Easter weekend.

I'm really looking forward to Easter weekend, partially because of the convention and also because it means it's a holiday weekend. There's something special about the holidays, about knowing that there isn't any pressure to have to go in to work - the store's closed on Easter Sunday - and that we can just sit back and take a little time off. Of course, I'll be out in the Woodlands if all goes well but that's all par for the course. I love being out at conventions and seeing everyone, getting to spend time just catching up and having fun. It's nice to have close friends that live in the Dallas area because it's only about four hours away for them, and for me when I go up there. Candice is supposed to come out to the convention with me, and Saturday night Cat will be driving up. I know Jesse will be there, and hopefully Mike will make it, too. I'm just really looking forward to seeing everyone. It's funny that you don't notice how much you miss your friends until you don't get to see them for about a month. Granted, that isn't too long of a time but I got spoiled at All Con by having everyone around. :)

That's about it for right now. I'm going to head home from school and see what the rest of the day brings!

Unlimited - my future is unlimited.

"And I've just had a vision just like a prophecy.
I know it sounds truly crazy,
and true, the vision's hazy -
but I swear, someday I'll be
flying so high - defying gravity."

Shine On

I came back just the other day from one of the most amazing weekends I've had in awhile, something filled with more spontaneous actions and ups and downs than I've let myself get involved in, and I actually think I came back better for it. It's a little bit amazing what going out and trying new things can do for a person's mindset. I was used to staying inside and keeping to myself, not really going out and putting myself into situations with groups of people, and this weekend was something completely out of my comfort zone. I owe a lot to Candice for being so fantastic from the beginning until the end. She's a great friend, and even though there are ups and downs we've just known each other too long to cut each other much slack. She isn't afraid to tell me when she thinks I'm being one way, I'm not afraid to counter her, etc. etc. and still we've just known each other for too long and been through too much to not work through it together. It's comforting to have a friend like that.

I'm not sure what I'll do today. I'm not much for going out and delving into the world of green, but St. Patrick's is today and there's going to be a good deal of partying going on in there today. I'll probably take the less than exciting take on the day and keep it all close to home, but I'm still feeling pretty good. It's weird and I know this post is disjointed, but I'm actually feeling better about things than I have in a long time.

Spring Break '09

And not quite the conventional way of spending it, either! Instead of hitting the beaches or going to someplace warm, Candice and I are packing up her car tonight and heading up to Dallas where the high temperature is expected at sixty-eight degrees and we might be facing some chilly rainfall. She prefers to drive in the wee hours of the early morning, so we're aiming for a three a.m. departure time, and I think that might actually end up happening. Everything is just about ready to go, and I only need to decide if I should lighten my duffel bag by one pair of shoes or not. The plus? I'll have a more comfortable pair of flats to shuffle around in. The down side? Heavier duffel bag. But at the same time, Candice's car has plenty of room in it so I think I'll end up erring on the side of caution and going on the heavier side.

Yes, I am that much of a girl, thank you for asking!

I'm in my night class right now, and we're discussing Apple's wonderful piece of software known as Compressor and all of the lovely things it can do and get away with. I love Compressor - I'm not really sure where I'd be in my realm of editing without it. Converting that much Doctor Who from .avi format to .mov would not have been easy without it. Granted, there are other ways of doing that but Compressor gives a nice, crisp output and I'd rather go with something like that instead of cutting corners and have to worry about the output. Compressor is also going to offer an option in the near future to output to Blu Ray format, and that makes the geeky part of my heart swell up. I still lack a Blu Ray player and television that will play that kind of format but I think it's only a matter of time before I change that up and join the higher definition realm.

I really am looking forward to this weekend. The trip is coming at an excellent time, with midterms nothing other than a memory and an overall sense of accomplishment in my heart because that's what comes with feeling a job has been well done. I won't know the result of my law and ethics test until after the break, but I walked away from it happier than I thought I would feel so that has to be a definite plus.

On another note, Janine and I think that we should try and bottle up our professor's energy. This man has a great personality, and he's just so full of life. Every time I get to take one of his classes I feel lucky for the chance. He teaches us so much, and he really cares about what he's teaching. That's hard to come by in college.

I think I'll go ahead and close this out here. More about the trip will be coming soon!

As part of my All Con preparations I had to find a pair of large gold hoop earrings since Rose Tyler has a loving affliction for them. I found a pair that I liked and they arrived today, much to my overwhelming relief. Whenever convention time gets close and I have to order something, I always worry that I might have waited too long and it won't make it on time. But this time I was lucky! At the very least it'll remind me to not let things go until the last minute. Still, I think the outfits will look great. My mother and I were shopping a few weeks back and she found a blue zippered jacket that looked nicely close to the "New Earth" one, and while I don't have the time, resources or skill to sew the purple shirt I found one in the same blue colour as the jacket to wear underneath. It's a quick job but it'll do the trick for the convention. I do have to admit that I'm probably looking the most forward to the season four getup.

Last night I made it over to Candice's place after getting off of work at six. Chances were I could have stayed later but I was exhausted after an eight hour shift and a headache was building behind my eyes. My mother had a wonderful dinner made when I got home so eating did help, but the headache kept on nagging. I just kind of sprawled out on Candice's couch and kept her company for awhile while she worked on costuming and things like that. Sometimes it's just nice to relax and take it easy.

Tonight was a different kind from that, mostly with staying at home (albeit happily!) and texting with Kate while watching tonight's episode of House M.D. The show has its incredible ups and downs - not just in characterization but in writing, too - but I've still been too adoring of it for too long to give it up. Whatever ends up happening, I think I'll be watching until its time on Fox runs out.

The rest of this week will be a little trying - I have another test in my law and ethics class on Wednesday and a couple of assignments due for advanced editing - but after that we're hitting the road and going up to Dallas. It's going to be outrageous amounts of fun.

Working and onward.

I've said it before and I'll gladly say it again - I'm so impossibly ready for a vacation. I can't wait for Candice to come over in a little less than two weeks so we can load up her car and head up to Dallas for a chance to just get out and have some fun at a convention for awhile. I've got three really fantastic costumes that I get to wear, and I'm really looking forward to that. I love the chance to have some fun, and this is going to be a well deserved vacation.

I could write on and babble about work over the past few days, but the truth is it won't do any good. I've cried too many tears over this job and while I'm glad for the fact that I have one in these impossibly hard economic times, I don't like the way I'm being treated by some of the people at work. And I don't know, sometimes I keep getting the implication that there might well be a kind of discrimination happening there, but I don't want to go that far and go down that road. The truth is that I'm just trying to hang on and keep myself intact and in one piece until the end of this semester at school. Because after that, the world is going to open itself up to me and I just have to make sure that I can graduate and get on out there to explore it.

I had plans to write a lot more than this but I'm exhausted, and after I finish up this episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit I'm going to get into bed and have a nice, long sleep.