Moths are just werebutterflies.

I put up a few posts on CL and now I'm up to my EYEBALLS in gigs. 

Good lord!

I had NO IDEA it would work so well.

Some years ago, my mother got out of breeding parrots and switched to small dogs. At first it was Poms, but later she got some Havanese (two girls and one male). After a few years of chilling out and being dogs, we have our first litter. 

...the puppies are tiny fluffy balls of pure cuteness. 

A friend of mine is entering some kind of competition where you make up your own magic card. 

Here's the sketch of the creature art I did for him - I hope to color it in by the end of tonight. 

The Festival was fantastic - the music was amazing, the food was tasty, and the vendors were many. I had a particularly lovely moment just before sunrise, hanging out with some people around the fire.

To view the Mayhem, click below

Tommorrow:

- Test taking/Prep at Greenlake Library - 9am-11am
- Quick Session (foot worship..heeheehee..)  12pm-12:30pm
- Purchasing provisions: bug repellant, travel food, face paints- 1pm
- Lunch with Clayton 2:30pm
- Last min. packing for Oregon Trip 5pm
- Dinner/movie with Anna 6pm
- Arrival at Brennan's house (pre trip planning session - leave for Oregon 8am Friday)

Not Tomorrow, but possibly soonish:

- Crazy Festival with Erin, Fish, Brennan and his girlfriend, Clayton, and Canth
- Sign up for two classes - one lab - for the upcomming quarter (steps to finish my AA)
- Figure out a good spot to start my building project, ie, space + dry (steps to finish tiny house)
- Possibly assisting a friend with job search shinanigans
- Hawaii trip in December (OMG yay)
- Procure appropriate fundage


SIDE NOTES:

- Call Suzanne and Mike the Blacksmith back. I am a bum for leaving thier messges unanswered. BAD Tara. BAAAAAAD.

- Buy Batteries for camera. Also clear camera card memory.

OOo...., I have a card reader now, and I will once again be able to post PICTURES!!

Woot.

I am so full. 

*carb coma*

I got 100% on my last three quizzes. 

All this really proves is that my short term memory works, and the ability of numbers to switch places in my head is well balanced out with a calculator. 

In order to cut through my amazingly thick lack of math interest, I end up learning the content by taking lots AND lots of little breaks, rewarding a few min. of genuine attention with a few min of ...something else. 

Oddly, this works better than forcing myself to pay attention when I really don't want to - and is probably why the online math course works better for me than the classroom.

There are a lot of people in my life who are very, very good at this kind of thing - unfortunately I have to mire my way through it without their help (unless I really, honestly get stuck and ask for it) because the somewhat slow process of figuring it out (as opposed to having it explained to me) actually helps me more.

 

After a long time being cowed, but also intrigued, by the whole concept of Flash websites, I have broken the ice !!

Even though it began as a template, I not only successfully navigated the code to make desired changes - I also managed to put it up LIVE and WORKING. I have learned much in only a few hours just from poking around.

Much of the text is still in latin and yet to be changed, and I still need to switch out the images with Aurelio's black and white photography, (which is actually far more complicated than you would think.)... but I can't help but feel all excited anyway.

Too see this animated triumph, click the following link, and make sure your flash player is installed:

http://taralynnflannery.tripod.com/Aurelio/index.html

...Is it a  reality check? 

- full of life and confidence 
       (yay!)

- articulate                               
     (really?)

-  immature                          
(but that's so much fun...I like my painted dart guns.)

- overconfident                       
(Luckily my fear of heights keeps me in check)

-  undereducated                   
( Hey now, I'm trying to fix that!)

- smug.                                 
(and don't forget sassy!)

-  repeatedly points out the mistakes of others with precision... to perhaps reinforce her superior status 
(ew. Um...okay, less of that)

- very normal                        
(dammit!!)

- will in time become a formidable woman.              
(double yay)

- has a lot of growing up to do                                   
( I can't argue with that)

- communicating with her always turns into her discourse on how she feels, what she wants, and what she thinks I should be doing or feeling.                                                                              
(EW. okay, less of that too. But...I don't think I do that all the time.)


...Woah. That's a lot of potential reality in one day. 

Although I have to say, I've never considered myself particularly articulate.

I'm off to the greenlake library on a quest for a test proctor, I have about three tests I need to take. I also need to get stamps, to mail said tests... if I cant scrounge some from Raouls stash, maybe Safeway sells them. I hope they do. 

I have succeeded with my experimental "flamethrower" and while I was testing it Canth came out on the deck to give me a hug... and I accidentally squeezed the trigger, dowsing her black t-shirt with white flour. There was much laughing. It definately works. 

I also taught a lady how to paint water with acrylics, and started a painting of a fresh water alligator to show her the basics. I should have chosen a frog instead, as I'm more likly to find someone who would want to buy it. I'll probably spend the rest of my evening painting the scales on his wet reptile head. 

I still can't find my camera cord! 

DAMMIT.