The Revenant Iryn

The stuff I'm working on now

iryn — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:58:06 GMT

Kind of a mini update on the things I'm working on, just because I'm in a typing mood.

In January I started a challenge that led to me making a blog. The blog has led to my new job as a food writer allowing me to drop my other writer position and its nasty contract conditions. The pay remains unfabu but I am much happier. MUCH happier. I lurve food.

So basically what I work on is not only improving my health but also food. Oh my yes food. I spend so much of my day in the kitchen...and love it. Our two schnauzers love it too...hehe they get snacks and tasters too. Brad loves it because he gets to be my taste tester...he helps determine if it's hobbit worthy. I've always loved cooking but now I'm getting that extra bit of joy from it by expressing and sharing. I don't get to entertain much here at the house so instead writing for the blog makes it sort of like entertaining for whoever stops by. Too bad they have to cook it themselves. hehe.

The blog that I work on so much is called Hungry Hobbit http://thehungryhobbit.wordpress.com/ check it out! I love it. Funny thing is sometimes the recipes for my paying job actually appear on Hungry Hobbit first. Have to pay homage to what helped get me the job in the first place I think. I have Hungry Hobbit updating on facebook and twitter. Give me a thumbs up sometime and get me all squeeing. You know you want to hehe.

Aside from food I've taking up spinning thanks to the encouragement of a couple of friends of mine. I love dying and spinning yarn so much that I have found myself with more than I can do stuff with. Hehe. One lady at the local guild said that most folks either spin to use or spin to produce. Guess I know which one I am! I can never get my hands on enough to spin...as the yarn starts to pile up. I have an etsy shop for some of the yarn. I only sell the stuff I dye. I feel that the stuff I buy already dyed stays with me, it would be wrong to sell someone else's art. I know its silly of me but thats the way it is. My art only. Who knows if I even priced stuff appropriately, no idea about yarn prices. Still it's fun. My etsy shop is called tales in yarn if you want to peek at some of my creations. They have been fun to make!

Thats the big stuff really, in between that it's exercise, playing with puppies, getting ready for "paws for a cause", the larp we joined (I'm an orc), the dresden files campaign we play (I play a gay man who is a white court virgin...he is fun.), LOTRO, waiting for bellydance to start, making puppy treats and helping Brad write his Mage campaign which I can't wait to play. Funtimes and that is the stuff I'm working on now!

I'll watch it...

iryn — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:02:38 GMT

I'm curious to see how this is going to go. I'll definitely have to watch it. I'm sure there will be the negative side of it but it seems like they might go into the positive too...which would be refreshing.

Can't help but remember this seaquest episode where they came across this society that had almost rendered themselves extinct because of a game...heh....maybe it wasn't so far off in some cases. Hehe granted I doubt anyone knows what I'm talking about, I might of been one of the few people willing to admit I watched the show...I watched it for the guy with the dolphin...he was cute and smart...mmmm....too bad about the actor that played that character. *sigh*

I digress. Back to the point. Documentary...cool.

birthdays are funny

iryn — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:31:04 GMT

So we had to cancel our plans out tonight because thew snow out there is getting a bit..well...snowy.
So we went off to Rodgers to discover that it is closing down. So I spent a ton on clearance movies. hehe.
Then we went to Blockbuster and opened an account. Got some movies and snackies and now I'm just waiting for Brad to finish setting up my b-day present. He got me an electric piano with all kinds of bells and whistles and recording stuff...and ofcourse a pair of headphones for blocking out the world. Mmmmm. So exciting.
It was when we were walking out of Blockbuster being blasted by the snow and cold that I realized something amusing about this birthday.
It was 30 years ago today that this girl was brought into the world when mom was snowed in at the hospital (for a week...hehe, she had been in for an appt and couldn't get home cause the snow was so bad). She had originally intended to cal her girl Anne or some other such name but instead inspired by the snow storm called her Audrone...Audra for short. So here I am, on my 30th birthday greeted by a bit of a snowing...guess someone out there wanted to remind me who is boss and who belongs to who eh?
Snow on woman, snow on.

well...

iryn — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:36:33 GMT

WTF Heath Ledger?!?!
The conversation kinda as follows.
Brad: Hey, it says here Heath Ledger found dead.
Me from the other room: Excuse me WHAT?!?!
Brad: It's right here.
Me: You are kidding right? Like this is some kind of sick twisted publicity stunt, he'll turn up alive and it will be like haha, I'm the joker bitches.
Brad: uhhh no.
Me: Well fuck. I liked him. Kinda cute in a soul eater gay cowboy overblown lover fake knight teenager kinda way. You sure?
Brad: uhhh yeah.
Me: Damn.

