just lovely! And the blue skirt sets it off beautifully. If it wouldn't be in the way I'd wear a merkaba circle veil as a wrap. Another day for that. It will be magnificent! And the hat! The hat isn't really for the handfasting, I just couldn't resist getting Gwen's professional hand at the decorating. It is a red hat I bought at the last Dicken's Faire. One of those lady's top hats that works for either Elizabethan or Victorian costume. Gwen did a wonderful job of using the ribbons and feathers and the killer black-with-stars tulle from Mendel's to turn out an extremely stylish confection. Since I did give people the option of wearing "big hats" at the High Tea reception I may have to change out of my rainbow silks into something I can wear the hat with. Or not. We shall see.
I really I mostly want to dither around worrying about what I'm forgetting... but since I was out last week and will be out next week, I am actually being really good about buckling down and getting work done. I have finished a couple of searches and am working on two totally killer searches that are out of my usual area of expertise. There just aren't humanities resources the way there are tech resources! I hate feeling less than competent!
I finished Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince Tuesday night (it came Monday as it had to come from England... I refuse to read the "translated" US versions). Huh. I hate cliff hangers. Not a bad read though. I love that it outsold summer blockbuster movies on its opening weekend. The last figure I saw was it sold 8.9 million copies in the first 24 hours.
I called around to banks yesterday and found that Union Bank in Menlo Park has new $1 bills. I went and got $200 worth. Oh fresh new, serial number order bills! I don't care if they are San Francisco FRB. Entering serial numbers is so much easier when you can cut and paste and just change one digit! They had fresh $5s too. I will have lots of georges to spend in Vegas next week. :-) I did hit the elusive, George Score of 1,000 today, coming in at 1000.65.
Okay, I'm going back to work now. Hopefully Russell and I get to see Howl's Moving Castle tonight. I understand it strays a good bit from the book but is wonderful Miyazaki animation. I am glad Kurt mentioned it was in town!
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Date: 2005-07-21 10:59 pm (UTC)We saw Howl's Moving Castle a month or two ago. Karisu read the book to us on the trip to and fro San Diego. It's quite a bit different. Both are very very good, but the movie is definitely an interpretation, rather than a straight movie of...
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Date: 2005-07-21 11:20 pm (UTC)Wow, being able to read in cars is a gift! I used to read to my mother alot when she did housework but I have always had a tendancy to motion sickness.