busy* Revise and process the editorial notes on the next twenty pages of Deadline. I'm currently through the end of chapter four, and I'd really like to get through the end of chapter five before it's time for bed. I also need to finalize my dedication, and start thinking about my acknowledgments, which is always fun like sticking needles in my eyes. Oh, how I love this part of the process. Not.
* Attempt to unearth my dresser from beneath the epic pile of crap that has accompanied me home from San Diego and Spocane. This may or may not be something I can accomplish without the use of a flamethrower.
* Fish the cat toys out from under the bed.
* Brush the cats.
* Attempt to integrate the epic pile of crap that accompanied me home from San Diego and Spocane into my bedroom without causing some sort of avalanche or otherwise hitting critical mass and opening a black hole into another dimension. Of course, if the objects responsible for opening the black hole influence the dimension on the other side, it will be a dimension filled with flesh-eating My Little Ponies and telepathic velociraptors. So that might be a nice place to have a vacation home.
* Trade the July pages in my planner for the shiny, new, relatively unmarked September pages. Immediately start filling the September pages with to-do lists, deadlines, goals, and the other unavoidable roadmaps of being me. I actually find this process quite soothing, in a nit-picky, obsessive sort of a way. Here is my month. I have scheduled panic attacks, showers, and laundry. Go me.
* Pick up my mats from the Aaron Brothers, allowing me to frame the latest batch of art. This batch includes the cover to Late Eclipses, two original Skin Horse strips, and the original artwork for Amy Mebberson's amazing Sarah Zellaby sketch. I need more walls. I seriously need to move into a house designed by Escher, just to give me sufficient walls.
* Laundry.
* Go to the comic book store and collect my latest dose of four-color sanity check. I also need to update my pull list, as it's time to (once again) winnow my monthlies down to trades. It saves space, money, and staples, as Lilly really likes to eat comic books. No, I don't know why. I've asked her, but she just meowed and wandered off to chew on the shower curtain.
* Fish the cat toys out from under the bed.
* Inform Alice that I am not going to fish the cat toys out from under the bed a third time.
* Fish the cat toys out from under the bed.
* Finish composing my first blog entry for the Babel Clash I'm doing with Jesse in September. Since we're both going to be traveling when the blogs go up, they have to be pre-written, and since I've been traveling so damn much recently, I haven't had a chance to pre-write anything. This would be funny, if it weren't verging on becoming an emergency.
* Continue my quest for a dress for WorldCon, since the dress I was having made isn't going to be ready for this year, due to bad time management on my part coupled with a really silly comedy of dropped clauses and missed connections. I keep thinking I've found a dress, only to discover that no, it's not going to work out. I'm considering hysteria.
* Ignore the Maine Coon telling me that her toys have disappeared under the bed.
* Watch Warehouse 13.
* Sleep.
August 4 2010, 19:07:44 UTC 6 years ago
And now for links.
Zaftique is a store with some gorgeous dresses, about the same price range as Igigi. I have a couple of their dresses I can bring by on Sunday so you can see what they are like in person. In particular, I thought of these few. Many of them come in a variety of colors so if you like the style you can then search for the color you like. The clothes travel really well as they never seem to need ironing.
http://www.zaftique.com/index.php/detai
http://www.zaftique.com/index.php/detai
http://www.zaftique.com/index.php/detai
Next, as silly as it may sound, if you are looking for semi-formal to formal David's Bridal has a pretty decent selection of dresses in a huge range of sizes. In particular there are a couple you might want to look at that come in all shades of colors including a few oranges and greens.
http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_Spa
Most of their stuff needs to be tried on in a store, but that's fine, there are lots of stores around.
Nordstrom's has stuff like this, and some other things. A little more sedate, but I liked the ribbon effect.
http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/3120174/0~2
http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/3096983/0~2
And then, I was thinking of taking you to University avenue to look in all the Indian shops, they carry beautiful Indian formal wear Lenghas, and they often make me think of you as it's very common to pair green and orange together in their fashions. That street has maybe half a dozen shops that would carry formal Lenghas as well as matching jewelry and other accessories.
Things like this http://www.utsavsarees.com/store/sa
or
http://www.utsavsarees.com/store/sa
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August 4 2010, 19:31:38 UTC 6 years ago
You tagged this with the so the marilyn tag, which made me think of this dress.
This is a convertible dress, it hands just beautifully and can be made to wrap around in all sorts of neat ways. It comes in a few colors, but orange just reminds me of you.
http://www.monifc.com/marilyn-convertib
There are a few videos showing the dozens of ways it can be wrapped to make sleeves and other things.
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August 5 2010, 14:46:44 UTC 6 years ago
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August 6 2010, 06:11:29 UTC 6 years ago
-Megs
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August 6 2010, 15:55:08 UTC 6 years ago