Well that just blows. *sigh* I think I need to go watch a movie and pout now.

Just musing over warcraft

iryn — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:46:29 GMT

I have this thing that I love to do. When I play a priest I tend to dress them as slutty as I possibly can. Don't know quite what it is, priest=slutty...and I take great care in it. I try to pick gear that is functional too but has to be slutty. Oh my yes. Brad has heard me more than one in the middle of battle talking sassy to my slutty priest too. Hehe, I pick on them. I'm proudest of my latest creation though, she has just hit 60 (the level cap is 70 right now for those not in the know) and somehow I can't help but think...mission accomplished. Sassy little minx isn't she? I love the colour of this outfit.

cough

iryn — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:58:02 GMT

So not only have I written my articles I need to finish before tomorrow but...

tee hee.

50,000 words of novel in a month titled 5 Rosad Lane. boo ya. A day early no less. I have no idea how that happened considering I was so behind for awhile.

It was originally intended to be fantasy but somewhere along the lines it turned into horror. Brad says I'm obviously somehow dark inside, this is why fantasy failed with me. lol Sure.
Upon excitedly proclaiming to Brad that I was done he asks.
"So what are you going to do now?"
"Disneyland?"
"No, expensive."
"Warcraft?"
"oh yeeeaaah." Much cheering.
lol.

iryn — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:39:47 GMT

I think Ferdinand moved out. His home was destroyed during all that rain and I don't see him anywhere. Hmmm.

In other news I was able to triumphantly walk into the library today and pick up the new Harry Potter that was being held for me. Oh yeah, the day it came out baby. Hehehe. No better Potter than free Potter, and timely free Potter no less! Too bad I can't really start reading it until Monday. Hmmm, I'll have to see if I can eek some in before monday. No way I'll be able to ignore the temptation sitting on my table for too long.
Pfft, and Brad was telling me to just buy it. Silly boy, why would I do that when I know how to play the library so well? Hee!

The Managerie Grows...

iryn — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:36:31 GMT

So I'm peeking at Ferdinand through the screen door today and I hear a rustle beneath me. I look down, lo and behold there is a mouse on my balcony. A cute little grey mouse. I think I'd better email Brad about all this before he comes home to a zoo having taken over the balcony. Mihoshi has been glued to the screen door ever since I informed him of the mouse.
How did a mouse get up here?
Maybe he is Ferdinand's intended prey?
The plot thickens.
His name is Archimedes. I always wanted a mouse named Archimedes.
I really should get more sleep.

strange not so little spider

iryn — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:00:29 GMT

Oh yeah, I'm going to follow a bug post with another bug post.
It just isn't a time without Brad if some spider or bug hasn't terrorized me in some fashion I think.
This one surprisingly not so much. It has just weirded me out and made it so I'm afraid to water the plants on my balcony. Thank goodness it's raining this weekend (well, not so much good for my pride parade watching plans). This guy is a ground spider. You know the type that build these web nests with a hole in them and wait for some bug to come wandering by and grab it. He has built it in the space between the rail and one of my planters. I've been peeking at him through the window (a sheet of glass and a few feet of distance is good peeking space). I'm puzzled...why is he here on the 3rd floor and why has he decided this is a great place to catch crawling bugs?
He freaks me out that strange ground spider on the third floor.
His name is Ferdinand.
I need more sleep.

Why do they come out when Brad is gone? Seriously!

iryn — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:37:59 GMT

Alright. So I'm sitting in the bedroom, enjoying a bit of air conditioning, going through paperwork...minding my own friggin business when a huge bug walking across my dresser grabs my attention.
I have bravely, after much swearing and "what the hell do I doooo? Oh crap it moved."ing, disposed of it. It took a nice flight off my balcony (with my assistance...yes...I chucked it. I'm bad.) and I have done the dance of the bug is away ick.
Now to know what the hell that thing was and how much I should freak out if there be others.
I have been looking for the past bit through identification keys but can't figure it out and now have the creepy crawlies. I need to calm my nerves and ask for help. I don't want to call my cousin he will just tease me (freaking entomologists and their bug humour).
I didn't take a picture ofcourse... I was too busy squigging out than thinking practically.
It was large I'd say easily over an inch...probably close to two inches.
It was black. No markings.
Had 6 legs. They were jointed.
One set of antenna, very long. Very long, longer than it's body I'd say.
It had pincers.
Long body.
Didn't notice any wings. It did not try to fly.
Now to shudder and try to forget for a bit. I hope that thing was harmless...and not like the thing from Masters of Horror...oh my.

discoveries while sick

iryn — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:03:52 GMT

Trying to eat when you can only breath with your mouth sucks. No, this is nothing new but biting my lip three times in the same place while trying to eat just annoys me to no end.

