The Reverend's Sermons

Well, in about two hours I'm going to be bailing out of NC and escaping to Atlanta. I'll be going out with cybershepherd and some of his friends to meet feathertail and the NC furs. I have to say this is the first time I've been nervous about a con since my first time at AMA...though I'm still more nervous about plans falling through than anything else. ^^; I've haphazardly thrown a schedule together for myself, at least.

Wish me luck, guys. ._.b

MY FUR ORDERS CAME IN YAAAAAAAAAAAY NOW I CAN START SEWING MY FURSUIT.

Also, after a ton of pattern and sewing-related errors and having to rip a lot of seams, I finally finished Sediea's hat and have a set of working templates I can use for future hats.

( Pic in here! Also construction notes. )

Sediea's story is finally done! Actually it was done a few days ago, I just forgot to update here. ^^; Details, details. The story is here! It's also on my FurAffinity page if anyone's interested. I'm not especially proud of how it came out, but...well, it happened, and I think some of the ideas behind it were good.

So, basically right now my queue is looking like this...

( Yeah, it's below the cut, along with more tl;dr )

Anyway, that's how things are going now. ^_^ Sorry it took so long to update, microblogging is so easy in comparison it's easy to forget about my main blog.

As promised, here's the current commission/request queue and progress on my own stories! And the only reason my own projects are closer to being done is I didn't start taking requests and commissions until very recently.

Commission

Sediea: 20% done

Requests

Aleph: outlined
Stormkit: outlining

Personal stories

Anomie: the Will to Power (part 2): 80% done
Devils in the House of God: End of Innocence (part 1): 10% done

In other news, I finally figured out how to do a blanket stitch, a.k.a. the only other stitch I will ever need to learn (aside from a regular hemming stitch.) I'm going to be moving from cloth to felt and fleece now. The fact the cheap cloth I have keeps fraying for no reason, aside from being cheap, is one more reason to do this. >.>

AMA AND BIRTHDAY IN TWO DAYS WHOOOOOOOOOOO

And now that I have that out of my system, I'll try to be more coherent. So, as I mentioned in the Animazement con report, (I think) I'm going to go to Anime Mid-Atlantic this weekend. ^_^ I'm not going to be technically cosplaying, though I've got the materials for a Naoto cosplay. I have, however, got together a pretty nice steampunk outfit. :3 Definitely looking forward to showing that off on Saturday! Naoto will have to wait until Dragon*Con, NekoCon or Anime USA, if I can make either, I'm afraid.

Anime USA is looking a little grim, since it's during Thanksgiving and if I skip out on the annual Faust family Thanksgiving gathering in order to go to a larger gathering in Virginia oriented towards people who like watching Japanese cartoons, reading Japanese comics, and playing Japanese video games in order to dress up as a video game character, hear other people talk about cartoons and video games, and meet people I know from the Internet, I'll pretty much be the subject of gossip for years to come. As you have probably inferred, I am not exactly on great terms with my dad's side of the family. My mom's side of the family is a lot more supportive of my quirkier hobbies-- in fact, my maternal grandmother is helping me to put together the cosplay.

Speaking of steampunk, I'm working primarily on the Trin rewrite at the moment, along with a fanstory worldbuilding guide that's very nearly finished. The first chapter of Trin is almost done but I keep getting stuck on the fight fgsfds. It's been way too long since I've had to write a fight scene with multiple characters. ._.; I don't know how I pulled it off the first time I wrote Trin since that was pretty much the first time I'd ever written one period, even though looking back on it the whole thing was really clumsily written. Not just the fight scene, everything about it was. *sigh* Oh well. At least I've improved in the past...er...wow, it's been two and a half years. >_> I feel old.

Next big deal: I have a regular paycheck coming in yaaaaaaaaaaaay. This has lead me to some realizations. Realization the first: I have a love/hate relationship with Failtop. I love Failtop because using it means I can be on the Internet and have instant access to writing and music most of my waking hours. I hate Failtop because the former applies only when it feels like cooperating. I've probably got a small compendium of knowledge on how to deal with the many, many hardware issues Dells have and the many, many software issues Windows has. It's gotten to the point where I've started researching workarounds in advance just in case they happen, because they probably will.

