Friday afternoon not-a-poll

I don't have enough ideas on this yet to make a poll, so a proto-poll.

What the heck should I be for Halloween?

I was a dead pirate last year, so that's out.

Sluggy slug slug slug

Today I was saved from total slugdom only because I made a necklace. It's a pretty pearly thing, for bards_and_beads' Kushiel prompt from a few months ago. Like the books, making it seemed to go on and on and on and on... And then I stabbed my finger with a needle. But it's pretty. I'll take pics some day when I'm not too lazy to go upstairs to the scanner.

The lessons learned from the necklace making include: pliers are better for gripping needles than your teeth, and holding a beading awl between your knees and then bending over is a bad idea.

I realized the problem with the stupid piracy scene I've been banging my head against--above and beyond the character arc problem. I may have to make a flaily whiny post soon, if I can't work it out.

In other news, Dr. John is coming next month, and I has tickets!