Apparently I am not a very accomplished slack jawed mouth breather...hehehe.

iryn — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:39:56 GMT

Anyone know any good realtors?

11 days and counting

iryn — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:26:32 GMT

Sent Brad off on his itty bitty titty sail today. Thankfully its just a short one, he'll be back in no time.
Still miss him though. Need to pick up a project so I don't spend all my time working, reading, warcrafting, or in front of the movie network...I do believe a Michael's visit is due tomorrow. For now...back to work.

Miracle Mile

iryn — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:41:36 GMT

Finally.

Last night I finally saw the end of that apocalyptic movie that Scream had cut off the last half hour of.

I feel better now.

Well kind of. For the past couple of days I've just been exhausted! I get my stuff done for the day and then...ploof...energy is gone. I'm suprised I even had the energy to type this. Oh yeah, that's right...apocalyptic movie...mmmmm.....hurray!

In other news....still NO news from Brad's sister. *sigh* Oh well. I guess we will find out eventually...

woohoo!

iryn — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:57:44 GMT

So I was trying to remember how to spell "dark" in lithuanian. While I can muddle through speaking it (my pronounciation causes much amusement for my mother.) I can't spell to save my life. So I did a quick google without thinking and this came up:

I was greatly amused. The shirt ofcourse is dark.

Super Happy Fun Birthday Indeed

iryn — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:03:21 GMT

So my birthday went really well. I had such an awesome day.

The first part of the day involved banana pancakes made by the lovely house boy *cough* I mean Brad. Then we lazed about for the rest fo the day watching Blade Trinity on dvd and playing with the dvd features. I love Ryan Renolds. His delivery is so sassy.

Then I went off to get an aromatherapy consultation and massage at Gaia Spirit Scents ( http://www.gaiaspiritscents.ca/ If you haven't gone...GO!) with Kelly. Oh my. I had an amazing time. The past couple of weeks I have felt my back gearing up for another round of Scoliosis fun...well...it doesn't feel like that anymore. My back hasn't felt this good for so long. On top of that she even sent me along with a blend of my favourite scents to help me relax. I slept so soundly last night, finally! I'd been having some serious trouble sleeping lately. I'm so refreshed today. Thank you so much!

Hehe I continued to be totally blissed out on the happy when we went out for Japanese in a private room that we had booked at Milamodo. Brad was very amused I think at how happy I was. We went nuts with the ordering at the restaurant but it was such an amazing meal and so totally worth the naughty bit of overspending. Mmmmm green dragon roll *drool*
Afterwards we came home, where Brad had an awesome cake waiting and ready to be revealed. The suprise cake...rasberry with buttercream icing (NAUGHTY!!!) so yum. Then Brad suprised me with a gift (we had agreed that because of the car sucking our money nearly dry there wouldn't be any gifts, he didn't listen, bad boy.). I have 40 year old virgin on dvd now...hehehe...I love that movie. We also watched Pirates of the Caribbean on PPV (I overpaid the bill so, hey why not?).

Goodtimes, all around. I'd say paired with the other super happy fun things that went on this weekend this was an amazing birthday weekend. Thank you everyone that helped make this such an awesome time!

the what now?

iryn — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 13:36:10 GMT

So I finally had time this past couple of days to read Children of Men that Lynda had lent me.
I finished it last night.
...
...
So...what the hell was that movie I saw? The book was so different from the movie. There were some few common themes between the two and characters were shared but...what the hell? Sure I've encountered it where movies are different from the book but this was just crazy! You know leaving out some events. Ignoring characters. Changing characters. Focusing on only one aspect of the plot rather than the many layers within it. These are the usual crimes of novel to screen. This was an entire change of plot. Hell, they even changed the whole damned reason that the issue was happening. Wow! The entire movie is put together out of events that never happened in the book. So weird! I must say, between the two. I enjoyed the book more than the movie. Much more.
Now to shut up before I give too much away for those that haven't seen the movie or read the book yet.

meme

iryn — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 01:41:16 GMT

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Grrr

iryn — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:12:02 GMT

All this week I've been woken up by buzzsaws early in the morning. For some reason they are cutting down a bunch of trees behind our building (which is basically near our bedroom window), all freakin week.
This morning they decided to up the ante...buzzsaws AND a woodchipper.
Bastards.
What gets me is they do this only in the morning. It is now noon and things are silent and will likely remain silent for the rest of the day. Grrrr.
What the hell are they doing back there?

