So I've been working on culling my apartment due to the impending moving in of the boyfriend.

I have a box of near 60 band shirts all L or XL that is up for grabs to fellow metalheads if they want them, and plan to actually WEAR THEM. No taking the box to resell.

I also have a bunch of chick clothes, some goffy, lots of basic black. Anywhere from size 14-18.

And I have a Lowepro Slingshot 300 AW camera bag for sale. It can hold 2 SLRs plus lenses. It was used once back in 2008 and has been gathering dust since. It's a discontinued model but the near identical 302 goes for $100+. I'd like to sell mine for $75 obo.


I am willing to ship shirts if shipping is paid. I won't list out everything, but if you're looking for certain bands, I'll let you know if I have them.


Comment if interested in anything or want to come over to look through the clothes. I have other things that I'll be getting rid of but still have more sorting and organizing to do.

Yeah, so I'm still all alive and kicking.


A few thing have happened since my last post.

A couple awesome shows, Kampfar in September and then Arkona last night.

Went to KumoriCon with LB and a couple of his friends.

Photographed my cousin's wedding.

Spent the week of Turkey Day with LB in Astoria lounging around and watching anime.

And as of this morning, LB will be moving in on Jan 5th.


I probably missed a few things in there, but my brain is totally focused on the fact my boyfriend is moving in in 31 days. Eeeps! I have so much to do to get the apartment ready, mainly in the arena of culling my stuff to make room for him. Having lived in the same place for 14 years and the last 10 pretty much alone means I have taken over every last nook and cranny of that 650sqft. Wheee!


SO! I will be dragging LB out to GASP on January 6th to celebrate. Please attend if you are so inclined. The theme that night is Mourning Tea.

I hadn't realized it's been almost two months since I last posted.

I've been dealing with a few things and life in general has been interesting to say the least.

For those that my last post was a bit vague for... My mother died July 3rd. I always had a rather conflicted relationship with her so it's been a bit hard for me to deal with and I went into hibernation while I got my head together again. Honestly, while I'm functional and not really fazed by it any longer, I'm still not sure where I stand with how I feel about her, but that's long, drawn out and probably more TMI than a public post should be.

At the end of July I escaped for a few days down to Astoria, OR to see my boyfriend. He was lovely and kept my mind off reality while I was there. Astoria was lovely and I could see myself escaping down there again when I need to clear my head and just relax, but there is no way I could live there. We hit the junk and antique shops, caught Cowboys and Aliens, had a beach date in Seaside and a lovely picnic in a cemetery. I even got to take some photos of my lovely boy. I did not want to come back, but I had to anyway.

August has both flown by and dragged on. Nothing too much to babble about there, just my normal wake up, go to work, go home, talk to the boyfriend, go to sleep, rinse repeat. Though if I'm forgetting anything major, just smack me and remind me.

This past weekend though was PAX. I had a great time, still feeling exhausted, but it was very much worth it. Hit the MMO Reporter dinner Thursday night and the WB/Turbine party at Gameworks Friday night. Got plenty of shiny swag, though I somehow missed out on the nifty Torchlight II bags.

I spent most of Saturday down at the Pathfinder tables gaming my little heart out. It's been over 15 years since I sat down and did actual TT gaming like that. Took me a couple rounds to get back into the swing of things, but then the 'Oh yeah, I forgot, I love doing this!' set in and I'm presently dealing with withdrawals. This also caused me to pick up a new set of dice. Doesn't matter that I already had 8 sets at home, plus enough miscellaneous dice to make a couple more sets, nope, I needed new pretty blue/purple borealis shimmery dice.

Next weekend I'm heading down to Vancouver, WA for KumoriCon. The boyfriend's best friend had to cancel and I'm taking her place. Unfortunately as it was 2 girls and 2 guys, it was going to be split that way for sleeping arrangements in the room. So, while I'm going there to see my boyfriend, I'll be bunking with a cute chick for three nights. I think I can somehow manage to deal with that. ;P

I will be slumming it though clothing wise while I'm there as the weather is going to be above what I consider comfortable. Black sundresses, sandals and kitty ears will be worn all weekend. Oh yeah, and my pretty new purple clip in extensions. I'll be taking my pretty blue dress in case we end up at the dance, but I think we're skipping it.

The boss is on vacation to Burning Man for the next couple of weeks, and the coworker is taking a comp day today, so I'm all by my lonesome in the office. Works for me. We've been open an hour and only one student has wandered in, and that was only to make an appointment.

