Guy Day and Challenges and BLING!

So in case you didn’t know or I didn’t say anything and I can’t rightly remember if I DID say anything – it appears I have a suspected stress fracture in my right foot. The boot is NOT a fashion statement whatsoever and my students – especially my DIFFICULT students were quite concerned when I showed up today in it.

Either way, I have to wear the nasty thing until the end of school, so tonight I bought stuff and bling blinged it up. Bejeweled flowers and such. I be stylin’.

Yes, I know. Juvenile but let’s be honest – my ability to adult is highly over-exaggerated.

Spawn hath taken photographs. When he finishes his online quiz, he’ll email them to me and I will share.

Edit – Blinged Boot

Chances are likely, I will be VERY scarce this weekend. I’ll open with – a year ago today – and leave it at that. Not to mention, I was STEWPID and searched things I shouldn’t have and I know exactly where he is this weekend.

30 miles away. Softball game.

Either way, there is a festival tomorrow and Spawn is dragging me to it and then we’re coming home to raucous house cleaning because the landlady is inspecting (taking a list of repairs and improvements) and I need a clean house. Baby sis will be here next weekend. School is out and niece has to vacate the dorm 24 hours after her last final, which is noon Thursday. So is Spawn’s. I’ve told him to help some since he’ll be out there.

So if I’m not around, that’s why.

I have also imbibed in some retail therapy. (Of course.) I’ve finally broken the 10 pound barrier. I did 9 pounds in 3 weeks and then started inching back up. I’ve finally lost what I gained and added an additional minus pound. So yes, I treated myself. Again.

yes in that color and a pair of white jeans. I be styling. Trust me, you want to be my closet!

Day what… 7? Yes. Seven. According to the Church – the perfect number.

Something you’ve bought because of RA.

Now the vast majority of RA memorabilia I have has been GIFTED to me. RAPS, posters, pictures, Programs, flyers…

Pop!Thorin and his evil twin, Pop!Thorout. I have a stuffed Thorin. We’ll just leave it at that.

And there is more.

I have bought the required dvds and have movie stubs and such. I’ve not been so lucky to see any of his plays. I would save for the next time he’s in New York, however I have made the decision to return to college. I’ve talked about it enough, it’s time to get off my ass and do it.

And that will be expensive.

Either way, besides the standard movies, dvds, etc, I have made one purchase that while some would consider frivolous (my mom) I rather adore him and think he’s a cutie pie. He sits next to my bed.

And now…. Guy Day.

Have a great weekend

Guylty’s RA Challenge Day 6

I was going to do this tonight, but I dont’ think I’ll be home before 7 or 8 and I have house cleaning to do. Landlady on Sunday. Yearly inspection. I have stuff that she NEEDS to fix. Anyway

 

Day 6 and welcome to day 6 fiiiiiiiiiiiiivee golden toooooks…

Sorry.

LEAST favorite character.

There are TWO I cannot stand and as I’m not home with my huge folder of Richard pics, I’ll just tell you and add pictures later.

#1 – Percy Courteney. Or however he spells it. Just meh! Meh. Bring me the Listerine

And 2 – William Chatford. Damn, this character is so bad I had to respell that last name three times. Like Guylty, you kinda feel sorry for him at the end since his wife is cheating on him with the married icky doctor she was screwing around before and married icky doctor poisons him, but damn, the physical abuse… reminds me of my ex husband. Bad character. Bad bad bad bad character.

If you want a picture of William and his Mustache of Evil, (heh!) Go to Guylty’s and have a looksee.

I have a doctor’s appointment in 45 minutes. Going to find out why my foot doesn’t want to cooperate.

It is official

I am a clothes whore.

Just thought you’d like to know that.

And now, on to important business. Day 5 of Guylty’s RA Challenge. Are you ready?

ahem

#5 – Favorite/Least Favorite Romance.

I’m going to ASSume this is canon. I’m rather partial to Guy/Gen and Gary and Deidre  but…. either way

My favorite romance is definitely –

I know I know let the snark begin. But I did like this romance. RA looked particularly mucho gorgeous at this time… and completely adorkable…

This was closely followed by

There was a scene where Francis mentions – she called me ‘Sweet Man’… broke my heart.

