SNAPE, YOU GUYS. IT'S SNAPE!

He CAME!
I was going for a refill of coffee, when I hear a rustle at the front door. "It can't be," I think to myself, "there was no doorbell, so, it couldn't have been the delivery guy."
But, being that I'm a little OCD and control-freakish about people being on my front porch, I had to check, and it was HIM.

So, obviously, I call Ashley first and put her on speaker phone while I open his box. Comments about terrorists ensue, as, I could not get the box to open. Much struggle later, and there he was:

Obviously, he looks quite a bit groggy and in need of a stretch all confined to plastic like that. However, when I took him out of the box, he kind of spazzed on me.

Obviously, this is fairly rude, as, I am giving him the best possible home. I explained this to him, and that the desk area was all his own, and that I would appreciate not being threatened with magic by such a powerful wizard thank-you-very-much.
Snape-kins has now resigned to a quiet wander as he takes stock of his new territory.


Isn't he seriously gorgeous? I know it's hard to tell with these pictures because they're from my phone and the lighting isn't that great in here after noon, but he's beautiful. You may just have to take my word for it until I can upload some better pictures.

Also, you guys, he has a smell. It's like plastic or rubber or I don't know what, but only kind of. It's more, sort of, unique to him and I really love it. O_O

Little Ninja Bug of Evil: The Epic Retelling

Before we dive in: No Snape yet. I'm hoping today is the day, but trying not to get my hopes up too high. I have found him a writing quill and have prepared him his own special place on my desk in preparation (one where he has easy access to behind the books should he feel the need to brood), and he has srs access to my "Sirius a la Padfoot a la dalmatian" Beanie Baby.
Just a reminder: yes, the person writing this blog is that kind of person.

On to the story of which this post was titled after.
This was seriously one of the most traumatic and terrorizing events in the history of ever or, at least, in the history of the past week and from my perspective.
At Ashley's request, I am posting the story of the Little Ninja Bug of Evil. This is taken from an AIM conversation between her and myself, and I've tried to edit it slightly to allow it to read easier. By this, I mean I took our constant non-sequiturs (of which, we tend to often have a lot) out of the text to provide just the story.

