cleverly disguised as a responsible adult

Downwood made me new icons. I love them. They rock.

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I think I nearly qualify as dead. I'm utterly exhausted in pretty much every way. I keep telling myself that I'll get through this day and then there's only one more before I fly home and have a day and a half to lounge around, then two days of work, then I get to see my sister, two good friends, and go to faire with a whole posse of people.

It doesn't help. Truthfully, it makes me want to curl up under the table in a little ball and shake. I'm so tired of being around People. I've spent more time in this damn room than the rest of my trip all put together. I'm stressed and worn through and through. My public mask is starting to fray and chip around the edges; my back has returned to how it felt before I left grad school and started chiropractic care.

There has been lots of shouting, tons of stress, hours of boredom, and several tidal waves of panic. When things go wrong, they go REALLY wrong and need to be fixed As Quickly As Humanly Possible. I've learned a lot in a hurry, solved some things that would have made me cry a month ago, and stood up for myself in a nasty confrontation.

There have been spots of brightness. I got to meet both Bri and Jenn - two Amazingly Fabulous People Who I Wish I Lived Closer To. I've had some amazing meals: sushi, pasta, a chocolate dessert that made an entire day worth living, and some very tasty BBQ. I'm going out to dinner with a coworker tomorrow night and then to the Dallas Lush store, which fills me with no small amount of glee.

I want quiet. I want peace. I want to not have to be cooped up in this basement. I want to see my Downwood and check on my dog - she's been throwing up and very sick the last few days and I'm very, very worried about her. I want to finish KT's bodice and get one put together that I've had the pieces sitting around for a year. I want to cook something healthy. I want to sleep and not wake up to an alarm. I want to drive around and not swelter.

77 hours down. 14 to go. I think I can do this, but it's really taking its toll. I might be pushing the August deadline back a bit longer. It really depends.

I'm tired.

Today at work sucked. Took an exam that I'm not sure if I passed. Found out that I failed the one I took before Christmas and all near test dates are full. Got an email from the IT department saying "Stay off teh intarwebs unless it's for work OR ELSE". Had my computer decide that it just wasn't going to let me get to the programs that I desperately needed to maintain even a semblance of productivity.

*whine*bitch*moan*

I came home, hugged Downwood, and grabbed my gym bag. We swung by that cesspit of the unwashed hordes (Wal-Mart) to pick up some more doggy stuff. Got in and out without killing anyone in the process.

I know: I'm proud of me, too.

We were going to go to the gym, but when we pulled in the parking lot behind three other cars, nearly got in two wrecks while circling the lot, and noticed that the TWO overflow lots were SRO, we decided that the exercise gods were telling us to go home and get dinner before I got cranky enough to start bitin' off hedz.

We came home and Downwood fixed my favorite dwarf dinner. OMGYUM! I'm so full. I had to go put on more comfortable pants.

I'm now feeling good enough that I feel like sharing a pic of the shirt I wore today. I got it from bexdragon for Hogswatch. It says "You don't know me. International Spy Museum, Washington DC". It fits perfectly and I love how skinny it makes me look. *happy bounce*
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downwood and silmaril

Check out the icon on the post for his version of the Stark crest and motto, while below you shall see her interpretation of the Tulleys from Riverrun.

*bookish fangirl squee*

As I wait for time to run out in the football game, I decided to make a couple of icons. The first one is from a user I saw on Customers Suck! The second is just a snippet of a webcomic that I like.

Free to gank; please credit.

	Twitchy kitty Based on soozquu's icon. I thought it was too darn cute to not be animated.
	Radioactive panda A very cute miniature panda that just so happens to be a nuclear power source. http://www.radioactivepanda.com/

I started making some icons this morning. I'm pretty pleased with what I've come up with.

	Calvin and Hobbes Too large a file, but I like it.
	Kestrel and coffee
	Movie kitty eicnan's kitten, Lilly
	My blue and black corset

From this post over in baaaaabyanimals, I decided to make a new icon.  I can't decide on the caption.  I was leaning toward something along the lines of "What?!" or "Fuck off." or "Bite me" but none of those really capture the true meaning of Angry Kitty.

Here's the icon in question


Opinions?

Edit: silmaril's entry has amused me to no end.