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[tsukinofaerii]

I have been a pest to my bosses lately. Yesterday, I was officially given permission to:

1) Dye my hair whatever crazy color I can think of. I have been under a false impression that we have a dress code; this is, in fact, a lie. We had a dress code, which only my previous boss continued to enforce after our prior director moved on. I have been officially informed that "blue hair is not unprofessional, and [my boss] is not interested in policing self-expression". I translate that as, "I am not interested in policing self-expression enough to not allow your blue hair, so don't please don't make me have to" and I can roll with that. Current plans are for purple and blue highlights. WE SHALL SEE HOW THAT TURNS OUT.

2) I am allowed to take October 14-18 off from work, so long as I remain available on GTalk for [other boss] to occasionally beg for help when id:10-t errors happen and she needs someone to complain to. THIS MEANS I WILL BE AT WINCON THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY. FUCK YEAH.

3) Stop cheering that I have a vacation. Really, permission to stop granted. Some of us have kids, and see "a vacation" as any time they're both asleep for more then two hours at a time.

4) Take off my heels when walking over a hard surface, as the clicky-noises make everyone think A Certain Person is coming to corner us all in a desperate attempt for attention, and it makes them jumpy.

5) Converse with Marlynn over our shared wall, as long as we are careful and cease all attempts at amiability at the first signs of any disruption in the time-space continuum.

TL;DR, I love my place of work.

Who's going to WinCon? When are you going? Can I fly with you? (AHEM STACY?) Share a shuttle? Hang on you shamelessly while babbling about how much I missed you even if I saw you three days ago when the aliens kidnapped us both for that awesome thing with the roasted Gra'anlk on their home planet?

For anyone interested in #2, Southwest Airlines currently has a deal going on. It's not super beneficial for me (it does not fly out of my nearest airport, and the regularly priced tickets between here and Wincon are not bad—I also value convenience when I can afford it), but some people may find it handy.

Did anyone in my Wincon buddies ever figure out how we're handling rooms this year? If we're doing multiple rooms, it might be easiest to reserve them all in one name and request that they be close/joined. (I think we should, if only because it gets awfully crowded and confusing—doubling our rooms might double our price, but at least I will not go home with other people's underwear in my bags.) Regardless, can we please have a policy where everyone hands over their share when they walk in the door, and we have the hotel lock it up in a safe deposit box? I love y'all, but the money-splits have been crazy.

Marvel Folk: Has anyone seen a piece of art floating around where Steve has cowl-lines instead of tan-lines (or sunburn lines)? I have been reliably informed that it exists somewhere, but I am feeling leery of posting a search at the comm, for both reasons of laziness and another reason I don't want to drag out. (Suffice to say, I am feeling ignored in a specific instance, and right now I have only the energy to handle this by not doing anything that would usually attract attention. It makes sense in my head.) I will, however, search there if my flist comes up empty-handed, because I want that art.

I still want fic.

Finally: Doom/Loki OTP. FML.

Comments

[elspethdixon]

That fanart is awesome. (And the cowl-line art sounds awesome, too, but I've sadly never heard of it).

I don't know what the issue with the comm is, but while I'm trying to keep a low profile there, too at the moment, I'd definitely post a "looking for cowl lines art" request if you don't want to.

[tsukinofaerii]

It's not really the comm directly. It's that the last three posts I've made to it which should have made the comicstore_news newsletter were kind of ignored (my Natasha/Pepper femslash, the ♥ thing, and last week's meta), and every inquiry I've made about them (was it the title, something missing from my usual header, etc etc) never got a reply.

I know it's probably just a coincidence, but it's making me paranoid. :\

[elspethdixon]

the last three posts I've made to it which should have made the [livejournal.com profile] comicstore_news newsletter were kind of ignored

That is weird - they were all posted to comms, right? comicstore_news has never linked anything of mine that I posted just to my own journal, but they're usually pretty good about hitting everything that's posted in the major comics fic comms.

Was the Natasha/Pepper fic at least included in femslash_today's newsletter?

[tsukinofaerii]

The Natasha/Pepper was posted to Marvel_Slash, and the other two were posted to Cap_IronMan. ♥, specifically, was posted 3 minutes before someone else's fic which did make it to the newsletter. I can completely understand why ♥ might have been missed (maybe the day's compiler didn't realize that ♥ was the title?), but is a reply saying so too much to ask? And they covered all of the other meta posts...

Nope, Femslash_today missed it too. I'm just boggled, and worried that this is making me out to be an attention leech. (bounces up and down, hands flailing) Pay attention to meeeeeeee!

[elspethdixon]

I can leave a comment on femslash-today pointing them to it, if you want. There's so little long femslash that it really ought to be linked there.

[tsukinofaerii]

Could you? I feel weird asking, since it seems like whining. :\

[clex_monkie89.livejournal.com]

I don't have a plane ticket yet but I always do Thursday to Monday, so we can definitely try to coodirnate times to save money on a shuttle (Kate's doing Th-M too, so that's at least four, I think).

M7y last WinCon post was a "Who KNOWs they're coming, who thinks they are?" one. I'm getting my hair dyed after work, but if you see me on AIM tonight (JenmarGonnaEatU) poke me and I will bring you in Chat where we can try to logic things out.

And now I run away back to work.