Little Ninja Bug of Evil:
Me: So, I was all like "I'm hungry" and there was this bag of chips on the counter and it was all like "You should eat me"
Ashley: ARE WE TALKING VIRUS BUG OR INSECT BUG
Me: Insect bug
Me: So, I go and open the bag and go to get a plate and I turn around
Ashley: DDD:
Me: and there was this GIANT FUCKING PRAYING MANTIS RIGHT NEXT TO THE OPEN BAG OF CHIPS
Me: and I was like "OMG!"
Ashley: OMG
Ashley: WHAT DID YOU DO
Me: And I know that they're supposed to be good luck when in the house and some shit I don't even know, but I was like O_O
Ashley: NO
Ashley: THAT'S CRICKETS
Ashley: NOT MANTI
Me: I think it's both.
Me: 'Cause my mom gets super fangirl every time one gets in the house
Ashley: MANTI WILL KILL YOU AFTER MATING, HOW IS THAT LUCKY
Ashley: THAT'S BAD HOOK UP STRATEGY
Me: IKR? But...they're like the fucking ninja of the insect world and that's all like ~*RESPECT*~ in some Asian culture somewheres
Ashley: BUT YOU AREN'T ASIAN OR SOMEWHERES THIS IS AMERICA AND MANTI ARE MEAN
Ashley: NEXT SOMEONE WILL TELL ME ROACHES ARE LUCKY DDD: I WILL KILL THAT PERSON
Me: THIS DIGRESSION IS NOT HELPING STORYTELLING TIME
Ashley: OH SORRY
Ashley: I THOUGHT WE WERE DONE
Ashley: DID THE MANTIS COME FROM THE BAG
Ashley: I THOUGHT WE WERE READY TO THROWDOWN ON BUGS
Me: Okay, SO, I see that there is a folded up newspaper, like, right behind the bag of chips, and the camera inside my head zoomed in to my face and I thought "I...have a plan!"
Ashley: PLANS ARE GOOD
Me: IKR? R.
Me: So, I, like, pick up the news paper and I, like, put it down in front of LITTLE NINJA BUG OF EVIL
Ashley: EVIL TOTES
Me: Which: sidecar, I think I called him giant, but, in reality he was, like, maybe an inch big. Like, BB mantis status (and no, they aren't cute BBs. Just...like...smaller and stealthier)
Ashley: DDD: THIS IS NOT A FUN STORY
Me: So, LITTLE NINJA BUG OF EVIL puts his legs on the papers and does this, like, "PSYCHE! OH! I TOTALLY HAD YOU! No really, I don't want that shit." and starts RUNNING THE OTHER WAY.
Me: And I'm like OMGWTF, GET ON THE FRIGGING NEWSPAPER
Ashley: WUT
Me: So, we quarrel, and he goes in circles and then I'm all like "Wait, I saw this in a Kung Fu movie once" so, I divide the newspaper in two and I set a TRAP
Me: which, LITTLE NINJA BUG OF EVIL totes fell victim to
Ashley: TAKE THAT BUG
Me: and then, he's on the paper, rite? and he keeps, like, trying to run to where my hand is, so I have to keep moving my hand, and I'm all like "BROTHER!" ('cause he was in the TV room watching some chick flick [like he does]) "OPEN THE FRIGGIN' BACK DOOR, THERE IS A BUG OF EVIL THAT NEEDS TO GET THROWN OUT BACK"
Me: Meanwhile, no shit, my phone goes off with your text
Ashley: LOL
Ashley: I HAD IMPORTANT THINGS TO SAY
Me: IT WAS CHAOS. JUST SAYING, BB.
Me: So, Brother is lallygagging on opening the door, and I'm rounding out of the kitchen with LITTLE NINJA BUG OF EVIL, and I'm switching hands, and trying not to be distracted by ~*TEXT*~ and keeping my eye on the little frigster and Brother gets the door open just in time
Ashley: OMG YOU NEED TO BLOG THIS
Me: and it was like ~*DRAMATIC CLIMAX OF ACTION FILM*~ because I get the LITTLE NINJA BUG OF EVIL outside, like, as a bomb is about to go off or some shit
Me: and, I, like, shake the paper and dude
Me: DUDE
Me: ~*DUDE*~
Me: NOW IS WHEN HE DECIDES "LOL, I DO LIKE NEWSPAPER."
Me: So he is HANGING ON TO THE EDGE OF IT, AND REFUSING TO LET GO
Ashley: OMG BUG MAKE UP YOUR MIND
Me: And, I start trying to, like, shake him off (but not too hard, because I don't want him to, like, fly to my pants or anything. Which, bugs like to do to me), and he's like "SUX4U. SHOULD HAVE KEPT ME INSIDE, I GOTS THE LUCK BITCH."
Me: AND THEN
Me: ARE YOU READY, BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE IS GETS LEGENDARY
Me: SRSLY
Me: LITTLE KITTY OF AMAZING ~*MAGIC*~ swoops in out of literally NO FRIGGIN' WHERE
Me: And SWATS HIS ASS TO THE GROUND, AND POUNCES TO THE KILL
Me: And that's when I go "Oh rite. Maybe I should have just mashed him with the newspaper to begin with."
Me: And I go back in, and see the bag of chips, and was all like "SOOOOOO NOT HUNGRY ANYMOAR."
Me: /fin
Ashley: L
Ashley: O
Ashley: L
Me: SRSLY
Me: So...yeah. That's why I didn't respond to your text right away, and kind of forgot to do so after the EPIC.

My Photographs, Let Me Show You Them

I finally updated my Deviant Art. Which, it usually takes me a while to get around to anyway, but this time I felt especially silly, as, the pictures were taken over a week ago and I didn't bother to take them off of my camera and onto my computer until today.
But, aside from that, I am pleased with these pictures. Because I like Ferris Wheels. Being pleased with them means that I am posting them all over the internet. For serious.


Carnival Collision by ~Aelfie on deviantART

Current updated gallery here (the first seven are the updates), and corresponding DA journal entry here in case you were wondering. I know, my blog entries on DA are, like, so in depth and stuff and rly srsly almost explain too much.


Also, still no Snape Doll, though, Ashley reports that she received her hats and is parading in them. Success!

