Amy’s Neighborhood

"I was thinking about a fine spring day I thought was going to be like any other day. Then I saw you for the first time, and the Sun was brighter than I had ever seen it before... Well, spring was just around the corner. I could smell it in the air. You made it seem like spring, so that's how I remember it. Sometimes I think you could make hyacinths bloom in the snow. You make them grow in my heart when it's winter there."      
           - "Love Signs", Linda Goodman

I like parking my car in the shade.
I like holding hands in the park.
Watching the "Kiss Cam" at the Nuggets Games.
Listening to Music in my car.
My sunroof.
Road trips, and cupcakes.
Sunny days in the winter.
Watching rain drip silently off the edges of my window seal.
Snuggling up in a blanket on the couch.
The unsettling feeling of watching the Bronco's game that's neck-n-neck.
Hugging my friends.
Making up nicknames for douchee guys with Lindsey.
Using the "F" word in every other sentence.
Watching scary movies, drinking vodka, and long make out sesh's in my car.
Final Cut Pro.
Hot Tub Action in the snow & Hot Springs Action in those longer winter months.
Catching the ball instead of getting beamed by it at a softball game.
Watching the leaves fall from the trees while driving through Park Hill on 17th Avenue.
Smiling, Clams, Wine, Sushi, Salmon from the Pacific Northwest, and text messaging.
Christmas Lights, Christmas Songs, and Christmas Cookies.
Having a crush.
Making memories.
Eating kettle corn at the fair.
Falling In Love and friendship.
Waking up the morning next to someone who makes your heart go pitter patter.
TRAVEL.
Holding a Baby, Hawaiian Shaved Ice, and planning anything.
Taco's Lengua.
Singing Off Key in my car to Sheryl Crow.
Learning my strengths and weaknesses.
Forgiveness.

These are a few of my favorite things.

So its that time of year again and costume creation is in full swing.

The other day at work I brought my sewing machine in because we were trying to turn our weather balloon into a giant ghost by making a fabric costume for it (didn't work by the way :( ). I had not sewed in a very long time, but the little sewing I did at work made me think that I was probably the best at sewing ever, and why the hell wasnt I sewing things all the time? (normaly I hot glue all my costumes together...) Anyway long story short Paige and I went to the fabic store today and decided to put my "I rockzors and sewing" hypothesis to the test. Result:

I ROCKZORS AT SEWING!

Mostly. Some of the seams are a little wonky, I skiped interfacing because I decided it looked hard and I didnt want to buy it, but over all not too bad. It will definately work for Paige's Chun Li costume. Next up a tailed jacket for my Zatanna costume. Also, mods for my star trek costume, perhaps a jacket for my steam punk costume, who can tell. The posibilitys seem endless now that I have graduated from hot glueing.

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here is the tunic I made for Paige today.

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And this is who Im going to be for acctaul Halloween. Our theme this year is comicbook characters so I figured I'de go for the obscure batman love interest. Some may remember her from Batman the Animated Series where she helped Batman fight Ra'sh al Ghul.

This book is amazing. Please forgive me while all of my prior ambitions with my arts are totally derailed by its awesomeness.
It reads like Shakespeare and tells a story like that of The Mists of Avalon, if there wasn't any obnoxious bible-thumping Gwenhyfar character and long periods of medieval political scheming. Plus it was written by a balding lady Harvard lexicologist. So yeah.
Basically the Moon-goddess' daughter is stolen away by a lowly fiddler, has a lovers' tryst, and then the child of that union shows up on earth to kick ass and take names.

Yeah there will be drawings. I have a lot of things in the works right now but they're all waiting on a home studio space to do them in. BUT THEY WILL BE DONE. ON THIS! --->

The attachments make me squeal. I hugged the box when it came. Seriously, can't wait to build it.

In other news, the first floor of the house is basically done! As we finish the rooms and make them liveable and pretty, (and when I find the camera charger in our mire of boxes) I will take pictures and show them off here. HOUSE TOUR PLZ.

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As many of you know I ventured to New York City this labor day weekend with two special friends. It was my first time in the city and it was all it was cracked up to be and more.

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"The glamour of childish days is upon me, my manhood is cast. Down in the flood of remembrance, I weep like a child for the past."                                          - D.H. Lawrence

Camping Is The Best

Lime Time

I was going to take a few minutes and go on and on about how crazy my day has been but I don't have time because I need to end my break because a new table just walked in.