Movie meme: 148

iryn — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:44:32 GMT

Here's how it goes. If you've seen over 80 movies, you have no life (apparently, I disagree). Mark the ones you've seen.

There are 169 movies on this list.

Put your score in header and repost:

( ) Nacho Libre
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
( ) Pirates of the Caribbean 2
(x) Orange Country
(x) The Green Mile
(x) Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
(x) Neverending Story
( ) Blazing Saddles
(x) Airplane!
(x) Red Eye
( ) Stick It
( ) She's the Man
( ) 8 Mile

Total so far: 8

(x) The Princess Bride
(x) SNL's The Best of Will Ferrell
(x) Napoleon Dynamite
(x) Fun With Dick and Jane
(x) Saw
(x) Saw II
( ) Saw III
(x) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
(x) Anger Management
(x) 50 First Dates
(x) The Princess Diaries

Total so far: 18

(x) Scream
(x) Scream 2
(x) Scream 3
(x) Scary Movie
( ) Scary Movie 2
(x) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie
(x) American Pie 2
(x) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp

Total so far: 26

(x) Harry Potter
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
(x) Resident Evil 1
(x) Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
(x) Cinderella Man
(x) The Village
(x) Lilo & Stitch

Total so far: 36

(x) Finding Nemo
(x) Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
(x) The Grinch
(x) Texas Chainsaw Massacre (THE ORIGINAL)
(x) White Chicks
(x) Butterfly Effect
(x) 13 Going on 30
(x) I, Robot
(x) Robots

Total so far: 46

(x) Dodgeball
(x) Universal Soldier
(x) Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(x) Along Came Polly
(x) Deep Impact
(x) KingPin
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
(x) Eight Crazy Nights
(x) Joe Dirt
(x) King Kong (2005)

Total so far: 57

(x) A Cinderella Story
(x) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie lawls
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
(x) Dumber & Dumberer
(x) Final Destination
(x) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
(x) Halloween
(x) The Ring
(x) The Ring 2
(x) Surviving X-MAS
(x) Flubber
(x) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x) Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
(x) Ghost Ship
(x) From Hell
(x) Hellboy
(x) Secret Window
( ) I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards

Total so far: 76

(x) The Day After Tomorrow
(x) Child's Play
(x) Seed of Chucky
(x) Bride of Chucky
(x) 10 Things I Hate About You
(x) Just Married
(x) Gothika
(x) Nightmare on Elm Street
(x) Sixteen Candles
( ) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
(x) The Grudge
(x) The Mask
(x) Son of the Mask

Total so far: 88

(x) Bad Boys 2
(x) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Sleven
(x) Ocean's Eleven
(x) Ocean's Twelve
(x) Identity
( ) Lone Star
(x) Bedazzled
(x) Predator I
(x) Predator II
(x) Superstar
(x) Ice Age
(x) Ice Age 2 The Meltdown

Total so far: 99

(x) Independence Day
(x) Cujo
(x) A Bronx Tale
(x) Darkness Falls
(x) Christine
(x) ET
( ) Scared of so badly
(x) Children of the Corn
(x) My Boss' Daughter
(x) Maid in Manhattan
(x) Monsters Inc.
(x) War of the Worlds
(x) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2

Total so far: 112

( ) Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She's All That
(x) Calendars
(x) Sideways
(x) Mars Attacks
(x) Event Horizon
(x) Ever After
(x) Forrest Gump
(x) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
(x) The Terminator 3

Total so far: 124

(x) X-Men 1
(x) X-Men 2
(x) X-Men 3
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
(x) Sky High
(x) Jeepers Creepers
(x) Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Others
(x) Freaky Friday
(x) Reign of fire
(x) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
(x) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek2

Total so far: 140

( ) Swimfan
( ) Miracle
(x) Old School
(x) K-Pax
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
( ) A Walk to Remember
(x) Boogeyman
(x) The 40-year-old-virgin
(x) The Hills Have Eyes

Grand total: 148

Can't say I'm really suprised. I...have an addiction...I never go alone though, so I can't see how that qualifies me as a loser...hmm...

