Не знаю как у вас а уменя сегодня праздничный день . привычка . много лет подряд Седьмое Ноября был днем когда собирались, выпивали и закусывали . именять эту привычку я не вижу никакого сиысла . все новые праздники меня только раздражают и запомнить их нет никакой возможности .
По этому Ваше Здоровье!!! с праздником !!

Tomorrow we'll be meeting Patrick and Rosie.

I just received confirmation that our date is set in stone, Arcon will be held Feb 26, 27^th and 28^th. It will not move.

 

Game submissions are now available. Please go to http://arcon.squarespace.com/game-submission/ if you are interested in running a game at Arcon. Please either add any questions/comments/ concerns/ special set ups to the end of your submission for that specific game. Please contact arcon.oswego@gmail.com for any other more in-depth or general questions on Arcon.

 

Please feel free to start spreading the word to your friends about Arcon.

 

More updates to follow soon.

Your exhausted Archdeacon of Doom,

 

Liz

http://sew4home.com/tips-resources/interviews-inspiration/426-holiday-gift-ideas-part-2

In the second in our three-part Holiday Gift Ideas series, we have selected another six colorful projects from our Citrus Holiday collection. You have plenty of time to make one or more of these welcome gifts before the holidays. Our tutorials are clear and easy to follow for even the beginning sewer.

Halloween was a lot of fun. I "made" Naomi and Jeremy host the True Blood-theme party. Everyone came in costume and were into it! Sadly, Jen didn't bring over the dvds but we did listen to the soundtrack. Which I borrowed from Naomi and I'm listening to it now...okay maybe I'm repeating "Bad Things" a few extra times.

( The party is best explained in photos... )

We thought about going out to a bar or somewhere to show off the group costume, but that didn't happen. And it was fine, we were having too much fun being geeky on our own. I also got the next two Sookie books from Jen. I'm about a third through Dead to the World and loving all the Pam and Eric! That's going to be a very good season of TB.

Okay, so since I'm using up all my letters on NaNo, I'm going to do a numbers post before I head off to AASL in Charlotte, NC, today. (Kindly pray that my head doesn't explode while on the plane since my sinuses are all clogged). So here are the rundowns on some numbers currently influencing my life:

Age I'll be on my next birthday, Nov 18: 28

Number of e-mails I received and replied to in October: 4,165
number of e-mails from Scholastic in Oct: 47
number of e-mails from my agent in Oct: 24

Word count for my NaNo novel so far: 6,673

Number of LiveJournal comments replied to in Oct: 389

Number of my husband's tropical fish I killed in October: 11*

Number of friends added on Facebook in October: 306

Number of harp strings I strung by hand last week: 32

Number of messages received on Facebook in October: 105

Number of wall posts received on Facebook in October: 646

Number of nostrils a human breathes through at any given time: 1**

Number of weeks SHIVER has been on the NYT Bestseller List: 14

Number of people living on the smallest of the Scilly Isles: 90

Days on the road for SHIVER in October: 12

Hours of driving logged in Loki: 11

Number of giant snails featured on my blog: 2

*I did not mean to kill his fish. I merely added some water at a perfect 72 degrees to the tank. And they came over all dead-like the next day. And the day after. And the day after that. And the day after that.
**I discovered this while looking up remedies for stuffed up nose (saltwater rinse works awesome, by the way). A person only breathes through one nostril at a time (put your finger 1/2 inch under your nose to see which nostril you're using), and which side is dominated by the hemisphere of the brain that is currently active. Left brain: right nostril. Right brain: left nostril. Unless you're stimulating your brain to use one side of the other, each hemisphere dominates in cycles that last from two to four hours. You can also clarify your thinking and balance your brain by using the yoga technique of pinching one nostril shut and breathing out of one side and then the other a few times. Cool, yes? Okay, so it's not. but now you've learned something against your will.

