First a purdy awesome picture:


Setting Down for the Night by *WSTopDeck on deviantART

ws_topdeck is amazing. Go commission her!

And! And and! Tomorrow! I'm going Mushing!!
I don't care that I have to be up at 7am. Or that it'll be freezing and I might get wet. It'll be awesome!

Better not show this to the dogs... They'll get ideas!

This week has been a good week so far.

Tuesday, I had my aptitude test for the RAF. I can't believe my brain was even working at half 8 in the morning when we had to be there. There was just a small group of us taking it. Apparently there's normally 17.
For the Air Cartographer job, I needed to score 2 on verbal and numerical reasoning, and I got 9 and 6 respectively. I kicked ass! So! When they open up this trade, I can advance! They said it'll be sometime next year! Eh... slightly smaller 'yay'.
However, I know now I can work towards raising money for both Confuzzled, Anthrocon and the band trip to the US. Already been talking to ishaway about our plans.
I can't decide if I want to go for the dealers den in Confuzzled. I think I just want to go there and have lots of fun again, and be a bit more social. Now that I know more people who go there, it might help! However, I could sell stuff and raise money at CF... Hmm much to think about.

I changed my computer colour scheme from a brown orange to blue to match my desktop picture. It also feels a bit... RAF-y

I've got pretty pictures this week from ishaway and ta_ek and soon dogsoul and that's always a good thing!


Lady and manly all in one lj post!


If you commission anyone for art any time soon, let it be these three people!

I've been cycling along my canal towpath route again today, and also last week. I just plotted it on google earth and it came to 6.7 miles. I might do it tomorrow too, if the weather's nice! It was a bit tougher this time around because the path is currently being resurfaced, and a lot of it was just hardcore! I think I've done enough cycling that I qualify for a new saddle now...
Also, those French knickers boxers things? Not good for cycling in...



Last wednesday I went to see the RAF careers office. I have an aptitude test next week, where they just assess how good you are at certain mental tasks. By the sounds of it, it'll be March when my applying has finished. I need to ask next week when my pre-joining fitness test is so I can prepare!
I got weighed while I was there too. I'm just the minimum weight to join the Royal Navy. And with my losing weight, I won't be able to join the Navy. What a shame ;)

I've had a right laugh trying to find my education certificates, birth certificates and my NHS card. I didn't even know this last thing existed... Atleast I haven't left it to the last minute. So far, I've been educated, but I haven't been born.

Yesterday I cycled 7.5 miles (according to my GPS) along the local canals (Brighouse to Halifax), and even put my bike in its highest gear! It was an awesome route, and had a pub at the far end, I'd do this again today if I could. Next week then!

I also called the RAF just a few minutes ago. Phew. I feel better for getting it out of the way. Awesome.

Normally I hate digital watches, but god these are amazing: http://www.tokyoflash.com/en/watches/1/

I want this one! http://www.tokyoflash.com/en/watches/tokyoflash/galaxy/

Hey guys. Just notifying y'all that I'm away for a week in the Lake District. I may have no internet, and phone signal might be dodgy! I can read emails on my phone, and may be able to reply to them too.

THEN I'm in Bristol for a furmeet of tea-drinking-awesome! I can't wait. I don't know what I'm looking forward to the most; going out walking all day or meeting furries or going to the local RAF base!

I just wish I didn't have to work tomorrow morning at 6:30am. And customers will start coming at 7am. WHY?! Why do you people have to be here shopping at 7am?!

http://skulldog.livejournal.com/377159.html

I can't resist skulldog's art at the moment. She does superb work!

I guess this is my 'I'm back from my holiday post'. This has got to be the best holiday ever. Not only did it involve Anthrocon, ishaway's fantastic home and company for a week, but I feel empowered by going somewhere by myself. Not necessarily in that order. I can't decide yet.
But I'm British and I'm always fine.
( It gets long and has pictures and waffle )

Oh, and I've now been on American television!

