( John Barrowman sketch of yesterday )

Super exciting, as always. I feel camel-ish today.

This was actually ridiculously challenging.

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So, busy weekend. Slowly working on fixing up the house to sell it, and I spent a looooooong time repainting bedrooms. Got kind of tired after the third coat of paint, then Tam managed to bite me on our night walk while she was having a barking match with the neighbourhood asshole. She nips all the time (the little sheep herder...) but this was a full-on CHOMP. Luckily, my hand was mostly saved by my super thick knit mittens. :P There're just a few bleedy puncture marks, and my thumb and wrist are a sort of greeny-purple. Definitely slowing down my knitting.

And yuletart reveals! Check out the gorgeous Nathan/Peter art I got from the fabulous cathybites. My far less exciting contribution. There was so much pretty art! Very fun exchange.

Off to watch some Buffy before I pass out from weird sleepiness!

Thank you for all the lovely comments you left me about Princess - they certainly helped.

I'm starting to feel closer to being normal again. I'm not crying all the time and the antisocial fog that's been hovering around me is slowly clearing up. I think the key to dealing with any sort of loss is to just shut your mind down and focus on simple, meaningless nothings for a while, until you're ready to attempt functioning again.

So, we had to put my Princess down yesterday. Her liver was failing along with a bunch of other problems, and she had stopped eating or drinking and was having trouble getting around. It happened ridiculously quickly - she was fine (or at least, seemed fine, though in retrospect she hadn't been quite herself for a while) a week ago then just started sleeping in the same place on one of our couches all the time, which was really odd since she's incredibly friendly and never sleeps alone. Took her into the vet's on Friday where they did a bunch of tests and said that she was dying, and that she'd have anywhere from a few days to a few months. Obviously, I was hoping for and assuming the latter, but she just got worse and worse. It was really, really awful taking her in yesterday. I can't even begin to describe how terrible I feel: selfish and sad and full of regrets. And I really, really miss her. She has been my best friend, sister, guardian, confidant, everything for the past eleven or so years, and I feel completely lost without her.

Merry Christmas, f-list! Hope you're all having a lovely time. [:



My Christmas Eve was pretty nice, an overall good time with the family (even if one of my asshole uncles did whip out a "don't eat too much!" comment, wonderful thing to say to folks with histories of eating disorders) followed by random driving and light-looking. Looking forward to tomorrow morning!

thefridayfive

What is your fave thing about Christmas? All the happy music, decorations, food, and family. Everything, really.

Did you believe in Santa Clause? If so, what was the best gift from him? Yep! I can't remember too far back, but I think I was quite happy the year I got a PlayStation.

Do you have a Christmas Tree? Ribbon, Angel, Star or ______ on Top? We usually have an angel on our basement tree and a star on the living room tree.

Best stocking stuffer you got? Too many to choose from.

Wishing for a White Christmas?

Always, though it looks like we'll have one this year. :D

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand ( Christmas baking... )
They don't look very exciting, but they do taste good. Baked a fruit cake, too, but it's been partially devoured. Feelin' the spirit!

I am in a really fucking wonderful mood. My hair doesn't hate me today, I'm not particularly sleepy, my skin is all nice and not screaming for loads of make-up, it's wonderfully snowy and cold out (-10, feels like -18), I'm dressed, I only feel a bit sick, and I'm not craving human contact or excitement. So very,very lovely! I wish I felt like this all the time. Just thought I'd share. [: And I hope everyone else is feeling as delightful as I am!

Lots of lovely snow today!

Have I mentioned my newly discovered love for Criminal Minds? It's just soooo wonderful! I'm nearly done the second season now and would be up to date if the internet didn't hate me so much. Much downloading will be done on the holidays, I think.

( Garcia sketch )

It's frightening that Christmas is in less than two weeks. Like usual, I need more time! I still have a few gifts and things to get, and I have yet to do any baking. At least I finally got the Christmas lights up, even if I did do an awful job (the way they're arranged looks a bit like a fishy blob/heart - it's very interesting). I'm slooooowly starting to get into the mood.

( Heroes 2.11 spoilers... )

The last few days have been sort of rough. Just waiting for the Christmas mood to hit and set things right.

So, my first attempt at colouring anything (which is really kind of sad, as I've had my tablet for like.. two years?). Don't like the shouldery area at all, but hey. Gotta start somewhere, right?

( Luna )

I really want to go clothes shopping. I was planning to go today but slept in a bit too late and kind of chickened out about taking the bus and exploring by myself. Maybe Friday! I could really do with some new boots, too. My old magical ones are nearly dead. I did just win a lovely pair of reddish Mary Janes on ebay though.

( Aaand, I just finished a new cardigan. )

I'm feeling very strange, though this new wintry weather is lovely. I've stopped skipping the Christmas songs in iTunes and think I may have to bust out the long winter coat soon. Now all I need is some holiday baking and chestnuts. Maybe some cranberries too. Bless the advertising companies and their greedy little hearts, I do love that we've already got the Christmas ads playing.

My hands are sort of numb from too much knitting. Makes me wish I were a robot.

In honour of having survived another year of life, I bring you a ( sketchy self-portrait of doom )

Yup, that is all.

Is anyone else disappointed (why do I always want to write that with two 's's?) with The Office's reversion to half-hour episodes? I was really enjoying the longer ones! It was like watching an awesome finale each week.

Snagged from lezlishae: The rules are simple. Just create a post about a few things that have made you happy recently. Then tag 8 people and have them post this meme on their journals.

+ What Not to Wear - Not that I'm the greatest of dressers myself, but I do love to watch all these other people get their outfits cut up. I especially love the pervy British version - those women are hilariously inappropriate.

+ Craig Fergusson - he makes Friday nights fun.

+ smoothies - I could live on these guys. Not really. But fruity drinks are wonderful and smooth.

+ Ravelry.com - What better way to waste countless hours than browsing through other people's knitting projects and photos of yarn?

+ brazen squirrels - These cheeky batsards are everywhere now, running around burying nuts and things, always arguing with one another. Other than the whole roadkill thing, I think it'd be fun to be a squirrel.