This was supposed to go up yesterday.

I feel really bizarre.
Selfish, I guess.

There are a zillion people dying in Gaza, and someone in town, whose chosen family I know, got taken off life-support today.

And I'm sitting here, sopping about, feeling insecure around my girlfriend.

There's a huge tonne of stuff swirling around in my head about this -- Sara and I talked a little bit about what's going on in my head.

Basically, I spent four months "on probation" until she decided that she actually wanted to fully participate in our relationship. And then she went to the states, and I didn't see her for a month (or pretty damn close).
My "operating instructions" are still playing catch-up, I guess. ;-)

...

And some idiot has just pulled the fire alarm. Asshole.

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Okay,
So the fire-alarm yesterday?

The hallway was full of smoke when I opened the door.

Yes, my building was actually on fire.

I dressed fast, pulled on my coat, threw my laptop and a pair of work-appropriate shoes into a bag, and left the building.

1) thank goodness my sister lives four blocks from my house.

2) thank goodness I have keys to Sara's place, even though I didn't make use of them yesterday, since my sister turned out to be home.

3) I now know exactly which one object is worth enough to me to stay an extra minute or two in a burning building in order to save.
This will make down-sizing significantly easier, I have to say. ;-)

4) on a similar note: Gee, it'd be a lot easier to pick up and move to a different city if I litterally only had the clothes on my back, wouldn't it?


Anyway. Other than the phoneline having been burned through (dammit!), everything is fine.

The same thing happened again this morning, though -- at about 10:15am. So I'm at Umi checking email and so-on. I'll be going back home (to my almost certainly fine appartment -- the walls between apartments *are* made of cement, so I'm not exactly worried about this) in about half an hour.


I think I'll make hot-and-sour soup today or something. :-)


- TTFN,
- Allison. :-)

Looking for Fairy Wings

Hey everybody.

So, I might (possibly) be doing a shoot (for free) that involves dressing up as a funky urban fairy.

I know shiftercat has a set of blue butterfly wings, but I'm wondering if there's anyone in the China Town area who might have such a thing that I could borrow for a day or three. Blue/purple/black/red etc are all more than acceptable.
Angel-style (feathery) wings could work, too, but I'd prefer the butterfly/fairy sort. :-)
The kind of wings that shrug on over the shoulder (and/or clip onto the back of one's clothes) but can be worn with, say, a strappy/backless dress or something.

Fake vines (leaves and/or flowers in various hews) would also be appreciated.

Any volunteers? :-D


[EDIT: Sidenote: I may also try to locate a couple of heavy-gage wire hangers and twist them into something that might work as stylized wings... We'll see what I can come-up-with. ;-) /EDIT]


- TTFN,
- Amazon. :-)