I just had to say I loved Zombie Land! I hope all you zombie fans out there don’t miss this. In fact I think it’s so good that even if you’re not really into zombies you’d probably like it. So go forth and see this amazing film! And laugh! Laugh like you’ve never laughed….before.

I feel so weird this morning. I woke up with a bit of a headache, but I think I’m getting it to go away with tea and a granola bar. We didn’t go grocery shopping so I’m SOL for lunch today and I ate all the beef jerky yesterday as a lunch substitute. So tonight instead of going to my last aerial class I’ll head to the grocery store. I’ll do my last class on Thursday. But all in all, things are going swimmingly!

I had an amazing weekend! Friday night we had friends over and watched The Boondock Saints and Otra made the most incredible corn beef and cabbage dish you’ve ever had! We chatted until 11:30 and then the non-gamers went home and Markus and Candice stayed the night so we could play Monster Hunter until 2 in the morning! I think they were up ‘til 3, but I crashed out early. Then we had orange rolls and bacon for breakfast, played Monster Hunter all day, took a break to get some root beer and mead from Cost Plus and had dim sum for lunch. We then proceeded to play well into the night again! The following Sunday we finally got me leveled up to a 5, thanks to all my higher ranked friends taking me on missions I could never pass without them. But it makes it easier to buy things so I can gain experience without the hassle of constantly being out of honey and other supplies.

I’m so proud of Otra. He’s doing wonderfully in school and I’m certain he’s going to make a great chiropractor. I’ve never really been a fan of chiropractics because my only experience with them was a lady from our church who was really bad at it. After talking with Otra about it, he explained that just like bad doctors, you get bad chiropractors from time to time, but in the hands of a knowledgeable chiropractor a lot of good can be done. He gave me some stories of examples of good and bad chiropractics and put my concerns to rest. He’s going to be great at this!

I got a nibble at another commission the other day, but I haven’t heard back from him after I told him I charge for my work. But it’s nice to know that people like my stuff! I need to promise to keep working on it and not spend so much time on Monster Hunter. I want to do some Monster Hunter fan art of my warrior trapping a rathian or something. That could be fun. But then again if bondage themes are what people like the best I should also keep working on that so that I can continue to pick up commissions. It’s not like I don’t enjoy that theme too!

I plan on making a date to head to Kinokuniya and the Boba Smoothie to sketch with Markus and Candice this week. Speaking of which I better plan that soon because I’m busy Friday and I’m doing my class Thursday, so that leaves, well, tomorrow! Or tonight if I go shopping first thing before Otra gets home. I better call and see when we can go.

Day 2 of my 4 day aerial acrobatics class is complete. I got to try the hammock this time and that has become my favorite. It’s great for beginners because it doesn’t require the grip strength of the hoop of the coordination of the tissue. In just a few moments I learned to fluidly go between several poses, albeit not gracefully. The hoop is really hard on my hands and the tissue is hard on everything if you’re up there for very long as it requires constant chore tightness to remain balanced and all the while your foot is crushed in the wrapping that is as tight as your own weight!

Despite the pain and ever thickening calluses, there is something very appealing about being up in the air like that. It’s reminiscent to monkey bars and jungle gyms in days long past when there was little fear of physical injury or your own lack of grace. You could just swing around and enjoy seeing the world from a commanding height and your body seemed to do everything you told it to do with little to no objection. Not so now. But every time you go up it gets just a little easier and you feel a kind of freedom…and then you realize that your muscles are about to give out and you have no idea how to unwrap your foot.

But I am having fun. I doubt I will have the funds to continue after 4 classes even if I want to. I may try for a ballroom class. The salsa class is surprisingly full of boys! The last time I took a ballroom class there were 3 girls for every boy and you continually had to dance with other girls to practice. That’s not really a problem, but when I’m learning I hate having to reverse everything to dance the boys part. I’m already not that coordinated. There’s also a belly dance class there and that’s always delightfully erotic.

I’ve been majorly obsessing over Monster Hunter Freedom Unite on the PSP lately. Our friends have been playing it and Otra got a wild hair and decided he wanted to play to. I knew I couldn’t stand to have only one PSP in the house and to not be able to play with him, so we ended up getting two with our left over wedding funds. I think that killed them, but it was worth it. It’s really fun and I just discovered that I might be a little better fighting with the lance. I’ve been using dual blades and I have a tendency to go in to hack-and-slash-panic. I stop being careful and plus no matter how many times I hit something it feels like I’m hitting it with a foam bat. A lance forces is slightly longer range and forces me to slow down and line up my blows. Plus if one of my cats it distracting an enemy I can charge it and do serious damage! Guarding is a nice feature too.

I’m not dead. I’ve just been super busy. In the last few weeks I’ve gotten married, had my honeymoon as stated in previous journals. I’ve also gone to a shooting range, a ton of BBQ’s, and a Furry Picnic in San Diego. That’s right, I said a furry picnic! I’ve been vigorously working on a commission in my limited spare time and I’ve had a ton of work to do at my job so I haven’t been able to provide my usual rambling updates.

The furry picnic was really fun! Our friend is back from over seas and he’s really into Zentai. He’s given Otra and I a couple suits as gifts and we really like them. He started snooping around the furry crowd in San Diego and found out they host a monthly picnic and he asked if we’d join him so he wouldn’t have to go alone. We said we’d love to and off we went to meet a new crowd of folks who turned out to be quite nice! We even suited up in our Zentai outfits to join in the fun and played a lethal game of Frisbee. I say lethal because it’s damn near impossible to see in a giant dog costume and every bit as nearly impossible to see with your face covered in a Zentai hood. But we had fun trying not to die and munching on food stuffs for a few hours at the park, and we’ve even been inspired to start work on suits of our own.

It’s not “officially furry” but I’ve always wanted a fawn costume and my pal wants to do a griffin suit. The furries are sweet enough to let us hang even though we are not a perfect fit to the furry mold. But we’re looking forward to making suits when we get a bit of money and time and if possible, we’d like to go to more of their picnics!

Ah I’ve gotta go. I’m still super busy. I just needed a break before my head exploded. I hope everyone is well!

We're back from our Honeymoon in Las Vegas and we had such an awesome time that we stayed an extra day! But man alive am I super busy with life right now so I'm not going into any details. This is just to say that the honeymoon kicked ass and we're back alive and well.