The Half Blood Prince's Potions Book

Okay, so I promised earlier, and now my hair is dyed blue black, and I'm happy enough with the fail!pics to put a couple up for you to see. Since it's just been dyed, I've decided not to use fixer in it, so it's only pinned back, and it is FLUFFY from having just been washed and blow dried. Haha. Ishida does not have these problems. If anything, it is still a bit long -- but it is still my hair, and I have to go out wearing it, in a non-cosplaying context.

( Oh noes! There is a Mayuri on my ceiling! )

( And dis is the back of ma head. )

My boobie squeezer came today! I don't mean that I'm going to pop them like balloons, hahah. Just squish them into submission, and therefore stop my Ishida costume from being 'top heavy'. It's really the most awesome thing. Now you see them, now you don't. I should not be so epically pleased to have purchased something that squishes my assets into non-existence, but really, it is the best thing ever. *pleased as punch*

Okay, I am done fangirling my post now. Where were we? Oh yeah - doing work so that I can write fanfic later. Hah.

Stop looking at me like that, Shirosaki. I know you want him, but if you could just be patient a little longer, I would appreciate it.

Edit: I am listening to extremely old music, due to the historical rut I seem to have sunk myself into. Oh, hallo Mr. Presley - fancy meeting you here. *-*

I hate getting the cold. I hate it with a venegeance. I sometimes think of it kindly in a backwards glance, but I forget how awful it is to have my nose rubbed raw and my throat torn to shreds and every breath weighing heavily on my chest like a vice. I hate sneezing so much that I make myself cry. I despise breathing through my mouth because my nose is blocked and tickley and having every damn breath grate down the back of my abused and dry throat. I hate having the choice between suffering and taking so much medicine that I can't process normal thought. And I can't stand menthol and eucalyptus.

This is just to remind me, next time I'm thinking 'Oh, colds, they aren't that bad -- I bet I could handle it a lot better than you are' that it is NOT TRUE.

And naturally, getting cramps at the same time does absolutely no good.

*cries*

In other news, before I take some more cold capsules, I have discovered that I actually have some time to do some writing/cosplaying. Yesterday I made Hitsugaya's 10th squad haori for my brother: http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq303/regasssa/josh1.jpg , which was great fun and diverting. I can't believe it only took a day - hahah - if I'd told myself I could do it in a day last year, I would have probably laughed and shook my head. A week - that's more like it. I want to finish Ishida's bow today before the sun vanishes forever, but it's going to have to be dismantleable, which makes things a bit more complicated. It will involve a pillar drill, I suspect.

Writing is...going to happen. It's going to rain like hell over the next few days, I think - the temperature's dropping and the sky's filling up with clouds. I hope it hits sooner, to be honest, because it will cause less damage to the plum and magnolia blossom while it's still young and strong. That way they'll last longer, and I'll get to enjoy the way the garden smells fantastic for the Easter holidays.

Um...oh yes - my brother vomitted on my bed. Fun.

I've been long reining Soraya - for those who aren't familiar with it, it looks like this: http://www.luxury-accommodation-bay-of-islands.co.nz/images/farmstay-3-lrg.jpg . She didn't quite get it to start with, but when she worked out that the cues are exactly the same with the reins as the legs, she picked it up pretty quickly. What I did work out is that I need a surcingle to run the reins through, because otherwise she tangles me up every time she stops to eat grass *not amused*

Okie...I just got into Bleach, but do people really consider Mayuri/Nemu, Ishida/Nemu, Ishida/Orihime and Renji/Rukia to be crack pairings? People are weird. Now Aizen/Toushiro, that's at least a tiny bit crackier, right? Is my definition out, or something? Renji/Rukia or Ishida/Orihime is practically Ron/Hermione. x.x

I have trouble when breaking into a new fandom. Mostly it has to do with the fact that surface searches for good fanfiction/posting places ends up with me pulling out my hair. I'm a bit too busy, really, so I guess I'll leave it until after the con.

In terms of costume, I just painted Ishida's armour and his bow today. It takes me much further toward completion than I was the other day. I still have loads to do, of course. I can't wait to take photos, because the weather has turned absolutely beautiful here. I know by the time I get it done it'll be pouring with rain and I won't be able to go outside in Ishida's white shoes. And the daffodils will have died, which let's face it, is an oppurtunity wasted.

Okay, so I have been busy in what little spare time I have, costuming. I don't do this too often, but I really get stuck in when I do. I've done stage one, that means that the basic costuming is complete - it's only the details that need doing now, and are well in progress.

Behind a cut, to not clutter up LJs with picspam.
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