As for my least favorite romance? Easy.

I really disliked Marian.

And…

There was NOTHING likable about this movie… and the ‘romance’ especially suckethed.

I’ve been watching the reviews for Pilgrimage. I keep seeing this word…

gore gore violence gore gore gore

And I’m kinda…. whaaaaaaaaaaaa? I dunno….

And there you have it.

 

 

Guylty’s RA Challenge Day 4

And we are counting it down at school.

What is it – the last few weeks of school, testing is over (unless you FAILED and now you’ve been moved into a different class where teachers will cram your noggin and you get do this again or else face the dregs of summer school!) and our kids have lost their ever-lovin’ minds. What started as an exchange of posturing outside the cafeteria, turned into a grade level brawl. We’re sending kids home. It’s unreal!

T minus 20 and counting.

So, Day 4 of Guylty’s Challenge…

Something you did because of RA.

Besides not keeping my mouth shut and leaving well enough alone? Naaaaaaaaaaah. Let’s try something else.

I wrote fanfiction – which isn’t anything massive, as I’ve been writing fanfiction since 2001 or 2002. I forget. 2002. But in this case, I wrote the outline and the bullet arc and plot before I ever saw the show. I had to WATCH the show after I laid it out so I would know it fit. Okay, the PROLOGUE was written before I watched the first minute of Robin Hood.

I’m certain you’ll be bored with the back story to that. Ask if you want.

For some odd reason

I am smelling raw meat in this corner of my classroom. Meh. Where’s the Lysol???

Day 3 of Guylty’s Challenge

19 days! 19 days! 19 days!!!!

Next week, my little ones are concerting. For real! The following week, my firsts are testing with me, art, and gym – i’m still so NOT stoked about the stupidity of that. And after that… Moana, baby!

I have one week to finish the 3 books I’m working on. One on my fire, one of my ancient kindle and one on my PC Kindle. I know how to multi task and I’m halfway done with the beta edit of the next chapter of William Edward.

Our electric bill came in. Under 60.00. I think this will be the last electric bill under 100.00 I have for at least 6 months.

That Man will be in my neck of the woods this weekend. I should NOT have looked up his daughter’s softball schedule.

And someone in their wrong mind sent me a 250.00 credit card for Roaman/Woman Within/Jessica London….

*headdesk*

Sigh.

Day 3 of Guylty’s Challenge – A favorite piece of fanart.

Okay, now I LOVE EvanKart’s stuff, but she has a total hairy if you repost her stuff for ANY reason – which is fine, I guess, so look her up on Tumblr. It’s been awhile since she drew LOTR, but what she has is exquisite. Her Thorin is gorgeous.

For the record, none of this is mine and if you press the point, I can tell you where MOST of this originated from.

In my wanderings while writing Manna, I would come across stuff that WASN”T RA-centric that gave me bunnies for Manna….

 

But I digress.

I admit having a love for Pirate Guy

I was graced with some beautiful graphics for Manna that I am particularly fond of.

JollyTr did this for me and several others.

There are things that are just too cute for words.

And things equally beautiful

but my absolutely most favorite piece of fanart is by Lily Fox and yes, I emailed her personally for permission to use this little piece for Gen

Guylty’s RA Challenge

Day 2 and Welcome to Day 2! How is your Day 2 going? It is already setting up to be a steamy day here in the South and it’s just 9 AM. We’re in for a whopper summer. Considering it was not really COLD long enough, the bugs will be in abundance this summer. Yeah way coolies not.

EITHER way…

20 days 20 days 20 days 20 days….

So Day 2, The moment you fell in love with RA?

You know, I think it was a gradual thing. There wasn’t a ‘bam’ moment. Nothing… intentional.

My original reason for being on Tumblr was Karl Urban. After seeing The Hobbit, Richard Armitage became a permanent tag fixture and I realized I was following more RA well wishers than Karl. By spring of 2013, I was unfollowing Karl posters, figuring, that’s what the tag is for, right? And while down for a 6 week round of walking pneumonia, I actually started watching the vlogs and interviews and digging into that that was RA. He was much more than Thorin Oakenshield. I am fully aware that there is a difference between The Character and The Man Behind the Mask of The Character. I am completely content with the information that Richard provides about himself – which is precious little and at times contradictory, but that’s a privacy issue for him I respect. Either way, what I was seeing was really nice.

