one more miracle

Tumblr is really obnoxiously addicting and I kiiind of wish I hadn't joined? BUT THERE'S SO MUCH PRETTY! I started following too many people though, and people reblog each other a lot so things get redundant, and AHHH TAKING OVER. So not okay. BUT. PRETTY. Also there's a lot of love out there for one Jacob Pitts which makes me everso happy. <3

It's also a really interesting venue in which to stretch my Photoshop muscles - I really, really love working on larger canvases, layering images and colors, so that's a whole lot of fun. I just made something I sort of love a whole lot, so I thought I'd pop over here and share it with Livejournal, my first and TRUE love. ♥


(Click for hi-res)

My first idea was just to layer two of the pretty parachute shots on one another, but then I came across the picture with the flames and went hmmmm... so I threw that on top and LOVED it. So I tweaked and textured and I'm really happy with the outcome. Paratroopers! ♥ Do let me know what you think! :)

Today I have been beyond unspeakably exhausted. It was really unpleasant actually. I barely made it alive through lab meeting. Note to self: GO TO BED instead of fucking around on the internet. This is an ongoing problem and my life would be MUCH BETTER if I actually managed to go to bed at a human hour instead of delaying it all the time. My average bedtime is 2 AM, and I wake up at 7 AM. Not really all that healthy! If you see me on Twitter at a stupid hour, yell at me? :)

Anyway, after lab we went out for drinks at happy hour to celebrate one dude getting a postdoc, one paper getting published, and the arrival of two new members of the lab (including me! :)). I hung around for a while and chatted, but did I mention I was tired? So I bowed out a little early and went to Borders, which was VERY fruitful. I bought Eugene Sledge's widely lauded book, With the Old Breed. From what newredshoes has said while reading it, I know this book is going to get me right in my heart. I'm both thrilled and a little nervous. (I still haven't watched last night's episode of The Pacific, so please don't spoil me!)

I also bought GUY GAVRIEL KAY'S NEW BOOK!!! :DDDD I've been following his blog a bit during the publishing process and EEE I am so excited. The summary looks intriguing and fascinating, as always. I CAN'T WAIT. I love him sfm. ♥

Mini icon inventory:

Supernatural - 64!
BSG - 10
Kane - 6
Harry Potter - 5
Firefly - 4

Um. Who's obsessed? Oh that's right, me.

So a little more about Tigana, more specific this time because I decided I wanted to have my thoughts down for future reference. Don't look behind the cut if you haven't read it!

( Tigana, let the memory of you be like a blade in my soul )

Five milligrams of endothelin-1 - $1300

I was going to make this a whole mastercard thing, but I can think of nothing priceless related to that. But just look at that number! If you're wondering what endothelin-1 is, it's the hormone I've been treating the blood vessels with at work. And 5 mg is not much at ALL. It's a TINY amount. And it's THIRTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS!! (!!!) Absolutely INSANE. And apparently I've been using it at way too high of a rate, for reasons too complicated to fully explain - but it really wasn't my fault, that's what my professor told me to do! So I'm trying to cling to that instead of self-flagellating ruthlessly, as I am wont to do. Oy.

Today was a really crappy day. That was kind of the reason, but I was also feeling vaguely sicky, and my mood was negative and bitter ALL day. After dinner I just had to go out for a run to clear my head. I ran hard, harder than I had been, and it hurt but it also felt good. I'm not feeling so omgtheworldsuckseveryoneshouldDIE anymore, which is good.

Tigana continues to absolutely blow my mind. No one's died yet, though there have been two CLOSE calls, so I'm really nervous about who's gonna bite it. Because SOMEONE has to - Kay's books always leave me in tears, and besides, there's a war just starting. So. UH OH. *chews fingernails*

I watched Ariel with Meg tonight. Simon is so much love omg. I fall more for that man every time I see an episode of Firefly. Oh SIMON. Competence is so fucking sexy. "Your patient should be dead." And then the LOOK he gives that incompetent idiot, sdljfhasdkfjhsad. Makes me want to jump his bones. Um. Not that I don't want to ALL THE TIME. *ahem*

.....ASDFKJHADFKJHDKHASDKDJ!!!!! *POINTS AND FLAILS* OMGOMGOMG!!!! I just went to IMDB to see what Sean Maher's got on his plate (the answer is a big fat NOTHING, unfortunately) and THIS WAS HIS PICTURE!!! *STARES AND STARES AND STARES* Wow. Just. WOW. I hadn't SEEN that one before!! (How is that possible???)

Wow.

And on that note, farewell my lovelies!

(How much do I love this image for the enthralled mood? Awwwwwwwww)