Nothing else matters ...

I totally got my hair re-done today. I told my stylist that I wanted more red than last time. I swear the dye was pomegranate red when she was putting it on my hair. It was insanely cool. Anyway. The color mellowed out once it was rinsed but it is way in the red zone. I'd say dark red. The color of heart's blood. Or something. Here, you decide if I'm accurate with my descriptions ...


I made Hailey take the picture and, just for the record, I hate having pictures taken of myself. I always think I look like the world's biggest goober. So, excuse the stupid half-grin and the fact that I'm not wearing any makeup. But my hair is a cool color and it's in a funky state with a little flip (which I'm not sure if you can see). All in all, I'd consider this a good hair day.

So, I finished last night's book ...
Book #32 - The Good, the Bad, and the Undead (Rachel Morgan/The Hollows #2) by Kim Harrison - What can I say except that I'm loving this re-read. When a serial killer begins striking down the most powerful ley-line witches in Cincinnati, Rachel is brought in to help the human-run Bureau look at the case with an eye toward someone from the supernatural community. Of course, her investigation takes her within spitting distance of Trent, has her riling up a powerful vampire and getting in even deeper with the demon who holds her mark. Another solid story with enough tidbits about bigger things to come thrown in to keep it very interesting. I still don't care what anyone else says, I'm rooting for Rachel and Trent to give in to their animal passion somewhere down the line.

Umm, 18 books in 20 days, not counting the 2 that I read more than once. More than twice, if the truth is told. Why aren't I getting paid to read my way through life again?

Randomly, I tweaked the wallpaper I made yesterday because it wasn't quite right. The new wall is posted at bay12 (with the old one still up if you want to see the changes that were made) and I think it captures the feel I was going for a bit better. What the hell ... here it is ...

1280x1024 - 1280x960
Credit for the textures and such are over at my graphics journal, but there you have it! Ghostly goings on. Whoooooooooooo.

I've painted the toes on one foot but not the other. I have to take the dogs out soon, should I take them out first and look all weird with only one foot painted or do the other and let the dogs wait until they dry. Paint 'em first? Okay!

I'm done!
Later.

I have a bad-ass headache right now. I am not enjoying it. Plus, it's making a teeny bit short tempered. Fun.

I have a bunch of things to say. I hope my achy head cooperates with me ...

I posted a wallpaper at bay12 this morning. I haven't made a wall in about a year so this feels like a red letter day already!

Cole has been driving me crazy lately. My short-temperedness isn't helping with this today. Let me tell you what's been going on recently - the thing that really kicked things off this morning was that I made breakfast for the kids. Cole got all bent out of shape when I not only made scrambled eggs (which I told him I'd be making) but also hash browns. It turns out that the boy only eats hash browns when he makes them. Umm ... whatever. He stomped up the stairs as soon as he saw the hash browns and slammed his bedroom door. This did not make me happy. I made him sit in the middle of the hallway on TIME OUT so I wouldn't explode into a million pieces. The kid is 10 and he had to sit on time out. His appalling lack of manners just bugged the hell out of me. He finally straightened up his act and came downstairs however he still refused to eat breakfast. I told him that he either ate what I made him or he wouldn't be eating at all. He chose not to eat. So he didn't eat until lunch.

*shakes head*

Besides that, he's been very needy lately. He suddenly can't go downstairs by himself. What's that about? It's not like it's the middle of the night or anything. I'm talking about the middle of the day when my mom's downstairs on the computer. I just don't.get.it.

I'm dealing with it and laying down some rules and everything, it's just frustrating that my 10 year old is acting like a kid in pre-school.

There you have it. My headache is still hanging on with claws of steel. Ouch.
I'm out.

Okay. I'm caught up on Supernatural. Well, except for the one that's on right now. But I'll watch that soon. I only have one episode of Dollhouse left to watch. This is down from the 4 I needed to watch yesterday. Yes, I watched a lot of TV today. I was really tired and didn't want to do anything. In fact, the only things I currently have on my DVR is 1 ep of Dollhouse, this week's Fringe and the shows that are on today. Considering what I had on there at the beginning of the week, that's freaking phenomenal!