And now, number of bags I'm off to pack for my flight? 1

http://sew4home.com/projects/pillows-cushions/433-pretty-prints-please-genie-pillow

If your favorite teen were granted three wishes from her/his own personal genie, what would they be? Twelve fingers to allow for faster texting? A school day, which started at noon and ended at 1:00 with an hour for lunch? That all days would be good hair days? The options are likely as endless as a late-night phone call. Whip up a few of these darling tufted and tasseled genie pillows and see what wishes come true for you.

Hey guys, I've been having a lot of trouble focusing/getting shit done lately. Do you have any time-management and/or self-discipline tips so that I can actually accomplish the [50 million] things I need to do?


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http://sew4home.com/projects/table-linens/436-thanksgiving-place-card-a-favor-bags

Welcome your guests to their seats with a stylish place card and a little surprise. These favor bags are so easy and quick to make; it took only one hour to make and finish enough for six place settings. This is a great fabric scrap project. One bag uses just a 6" x 13" piece of fabric. Use up leftovers from our Thanksgiving Arts & Crafts style tablecloth and napkin tutorials or try contrasting fabric.

Last Thursday, I went with Julie and her husband Anthony (that's fun to say, almost as fun as telling Anthony his wife was walking away without him) to the Needtobreathe concert at the Varsity. It was a really great concert! With good opening bands and a great live performance. We were right up front so we had a great view.

I preferred the first opener and it wasn't even the full band! The band's called The Alternate Routes and his band took an "alternate route" and couldn't be there (that's my bad joke, haha). Their van hit a deer so the band was stuck with the van getting fixed. The lead singer came alone to the show and did a mostly solo show. He had help from Toby one of the roadies who did backup guitar for him.

The best part was the toolbox song! First of all it's a catchy tune ("The Future's Nothing New"), secondly it involves a toolbox with a microphone as an instrument, and finally he was singing, toolboxing, playing harmonica and tambourine all at the same time. I found a live version of the song with the full band: ( Video )

The second opener was Serena Ryder, who's the free Discovery Download on iTunes this week. She was pretty good, I thought she was funny and had good energy. And good hair movement. She was particularly good when she was acapella for 2 songs. Her music/voice made me think of Melissa Etheridge.

Then it was Needtobreathe! Who came out to Beck's "Where it's At" and from there did a great set of their new songs and hits from their last albums. I didn't know the new album except "The Girl Named Tennessee" which they played at the last concert and gave as a free download with preordered tickets to the show. There wasn't a song that I didn't like but I liked best the old songs ("More Time", "Washed by the Water"), "Stones Under Rushing Water" and "Something Beautiful" which they closed with an acoustic version. And I can't help but smile about Bo, who's adorable on the guitar.

There were only 2 "bad" things. Danny Zerott was not working at the Varsity that night, we had talked about it at Adam's wedding but I knew it was a long shot that he'd show up. It would have been fun though. And I ignored my good judgement and wore my boots to the show. The Varsity is mostly standing room only and my feet started to ache at the end. I expected that. I did not expect for my right heel to be killing me days after the show. I wonder if I bruised the bone or something. It kills to walk to my bus in the morning and home at night.

Instead of blogging on Sunday, I finished unpacking my new place. I still have to hang artwork and miniblinds/curtains, paint, fix minor issues and insulate the basement rimjoints. But all of my things have a place and the boxes are broken down and in storage. I'm trying hard not to be a flashing neighbor because my place didn't come with any miniblinds except on the sliding doors in the dining room. I put up the curtains I had but they are somewhat sheer. Now I don't run around half-clothed so it's really only a concern in the bathroom which faces the back lot and alley.

I'm making a list of things I need, taking measurements and plan to go shopping this weekend. I might first surf Free Cycle and Craigslist for furniture items (night stands, lamps, dining table and chairs). I'd like to get a little padded trunk for the end of my bed and a headboard too.