Snape Actiong Figure Saga Rages On

I finished knitting the people hats for my friend, and right as I did, her check came in the mail for them. Squee!
So, today, I went and mailed them off, as well as stopped by the bank in order to deposit the check, only to have some Bitch McBitcherson try to set me up for fraud by removing my name from my bank account because (are you ready for this?) I called her out on using a bitchy tone with me. No rly. So, the shit hit the fan, so to say, and I had to go down to the main branch, get my account fixed, and get her fired.
After ALL that, the check cleared and I have now placed my order for my Snape-y Action Figure, which I am already in anticipation for, even though Amazon estimates it won't be delivered until at least the nineteenth. *jitters*
Also, a few girls down at the coffee shop fell in love with the hat, and have placed orders for similar designs, but in different colors. I guess I should have realized that by dubbing a hat "cutest beanie in the world", girls were going to want it.
As for pictures, I forgot to take them before sending the hats off, so hopefully Ashley will be a wonderful sport and model extraordinaire and take pictures for me.

All of this for a Snape, Snape, Severus Snape. I think I'll find it worth it all in the end.

Solution to a Previously Mentioned Problem

Remember how I really wanted the most amazing thing EVER, but I couldn't afford him? Well, here's to the ladies that lunch, because my "bestie", Ashley, has made my action-figure acquiring dreams come true by purchasing two hats for people heads, thus enabling having the money to purchase a Snape doll action figure.
The first hat she had picked to be made? A Jayne hat. Of course.
Now, the second is one of my original designs, for which (regrettably), I have no pictures. Having already finished the Jayne hat, I am working on a red Buttons and Bows Beanie now. I am thinking that I am going to work on it while watching a movie. For some reason (I must feel like I’m in need of turning my brain to mush), I think I’m going to make that movie be Twilight.
Oh, Twilight. Oh, oh, oh!
(Not so) secretly, the only reason I watch this movie is because, in my heart, I like thinking “it’s okay! Cedric isn’t dead, he’s just a vampire. A broody, broody vampire. That doesn’t eat people. And kind of resembles a caveman, since having gotten an awful haircut.”

Pointless entry? Why yes, this was. Except for the part about soon getting the best action figure ever (so close!).


[EDIT]
Also, I went to the craft store today and was in the knitting section (which is a dangerous place for me to be because I want to buy, like, everything) and I went to go oggle the bamboo needles because I'm one pair short of a complete set of size 10 bamboos, when, LO! They were having a sale. Two dollars for my last two needles.
FRIG. I AM SO AWESOME.

Introduction to a New World

Hello, blogosphere. My name is Rita, and I come in peace.
I have decided to keep a blog of myself because I have vair important thoughts that I feel the need to share (such as: why Cryptozoology is cooler than you, whether Jurassic Park should be considered fiction anymore, and the importance of having a cat). I don't have a lot of intention of updating about my personal life, but I do have intention to occasionally include fandoms I belong it, news about my knitting, and mostly just the raves that may or may not pop into my mind.

With that being said, I'm going to go ahead and jump right into my knitting (you know, like I said I would only do occasionally).
You see, I was watching a making-of of Coraline, where I saw the costume designer knitting clothes for the little clay figures with sewing needles and thread. Here's where I get crazy because I saw this and thought to myself, "I could totes do that." So, I get my dull needles and my thread, and I realize I don't have a doll to knit for. Up comes in conversation with friends about a Jayne Cobb Action Figure not coming with a Jayne hat. Well, I've made Jayne hats. I could make one for the doll, only, I still don't have a doll to knit for so I can get size comparisons. I mean, I have Snow White, but she's much too tall, and I will never put a hat on her hair (I think she'd kill me in my sleep if I ruined her perfect do). And, I have an Evil Queen figurine, but she is only four inches tall (again, the size, not happening for me).
So, okay, I'll browse teh intornets.
And then, it happens. I see a doll action figure I ABSOLUTELY MUST HAVE (keep in mind kids, I haven't HAD to have any sort of doll since Disneyland five years ago [Snow]). But, he's $45. And I'm poor.
"Well," says friend with Jayne Cobb doll, "I can pay you good money for the Jayne Hat for my Jayne."
I smell a vicious circle.
I'm thinking it's time to make an Etsy account that becomes fully realized to, you know, sell people clothes.