P.S. TATTOOS ARE HAPPENING THIS YEAR, EVEN IF IT'S JUST MY BATMAN AND YOUR CAP SHIELD.

[tsukinofaerii.livejournal.com]

I don't have a plane ticket yet but I always do Thursday to Monday, so we can definitely try to coodirnate times to save money on a shuttle (Kate's doing Th-M too, so that's at least four, I think).

It's a 4 hour flight from here, and I was hoping to get there early-ish for to pack the most fun into my vacation as possible. I'm holding off until my next paycheck to purchase, but that will be at the start of August. LET ME KNOW YOUR TIMES.

M7y last WinCon post was a "Who KNOWs they're coming, who thinks they are?" one.

I remember that! I replied to that! Did anything come out of it?

I'm getting my hair dyed after work, but if you see me on AIM tonight (JenmarGonnaEatU) poke me and I will bring you in Chat where we can try to logic things out.

Adding you to my buddylist! I don't get on until late these days (I don't get home until late these days), but if I see you, I shall poke.

P.S. TATTOOS ARE HAPPENING THIS YEAR, EVEN IF IT'S JUST MY BATMAN AND YOUR CAP SHIELD.

IT IS NOT A SHIELD. IT IS WINGS (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y84/tsukinofaerii/temp/cap.png). AND I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT MORE PRETTIFUL. BUT STILL. WE SHALL GET TATTOOS (AGAIN) THIS YEAR!

[velithya]

I think Thursday/Monday is going to be pretty popular - although I guess Thursday/Sunday could also be pretty full, a lot of people do leave on Sunday...

[clex_monkie89.livejournal.com]

I think Thursday/Monday is the best bet, because it gives everyone more time.

In related questions; any ideas what days you're doing this year?

[velithya]

definitely coming in Thursday probably PM sometime, no internals booked yet. Departure is less certain; I might have some non-SPN friends coming from other parts of the US that husband and I will be staying with post-con so I will have to find out a)whether they are coming and b)how they're going to the con; there's a (small) possibility they might drive and if so we might not be flying out. Which is a long-winded way of saying I don't know yet! :)

[nyreak.livejournal.com]

Woohoo! I've always wanted to dye my hair blue! I keep thinking that one of these days I'll get up the nerve to do it, at least for Dragon*Con, but I'm so prissy about my hair that I'd have to do something temporary in case I hate it!

[tsukinofaerii.livejournal.com]

In my experience, the super-temporary colors are a pain. They rub off everywhere. It might be worth getting a six-week color, and plan to dye over it if it doesn't work out.

[nyreak.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and that's why I've never done it. I rarely even blow dry my hair, never use styling stuff on it unless I have to (like for my wedding, and such). That's why I'll probably just permanently dream about it and never actually do it.

[ghosts-scare-me.livejournal.com]

If you really want blue hair, all I can say is: good luck with the half-hour of re-dying it blue every two shampooing D: it was worth it, though.
That's the main reason I gave up my blue hair. I currently have green hair, and I'm very happy with it. Much more resilient <3

[tsukinofaerii.livejournal.com]

Meh, my hair never holds dye well anyway (except the one time I went with black hair five years ago; I'm still growing that out). I've had both green, purple, and various shades of red hair in the past. Blue will be a neat change. :D

[ghosts-scare-me.livejournal.com]

After five years? How does that even work/just how long is your hair? o___o

I've been blue for aaaaaages. Went purple for a short time, then settled for green; I'm going to just dye it black for the summer, though; I'm just not feeling motivated enough to spend half an hour after washing my hair to make it look decent. I'll go green again when I'm back at Uni. [/coolstorybro]

[tsukinofaerii.livejournal.com]

My hair comes down to my hips. :D

I was purple for Halloween—I'd gone as Shampoo from Ranma 1/2. Green was first for Halloween, then St. Patty's day. (I dyed the rest of me green too.)

[sophie-448.livejournal.com]

I am not sure yet when I can leave/stay til. My only scheduled class is for Thursday afternoons and THE WEEKEND BEFORE I am presenting at a conference that ALSO begins on Thursday. My paper for this conference is being presented Saturday morning, so I may elect to leave after my class, but ... I'm not sure about that as yet. I also don't have my teaching schedule. I'm hoping I might FINALLY get a Tuesday/Thursday schedule so I could stay through Monday, but ... no word yet. So ... TL;DR I can't book my flight yet. If you get a good deal you should probably grab it, but otherwise I'll let you know when I know.

WINCON! :-D

[tsukinofaerii.livejournal.com]

I am hoping to leave out on Thursday morning, so we shall miss each other. (clings) P-chan and I may use Thursday Afternoon to be Stuck With Pointy Things And Make Art On Skin, though, and we can meet up at the Wincon cocktail thing later. :D (I will need to buy a dress that will show off my shiny new tattoo.)

WINCOOOOOOON! ♥

[velithya]

I had a look at the special deal but I thought it said only valid for travel Tuesday/Wednesday in the fine print? Which, you know, husband and I will probably be doing Thursday/Monday. Nothing booked yet.

[tsukinofaerii.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it is only Tuesday/Thursday, but it might be worth coming in late Wednesday for some people. If they have someone they can bunk with to split the hotel cost for the night, it might save some money.

[velithya]

yeah, that's true I guess! I didn't think of that :)