Cosplay, a drabble, and computer games
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ladyofthethreadLet’s see… Thursday is Chinese New Year so it’s been busy here the last few days with extra cooking and cleaning. (Still have more preparations to work on before bed, too.) But I did manage to fit in some fun things.
Went into the city last Thursday for some bank errands and went fabric shopping afterwards. Checked a few more stores and found some great faux fur at B&J, where I rarely go because it’s expensive. ^_^;; It was $50 for a yard and a half but it was much fluffier than what I had before and the pile sways nicely when you shake it; I think it matches the way the bottom of Sarah’s dress moves pretty well. Now that I have the new fur, I’ve finished the armwarmers and will hopefully be able to finish the underskirt over the next few days.
And after months of being too busy or not having good ideas for the challenges, I finally wrote something for the PSOH drabble community. The prompt was “astrology” which lead me to the Chinese zodiac and the idea it’s lucky to clean your house before the New Year. It’s not very festive though. XD;
Riiiiip!
The sound tore Leon from the haze of a pleasant dream and quickly turned it into a nightmare. He opened his eyes to find D in his apartment, massacring his collection of scantily clad pinup girls with long blood red nails.
Furious, he jumped out of bed and stalked over to the Count, grabbing his silk robe. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?!”
“Chinese New Year’s cleaning.” D pulled away from Leon’s grasp and disdainfully disposed of the shredded posters in a garbage bag. He added with a smirk, “The Year of the Pig is ending, detective.”
And I replayed Escape From Monkey Island and made it to the end this time. (I got stuck towards the end when I first played it several years back.) The controls were kind of awkward since it used the keyboard instead of mouse like most games. Some of the pop culture jokes were kind of dated (the game came out in 2000) but it was lots of fun with silly pirates and parodies. Makes me want to play some of the other old adventure games again. :-D
Went into the city last Thursday for some bank errands and went fabric shopping afterwards. Checked a few more stores and found some great faux fur at B&J, where I rarely go because it’s expensive. ^_^;; It was $50 for a yard and a half but it was much fluffier than what I had before and the pile sways nicely when you shake it; I think it matches the way the bottom of Sarah’s dress moves pretty well. Now that I have the new fur, I’ve finished the armwarmers and will hopefully be able to finish the underskirt over the next few days.
And after months of being too busy or not having good ideas for the challenges, I finally wrote something for the PSOH drabble community. The prompt was “astrology” which lead me to the Chinese zodiac and the idea it’s lucky to clean your house before the New Year. It’s not very festive though. XD;
Riiiiip!
The sound tore Leon from the haze of a pleasant dream and quickly turned it into a nightmare. He opened his eyes to find D in his apartment, massacring his collection of scantily clad pinup girls with long blood red nails.
Furious, he jumped out of bed and stalked over to the Count, grabbing his silk robe. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?!”
“Chinese New Year’s cleaning.” D pulled away from Leon’s grasp and disdainfully disposed of the shredded posters in a garbage bag. He added with a smirk, “The Year of the Pig is ending, detective.”
And I replayed Escape From Monkey Island and made it to the end this time. (I got stuck towards the end when I first played it several years back.) The controls were kind of awkward since it used the keyboard instead of mouse like most games. Some of the pop culture jokes were kind of dated (the game came out in 2000) but it was lots of fun with silly pirates and parodies. Makes me want to play some of the other old adventure games again. :-D
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Date: 2008-02-06 03:54 am (UTC)happy new year ^_^
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Date: 2008-02-07 08:16 pm (UTC)Yes, the Monkey Island games were fun! :-) I played them all years ago and still have copies of 3 and 4. I wish there were more adventure games these days; those were really my favorite type of games.
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Date: 2008-02-06 04:46 am (UTC)When does the year of the Rat begin?
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Date: 2008-02-07 08:19 pm (UTC)The Year of the Rat begins today, the 7th. :-D
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Date: 2008-02-06 01:35 pm (UTC)Chinese New Year - I wish there was a way to teleport moon cakes to me. <3
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Date: 2008-02-07 08:26 pm (UTC)Hmm... out of the special Chinese holiday foods, I think mooncakes are one of the few things we don't have at New Year's. I normally only see them for sale around the Mid-Autumn Festival in September. There's lots of other sweets to make up for it though. Count D would probably love this time of year! :-D