Car Update

iryn — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:49:33 GMT

The car is back!
The part took a lot less time to come in then originally thought. It is fixed and back in our posession. All told an expensive fix (ouchie) but I'm so happy to have it back and working properly again. It was sad when it was broken and all slumped over. Now she's back to being the perky 20 year old that she is. Hehehe. Well kind of. They brought to our attention that the bushings need to be replaced but they aren't urgent yet. Good thing. The last thing I can afford are bushings...whatever they are...I'm assuming they aren't the things my dirty mind has come up with.
Hehe...bushings...
Remember girls keep your bushings fresh and uncorroded!

Moment of geek...pardon me.

iryn — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:04:57 GMT

Burning Crusade at midnight!!!
The store we pre-ordered from has been confirmed as being open at midnight tonight. We are so picking up our computer crack then.
Soon my Draenei...soon...
Making a nice dinner to make sure we eat something nutritious before we hit our celebration food later tonight. Granted our celebration food isn't that bad. I'm planning on slicing up a deli tray and having fruit on hand.
So excited!

Normality has almost returned...

iryn — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 03:39:14 GMT

Mihoshi is doing well. Minimal whining actually. His routine of following us around the apartment was picked up without skipping a beat. In fact the little guy is curled up in his beanbag chair behind me right now. He is so adaptable its funny.
Put in our deposits to secure our copies of the WoW expansion to come out on the 16th. Wahoo. Looks like more inside time for the both of us in our future. Hehe.
Also got myself a book on saltwater aquariums from chapters today. Brad and I are thinking about starting a tank soon. I've had freshwater tanks for years but never saltwater. That was my mom's domain. Kind of excited about taking on the challenge. Eventually it would be nice to work up to keeping a seahorse or two. When this idea was discussed Brad was amused at the my little pony sea pony song I then had to sing. The fact that I remember all the words should cause no alarm...look away...nothing to see here.
Hehehe.
Also we have decided we are changing the bathroom (only took 6 months to get sick of it...neat) we were doing an underwater thing in there and I had painted sea life on the walls. Sadly, I have found in the end it isn't the relaxing bathroom I wanted. Perhaps my scuba diving days have ruined underwater stuff for me? Meh. So instead it's back to dragonflies and this time we are putting them in a wetlands themed bathroom. The only thing that makes me sad about changing the bathroom is, now what do I do with all those neat things mom bought for my bathroom while they were in Hawaii? When she visits this summer I'm sure she's going to expect to see them. Guess the reno will just have to wait.

gack

iryn — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 17:04:45 GMT

So today Scream (Canadian horror/suspense channel) is playing a marathon of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic films (hurray!) to celebrate new years day.
This ofcourse means I've spent the morning glued to the t.v. (nursing a headache) and having a blast. I love my end of the world movies far too much.
But then Scream let me down, in the worst possible way. I'm watching Miracle Mile...the climax of the film occurs and they cut it off to move into filler for the last half hour. AAARRRGGHH! I hadn't seen Miracle Mile before and now have no idea how it ends. I don't even know if they made it to the helicopter before the bombs dropped or what. Dammit. The forum on imdb doesn't really answer my questions on how it ended. Poop.
How dare they get between me and the end of an apocalyptic movie...bastards.
In other news, had an awesome time at the non-party last night and it is time to get ready to go to a turkey dinner at a friend's house. Wahoo! I love turkey dinners, I'm bringing cranberry sauce I made to it. Sadly, didn't have any pears to add to it like I love to do but it's still tasty.
Hmm, I wonder if anyone going to the dinner today saw the end of Miracle Mile...hmmm.
Must know.
Must also rent more apocalyptic films that I haven't seen...this marathon has left me with a craving for more. The rest of their day is dedicated to 5th element, starship troopers, road warrior, and zardoz. All of which I love...but either own or have seen 207 million times.
Must have more....MORE!

escape soon...

iryn — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:41:40 GMT

Just waiting now for my sisters to drag their lazy butts out of bed so we can go have lunch. After which we will escape to do our own touring about and run for the border. Can't wait to be away from the familly a bit. Can't wait to be on the train ride home.
We arrive in halifax on the 30th at 4:20pm.
But soon...yes soon...we escape...