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Sorry I dropped off the map for a few days there, guys. I went to PortCon Maine and I don't much like the idea of mentioning times when I'm going to be away from my apartment for days at a stretch where it might be seen by would-be thieves. That being said, I enjoyed the con greatly, spent a lot of time at the panels, found a really nice little natural restaurant that caters to veg*ns and carnivores both*, and wound up with a whole bunch of games as a result of winning an auction lot. Also I got to see a pair of mockingbirds fighting each other like World War II pilots over Britain, which was kinda breathtaking to see.

I may need to start sewing again in order to learn how to really do it properly. I attended one panel by the 501st and they mentioned having a division called the Imperial Officers Corps. There are way worse cosplays than Imperial officers...

Oh! And I'm almost done with a necklace from this book. It's the one on the cover with the blue, red, and green crystal rings around the gold rope. That gold rope is supposed to be 23 inches of tubular peyote stitch beading around a length of cord and jewelry wire, so's you know. Tubular peyote takes forever, but at least it's the kind of thing I can do on a bus trip without too much trouble as long as the suspension is good. I'll post photographs when it's done.


*although the strawberry-frosted cake didn't really work; margarine is not a great basis for cake frosting, sad to say