For those not in the know, Failtop is my laptop. I call it Failtop because it fails. It's had a host of technical issues ever since I've gotten it, most of which are too numerous to list in this post. Later, perhaps. ;)

Now, realization the second: I would love to have a gaming-quality rig to play SL and FFXI on. Both games...well, they work on Failtop, and that's about the nicest thing I can say. FFXI runs much better than SL, which sputters out on me pretty frequently and goes into the software equivalent of cardiac arrythmia every time I walk into an area with more than four people. I literally have just the bare minimum of the video card specs they ask for. Furthermore, Failtop doesn't have nearly the level of storage space I would like, and those 350 gig hard drives look awful shiny from where I'm standing, what will the mere thirty gigs of space I've got left on Failtop. Also, the wireless on Failtop works erratically at best, even with a functioning adapter thanks to feathertail . A desktop in my own room seems like a blessing right now. >_> And I miss being able to use an actual mouse. And I'll be able to install Mint using a live CD and BE FREE OF THE WINDOWS CURSE FOREVER HOORAY! That would be a truly exciting event.

There's just one catch-- I've never rigged before. I know how a desktop is put together, but there's a difference between knowing that and actually being able to put one together. Needless to say, that makes me a little nervous, since I might accidentally set it up the bomb or something. And an exploding computer would be bad, especially if I'm nearby. So, yeah, I'm going to have a lot of research to do. >.> Especially in terms of hardware compatibility for...well, just about everything, including the games. SL in particular is finicky about video cards, it seems.

Anyway, I seriously considered getting a fursuit instead. The catch is, I really want to make my own, as it's more personal that way, but I'm not that good at sewing yet, which is why I want to start with costuming. Hopefully I can put that together soon. :3 I'll work on a personal ears-and-tail set first, of course-- gotta start small!

...Well, that was a lot of backlog. ^^; Anyway, I may or may not post the WB essay tomorrow, if I don't...well, it's not gonna be up 'til Monday at best, I'll be too busy with AMA. Also, expect pics per usual. :D

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

I LOVE my new AnthroXtacy avatar. I've spent most of my time in SL since I got it just flying around and tweaking the settings. There's something indescribably awesome about having a something to point to and say "If I were to be able to chose my appearance in real life so that it would match how I feel on the inside, this is what I would look like." Anyway, I figured since I have it and I haven't seen any reviews for it, I might as well do one. Check it out below the cut! (Pics to come soon, BTW.)

( Fly with me, forever higher/And with these wings, we'll set the world on fire )

And now that I have that out of the way...why isn't it Friday yet? ;_; I want to go to Animazement...I've got a shopping list and a to-do list and everything. (Heading up there with chimoari and Zylaa of The Flying Toasters fame will be there on Saturday!) Also, Chi, don't let me forget about bringing up Legendia and my comics. >_> So, I'm not cosplaying this year due to financial constraints, but finding someone I could go as where I won't have to pay an absurd amount of money to do so (being that I'm saving up for a fursuit here, and it's my primary concern) is one of the things on my to-do list. I am more than a little in love with the idea of cosplaying and just costuming in general. It's the chance to break away from my anxiety problems, I suppose. Again, I'd rather have a fursuit, but quite frankly doing either is my idea of a good time.

On the bright side, there's a dealer that's selling tails, so I might *finally* have a tail to go with my ears. And Aardvark T-Shirts will be there. I want the "Steampunk is the new black!" one so, so badly. See, I have to plan these things out in advance because otherwise I *will* overspend. >_> It's not so much kid in a candy store as it is starving person in a candy store. I almost never get opportunities to spend money like this, and when I do...well...let's just say the end results aren't kind on my bank account.

Nonetheless, I'm still looking forward to this. XD Expect a con report!