not a perfect metaphor

Right. RenFest was made of win.
Fireworks, however... epic win. If I get hold of any of Dad's pictures I might pass them along to the Internets. Also Quin deserves applause for surviving the crowd of Massive.
There is still a bit of packing to be done, but that'll get done soon. Taking off for parts known commences tomorrow morning, by eight at the latest.
(Don't mind the links, they're for my own reference once I get to the typically-configured browser again.

The Internets remained obstreperous this morning (one of these days I'll actually call tech support about it). But on the brighter side, I made it to the grocery this morning (Sara? Thanks for pointing those chow mein things out to me - all they had were chicken, but I figure it's still bound to be good), and I got in a little excavating in my room. This mostly means repacking a couple school boxes, but still.
( list time strikes back )

So the parents left this morning for Vacationland, this year known as parts surrounding my sister. I'm home alone for three weeks, two of which I'm still working.
Have read a tiny bit of HP7 (enough to wonder why everyone's bellowing, basically).
hpmugglestudies got gehayi and I Plotting, by which I mean A Magical History of the United States. It shouldn't be anywhere near as entertaining as it is, but I guess that's my inner history geek for you. XD
( and now, the second episode of Grad School Indecision! )
And finally: Off in RP Land, it amuses me immensely that the PBs look related. It is a thing, perhaps.

And now, for a happier post:
*Happy birthday, Jen 2.
*Jen 1: the package got here today. Thanks!
*One of my cousins got out her tarot deck last night so our aunt could do readings. I don't think it was anything the recipients didn't already know, myself included. (Apparently I need to make up my damn mind and put my talents to good use. HMM.)
*MM is good for deciding things are in fact a go.
*GIP, but it's actually one of the first icons I made. It bears resurrecting, I think.

*So moony found a trailer for this thing called Enchanted, and it sounds pretty cool. Also, any Disney movie with a Rent poster in the background scenery has to be worthwhile. Also also, apparently Idina Menzel's in it.
...Whatever I do Thanksgiving weekend, this has to be involved. Somehow.
*On the RPage front: ahahaha WHAT. Actually, it's kind of amazing; I just never would have expected playing it out. XD
*The quest for gainful employment is... quest-like. but I am questing; it's possible yesterday's kick in the pants helped more in the longer term than in the immediate. I work like that, sometimes. Okay, a lot of the time.
Right, back to the grindstone.

All three of the finals I currently have access to are started. Laundry has been achieved, as has hitting up the campus store for more blank CDs, a card for the mother (both for the holiday and her birthday), and ordering that pesky cap and gown.
Other elements of Responsible Adulthood remain mostly neglected; no doubt I'll kick myself for that later, but at least it's my own damn fault. I need Swiffers, though that might end up waiting till Sunday, when I'll be out anyway.
Running my D&D one-shot tomorrow, after lunch. Once there's a log up I'll link it here.
I'm slightly out of the playing loop at Milliways, but then, concentrating on one game along with academia suits me fine, and inn business has been booming. That's most likely going to end with yet another teenage guy in my headspace (seriously, wtf?).
I can do this and not die of stress.

...Okay, seriously, I need to stop bloody dying of stress now. What the hell, brain.
( we're taking this to list time )
::considers:: I think that helped a little. Damn end of the semester, going and being all stressful like that.

Got back to campus Sunday night. Promptly did nothing yesterday due to combination of hormones and stress (so much crap to do, so little time). Today is a mental health day due to said stress - I'd only have more of it if I'd gone to my three-hour class today.
But I'm feeling better now, and Snakes in a Moving Group is open for business.
I need to get through this crap, find out when next semester's classes are going up for great history seminar applications, and look into summer storage (note to self: prod the girls upstairs to that end). Perhaps later there will be RPage.
Also, Quin gave me reading material, mostly in preparation for pseudo-Egyptian hijinks at outsideinn. It's v. fun times.

Am making some progress on the latest list. Huzzah.
Good reasons to perform The Checking of the Mail twice: Issue of Mental Floss showed up yesterday. Holy crap I love this magazine. (Note to self: Dead Guy Interview: Harry Nilsson. Like a LOT.)
Also, I apparently managed the only A in my class on that History of Magic paper. Not quite sure how, since I didn't feel like it was my best writing ever, but if my history-paper-fu is still with me I'll take it.
Also also, poll results aside, the rate things are going I'll be getting the Pyramids audiobook. It'll be easier on Certain Corners of My Brain if I do. (Should've realized royalty would be pushy. XD)