Some things I like about the new place:
Heat lamp in the bathroom
Dishwasher
Quiet and privacy (esp. when I add blinds!)
Being above ground and enjoying extra sunlight
Convenience to work
Minneapolis skyline view (I'll see if I can get a good photo and add it tomorrow night)

Some things I miss about the old apartment:
Efficient morning routine – much quicker when everything is in one room!
Bus route #3 – long enough I could listen to my iPod and friendly college kids, work commuters are a gloomy bunch
Heat that I don't pay for – can be as toasty as I want!
Ironically, hearing people come and go in the building

I almost wish the guys next door were a little louder so it doesn't seem as scary/lonely. Actually I should just avoid reading Google News before bed. I’ve found myself drawn to reading about the Ohio rapist with the bodies in his house. So awful and scary! It makes my overactive imagination work overtime. But I lock all my doors and my bedroom door and there's a dowel blocking the sliding door as extra protection. I'm really not worried until I'm trying to sleep.

Adding to the nerves is learning the new sounds in my house and neighborhood. I no longer have trains but now I hear planes. When my parents stayed over the first night, my dad told me all the noises that were my furnace. The knocking as it expands and contracts. I actually think it sounds more like a person coughing in the basement. At least when it comes on in the bathroom...and blows around the sheer curtain (see need those blinds! haha).

I heard a lovely song on the radio the other night which seems appropriate. I first thought it was Anya Marina, but it's Orenda Fink (of Azure Ray). ( Why is the night sad )

As promised, I'm revealing the cover and first paragraph of LINGER today. A little bit about LINGER, for starters -- it's the sequel to SHIVER, it's coming out July 20th, and it is about after. What happens after you discover there are werewolves in the wood, after you've fallen in love for the first time, after you've lost what you think you can't live without, after you've become someone you can't live with (and no, not all of these are talking about the characters you think they're talking about.)

It was also the easiest and hardest book I've ever written, coming off the heels of SHIVER's immediate and crazy success. I can only imagine that Chris, the cover designer, felt the same way I did writing LINGER when he was trying to design the cover for it, because the SHIVER cover was such a smashing success, how would he follow it?

Well, I think he did. Behold, ze official cover of LINGER!





And now, the first paragraph(s). I've been asked a couple of times if folks can repost either of these things on their blogs and the answer is an absolute YES I'D BE FLATTERED PLEASE DO!!! Okay . . . the first bit of LINGER:







Is it what you expected?!

http://sew4home.com/projects/table-linens/430-thanksgiving-arts-a-crafts-style-napkins

Square fabric napkins are super simple, especially when you follow our easy directions for how to make a perfect double-turn, narrow hem with clean corners. This holiday, pass on the paper, and make your own beautiful cloth napkins.

http://sew4home.com/tips-resources/buying-guide/423-monogram-week-what-to-shop-for-in-a-machine-that-can-monogram

Shopping for a first embroidery machine can be a little intimidating to the uninitiated. There are quite a few options to choose from at a wide variety of price points. Fortunately for you, we did our homework in preparation for Monogram Week, and have broken down the necessities to a few top-level considerations.

http://sew4home.com/projects/bed-linens/425-pretty-prints-please-patchwork-butterfly-duvet

The biggest item in most bedrooms in the bed, therefore, it ranks as star-of-the-show in our teen room makeover. Plus, as anyone who knows a teen understands (or anyone who remembers being a teen); many, many hours are spent in said bed. In fact, I think most of the day would be spent there given Mom's permission and a nearby bag of Doritos® for sustenance. Our patchwork duvet is made from a dozen different fabric cuts, but they're cleverly sized into just three simple panels.

ASK THE ARTIST
Hi Glockart fans! I was recently asked by spnroundtable to do Ask the Artist for this round. While the community is Supernatural-focussed, general art and technique questions are highly encouraged. So please feel free to head on over there and ask this artist anything you need to know about fanart!

TUTORIALS? - repost: sorry, the last poll was broken, but it's fixed now. Sorry about that!
There's been some recent interest for me to do some more tutorials. The ones I did a long time ago are pretty old, heh.

Poll #1479955 tutorial?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 182

Tutorial ideas?*

*note: all tutorials are from my personal techniques - they will be of course one of MANY ways to create art.