Eggs!

One of the MORE addicting things so far!

B-Day and Fremen

So my birthday is on Aug 27th, but because I won't be with my family on that day, my dad and boyfriend went out for dinner on the 21st. It was pretty nice, really. At least until Michael and I got home and had to take some Pepto Bismol. Michael's never had lamb, and he said it wasn't on his top list. I had jambalaya, which wasn't too spicy, actually. We both have Southern tongues and use a lot of hot sauce. It's wasn't too bad (I like calamari, which was in the jambalaya). I was hoping it'd be a little spicier, a sort of birthday challenge of eating something a little hot, but having fun in a strange masochistic way. But it wasn't. Oh well! (There's another place I want to try that has Southern food.) I had my creme brulee also, which is delicious.

My dad's presents won't arrive in time, more than likely, to hand out before I go back to college. However, as soon as Michael got back from his house, he made me open my presents (not that I minded, really, it's just cute). He got me a set of the Dune series (and I don't count the BH-KJA collaborations), which is really nice, Shadow Hearts (the first one this time!) and another word search book (300 puzzles!!). Of course he had the nice presentation of a Borders bag. His mother gave me (wrapped in a LOT of tissue paper) four Izze pomegranate drinks and the Jurassic Park movie set. (She's a bit of an odd woman; like remembering about the Izze drinks... I drank them when I stayed there. I thought she was going to give me chocolates). Apparently we forgot to tell my aunt, but she has something for me too. I figure that Doug, Annie, and mum don't really have much, which is fine. It's sort of gotten so that we don't give each other birthday presents.

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http://www.vampfangs.com/Dune-Sclera-Lenses-p/dnesclera.htm

Yea, I know the iris seems a little too dark, but I have seen a photo of someone else wearing these contact lenses and the entire lenses is this dark blue, sclera, iris, and pupil. I plan on being a Fremen for Otakon next year and will need to collaborate with Mikhail to actually design what the outfit looks like (as that boy knows a lot more about Dune than I do). I plan on having a working water system and tying my boots in the Fremen fashion. I will need a tailored suit (more than likely WILL have to wear the stillsuit in Fremen style, as authenticity is nice and I am obsessive about that) and a cloak (One of those Arabic styled ones; my dad has one but I don't like the color and it's too long for me, by a few inches or so). I will want to also have a crysknife, although I don't know how I shall obtain one (I've found a supplier of the Dune 2000 and Children of Dune for a crysknife, although I don't know if from them or what). Also I will need miscellaneous Fremen objects, which I will need to question Michael on; which would matter on WHEN I was a Fremen from.

Book and Other List

Comics:

1. Escaflowne 3
2. Cross 2
3. Li Ling-Po 3
4. Angel Sanctuary 2
5. Shutterbox 4
6. Demon Diary 1 and 7
7. Godchild 2
8. The Dreaming 1
9. Captain Nemo 2
10. No Man's Land 2
11. Gorgeous Carat 3
12. Juvenile Orion 3
13. Hellsing 7
14. Dragon's Claw (Doctor Who Comic)
15. Tides of Time (DWC)
16. Glorious Dead (DWC)
17. Zombie Powder 1
18. Hot Gimmick 3
19. Bleach 1
20. Blood: Last Vampire
21. Ouran Host Club 1
22. Oblivion (DWC)
23. Midnight Opera 3
24. Buso Renkin 6
25. Loveless 5
26. R.O.D. Read or Dream 1
27. Welcome to NHK
28. Yami no Matsui 3 and 6
29. Kill Me, Kiss Me 4
30. Death Note 3 and 4
31. Trinity Blood 1
32. Basilisk 1
33. Trigun Maximum 11
34. The Eternals
35. Sandman Mystery Theatre
36. Death: High Cost of Living
37. Long Halloween
38. Arkham Asylum
39. Mr. Punch
40. Violent Cases
41. Books of Magic: Bindings 1
42. House of Secrets 2
43. Lucifer 1
44. Sandman: Taller Tales
45. Sandman: Thessaly - Witch for Hire
46. The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch
47. The Thief of Always
48. Fables 6 and 8
49. Fables 101 Nights
50. Deadman
51. Y: The Last Man 1
52. Ultimate X-Men 5
53. Cute Beast
54. Yakitate! Japan 1
55. Rurouni Kenshin 24
56. How to Read Death Note 13 (Otherwise known as Death Note 13)
57. FullMetal Alchemist 10
58. Lovely Sick 3
59. Your Honest Deciet 2
60. Absolute Sandman 3
61. I.N.V.U. 5
62. Samurai Deeper Kyo 17
63. Saiyuki Reload 6
64. Love Pistols 5

Novels:

