your joy is my low

So I got a new camera last weekend. Then I did lots of homework (with Nate's help - dear Physics, I hate you, that's all). Then we saw lusa_thul and goofed off. And you know how we roll when we goof off.


HERE IS A CAT.


HERE IS A ME AND THAT ONE DUDE (HE SCURES ME).


HERE IS A lusa_thul. (P.S. to said lusa_thul - I am editing the rest of the photos and they should be up on my flickr this weekend. I have been editing them to fix some coloring/light issues. <3)

No really, you know whenever Emily and I get in the same space we always goof off with cameras and costumes and crap. Since I didn't get any shots of that Tenel Ka outfit besides random ones at con after doing those damn scales, I wanted to get a couple this past weekend. Emily offered to take pictures if Nate wanted to throw on a Jacen outfit. He did and we got a couple photos. THEN I LOOKED AT THEM.

Now, me being the tool that I am looked at these pictures and thought of 9234209.8 things I wanted to do to fix this costume. One of the asscapes looks funny (you can't see it in that photo CAUSE IT MADE ME ANGRY), I need to fix some stuff on the sleeves and give them more depth, remake the purple top to better accommodate the scales and make a freaking belt. Maybe a small scale addition too. SO I'LL HAVE THAT DONE BY THE END OF THE MONTH. And then I'll take final THIS SHIT IS FINALLY DONE MY HANDS AREN'T CUT UP FROM SCALES ANYMORE BUT I LOVE THEM celebration pictures and be finished with the 938492084.873 revisions I have done to that costume since however many years ago when I originally made it. XD

THEN we went to the magical park and I got a bunch of shots of Emily in her femme!Who which I love - also, I do not have the patience for that. She knitted that whole scarf, girl, I was like WORK IT (been watching to much RuPaul's Drag Race, sorry bros).

Also at the park, we finally got our first shot for the Centuria Challenge!


Lillian Prune. Psycho bitch? From Game #1 - Laura Bow: The Colonel's Bequest

ONE GAME AND ONE PHOTO DOWN. 99 MORE GAMES/PHOTOS TO GO! For more info on this adventure, check this!

So I have been kind of out of the loop on LJ and the internet for the past couple of weeks. I had been too busy worrying about one of the kitties (my dear by the name of Thing). I haven't been able to keep up with my FL much and I haven't really made any posts on here or the board or anything cause I had been distracted. I thought she was just getting old (she was 15) and all that jazz but last week I was flipping out because we had to leave her alone for the weekend when we went to Pittsburgh and no one was in the house. She couldn't jump on things anymore and she was really skinny and since we got back from Pittsburgh I was so worried. I made a vet appointment for her last Friday and at the last minute I freaked out and started crying and couldn't go cause I knew what they were gonna say. Nate took her by himself (that boy is a life saver, I swear) and they said she was dehydrated and they were gonna do some bloodwork and we should contact them the next week (this week) to update them on her status. They let us know Saturday that it wasn't diabetes or hyperthyroidism, which is what they thought it would be.

So she had been eating only wet food, which we would sneak water into since she wasn't drinking water and hadn't been for the past few days. She seemed the same last night. She was still wandering around and she curled up in bed next to me while I was on my laptop purring super loud like she usually did.

This morning I found her in the hallway sprawled out and I knew she was on her last legs. Of course, being the basketcase I am, I freaked out and knocked down my mother's door (she just got back from vacation yesterday) and started crying and she came out and we got dressed and took her to the vet (which I really didn't think I'd be able to manage). They said putting her to sleep was the right choice because of her condition. The vet said her breathing was the kind of breathing that cats do when they're close to passing so any emergency intervening they might've done wouldn't help. So mom and I went back into the room with her and said goodbye to her and then stood there while the vet did her thing and then she left us with kitty all wrapped up in a blanket to say goodbye one more time after she passed and my god this morning has been depressing.

And of course now I keep thinking of all the silly things she did. Like when she would jump in the shower after me and drink the water, or sneak up onto my nightstand when I wasn't looking as stick her head in my water glass -- my favorite though was always how she would daintily put her paw on your arm when she wanted you to pet her.

My mom just said, "I'm gonna make some lunch." And she's probably making a can of tuna fish and I was a second away from saying, "Make sure you let Thing lick the can."

It's really weird only having one cat in the house. We haven't had only one cat in the house since like... 1994. And the little gray terror (the one cat now in the house), Maeby -- she is currently meandering around and meowing. This morning when we had Thing in the carrier (which Maeby stays away from and hisses at) Maeby actually went up to it and sniffed it and poked at with her nose. Sure, she tormented Thing sometimes, but other times they cuddled and it was adorable.

So yeah. I would like to think she is in Kitty Heaven now playing with her boyfriend Evil (who was my sister's cat who also passed away this year) and they're both tormenting Big Kitty, who was our oldest cat (she passed at 20 years old in 2008) and who used to tolerate Evil and Thing and politely refrained from paw-slapping them in their faces when they got near her.


