Monthly Archives: October 2005

Greetings from NANOG everyone! I’m at the Hilton Universal City Los Angeles, stuck behind the NANOG registration desk, but there’s free wireless when it’s slow, so I’ve been catching up on work email, posting photos, now finally getting around to LJ…

Parties, parties & more parties!

My mother just finished reading Half-Blood Prince, which she borrowed from me about 2 weeks ago…this cracked me up!

“It definitely was a sad ending. I need to start a dumb, happy book right away!”

hahahaha…

Okay I have to share…while discussing possible Halloween costumes a friend said she had just purchased a nice black corset at Fredericks of Hollywood and there was a teal bodice I “should totally check out!” Since I had about 30 minutes to kill right in the area before rehearsal on Wednesday, I decided to be brave – I’d never even walked into a Fredericks before! I thought it was all crotchless panties, not cool corset stuff… 😉

So, yes, it was not only my favorite color, but it fit me perfectly, so I forked over the $60. It even comes with detachable garters and a matching G-string, so who knows maybe I could even use those someday? heh! Now the question is where can I wear this besides lunch last Friday? Perhaps the club party on the LA work trip…my boss’s boss said sure wear it and she saw it in person…heehee!

Teal overload – teal satin bodice, teal watch, teal shoes, even teal purse on the floor! 😉

To top it off, Sales & Marketing hosted the Friday happy hour at work, and they chose Oktoberfest, not choosing the theme until Monday, so I pulled out my renfair chemises, my renfair bodice, and my Bellatrix bodice top to outfit Mylene & me as St Pauli Girls…heehee! We were quite the hit…

St Pauli Girls

Also, my bodice corset for Corpse Bride is nearing completion, so there’s the bedtime story of 3 bodices for you!

In a meeting this morning, I was tasked with making a reproduction Jump to Conclusions Mat from the movie Office Space…ironic that this is for my JOB…? haha…I think it’s hilarious! When they wanted “pieces of flair” on Initech staff though, I had to stop & correct them that was at the restaurant, not Initech and that other geeks would definitely call them on that error! 😉

I have also asked to be first in line to use the bat on the old printer that will be there as another prop…heh! That is my favorite scene – chapter 19 on the Office Space DVD! 😉