Life Stuffs
What is amusing me today: they guy on the news just said “and as we sweat through this 31 degree winter day…” yep- that’s Celsius, not Fahrenheit. It’s not even Septmeber here and already funnily enough the South East of Queensland is almost hotter then the North! WTF?!

So, as you may have noticed, I have returned from the most wicked or "Sweet As" place on Earth!
We left Toowoomba early Sunday morning of the 9th. And by early, I’m talking 2am early!And we got back here Wednesday arvo of the 19th.
It’s taken me up until yesterday morning to get my photos posted on my Facebook account. It took me quite sometime to figure out which ones of the collection we had that I liked most of all. I wanted to post them ALL. I can’t submit all the photos that I would like to here, I don’t want to spam everyone to death- so I’ll throw a couple here in this journal and a couple I will post as deviations~
We arrived in Christchurch and after picking up our car we drove straight through to Queenstown. I was awake surprisingly most of the trip- give or take a few minutes here and there when I took a little nap it wasn’t any more exciting then that. It was cold and windy and by the time we got to Queenstown we just wanted to get into bed and sleep for a week [we had been up close to 24hrs by then]
Our first day in Queenstown was spent sussing out the resort that we were staying in, getting our hire gear and finding a shop to buy a few groceries. I found a great Japanese place that I basically lived at for most of my meals until the end of the trip~


We went up to the ski field, Coronet Peak, on a number of the days we were there. It was really awesome to see snow for the first time. Real snow, in any case. One of the days we were up there it started to snow~ that was magical. I didn’t remember to make a snow angel like I had planned but my friend Lauren and I built, quite possibly, the world’s funniest looking snowman- we named him George.


I also tried my hand at snowboarding and took a lesson with that. I needed a month full of lessons to be any good I reckon. I spent almost as much time in the snow then I did staying up-right. I was battered and bruised but it was the most fun and I’m glad that I gave it a go!


We did a number of activities while we were there also, including: Jet boating down the Shotover River, riding a scenic tour on ATVs, the Nevis Arc and finally my epic jump off the Ledge Bungy. I’d totally run away and learn how to drive one of the jet boats. It was simply awesome fun! I got a brain freeze from the wind however The quads were also a new experience for me, the others knew how to drive them because they grew up on farms riding them. Once I got the go of things and got to the top of the trail I was so glad that I had to chance to do it. The views were to die for- I only wish more of my photos weren’t totally blurred D: The Nevis Arc was great fun! I can’t begin to explain just how much- nor can I about the ledge bungy! It was definitely the most fun that I had on the whole trip! I was smiling like an idiot for HOURS afterwards! I’ll definitely go back there and do it all again someday soon~


Then came the day of my new tattoo. Before we had gone over there I'd said that I had wanted to Bungy- some people talked me out of it and I decided that I would get my new tattoo at least instead. The first day we were in Queenstown, we hunted down a tattoo place and made our appointments after much debate over what we were going to get. Well, in the end, after i did the Nevis Arc i couldn't help myself and i just HAD to bungy... so i got both! i was going to get the stars on my leg at first but changed my mind to my foot. i wasn't worried at all about the tattoo itself... but i was worried about moving while i was getting it. it really didn't hurt nearly as much as i had thought that it would! So now once this new one heals i can't wait to get one on my other foot!


A whole bunch more happened- but i'm not going to post the whole lot of my journals that i wrote while we were away- they are iver 13 000 words now! LOL. But i am going to post them up on my livejournal for anyone who is interested C:
Came back Wednesday and dropped into work to pick up my hours for this week… I found out that our main cake decorator was leaving- today was her last day- and that I would be receiving that position as full time decorator if they couldn’t find someone else who was qualified. I’m quite excited about that prospect! So I’ll let you know what happens there, for anyone who is interested C:

Art/ Writing
I didn’t get anything written while I was away; I was too tired, by the time I had a spare moment to myself, to think
but now that I am back I plan to get more done~ once Animania is over I’ve got a whole lot of time on my hands to write! XD


Cosplay/ Textile Stuffs
Hoping to get a new cosplay or two for Animania and GenCon while also working on making hats to sell in my stall at Animania~
I’ve got some plans for things to make once the con season is over for the year- but I’ll have to see how that all goes C:


Currently Working On
[Commissions]

[Textiles]
hats
cosplay ideas
[Drawings]
basic practice
[Other]
story ideas and chapters
Silent Whispers chapters
major revamp of MCP1

Conventions 2009
Brisbane Animania September 19th [Drop by my table and say g'day- Orange Star Rebellion~]
GenCon Australia [Brisbane] September 18th-20th

Conventions 2010
Perth Supanova: TBA