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[fantasticmuse]

Sad to say, I trashed firefox and downloaded opera. Tragic, I know, but at least now I have a browser that my computer doesn't reject viciously every other day.

...which is to say, I can post in LJ more often, now.


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Here are the things I know, just in case you were wondering.

-dien will be visiting, starting wednesday. I'm trying to arrange snow for her, but my roommate keeps trying to smother me in my sleep when I mention it.

- Mom had a birthday, I got to send her flowers at work and be obnoxious about it. I've kinda always wanted to do that.

-I went as Nellie Lovett for Halloween. Bloody apron, meat pies with fingers and all. I'm awesome.

-Election tomorrow. Consider this a warning: if you can read this, are a US citizen and over eighteen, you'd best be voting tomorrow.

I do not care who you vote for (well, I do, but I'm not trying to pressure you into voting my way) but you damn well better vote. Abstaining is not an acceptable form of protest-- many people are running for president, find one you can vote for or write someone in. Voting buys you the right to complain.

That's all.

Comments

[hyel.livejournal.com]

Funny, I have had no issues with Firefox on either Windows or Ubuntu. Do you have a Mac OS?

[fantasticmuse.livejournal.com]

I do. I'm on a clamshell laptop circa 1999 and therefore running OS X. The problem is totally my slow computer, not really firefox's.

Hi!

[hyel.livejournal.com]

You might want to invest in some new hardware, then... or just get a whole new computer. It's annoying when that becomes necessary, of course.

Hello there. :)

[fantasticmuse.livejournal.com]

Hopefully I'll get a new computer soon-- I've been planning on it for months, but they cost so many pennies! XD



How's life? Is your girl doing okay? I know she had some scary stuff some time ago.

[hyel.livejournal.com]

Life is rather monotonous, and I wist after more days off and time for hobbies, though I know I'm just being greedy.

She had her last radioactive treatment some time ago, and should now be finally in the clear, and she has her pills, and it all seems to be working out. How are you?

[fantasticmuse.livejournal.com]

Mostly I am okay. Having something like postcon blues after dien left, and the economy is lurking over my daily life, vaguely threatening to take my job. Both of these things are actually more minor than they sound-- I'm doing quite well.

Monotomy I know alllllllllll about. *laughs* Though it hasn't been in my vocabulary the past couple weeks.

Say, do you sell your dolls or just make them for fun?

[hyel.livejournal.com]

I make them for fun, though I sold the Remus Lupin one for charity. Would you be interested in one?

Ah, I wish I could go to a con again. The only ones I've been too have been Ropecons back in Finland.

What kind of a job do you have? Part-time?

[fantasticmuse.livejournal.com]

I might be. Do you have pictures up of any of them? I'd thought you had, but maybe I'm losing my mind...

Cons are pretty great. You should come to a US one in the future-- if it's in MN I'd be glad to put you up. :D

I work full time, technically. That is, I'm supposed to be working 40 hours a week.

I work as a teacher at a special private school for kids with fairly profound learning disablilites, especially Autism, Dyslexia and Central Auditory Processing Disorder.

Because it's private, it's expensive, so we only have students when their parents have money. In this economy, their parents don't have money, we don't have as many students, and I end up working only 25 to 30 hours a week.

It's one of those things were I've saved enough so right now I'm okay, but if this continues I'll certainly have to get a second job, or possibly a new one. Which sucks because I really like my current one.

Boo economy. I will poke it with sticks.

[hyel.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I do have pics up - here: hyel.deviantart.com/gallery - near the top, the Mr Moony dolly and Aubreyad dollies. I also have a much more complicated doll I'm working on, but I don't have pictures of her up anywhere. (I need to get off my ass and finish her, but I really need to clear my plate first, too! Which doesn't explain why I'm spending so much of this weekend doing Cold Snap.)

Which state is MN? I'd love to come to the U.S., but it's costly, and cons are even more costly, so the girl and I will probably not plan on such a trip for a while, though we both would if it was at all excusable. At this rate, it looks like it won't be until we have bought a house, furnished it, settled down and saved some money, which would be - in three or four years, if we're lucky.

I am sorry about the economy. At the moment it's not threatening my job, especially since we're shorthanded (the corporation that hired our corporation doesn't think so, but we're showing them the figures and they're going to have to allow for more employees, I think), but if we lose the contract to some cheaper country... tsk. My only marketable asset is that I speak Finnish and live in Belgium.

Well! Let's hope for the best and play the lottery.

[fantasticmuse.livejournal.com]

Oh my god Stephen's expression is priceless. What a fun thing to do!

MN is Minnesota, which is basically the Finland/Sweden of the United States. You'll feel right at home. :P There aren't a whole lot of cons here, but there are some and really I'd be delighted to have you guys, whenever that may be. :)

Oh, we're all sorry about the economy. It just happens, though, and I'm confident in my abilites to land on my feet. It's excellent that you don't have to worry at this point, though. Just keep working and saving and then you can travel anywhere you want!

[hyel.livejournal.com]

The dolls are supereasy, these dolls anyway; it's the clothes that take the longest time. I should show you my half-finished fat lady doll, but I don't think it's dignified to show her when she still has so many shortcomings (such as no legs and a bald spot).

I'd like to go to one of the Finnish parts of the U.S.! I'd be interested in the outsider's inside view, so to speak. You'll find Finns love it when foreigners talk about Finland. Explains the whole Conan O'Brian thing.

[fantasticmuse.livejournal.com]

Aww, poor fat lady. I'd still love to see her whenever you're done. :)

Minnesota has a pretty high concentration of people descended from Finns. Especially up north, which basically looks exactly like Finland. There's even a little village that goes by "Finland," it's a sweet little place.

Well, I'm glad you like it, because I enjoy talking about my time visiting there. It was filled with the nicest people I've ever met while abroad, and that's the truth.

[hyel.livejournal.com]

:D Our team manager wouldn't agree. Whee!

[maetelle.livejournal.com]

It's so ironic that you chose Mrs. Lovett becuse I was trying to get my friend to go as Sweeney Todd. He's already got the hair for it. Please tell me you got pictures - I'd love to see how you looked. Did anyone know who you were?

[fantasticmuse.livejournal.com]

Alas, I did not get any pictures. But it'd be really easy to do again, should the need arise.