Not meant to be taken seriously.

 

Due to RL weirdness, this journal is now approximately 80% flocked. Fandom stuff will generally remain unlocked for at least a couple weeks. 

Still love new friends, so please introduce yourself here if you'd like to join the madness that comprises my invisible friends.

Hi. Sorry it's been a while. Like, almost a year. I've missed you, if that helps?

No?

K.

I'll just log off again, then.

  

Dude. DUDE. I totally called that plot twist. Granted, my 47 other theories didn't quite work out but I still lay claim that I totally saw that coming.

A++ Costuming department. You know what I mean, ladies.

Believe that's the first time I've ever finished an episode, then immediately restarted it to watch again.

Right. That's all the review I can give without spoilers. Basically, for the most part I quite liked it.

 Got my River Song Texas Tuxedo costume mostly done in time for TimeGate (THIS WEEKEND!) except for the boots. Somehow I just really thought I'd be able to find some cheap western style boots or shoes at Goodwill, or at one of the many shoe stores around in a pinch. Nope.

Oh, there are cowboy boots a-plenty, if I were willing and able to pay minimum of $100 for an item I will never wear in regular life.

Too late to buy online and have them shipped here by the weekend, so I shall have to improvise. Whatever I come up with can't look funnier than the glow-in-the-dark flip flops I ended up wearing with my Donna Unicorn and the Wasp dress after the pretty shoes nearly killed me, so I do have precedent.

In other news, a huge chunk of one of my molars just kind of crumbled to pieces. It hurts and is going to cost a fortune. I shall now proceed to be grumpy for the foreseeable future.

The tornadoes that hit Joplin, MO last night are horrifying. The Washington Post has a round up of stories and videos.  The video just less than halfway down the page, "What it sounds like when a tornado hits" ? That is easily one of the most terrifying things I've ever seen. Heard, rather, for the video is mostly too dark to see anything.

 With the overabundance of natural disasters hitting on a worldwide scale lately, I thought it was time for a PSA of sorts.

Do you have an emergency plan, for disasters both natural and un? Are your family and close friends aware of your plan- where to look for you if lines of communication are down?

They say that in plane crashes, many of deaths are not from the actual crash, but because afterwards people simply sit there, apparently thinking "This can't be real," or waiting for someone to tell them what to do next. Fires rage through and they're too deep in shock to react. Bodies are found still belted in to their seats, dead of smoke inhalation rather than trauma. The ones who survive say that they have thought about it before, what they would do, exactly how they would react. Preparedness makes survival actions instinctive, rather than needing to stop and think about what the best course of action may be.

Disasters can hit any of us any time. Talk with your household. It's unpleasant, sure. But talk about it anyhow. "What would we do if...?" Hold drills, just like schoolchildren.

And vitally, have your go-bags packed and easily accessible. It does you no good to have the perfect go-bag if it's back deep in a dark closet or hidden away in the attic. Survival supplies for 3 days is the general rule of thumb- that includes at least a gallon of water per person. Some guidelines on what should go in your go-bag are available at 72hours.org  , Speedbird , and the CDC. But don't put it off until you have time and money to assemble the perfect kit- at its most basic, you need copies of vital papers, few days worth of your medications, flashlights, a blanket, basic first aid kit, and a few protein bars. Add to it as you have time and money. It's not much, but it could save your life.

And your life, my friend, is very important to me.

