July 21, 2007
Various, Including Costuming and Fish
I've been pretty bad about writing lately. I haven't been able to find poetry for the last few Fridays and I keep forgetting to put up photos on Mondays.
I'm trying to get through some costuming for GenCon in August and an event in September. I'm making good progress, but I still have a lot more to do and not as much time as I would like. Hopefully my underthings should be done this week. Then I can move on to finishing an 1890's jacket to go with my pink skirt and get a jump start on the natural form gown I have to do.
My fish are doing okay. After the 50% water change I did on the 10th they improved pretty quickly. By the 14th they were without ick spots, but I've left the salt in for a further week. I'm planning on doing a large water change tomorrow and moving back down to two tablespoons of salt (in the whole 10 gallon tank). Unfortunately, I think the fish still have something wrong with them. They've all got weird white fungus looking spots on their chins which are worrying me. They don't look like ick, but they've spread since I got the school.
I'm hoping to get my hand on a book on fish diseases next week, since no one at the fish store could even tell me what it might be. I'll cross my fingers that it is something I can fix rather than some sort of horrible fish terminal illness or something. That would be just my luck.
On that note, some of my driftwood is now growing white fluffy fungus. I find it unlikely this is a good thing. I'll take them out and try to scrub them off when I do my big water change tomorrow.
Anyway, I'm sorry I haven't been writing more about what I'm doing. Posts might be a bit scarce until I get through some of the sewing that I need to finish. So, hopefully things should be more normal by the end of September or so.
Comments:What costumes are you doing for Gen Con? And hopefully you'll have pictures of them soonish.
Oh, and as for the Reinssance Fair, I might be up for it if Jeff wants to watch the girl for the day. Right now 30 minutes alone in the grocery store is heaven at times.
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I'm supposed to be doing an 1890's thing for a Chtulhu LARP at GenCon, but the folks who are running it persist in not casting anyone (so I have no idea what they want from me). As such I'm going to finish a different costume that can pass for 1890's (Dr. Helen Narbon, Gentle Woman of Mad Science!).Post a Comment
We have some time on the faire, since they're open until Sept. Just let me know what scheduling is looking like for you and I'll try to arrange a group trip at a good time. :D
*Goes off to look at your blog...*
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