Photography, Leatherwork and Costuming
Here are some pictures of the first prosthetic to come out of my mold that was made Saturday. I still need to cut out the eyes, mouth, and breathing holes in the nose etc. I am going to try to attach it to my face tomorrow or tues to see how it works.
I have been using my hosting company for over 5 years and have never really had a problem with them until Thursday. The server that my website, the Corellian boards, and the Pulserifle website died. Normally this wouldn’t be too much of a problem if they were doing regular backups. The last backup that they had was from July 12, so any information added into any of those databases since then is lost forever. I am not very happy about this fact at all. It sucks for the Corellian boards, but I think that it sucks more for my photogallery. I had almost 4000 pictures loaded and categorized before. I lost almost 1000 of them which now have to be reuploaded, imported etc.
I guess it is time to setup some cron jobs to run automatic backups of the databases on a weekly basis…After I figure out how to do that and make it work.
So the past couple of weeks, I have had numerous people ask me if I am alright. I didn’t think anything was wrong, so I told them that everything was fine, but that made me start to wonder if everything was indeed alright with me. I think that I am just stressed between work, getting ready for Dragon*con, and the feeling that I should be doing something else at the stage I am in of my life right now. I pretty much push all of that back in order to get the stuff done that needs to be done, but I guess it is getting to be quite a bit, if random people are noticing.
I am uncertain if I want to stay working where I am now, but at the same time, I don’t feel like taking the time to look for something else. I am overdue for a raise by almost 5 months, and it feels as if I am being taken advantage of at times because of that fact. Let’s see how long we can string him along without having to give him more money. I really need to apply for grad school, but obviously, I have missed any sort of Fall deadline that exists for anywhere.
I have taken on quite a few things that people need made, and I am glad to do it, but I just don’t have the time to do some of it how I want. Lately after work, the last thing that I want to do is work on projects, but that is when I have to do it. I wish that I could just take about 2 weeks off from work to go on a trip or just do something that doesn’t involve costuming, work, on pretty much any form of responsibility. I want to go camping, fishing, something that I used to do often that I miss doing now.
I haven’t had time to do much reading in the past month and a half. I have multiple books started, and they have probably had the bookmarks in the same spot so long, that the tops are discolored. I realize that there is probably time when I could be reading, but lately it was probably spent worrying if I would finish everything that I need to get done for the next con, or trooping event.
I haven’t ridden my bike yet this year. I think this is one of the things that really digs at me the most, but it isn’t something that I think about on a regular basis. Last year, I rode 3-4 times a week, and this year, I have literally not been on my bike at all. This coming Saturday is the HOT 100 ride that I have done the last 2 years, and I couldn’t do it now if I wanted, as I would be too out of shape. This has really made me come to terms with something that I have known for a while, and never really wanted to admit, that I change interests often, and when I do, they are very sudden. I really need to work on making time for multiple hobbies at the same time, and not scavenging one away completely to make room for another.
I guess for now, I just have to soldier on until after Dragon*Con, as I don’t really have an option. I am committed to it, and I know that I will have a blast the time that I am there. Maybe when I get home, it will be time to look at moving to a different career path, or some other drastic change like that to try and get things in order. I guess that time will tell.
Yesterday, I went over to Gen and Steve’s place to help get Steve into his Darth Maul with full makeup. It took a while, but the end results were well worth it. It took Gena and myself about 4 hours to get all of the makeup on, but that included goofing off, and Steve getting up to look at the mirror after most steps. I think that the time at Dragon*con will be much less when you add in more people who are able to help, and the fact that we have done it before. Here are some pictures. I will put a couple up here, and the rest behind a cut as a courtesy.
We went from this,
to this
Here is the link to the full album of pictures.
http://www.dwrd.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=64
Well as seems to be the theme lately, it has been a while since I have updated. Last week I did the Drew Bennett Celebrity wheelchair game that benefited United Cerebral Palsy. It was my first time to use my teeth makeup for my emperor. It seemed to be a hit.
On Saturday I trooped for the Ronald McDonald house in Memphis for their Big Scoop event. It was fun. I did end up making 4 kids cry because they were scared of the emperor costume. I switched into Plo at the first break, and then to generic Padawan for the last bit of trooping, as I was tired of sweating so much.
My mom has been in town the past couple of days since Chris moved today. I am ready for her to leave.
I am going to try to get most of the red emperor costume drafted with ’s help on Friday.
Yea, so that was a pretty boring entry.
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