ALSO ALSO. There is a movie being filmed here, parts of it less than a mile from my house. Apparently Jane Lynch (Sue Sylvester from Glee) is in it. It's all terribly exciting. Atlanta area peeps interested in trying out as extras should keep an eye out here-
http://www.facebook.com/ExtrasCast…

Read their notes section about what being an extra involves first, 12 hour days for little pay and no recognition. Could be interesting, though. Here's the most recent casting call:

For "Stooges" we need upscale cocktail patrons ages 30s-50's to work 6 consecutive days beginning next week. Days are Wed May 25, Thurs May 26, Fri May 27, Tues May 31, June 1 and June 2. Yes we need a 6 day commitment and you need to look polished and have the wardrobe options, no scraggly types. Please submit Pic, age, height, weight and phone number to: 3StoogesExtras@gmail.com subject: Cocktail Party

1) The Doctor's Wife.
Absolutely, without question, no doubt my favorite episode of the Matt Smith era. I am so incredibly flaility with glee that I cannot hope to be coherent about it yet, and will attempt to review it sometime later. Like Wednesday. Wednesday of next year, maybe. Suffice to say that I am vindicated in my most deeply cherished cracktastic beliefs, and icon is totally relevant. Be prepared for insane costume analysis, although of course I'm not going to attempt to make that ridiculously complicated costume before TimeGate. Of course not, that would be ridiculous. Nor am I going to begin purchasing the fabrics. Well. Not anymore of the fabrics. Maybe.

2)TimeGate! In Two Weeks!
I somehow find myself on two panels this year. Having been on a grand total of zero panels in all my years of living thus far, this is really quite exciting. First is the Costuming panel, at which I (as a serial offender) shall wisely counsel people against the dangers of starting costumes you will never finish, or letting half finished pieces hang around until they gain sentience and depart for the Planet of Unfinished Projects.

Second is the panel Real World Issues in Doctor Who, the final panel on Sunday. After giving it much serious thought, these are the topics I feel may be appropriately discussed

• The Astronomical Cost of Universal Roaming
• Are You My Mummy? Am I My Own Grandpa? Time Travel & Safe Sex
• The Kiss of Life, or How Not to do CPR. As demonstrated by special guests Captain Jack Harkness & Amy Pond.
• Monsters Only You Can See: When to call a doctor, vs when to call The Doctor
• Home Insurance Basics: Are time storms categorized as acts of god?
• First and Last Month's Rent, Plus a Year in Advance for Bad Driving, the new housing crisis.
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I'm so kicked off the panel now, aren't I?

Made an interesting discovery. You know what might turn out to be a good source for insanely curly River Song wigs?

As recommended by my black Aunt, wig companies marketed at African-American women. Which have a surprising number of wigs in shades of blonde with gorgeous foofy volume, at really reasonable prices. Like, less than $20. Lace front wigs for $30. And there's a whole network of women on youtube who review these wigs, show them in action and after a few wearings and such. The caps tend to be dark, to blend with darker scalps, but that's okay because she tends to have really dark roots.

Here's two I'm thinking on. Pics under cuts to save your flist.

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Or possibly I could just get some weave hair like this in color 27 to add volume to mine.

So! Thoughts?

It is positively mind boggling how many people list belts for sale on ebay, and neglect to mention the size anywhere in the auction. I'm not buying a holster belt for display on the wall, people. I need to know it'll hang on my hips and not either cut off circulation or slide down around my ankles.

Three weeks to TimeGate! Whoo! So many of my favorite costuming peeps are going to be there, it's going to be brilliant. Must focus on which costumes I can finish in time.

So I bought this jacket and sweater at Goodwill, very similar to what River Song wears in the Pandorica episodes. It's not as puffy as her jacket, but that's okay. I'm a bit puffier than Alex Kingston, so it balances out. But the jacket is just a wee bit more snug than I would like, and the sweater really adds bulk. Can anyone offer advice on how I could deconstruct the sweater, without having it unravel? The only part that really has to still be intact and look good is the collar, but it has some weird seaming going on that isn't helping.
The front pockets are sewn on and can be removed with a seam ripper. But is there any way to remove the sleeves, possibly even some of the body, without ruining the structural integrity of the garment?
 



Back on the subject of the holster. I really really strongly dislike guns, even toy ones. I can admire a fine instrument for its inherent beauty and respect a well crafted tool for what it can do, but the thought of wearing one kind of squicks me out. So, AU River. What would she carry in her holster instead of a gun?