1. Everworld 3
2. Sauron Defeated
3. Morgoth's Ring
4. The War of Jewels
5. Leaf By Niggle
6. Adventures of Tom Bombadill
7. The Bone Collector: Lincoln Rhyme
8. Buried Fire
9. The Leap
10. Island of Dr. Moreau
11. War of the Worlds
12. Ghost of Mrs. Muire
13. Uninvited
14. Narnia 6 and 7
15. The Eight Doctors
16. Demonata 1 (hardback)
17. H.I.V.E.
18. The Supernaturalist
19. Dark Fire
20. Mort
21. Seafaring Lore and Legend
22. The Supernaturalist (hardback)
23. The Good Faeries of New York
24. Omnivore's Dilemna
25. Dragonflight
26. Blood and Chocolate
27. The Book of Fate
28. Artemis Fowl 2, 3, and 4 (hardback)
29. The Quest-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic
30. The Mammoth Book of New Comic Fantasy
31. The Book of Lost Things
32. The Dead Fathers Club
33. Bloodsucking Fiends
34. The Man with the Iron Tattoo
35. Sacrifice Moon (Stargate SG-1)
36. A Matter of Honor (SG-1)
37. The Cost of Honor (SG-1)
38. Siren Song (ditto)
39. Survival of the Fittest (")
40. Rising (Stargate Atlantis)
41. Reliquary (SGA)
42. The Chosen (ditto)
43. Halcyon (")
44. Exogenisis (")
45. Alliances (")
46. Entanglement (")
47. M is for Magic
48. Interworld
49. World War: Tilting the Balance
50. A Dance with Dragons
51. Song of Ice and Fire: The Winds of Winter
52. SIF: A Dream of Spring
53. Homecoming: A Novel
54. The Astoning Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation
55. The Pox Party
56. Nicholas Flamel {The Sorceress} (Comes out May 2009)

Non-Fiction:

1. Comic Book Culture: Fanboys and True Believers
2. Another Day in the Frontal Lobe
3. Bedside Manners
4. The Family that Couldn't Sleep
5. When Germs Travel
6. Becoming a Doctor
7. Anatomy of a Secret Life
8. Lecturer's Tale
9. The Sandman Papers
10. Adventures in the Dream Trade
11. 5 People Who Have Died During Sex
12. The Alarming History of Medicine
13. Blood
14. Contact Wounds
15. Night Falls Fast
16. Vaccinated
17. Happy Accidents
18. Lab 257
19. Neil Gaiman Reader
20. Mold on Dr. Florey's Coat
21. Aspirin: Wonder Drug
22. Beriberi: White Rice and Vitamin B
23. American Plague
24. Great Mortality
25. Goldberger's War
26. Ether Day
27. House Lust: America's Obsession with Our Homes
28. Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home
29. The Zen of Fish: The Story of Sushi, from Samurai to Supermarket
30. The McDonalization of Society
31. Organic, Inc.: Natural Foods and How They Grew
32. Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think
33. Food Fight
34. Bitten

Neil Gaiman:
I list what I OWN, not what I want.

1. Sandman (softcover) (#3)
2. Anansi Boys (1st ed. hardback) (signed)
3. Fragile Things (1st ed. hardback) (signed)
4. American Gods (1st ed. hardback)
5. Coraline (softback) (P.S. ed.)
6. Stardust (softback) (P.S. ed.)
7. Fragile Things (ditto) (ditto)
8. The Graveyard Book (1st ed. hardback)

Doctor Who:
I list only the new hardback series, not the old Doctor Who.

1. Monsters Inside
2. Winner Takes All
3. Nightmare of Black Island
4. Art of Destruction
5. Sting of the Zygons
6. Wooden Heart
7. Wishing Well
8. Pirate Loop
9. Sick Building
10. Martha in the Mirror
11. Snowglobe 7
12. The Many Hands

Other Media:

1. Gankutsuo Vol. 3 (DVD)
2. Mirrormask (DVD)
3. Batman Begins (DVD)
4. X-Men 2 and 3 (DVD)
5. Neverwhere (BBC) (TeleSeries)
6. Man in the Iron Mask (DVD)
7. The Prestige (Soundtrack)
8. House M.D. Season 5 (When it comes out)
9. Dexter Season 3

Valentine's Day

I know this is actually very narcissistic, but I can't wait until Valentine's Day.

The thing is, I am COMPLETELY in love with the little trinket I made for my dearest and I suppose it's quite like how Kiwii once said, "I'm giving my boyfriend this painting. That's really hard to do. Like... I think I might cry. Giving pieces of art away is liking ripping off a piece of my soul and giving it to someone." I love what it was that I made (I cannot reveal until the 14th, you see) but it's something I made to give. It's not something I can keep. I am looking very much forward to giving it to Michael. It's also a little scary because there's the slightest chance he might not want it. ((I know that his repute to this will be 'But I couldn't hate it! It was made by you!'))

I'm looking forward for Valentine's Day not because I am waiting for it come as a holiday but because I'm looking forward to rip out a piece of myself and give it to my love.

Note: I know I said I was thinking of writing a story FOR Valentine's Day. And I might. I just ah... need to have free time to do that. I'm nearly finished the trinket for Michael, but I still have a lot of things to do to it all the same. And then besides that, I'd have to write the story. I know what the story will be (originally I had no clue, but my gift is actually very good to use as the subject).

And yes, I will be posting photos of what I made.