gymnopedie

I was standing on a gravestone for this picture, otherwise I'd be sinking into very soft dirt around it (they're over 100 years old.)

people downstairs playing guitar hero! lol
putting some mp3s on a cd. hard to type with nails ;)


^ is right as soon as I took out curlers!


Check out those claws. hehe


obligatory bathroom shot :)

more later! PROMISE! (nails just make this hard)

Well, my parents' are now here :) I got to spend all day with them, doing what we do best as a family. Going to a tour (Busch Factory in St. Louis), drink, then drive through a REALLY REALLY bad part of town (Like.. windows were shot out on 1/2 the houses/buildings)

Of course, it was to find some random train toy store my dad found in the yellow pages (Ripped out the page too from the hotel's book >_> )... it was closed by the time we got there. We ALWAYS have to go to out of the way places to find him trains. I remember back when I was a kid, waiting for hours for some train to go around the Horseshoe Curve. oi.

I thought I recognized a street we passed, so I grabbed the map, dug around, and ended up having dinner at the Blueberry Hill :D (U-city loop). I knew my parents would dig the place.

Ended up not getting back home til almost 9:30 (had to go to the gas station, let my dad figure out if he wanted more beer -- this is after 3 glasses at the factory, then a FULL pitcher at dinner).

Went and got makeup, my hair is up in curlers and my mom and sister went back to the hotel at 11.

Matt's out with friends of his, looking at boobs. I hope everything's okay, because their designated drivers are in my living room playing Guitar Hero, since the place that they were meeting friends up at was 21 and older only.

13 hours from now I'll be in my green dress, signing my marriage papers :)

We'll have photos after monday or tuesday, once we get everyone back to their states (and countries)

So far so good... I miss my parents terribly. Thankfully, they'll be moving to North Carolina, so I can visit them more! (8 hour drive verse 22hour drive)

Shoes have been ordered. I went with payless (2.5in heeled maryjanes) because I cannot bring myself to spending more then 20 bucks on shoes! Thanks for the links, though :) Just.. 100 dollars for shoes I'll wear once in a while? No matter how pretty, ouch! Plus, almost all the sites refused to go over size 11 and I'm a 12 :/

Matthew and I went and picked out our bands yesterday. I had been planning on just getting a simple band with no stone in it, but it turned out that it was actually cheaper to. So I got one with a lovely green stone that alters to a deep purple. I can't recall the name though, it's not mystic topaz like my other ring, but similar in how it changes in the light.

Matt was happy that I seem to prefer staying away from the traditional rings that cost 3 months of his salary ;)

He got a uh... tungsten carbonate? What ever it is, it's got a design in it that seems to fluxuate, really nifty! And almost indestructable too :)



As for commissions, going to start painting Song of Roses today.

Nigel really likes the one I'm doing for him. This'll be on tea'd paper.

The girl who has the Moon tattooed from Sun & Moon wants to commission another tattoo for her, and it is a underwater sea goddess :) I have to get prices out to her to see what we can do for that...

I still have yet to figure out Ebay, though I haven't really looked at it much since a week ago. I want to give it a whirl with this painting.

I'm going to also probably put up some print info for that one above and my Tree Goddess.





I think I need to watch those today while I paint >_>

I think I'm going to curl my hair for the wedding with rollers, nothing permanent. Yes? no? (I have to redye, gotta love 5inch roots >_> ) The curly here was sleeping in braided pigtails that I made when my hair was wet yesterday morning.

Also... if anyone has any SIMPLE tips on makeup, and what to avoid... I'll need help. Last time I wore anything, I was 16. At least steadily. I wore some for a day for senior photos, then lipstick and mascara for my senior show in college.

I'm thinking of going for a green dress. A nice 'earthy' green... so I'm thinking more fall colors, since I'm hoping that Sept 21st will be free at the court house (I'll find out tuesday for sure.)