My mood this past week. Been staying up way late to work on two illuminations due for this weekend, on top of recovering from the Zombie Walk last weekend.

The plus side is that it turns out my brain really really likes painting the woodcut style, since it's big and bold, with lots of lines. It's not subtle at all! \o/ Will post them as soon as I get pics.

Have also been a good girl and went to book a room through AirBnB to stay at in London. Did have to up my budget, but think I'm much happier.

The major concern I had is that the site wants clear photos of your face on the site (which makes sense, since you're renting people's spare rooms) and the most recent one I could find was me gothed up at the Zombie Walk, grinning manically and threatening Talia's BJD Cat with a pair of scissors.

Got word back today that my booking was accepted. The host couple participated in this year's London Zombie Pub Crawl, they'll show me the pics when I get there.

And best yet? It's in Whitechapel. ^_________^

So I was thinking that I could combine my love for Murder Mysteries, Zombies and Historical Re-Enactment.

Make a couple of Blood Puddle Pillows, do up a few canvas tarps with 'blood' splatter (may have to do some forensics research for types of spray and smears, each one could be a story), to cover the ground and/or chairs, and could have a nice portable murder scene for where ever I go.

^__^

Tomorrow is the

Tucson Zombie Walk!!!

Vendor set-up is 2pm, the Thriller Dance starts at 4, followed by other entertainment (Repo! and Dr. Horrible, Roadkill Chicken Dance )and the walk itself should be kicking off around 7:30.

It is a food drive for the Community Food Bank, donations of canned goods eagerly accepted.

In other news, since fandom folks seem to be migrating, got a tumblr account. Ickaimp.tumblr.com.
Still trying to figure it out, tips, tricks and friendings welcome. ^__^

Because the new exhibit opened today, I went shoe shopping yesterday.

Was looking for Mary Janes. Flats, something slip on.

Got all Black Converse Hi-Tops.

... The fact that the Doctor wears that style of shoe might have a had a slight bit to do with it. No, not a geek at all.

Was expecting the new exhibit to be crowded. Opening was about 10% of what Bodies was on its first day. o_O Yeah.

THEN! ZOMBIE WALK!!!

I got to paint people's faces grey, and be a judge at the costume contest, then act as security on the walk. And help take over Access Tucson. <3 It was fun!

Funniest line: "I think some of the undead need deodorant."

I was a Franken Hatter. Could murder a cup of tea.
Which was funny, because it got mixed in my head and I ended up with a British accent the entire time, including to the managers at the Exhibit, and talking to people on the bus.
... And calling my Folks.

Pictures later. Dead now.

From Tucson

-We made sugar candy skulls at Bookman's on Thursday. This one is mine. #^^# Also made some smaller skulls for children to decorate during the Día de los Muertos celebration at the Downtown Library later this week. (how to make sugar skulls)

-Friday-
ZOMBIE WALK!
Got there a little late, just in time to hear the rules and everyone heading out for a stagger.
Some of the pics came out blurry, but they're still pretty cool.
... Found some video for it. About 34 seconds in, there's someone singing 'Brains! Brains! Brains! Brains!', wearing a white lab coat and waving a plastic baggie around. That's me. I got one of those brains that you put in water and they're supposed to grow.
... Only my brain didn't grow. ~_~
Told everyone it was a cat brain instead. Small snack. Meow.

Still, a lot of fun. Broke people's minds by only saying 'Brains' and offering them the brain in a bag. Although one person suggested that I inform people that it was testes instead. Zombie Jesus was pretty damn cool too.
[Edit: I'm in this one as well, 26 seconds in, singing about brains again. Which I only did a few times. WTF?]

-Saterday-
Woke up early and headed out with Megs to the Southern Crusades clean up. Crusades is only 2 weeks away!! Aaaah!
On the plus side, the site was really clean, aside from some... um... interesting NFWS bathroom
graffitti. Megs gave Ivan and Iaunk a Guinness Chocolate Cake to celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary.

-Sunday-
D&D! Missed last week's game, but was able to get back into play easily. Attack with Bashing Shield from the top of a tree onto a Shadow Hound FTW.
Best conversation this week was a discussion about 'it is better to light a flamethrower than to sit and curse the darkness'.
... which, being D&D, turned into 'Better to throw a Fireball at the Darkness, than to sit and curse it'.