Great holy hedgehog of Prague, I have been busy!

Mostly doing things with chocolate, but also recovering from a nasty bout of the flu. I have felt like something an ass weasel spit up after a week of binge drinking. :/ Monday, however, I was able to do all of my deliveries and errands in town. Once that was done, it's been nothing but light ranch work and taking it easy in bed.

So what to do while regulated to bed rest for a few days?

In my case, mainly reading Helter Skelter and watching Netflix between RP posts. :D I have to say, I am usually a bit leery of accounts written by attorneys, but Bugliosi has a pretty okay way with words. Even when going into the court proceedings and descriptions of legal adventures, he keeps things from being dry or clinical.

I watched Season of the Witch, which I actually more or less enjoyed. It was an entertaining movie that hit on a number of themes I tend to enjoy, and the visuals were pleasing. Other than that I have been documentary-ing it up! I devoured H. H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer last night. I read Devil in the White city a few years ago, but still enjoyed the documentary. Such a creepy case! Also The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan, which was fascinating and heartbreaking. Now I'm making my way through Crospey, and cursing Netflix for removing Hearts of Darkness: A Director's Apocalypse from streaming. There were some random historical selections as well, but nothing worth noting. I'm watching Cropsey now, which is very interesting. It's a look at an urban legend that sort of came true, and may or may not have been solved.

If I'm up to it later, I think I will be going out to eat. I could use a big hearty meal.

So....

I got an official order for truffles yesterday. Now I really need a little business logo. Blue Dragon Truffles are a go! <3

THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS ALMOST OVER!

It had been taking a lot out of me, and I have been extremely sick. A combo of things hitting me all at once. I essentially missed Christmas, but that's okay. It was a pretty quiet affair this year anyway.

But the week or two leading up to Christmas was pure hell, just due to life's habit of making everything happen at once. No raining, only pouring, what can go wrong will, etc etc. But that has passed now!

And luckily today I am feeling well enough to go and deliver gifts to RL friends.

Best gift's? husband_brother gave me a Lady Rainicorn pendant, Leela got me Suckerpunch on DVD and colortheory sent me an awesome care package from Harry Potter World! I have a gorgeous Hufflepuff banner hanging on my door now. And candy....so much candy....

(HB is also doing my entire Skyward Sword Zelda cosplay for me! My dress is under construction and my ears are on their way!)

I hope everybody had a great holiday! <3

Gah! Sorry I have totally failed at updating!

Thanksgiving was rough, and Christmas season has been, too. In a downward sweep of my cycle, and my health has been less-than-great lately. But I'm getting things done! And usually ridiculously busy. I've been keeping up with RP, but that's about it and that's just barely.

BUT ANYWAY HAPPY HOLIDAYS I AM NOT DEAD! ALSO I AM ALMOST ALL CAUGHT UP ON THUNDERCATS AND ENTIRELY CAUGHT UP ON VENTURE BROS! Speaking of the latter...Thank you, Doc Hammer and Jackson Publik. You granted my single wish, and I will always love you for that. <3

And now I have to batten down the ranch before today's snowstorm hits. We've been getting a lot of those.

Another snow storm last night. I'm nearly done organizing my room, so today shall be spent doing very little so I can recoup. And hopefully I can get something substantial pinned over the draft - I am not enjoying waking up stiff and in pain because my window can't keep the cold and wet out.

But I think once that is done, I am going to lounge in bed watching Venture Bros and Thundercats (I figure switch off between episodes of each, so I don't overload on either) and giving myself a mani/pedi and whatnot. I've got company this evening, after all. ;)

And also need to post for Tolten and Lust. <3 I'm kind of in love with the epic bromance developing between Toto and Locke.

Oh! And...a long held dream of mine has finally come true. I actually had some extra money this week, after buying winter clothes and whatnot. I dropped by the Hippie Emporium to grab some screens and incense and look at hookahs... And there it was. A delicate, feminine, amazingly inexpensive gas mask. Just hanging there, all by itself. I was hemming and hawing, but Birdy at the shop gave me a deal on it and threw in my other stuff for free. And really...only 40 bucks. All the others I've seen have been 60 at the cheapest, 80-120 more often.