And I was impressed. Really impressed.

 

Not to mention, I’ve always been attracted to tall men with dark hair and blue eyes.

 

And this…. didn’t hurt…

 

I must say, the Dwarf snagged me, but the Leather man reeled me in. But that’s a story for another day.

 

 

WHEW! Finally!

I finished watching Berlin Station. I’m glad I did – I enjoyed the last 4 episodes MUCH better than the beginning. Once all the threads started coming together, it was really interesting.

Daniel is damn, fucking fine, yessirreebob! I’d like to be kissed by that man. Won’t happen, but it’s a nice fantasy!

I DID have a problem understanding the different ‘accents’ and had trouble reading the caption for the German. My eyesight is pretty poor.

But I liked it and I can’t wait for the 2nd season.

I have an appointment next Thursday afternoon with an orthopedist for my foot. Personally, I think I have a bad case of bursitis and my foot was complaining about the floor. Might be something more, I dunno. We’ll find out.

Oh. PILGRIMAGE!!!! Richard in medieval armor. I might not survive! Although, what is with the funky haircut??? A tonsure in reverse?

Guylty is doing a new challenge. You know, I have to do it!

#1 – My first encounter with Richard – or how I discovered him.

You know, I was doing my damnedest to avoid any spoilers to the Hobbit. I wanted to be surprised, mesmerized, and blown away by the movie when it was finally released. I didn’t read the book, beforehand, didn’t want to do the awful comparison we do when our favorite book or story is made into a theatrical work, because the movie is NEVER as good as the book! NEVER! I recall when the Harry Potter movies were released, many Snape fans were furious because certain scenes – that weren’t necessary – were cut from the film. I mean, did we really need to see Alan Rickman, running around in a night shirt, legs show….

ahem. nevermind.

Either way, I was really trying my best – I didn’t watch the vblogs, stayed away from any news flash, reel, notice. And then…. they released the original makeup stills, introducing us to The Dwarves.

And yes, I looked.

For 2 years, Karl Urban had been my wallpaper – and I was feeling rather pervy and guilty about it because he was a happily married (at the time) man with 2 kids

And I thought to myself – well that’s a damn fine looking Klingon!

When this still came out, Karl was replaced for several weeks with this –

Except my computer at the time, showed it like this…

And tbh….

My mother does NOT share my taste in men and told me I needed to ‘grow up’ and do something about finding a real man rather than fantasize about fictional characters.

uhm.

No.

Regardless, as I had never HEARD of Richard Armitage, I didn’t know what he looked like without the makeup and prosthetics until the San Diego Comic Com…

And Karl was no longer my wall paper.

And I made ‘moist’ look pretty… well…. benign. Truth is I was more like a leaking oil tanker.

Sorry. Not.

 

 

 

Time-Filler Tactics [or: Yet Another Multi-Day RA Challenge]

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Originally posted on Guylty Pleasure:
A couple of weeks ago I gave a sneak peek of a shrine that has yet…

Owies

I have spent the evening in Urgent Care. Usually, when I get up in the mornings, I walk like an old person. Really hurts, but I normally walk it out with in 10 steps or so. I have the same problem if I’ve been off my feet for a while. I know I have a touch of bursitis.

Anyway, this morning when I got out of the car at work, I couldn’t walk it off very fast. By noon I couldn’t walk. My foot is swollen, hurting feels hot inside. My toes hurt.

Xrays show nothing is fractured or broken, but I do have a cyst in the middle of my foot that needs looked at and they’ve sent my xrays to a radiologist and are having me follow up with an orthopedist.

Oh and I’m off work tomorrow. Yay. No hell day for me!

On an awesome note, my Weight Watcher weigh in is tomorrow (not going) and the doctor’s office weighed me in at 3 pounds less than I weighed in last Thursday morning. And this was an evening weigh in and I weighed less than a morning weigh in and by a sizeable amount! I’m a happy camper! Right now, my pain killers are kicking in, so I think I’m going to call it a night and head to bed with a book. Alarms are off!!!

here Have some Richard.