THING! (her real name was Thumbs, but we always called her Thing) / 1995 - 2010

So there she is being cute, then on the top right is her and her man, Evil. I think he saw something he wanted and was in the middle of turning over -- he has that DO WANT look on his face. And Thing has her tongue out, heeee. Then below that is her being darling again and the the bottom left is her and Maeby chilling. Thing was such a sweet cat. She was a goofball sometimes but she never ever got mean or hissed at you or anything. I will miss her and the warm cuddliness she brought everywhere.

So I was going through Mace's pictures so he could put some new ones up on his LJ (lol, winduland, of course) -- and I found this one from 2003 of him sitting on Big Kitty. Which is our family cat that passed away this past February. And at first I was like this: :( and ;-; -- but it changed to a little bit of: :) -- because that cat was fucking amazing and put up with anything and everything in her 20 years and I totally love her for that, among other reasons ("WAOWWW~ WAOWWWWWWWW~").



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I love how the Hayfield Class of '03 is planning a 5 year reunion. We can't wait for the 10 year? Is there that much to update/show off to everyone on/with? But forget about that part cause I'm not even on the list at all -- not on the attending/maybes/declined/haven't replied. XD FUNNY, I GUESS I DIDN'T GRADUATE FROM HAYFIELD IN 2003. All the people I would really, really want to see though, I see now -- Erin, Ronnie, Alex -- and DENIS, WHAT THE HELL? YOU LIVE LIKE TWO MINUTES AWAY WHY DO WE NEVER SEE YOU? So I guess I just have to be emo about not being invited. :P

CAT UPDATE! I think she is doing good. She's acting pretty normal, except she's still kind of skinny and now she farts all the time. Seriously. She'll jump up on my lap and it'll be like "OH GAWD WHEN DID YOU EAT A SKUNK, CHILD?!"

But I wanted to thank Natalie (blood_sorbet), Linh (sarisa), Sara (jill_sparrow), Ed (zekkxy) and especially my dear Erin (omicron1337) for their help, whether it was Etsy (LOL shoppage pimp!) purchases, paypal-ed funds or cold hard cash -- all of it has gone towards cat debts and I thank you all very muchly much for the help. It has meant a whole lot and I love you guys for it. Maeby does too! She will never fart on you now! She will only continue to fart on me. D:

Now after my bonus money and your guys cat lovin' and other various payments I have made -- I maybe have like $4,200 left! :O Which is still a lot -- but NOT AS MUCH AS $7,444! XD

P.S. You guys. Cloaks are overrated. This outfit is ten different kinds of hot. Caedus is a fashionista! And he must keep his crack in all those pouches. I also love the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle shoulder/knee pads. BABY PLZ.

So I went to the doctors on Wednesday and got totally violated examined. MY LITTLE CYST FRIEND IS GONE. And Maeby is wandering around while there is someone to watch her, and crated at night and while everyone is at work. But her stitches and staples are going to be in until Monday (or possibly only until tomorrow), so she gets to continue to wear her wifebeater and collar.

( MAEBY PICTURES! Including a pretty graphic one of her staples and stuff. O_O That shit is long. )

But overall, I think I'm doing a bit better than I was at this point like a week and a half ago. Actually, I think I'm doing a lot better, so SUCK IT, ANYTHING BAD THAT HAPPENED. I have forgotten you and moved on. I've also cleaned the basement and moved some crap around, straightened my room (which still needs a really good cleaning, but I had to get rid of some things) and decided I need a haircut/color/something. Nothing major but I'm sick of the split ends and the washed out blonde color. It's time to change some things, dammit, cause I'm hot (haha ya rite) and right now I feel like I have the balls to show the world that.

(Bet you guys didn't know I had balls, mmmhmm? I DO. THEY'RE INSIDE OF ME AND I RECENTLY BANISHED A CYST FROM ONE OF THEM. :P)

Haha, Reaper was awesome on Thursday.

Also, yay Saturday! I possibly plan on ripping up Rock Band, Bioshock (fourth playthrough!) and some Persona while Maeby sits by me on the couch. I am quite tempted to start a new game of the first Persona. Cause Mark and Brad are the OTP to end all OTPs and I watched a youtube video of Chunky turning into the penis-monster during the Snow Queen Quest and got the sudden urge to want to scribble my initials all over huge trees with massive amounts of pink leaves. And to get a yellow hat and a scarf with the number one on it -- oh, oh and to carve an X in my forehead. Possibly get a hickey so I can wear a bandaid over it too and cook like shit (Dr. Beverly, you skank). Oh, Persona how I love thee.

Maybe I will do a speed-playthrough of Silent Hill 2 as well. I haven't had my fix lately. *shudders*


P.S. ANOTHER EFFING REMAKE. THIS TIME IT'S Friday the 13th. And Jared Padalecki is in final negotiations to star in it -- according to this, it sounds like he'll be playing some sort of authority figure and not a young annoying thing, but what the shit. Another remake? And Padalecki, another something-horror-related? I KNOW YOU ARE BETTER THAN THAT.