Oh God, not long to go. I gotta run the hoover 'round tomorrow, take my laptop to the fixers, finish packing, and wait for those guys to get home. *sigh* I'm starting to get nervous now, over excited. It just started to sink in tonight while packing...

Shoes. I need to figure out which shoes to wear and which to pack. And what to wear on the plane...
When I get off that plane in Pittsburgh, I'll be a happy pony. For 11 days until I need to get on another two planes. I have to keep reminding myself that when transfering you don't need to pick up your luggage. It's not the flying that I'm worried about. It's the bits in between!
ARGH! D:

Eek! Only 6 days until I go on holiday. So much to do:

Organise gown for graduation when I get back
Make portfolio look pretty
Poster for band
Print out confirmation of ordered dollars
Get this picture ready that's in front of me
Laminate badges
Remember to get the laminator from band
Get some nice earphones/borrow mums
Make another two or three character reference sheets and print them
Print commission prices and contact details
PACK EVERYTHING
Sort out phone memory
Sort out camera memory and batteries
Pack this stuff too

Argh!

This is a list to remind myself...

Edit: Damn! I just remembered something else and I can't remember what it was! I'm sure it was important too! D:

Oh wait, yeah!
Take laptop to laptop shop :(

"Well we don't like your new rules and we don't wanna be in your championship any more. We're gonna have our own instead!"


In other news: one-and-a-half parents are going to Iceland for a week! Yay!
The week after I'm off to the states. Double Yay!

My mum just showed me this MP3 player from Disney and iriver. I'm not a big fan of Disney stuff, but oh my god! It's gotta be the cutest MP3 player ever in the world. And for £20? I am tempted...

The Galaxy Song from Monty Python's Meaning of Life. It helped me through 2 physics exams at A-level and a geography exam at university.

Bambi- I mean, avon_deer convinced me I was bored enough to do it. It wasn't hard.

1) Who are you?
2) Are we friends?
3) When and how did we meet?
4) Would you kiss me?
5) Give me a nickname and explain why.
6) Describe me in 1 word.
7) What was your first impression of me?
8) Do you still think the same?
9) What reminds you of me?
10) If you could give me anything, what would it be?
11) How well do you know me?
12) Are you gonna put this in your journal and see what I say about you?
13) Would you meet up with me?

In other news, cuddly wooly BlackWing arrived!
( Aww he's so sweet )

Anyone want to go see Star Trek at the Imax in Bradford next week?


In other news; university has finished! Hooray!
Now I have to get a job I suppose. Maybe after I've had a break and done some cool fun things that I've been hankering to do for ages. I feel like I didn't have a summer holiday last year because of working at uni. Most of it is based around art and the computer, but I also need to clear out my sisters old room, sort out 3 boxes of LPs and generally get rid of stuff. Maybe then I can get a new fish tank. I keep mentioning this to mum, but she's not as supportive (in her own way) as she could be... D'oh!

I've got a watercolour painting I'm ready to do. But not mentally ready. I have no idea what to do and how to start. I know I should use a sponge to do a background wash, but I don't got one :( Aaaagh scary. Practise first I think.

Confuzzled in 15 days! Damn, I need to get art sorted to take with me!

Hey guys. I remember some of you saying you got an invite from Artician.com. I've just got one too. Is it any good? Did you follow through with the invitation?

The name is weird... like it should be optician instead...

First Mum was worried about me being bored at Anthrocon, when she didn't even know what the con is about. Bless her.
Now she heard from someone at work about their daughter being drafted into a cult in York, and she's worried I will do the same.
"They're very clever and will try to convince you."

God mother, I've booked the bloody flights. She's still trying to put me off.

There are no cults at Anthrocon, right? >.> Though I doubt I'd even think about joining one anyway, I suck at commitments XD

I thought I saw a police cordon on Tueday...
http://www.brad.ac.uk/news/incident.php
It was from the walkway beside the library.
That's a bloody big drop, either onto brick wall, bush or concrete. And you can't just fall from there unless you're on the wall... WTF happened?!