Yoda shirt
This new Yoda shirt is a positive message!
Kitchen Ivy
Halloween 2005
I had to work on Halloween so I made it interesting at the bookstore.
Witch at work
Couple more poses before I changed out of the work outfit.
Dress I wore to work
Witch Hat
Then my friends arrived. Brendon was Space Ghost, Jeaux was a ball-playing cowboy superhero soldier pirate, Mikey was Aragorn, and I was Galadriel.
Brendon as Space Ghost
Brendon as Space Ghost
Jeaux
Jeaux as a ball-playing cowboy superhero soldier pirate
Mikey as Aragorn
Galadriel costume
Galadriel costume
Galadriel costume
Ivy as Galadriel
Aragorn kissing Galadriel’s hand
My trick-or-treat boys
Halloween Group!
Jeaux’s candy hoard
Brendon’s hoard
Ivy hoard
Candy hoard
Mikey’s hoard
Don’t kill Jeaux
Don’t fight over Jeaux
Working diligently
My managers may not recognize it, but I am a very conscientious worker!
Diligent worker
Fred Visit! Day 7
Got my comic posted in the early morning before Fred got up, then I made him an Ivy shirt and he wore it to Kanapaha Gardens, where we looked at wonderful plant life and stuff. I love it there. It is so cool. We saw these lilypads that looked like gigantic serving platters, and these loofah plants that looked like gigantic hanging zucchini or something (Fred pretended to eat one), and we saw a couple snakes and lots of bugs and some birds. And trees. I like trees.
Butterflies
Butterflies
Kanapaha Gardens
Giant leaf at Kanapaha Gardens
Fred pretending to eat a plant
I paused for a nap in the clubhouse and then we went to Beef ‘O’ Brady’s for food–I got a macaroni kids’ meal for the 12 and under crowd. Hey, I wear kids’ clothes, I take children’s dosages of medicine; why not eat their portion sizes too? It was great.
Mac N Cheese
We went BACK to the Gardens and moseyed, and when we came back we watched another Shinobu after making quiche crust dough to chill. I napped and he went to the pool again, and then he came back and showered and we made the rest of the quiche together. After we ate it, we called and harassed Jes because we wanted to find out what she was doing that night and be part of her night o’ weirdness, and so that was cool ’cause we actually got her. After that I read Phred some fun stuff from my secret character files and then we started watching The Dark Crystal. He got to see why some people have pointed out my resemblance to Kira. Har. I’m a muppet.
Kanapaha Gardens
Kanapaha Gardens
Kanapaha Gardens
Kanapaha Gardens
Ivy at Kanapaha Gardens
Ivy at Kanapaha Gardens
Fred Visit! Day 6
Good off-work day. This was our campus day. We took the bus onto campus and walked around and repeatedly got lost due to my genius at navigation (though also we were both up for a bit of a walk and weren’t in huge hurries to get anywhere in particular–we were just kinda doing it to do it). We browsed the Music Building and I saw my old theory teacher who looked exactly the same–since I haven’t changed either I think he recognized me. After MUB we wandered around, got on a bus, found the Reitz Union, and ate Wendy’s in the courtyard (I had a fruit cup, Fred had a chili and hamburger combo thing).
School!
Picnic
Picnic
Picnic
Fred on campus
Ivy on campus
I found a weird floor to sleep on in the Reitz Union and tuckered out, and then we got up, played bowling (I didn’t do too bad!) and DDR. I played with a boy who really knew what he was doing, but I kept up with him okay. It was fun! We looked at the poster sale, it made me nostalgic because I did that when I first came to Gainesville and decorated my apartment with some posters from that, which I still have. I stopped browsing when I realized I brought no money.
Fred Bowling
I saw three people I knew on campus, besides that teacher. THREE. ALL from my work. I saw Erica, Cliff, and Sara (but Sara doesn’t actually work there anymore). Different times. Strange! After the walk around campus and coming home, Fred swam in our pool and I wore my swimsuit but decided not to go in because I was not hot. I decided to stand on the side and get bit by ants instead. Yeah.
Fred swimming
Fred swimming
Ivy bathing suit
Ivy loving the sun
We ate at Farah’s that night and I discovered I LIKE FALAFEL (woo!), and when we came home he dropped dead asleep and I finished my comic.
Fred at the Hookah Lounge
Fred Visit! Day 5
I had a frustrating morning with my manager causing issues–and there were too many customers wanting too much of my time. Screw that. Things looked up when I got off work. Jeaux met us at my house and we all hung out until anime time, I napped for part of it. At anime we watched Scrapped Princess, Fantastic Children, and Magister Negi Magi . . . everyone seemed to at least like our fall leaf cookies. We had a Japanese-themed night since we also ate at Sawamura, and I accidentally lost my hat there so Fred was nice enough to drive me back for it and I reclaimed it. Yay hat! We went to karaoke at Alley Katz where I sang “My Immortal” (not very well) and “Hands Clean” (slightly better). Jeaux didn’t want to sing and Fred didn’t find any songs he liked.
Hanging Out Ivy
My outfit today
Karaoke