All the little fangirls are all, "OMG WELL HORROR IS HIS BEST GENRE~!!1" Hey honeys, sadly, horror is HIS ONLY GENRE.

Alright, so I am sitting in the living room on the laptop -- this is where I will be sleeping tonight. On the couch. I'm gonna stay here with Maeby, who is here(!) in the living room in a nice fabric crate thing. She still has on her little bandage wifebeater (lol) cause the feeding tube is still stuck inside of her (they'll take it out when they take out the staples/stitches) so she has to wear it and the big blue collar so she doesn't bite the tube out.

( Here is her in her amazing collar -- from last night when we went to visit her at the vet. )

I have the final bill sitting here on the couch with a whole slew of other things (bag of chips, purse, book, a blanket, nintendo ds, laptop bag, lots of other random crap). It's $7,444 and I'm like WELL AT LEAST THAT'S OVER (hopefully). Now I just need to pay it off.

So if anyone wants a short story or a stick figure (I CAN EVEN PUT STICK FIGURES ON BOOKMARKS FOR YOU) or fanmixes or graphics or whatever for however much you want, I would be honored to make something for you dudes -- I'm sure Maeby would feel just as grateful cause then her momma won't so damn stressed and toolish about EVERYTHING EVER.

You know what fandoms I know (SW, Silent Hill, Stephen King, Bioshock, Persona, Myst, Arrested Development, The Office, IASIP, Supernatural, Galerians, Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, etc., etc.) and can do fandomy things for, so just let me know and I will start work on things.

My paypal account is heather @ whatthefun.net (without the spaces of course) and I also have weird odd crap on my etsy store. There's gonna be lots of new stuff on there soon as well. And if you see anything weird on there that you would like a different version of, let me know and I can make it and put it on there for you. I'll also be making ghetto fandom plushies and other stuffed things and stuff too... so yeah. That's that.

I'm gonna lay on the couch now.

I saw Maeby today on my lunch break. I was sitting there all paranoid and tooly in the waiting room while I was waiting to see her and I finally went back there and holy crap she was doped up good. But she looked at me and let me pet her. She basically had on like a bunch of bandages over all her tubes and stuff and it seriously looked like she had a cat turtleneck on. She had her right paw in a little thing that had the needles in it that were feeding her water and drugs. She still won't eat or drink on her own though. They're keeping her until (hopefully) tomorrow morning, maybe later. Also, part of her left arm was shaved where they were taking her blood pressure so now she's like part effing poodle.

Mom and I went to go see her again around 7. She was off the pain meds by then but she's still not eating and drinking on her own. And she's still woozy from the drugs. D: But that time she was awake and every time Mom or I stopped petting her she'd look at us like, "BITCH WHY YOU STOPPING?" So I have my fingers crossed that she's getting -- and staying -- better. They had to take two inches out of her six inch colon.

And all the crap I described in the first paragraph...

( here be my darling little crack cat still drugged up a couple hours ago. )

I just hope she eats and drinks and such so she can come home tomorrow. ;-;

I KNOW LOTS OF YOU HAVE CATS, SO HERE IS A Q. I MUST FIND AN A. :O

So I have the hyper little cat Maeby, yes? (Obviously, she doesn't look like that anymore cause it's been like a year and a half since then, heeheh~) BUT YEAH.

Usually she is running around and acting crazy every single day all the time and today she has been laying in one spot pretty much all day. And usually when you pick her up she starts freaking and wants to get down, but today she's kind of like, "meh, whatever"...

Is this normal or what? D: I've been to a bunch of cat sites and they aren't telling me jackshiz, yo.

Okay, so, if you've been to my house, you know I have three cats, a bird and some fish. I have Maeby, who is the gray odd little fuzzball kitten who was born in 2006. Thing, who is fat and has extra thumbs (Maeby does too) and she is about eleven. There was another cat who fit in here who was a little older than Thing, named Evil, but Valerie and Brian (Valval & Bribri!) have him in Pittsburgh. And then there is Stardust -- or as we call her Big Kitty.

She turned 20 yesterday, on the 24th.

That cat is two years younger than me. Sure, she is crotchety and bitter in her old age but I <3 her and her pissed off little self. Brian said it best when he said Big Kitty is being held together by her own anger.

Time to go try to put a birthday hat on her. Woo! I think cat picspam will be coming one day soon. XD

I LOVE THIS SONG. IT NEVER GETS OLD. NEVER. <3


(P.S.! Why am I not surprised -- Big Kitty is not surprised either, as she is sitting here scowling at this CNN article -- the dumb coked-up bitch got caught again DRIVING, drunk and with cocaine! Awesome mugshot, crackwhore! HUR? COMMON SENSE? I GOTZ NUN. BUT I GOTZ A PURTY BRACEY-LETTE!

FAIL-YOUR.)

(P.S.S. Big balls on Anakin Skywalker for helping with Mace's downfall -- haha, no pun intended, but I can't get how effing hot he's standing in this picture. That family makes the HOTTEST SITH LORDS. SITH PORN.)