Bleed in Blue

I started this report like almost a week ago...XD And kept gradually working at it bit by bit...just hadn't had much time to actually write it up. Had been waiting for some more photos but got tired of waiting so here goes...

So yeah...Otakon happened. Seemed like it wasn't quite as crowded as last year but I've had other friends say they felt like it was worse. So I dunno. XD But it just didn't seem QUITE as bad as last year to me. But maybe just 'cause I wasn't wearing as many costumes this time around? I think I've finally learned my limits with Ota.

Anywho, onto the actual report...

( Otakon - the con I can't say no to for some stupid reason )

Rest of my photos are here: http://lyn.houjun.com/otakon12.html Not a huge amount but at least not as few as some of the other cons. Mostly just more Inu x Boku stuff though. XD

~Lyn

I meant to update this a while ago but I keep doing late night sewing and just been overall busy that I forget to write entries on here...

Last night...

Me: "The cat has used the litter box! *victory pose*"
Parents&Me: "YAY!"

XD Seems silly to be so excited over that but yesterday I had to take my cat in to get her nails clipped. And I am a horrible cat owner for letting them get as bad as they did. T_T Granted, you gotta understand that we've never had to take her in to get them clipped until last year and she's 16 years old. In the past she was pretty good at getting them down with the scratching posts and such and we'd only occasionally had to clip a few nails here and there. Well last year a few of her nails suddenly got a lot thicker than normal and we (by we I mean Mom and I as we both try to clip them whenever we can get a chance) were having a hard time clipping them. I honestly can't really tell where the vein is 'cause they're so thick and every time I put even a tiny bit of pressure on the nail, she freaks out and starts hissing. So I've come to the conclusion that it hurts to clip them which of course puts me at an end. Last year we had them clip them while we had her check-up. And then just figured we'd be able to clip them ourselves once they were shorter.

Well...I still haven't been able to get them clipped in all this time. I kept trying but she was being REALLY difficult with it. I kept saying we needed to probably take her in again as they were starting to curl under again and get even thicker but Mom said she really wanted to try doing it herself, thinking maybe she'd have better luck than me but she kept being unable to do it either. I think she wanted to save the money of having to take her in. But then I realized this week that her claws had curled under so much that they were in fact digging into her paw pads and looked like they had in fact pierced through the skin. This freaked me out and I felt so horrible for not noticing it before and convinced Mom that we HAD to take her in. Now. 'Cause I didn't want it to get any worse and there was no way we could clip them ourselves now without hurting her. So we took her in yesterday and it went actually fine. I was nervous it'd be worse than it was. But they did bleed some and she has puncture wounds from where the nails went through. No infections, thank god. But I have to keep an eye on them. And because normal kitty litter has tiny pieces, they told us we had to change her litter to this newspaper-stuff so it wouldn't get into the wounds. Ok, that's fine. But my cat doesn't adapt well to change so I was really nervous she wouldn't use this kitty litter. At all.

First few times she goes over to it, sniffs it and walks away. Goes upstairs and then comes back down like a minute or so later to do the same thing. I'm guessing she kept thinking if maybe she walked away and came back, it would magically turn back to her old kitty litter. lol This repeated for a good portion of the day. I tried to even encourage her to use it at one point but she was more interested in rubbing up against my arm than actually going in so figured I'd go back to just watching from afar since my cat tends to like her privacy (lol yeah its odd) and doesn't usually go when you're too close. I was seriously getting worried she wasn't going to use it though as she kept walking away. But finally she did so things are ok.

The other event of the week I wish to speak of is on Monday we went out shopping for my youngest niece's birthday as its coming up this weekend. Though its kinda annoying 'cause her parents really aren't helpful in what she wants/needs as they just have gotten used to her playing with her sister's toys but we try to make the point that they really should have their own or else jealousy might erupt since they're only like 2-3 years apart. And I'm sure 6-year-old Lauren doesn't really want her baby sister playing with all her nice toys. So Mom gets it in her head that Morgan needs her own My Little Ponies so she'll stop playing with Lauren's. Problem is. The current ponies aren't really good for 3 year olds. They're small and have lots of tiny pieces. Which is a shame 'cause the G3 ponies we got Lauren at that age would have been a good size for Morgan.

But anyways as I'm wandering off and looking at action figures and other silly things because that's a lot more fun than looking for a child's gift, Mom got into the (tiny) pony section and comes over to me and is all "how about this? *holds up Princess Celestia pony*"

Me: "...Well its the wrong color one. That's the alternate color one. I think she'd prefer the one from the show." - Thinking this is for Lauren 'cause I mentioned earlier I thought that pony would be awesome for her 'cause I'd certainly LOVE that if I was that age. And also thinking "...aren't we here for Morgan though?"
Her: "I don't think she'll care."
Me: "...wait, is this for Lauren or Morgan?"
Her: "Morgan of course!"
Me: "..." and in my head I'm going "ahgaidghadpaidhiapdi!!!!" "Mom, we CAN'T give that to Morgan! For one thing its too fragile! She'll break it and the parts are small. And if I was Lauren, I'd be PISSED that my LITTLE sister got the PRINCESS pony if I didn't already own it."

And at this point I realized I was caring way too much about this. XD; But its true, even when its just for my nieces (and remember I don't like children even if they are related to me), I'm like MLPs are a big deal. XD And the idea of a 3 year old chewing on Celestia really bothered me. hahahaha XD

And on that note, FIM is on. >>;; And yes, I've given in and started watching it. Despite the fact I'm still more of an old-school MLP fan and I have a bit of "elitist" feelings towards this new fandom, I still have to admit I do love this new show. Its really cute and fun and I see why everyone loves it. It just annoys me that everyone only seems to care about this new one now and you see like nothing from G1 anymore in the fandom. Especially with the cosplay. Kinda annoyed at all the G4 cosplays I see from it already. I miss the G1 cosplays. I like don't see them at all anymore. But yeah, I'm just an angry old bitch. XD haha

~Lyn