Yrae Chronicles

It being nearly three weeks since last update, I am no longer infected, YAY. I hate ear infections. I know, shock of the century right there.

RIGHT SO. New layouts! Finally. On annarti we have the flist, calendar, day view and profile. There's also, of course, bloogum and along with that sparklies, and I don't know that they count but h_bee and yrae share bloogum's layout, and I've made a contact page there, too. Also fiddled with the Dreamwidth and Plurk but frankly Plurk's styling makes no sense whatsoever so it's mostly default colours with a picture. I have no idea how to work tumblr so that just stays with some colours. Yay? Oh, and the thethrai got a new layout, too, just cos.

This layout set marks the beginning of UPDATE THAT SHIT wherein I actually post. Yeah I know. I fail. I keep forgetting that people can't keep updated on my life unless I actually tell them about it, and with my net time limited to when the other side of the world is at work, this makes normal conversation tricky. SO I'm going to actually update on stuff now. At least attempt daily, even if it doesn't happen. UNTIL THEN allow me to sum up the important events since being not-infected:

Work: I have Adobe CS6 installed on my computer 8D This is super exciting because it really does mean I do actual design now. I'm working on two things either from scratch or from almost-scratch right now, and just put a shiny business card through to print last week that only had the guy's logo as a basis. I'm designing stuff! This is awesome. Also, annual review comes up in a few weeks, so PAY RISE WOOOOOOOO.

Family (or, let's be honest, wine with family): Mum and Dad have gone to Turkey for four weeks for Dad's 60th birthday (and also Mum's 58th but mostly Dad). We celebrated his birthday last Saturday. He told me to go to the fridge and get out the bottle of Krug '89, to which I snorted and expected a bottle of Omni or maybe Croser, but sure enough, fricking Krug '89. Admittedly smelt a bit like sherry but whatever, not being a connoisseur of champagne I wouldn't know what it was supposed to taste like so I thought it was amazing. AND THEN. With the steak (fillet wrapped in prosciutto), one of the three 1990 Henschke Hill of Grace bottles. Bought back in the day for $35 a bottle, now worth around $800 a bottle, I believe, or $200 a glass. I just sat smelling it for 20 minutes before I even drank any of it. Exceptional stuff <3 Stuff the Grange, Henschke is where it's at for me. That was a very special moment. I was nursing that glass all night. Ftr, no I don't think any wine is worth paying $800 for, but Dad didn't, so that's okay X)

Mother's Day: Followed on from Dad's birthday. Colin and I did a high tea for Mum, with smoked salmon crêpes and walnut/Gruyere/radish/pear/watercress finger sandwiches made by Colin, and two tarts (one pumpkin/leek/wild mushroom and one caramelised onion and bacon with parmesan sauce) made by me, then Colin's muffins (blueberry, raspberry/blueberry and raspberry.white chocolate) and my coconut scones and brownie (aka coronary special) for dessert. We basically made it all in the morning then sort of grazed on it through the afternoon. It was lovely and went well after the extravaganza the night before.

Friends: Went to see The Avengers last night with Alex. So much love. The one-liners were just brilliant, and Tony Stark is still my favourite though Hawkeye was also pretty awesome but he just doesn't have the awesome dickheadedness of Stark.

Creatives: Since being infected, just the new layout set. Now that's done I hope to have chapter 20 finished this weekend.

Gaming: I think because I was on the edge of being infected, and also the net was playing funny buggers and lagging like hell all weekend, I didn't get into the GW2 beta weekend as much as I otherwise would have. I didn't get out of the starter areas with anyone, but omg so pretty. I made my girls as per tradition, and now I'm not sure whether they'll be human or norn once the game's released. Human faces are absolutely bang on, norn seem to be a bit too soft, but Nimay's norn hair has a bum-length black braid and that is pretty hard to beat, especially when I really only see my characters from behind. Nol worked best as a human, even though his face just wasn't quite there for my tastes. Lynnlita was fail in all races, mostly because of the hair and the inability to smile. Doesn't look squat like her. Oh well, we'll see what gets added before release.

THUS CONCLUDES WOO. I swear I'll keep on top of this thing from now on. Prod me if I miss more than two days :<