( Here's a Horrible Web Cam Pic )

These are instructions for making tea infused chocolate truffles from scratch!

This is actually my own recipe and my own instructions!

( Make Your Own Truffles! )

So I started watching The Tudors last night.

I'm really, really digging it so far. I wasn't planning on it, but Netflix offered it up in lieu of Rome and the weather has me full of pain and stuck in bed. And, hey, Jonathan Rhys Meyers! I like him.

Damn but this is a beautiful show. Everything about it is gorgeous. The whole thing is just filmed beautifully. I'm only on the third episode, but so far I'm hooked. And willingly ignoring any anachronisms or inaccuracies, because it's entertainment. I don't expect my fictional television to hold up to scrutiny on historic accuracies sake. Besides, who wants to watch an entirely accurate period piece for pleasure entertainment?

I'm still bummed that apparently Mad Men isn't streaming anymore, but hopefully it'll come back. Oftentimes I find that happens.

I'm reading Clive Barker's 'The Great and Secret Show'. I really don't read much Barker, despite dipping from the same pool. I was kind of put off by Weaveworld in high school (I think it was the perverse old man in the baby's body, and all the weird sex stuff with him in the baby body) and haven't touched a Barker novel since. I've seen some of the movies he's done, though, and I found The Great and Secret Show at Goodwill for 79 cents. So far I am seriously enjoying it. I do adore the idea of the World Behind the World.

Getting caught up on Venture Bros season 4 (still not done though!) and then I need to get caught up on Thundercats and Adventure Time. I am so behind....

Halloween was quite fun! Hit the pumpkin fest Sunday, won the costume contest, got free pumpkins which were promptly carved, baked cupcakes, roasted pumpkin seeds, watched Nightmare Before Christmas and got a good night's sleep. Yesterday worked and then HB and I went to Leela's. Consumed chocolate wine and herbal chocolate and indulged in much revelry upon returning home!

( Thrown Together Closet Costumes! )

Now I am nursing a terrible headache that I thought wasn't going to bother me. Apparently I did get hit with a crippling CCH, but I had prepared by taking a pain pill before anything got started. Apparently that really works, because I went to use the bathroom this morning and it came back with a vengeance as they sometimes do.

So now I'm waiting for it to fade so I can take down decorations.

Ah, Fin de ano! It's been keeping me quite busy! ;)

Mostly watching movies. So many movies. Some of them very good (The Last Exorcism, Lake Mungo, and Case 39 are at the top of my list so far) and lots of them not. Whatever I tried to watch last night, I fell asleep in the middle around 8:30.

I've also been enjoying The Flix's TV selection. Streamed the whole first season of Ugly Americans, and discovered Aaahh! Real Monsters on there yesterday.

Also been out and about! I spend a lot of time with my friend Leela (not her real name) and she has no wireless or even a land line. That, or we're out on the mountain. I find myself often in the Land of No Internet. Which...honestly is really nice. And we've discovered all manner of secret places on the mountain, private and magical and known only to us. (We have one spot that shows no sign of people even passing through.)

I've been in a spot of depression this week, though. husband_brother and Leela dragged me out to the mountain yesterday, which was good, but today I'm back to hunching up in bed in my bathrobe with Netflix loaded but nothing playing. But this will pass soon, since we're going up the natural hot springs this weekend.

I've been waiting for this for years. Seriously, I am looking forward to this so hard.

I ate a heart tonight!

It was absolutely delicious. I tried a little piece raw, and that was very tasty! But then it got sliced into these thin slices, pounded and seasoned and tossed on the grill. We just ate it with our fingers, and it was seriously delicious.

Also, I made new friends who are into the con thing! Hurrah!

Now it's time for bed. <3