Think I'm going to go grab more coffee and try to get some work done without the normal interruptions and distractions.


But, before I go... Anyone out there play Pathfinder??

RIP Tommie "Tomanoakuna" Bradley - 10/13/1950 - 07/03/2011

The world is ending...

I have a boyfriend again.

*gasp!*

LB is on his way back home to Astoria at the moment. Missing him like crazy. 6 weeks until I go visit him.

Do not want to deal with work and real life at present.

Due to outside influences causing my stress levels to go out of control (and thus my ulcers and blood pressure which caused me to miss a show last night) I am hibernating and going incommunicado for the weekend.

I will also be saying a general 'Fuck you, solve your own problems' while the boy is in town.

I'm once again to where I'm feeling burnt out when I go to work.

But it's not like before where I was doing menial phone cs, retail or data entry; here we're actually directly helping people to better their lives. I walk through the halls on campus and it always makes me smile.

I don't want to leave the college if I can help it, but overall, I'm burnt out.

I can feel myself not caring as much anymore. Maybe I just need a longer than normal vacation, I'm not sure. I just had a week off for a friend's visit and SakuraCon and it ended with me dreading going back to work.

I have a week off coming up later this month for another visit and a jaunt down to Portland for Black Circle fest. I'm hoping it lifts my spirits, but if not, I may have to seriously think on finding a new job, or hoping I get picked to be laid off (the idea of volunteering for layoff has crossed my mind also).


The big plus in my life presently is that I've started dating a rather lovely boy. The downside is that he lives a few hours away in Astoria. We've been talking about 6 weeks and finally got to see each other during SakuraCon. Things definitely clicked well. We're hoping to manage to see each other a weekend a month at first. *keeping fingers crossed*


Another plus is it looks like the drama regarding the things left in my apartment seems to be resolving itself finally. I hope things work out without too much issue.


I've also started a photoblog at http://blog.midnyte.net/ It only has 3 entries right now and I'm honestly not sure about frequency of updates yet, but I'm giving it a whirl nonetheless.


I hope everyone had a lovely Beltaine.

I've been with Alaska Air's mileage plan for years, like 10 of them. I've always been happy how I could earn miles, until the last year or so when they dropped many of the easier ways to earn miles.

I am looking to find a new carrier to start earning miles with.

The two biggies I see are American and Delta.

You couldn't pay me enough to fly US Airways.

And I don't really know enough about SouthWest or Continental anymore.


Any recommendations?

It looks like my vacation from being social and shooting shows like a mad woman is indeed over.

I seem to have gotten a few things on my calendar...

03/14 - The Beastmaster @ Central Cinema
03/17 - Chris' Bday @ The Merc
03/19 - Call for the Priest @ S7
03/21 - Dinner with Dani @ Crepan
03/25 - Rotting Christ @ El C
03/30 - Sucker Punch @ The Cinerama
04/08 - Goth Prom II @ The Merc
04/09 - Don Giovanni @ Meydenbauer Center
04/11 - Octal's BDay Bash @ 2Bit
04/16 - SeaGoth Picnic @ Woodland Park
04/20 - Amon Amarth @ Showbox Market
04/21 - Friend from Vegas arrives
04/22 - 04/24 - SakuraCon
04/26 - Friend from Vegas leaves
04/27 - Destruction & Scorched Earth @ S7
05/06 - Symphony X @ Showbox Market (tentative)
05/07 - Rudra @ The Rickshaw in Vanc BC
05/13 - The Magic Flute @ Seattle Opera
05/15 - Mary Poppins @ The Paramount (matinee show)
05/15 - Impaler @ El C
05/18 - blackheart666 arrives
05/20 - 05/21 - Black Circle in PDX
05/23 - Woods of Ypres @ El C
05/24 - blackheart666 leaves
05/27 - 05/29 - CryptiCon
06/14 - Skelator, Witchaven, Scorched Earth & Fallen Angels @ The Morgue
06/18 - Goths Fly A Kite @ Alki
06/26 - Gothic Pride Seattle @ Gay Pride Parade

I only managed to go on Friday and Sunday as I was simply too wiped out on Saturday to want to deal with that huge of a crowd, and I think I'm happy I made that decision even if I missed the Buffy panel.

Since this is going to include a few photos, I'm going to go ahead and put a cut ( here... )

Okay, that's my write up of ECCC, with extra. :P

I need to scamper off and get my ass to work. Wheee!