By the by, Cole and I have been watching the Life After People series on the History channel and it's really, really good. It's kinda neat watching all our big cities fall and be swallowed up by nature. Anyway. If you have the chance, give it a try.

I posted a new wallpaper at bay12. Yay! I'm still trying to figure out what I want to do about my obsessive picture taking. *thinking, thinking* Yeah, I got nothing.

Well, pretty much I watched TV all day and cooked. Did I cook? No, I guess I didn't. Cutting a watermelon isn't cooking, is it?

On that note, I'm out.
Later.

I added 3 new wallpapers to bay12. Two of them I made ages ago. One was nearly complete, I just needed to clean up a few things. *sigh* I get so lazy sometimes.

I have to stop by Cole's daycare tomorrow and talk to the director about a tiff got into with one of the other teachers. Fun.

Cole's been sucked into Avatar: The Last Airbender again. That show is pretty damn good. If I do say so myself.

Alright. I'm tapped. Later.

I started bay12, which is where I'm going to house all my graphics in anticipation for when I get rid of moon-spun.

I added this last night.

>>Title: All I think about
>>textures by inxsomniax
>>created July 10, 2008
>>Comments are always appreciated


1280x1024 - 1280x800

Yay!

More later!

Cole wanted me to stay up all night to "watch over him". I'm not quite sure why. So, I've watched The Covenant 3 times today (I slept through most of one time during my afternoon nap) and made wallpapers. I also had that doozy of a journal earlier. I think my fingers went partially numb from all that typing. I know this is terribly exciting. Just go with it.

>>added to Bay 12
>>FNL pics from the Friday Night Lights Gallery
>>1280x1024
>>comments are always appreciated
>>Texas Forever.



Sadly, these walls are the first I've made in almost 2 months. I'm seriously out of practice.

Once again, feel free to share any and all FNL love. I want to drown in it.

My internet connection went ka-blooey all day yesterday. That blew.
Since I couldn't get online, I made wallpapers. *g*

>>added to Bay 12
>>Hayden and Milo pics from Heroes Media
>>1280x1024
>>comments are always appreciated
>>These are my memories ...



As always, I also have them in [1280x800]. Just ask and they're yours.

Oh, yeah. My branch is having it's annual audit tomorrow. I did so much work today that my brain hurts. It.Hurts. I will be at work at 7 in the morning tomorrow. That's early. Especially since I need to drop Cole off by 6:30 to get to work by 7. Suck.

I'm afraid that I'm going to have work dreams. You know, the ones where you get buried by a mound of work-related paper or have to yell at customers or show up in your underwear. Yeah, one of those. Fun.

I'm out.

I didn't do so much today. So, with all that time on my hands (I did manage to squeeze a nap in the middle of all that nothing), I made another Eragon wall. Hee!

>>added to Bay 12
>>Eragon pics from the official site
>>1280x1024
>>comments are always appreciated
>>It's not what you expected, but it could be right.



Yes, I am aware that my latest walls all have a similar look. I really like the clean lines and starkness of the white background against the color of the banner. Eventually, I'll get tired of this and turn my attention to something else. 'Tis the way of the world, I'm afraid.

My best friend is visiting with her son from Washington state (that would be BF1 for those keeping track) and Cole and I are going to meet them tomorrow morning for breakfast. Yay! Pancakes! Or maybe eggs! Or bacon! Who knows!

Cole wants me to watch Naruto with him. :)

I made a wallpaper with the lovely cover art from the new Buffy comics that are coming out soon.

>>added to Bay 12
>>BtVS pics from ??
>>1280x1024
>>comments are always appreciated
>>choose: to select from a number of possible alternatives



I also have it in 1280x800. :)

I ended up making a wallpaper. Hence, two posts!

>>added to Bay 12
>>BSG pics from Dark Thoughts
>>textures by inxsomniax
>>brushes by touchstonesart
>>1280x1024
>>comments are always appreciated
>>Scattered = disperse



I also made it in widescreen [1280x800] because I like how it looks. However, I haven't uploaded that version, so if you want it, you have to ask. :)