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fantastic_jackie) wrote2007-10-12 11:22 am
fantastic_jackie) wrote2007-10-12 11:22 am
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Mmmm... Books, Coffee, & Chocolate Chip Cookies...
I'm at Barnes and Noble this morning, and it smells sooooooo good in here. They've been baking chocolate chip cookies downstairs in the bakery: the oh-so-tastey smell is entwining with the scents of brewed coffee and new books to create a glorious aroma! ^____^ *breathes deeply* I wish I could stay here all day. Book stores excite me. ^^
I'm feeling better today after yesterday; many thanks to those of you that commented, because it really helped to talk about it. :) I'm driving again today; I'm a bit nervous and overly cautious (I stare at the traffic lights now, misbelieving....) but I should be fine. Just gotta push on and move along. ^_^
So this weekend, including today, I have to finish Ali's smuty-limey birthday fic, finish my Meta horror fic, and we're putting up the Halloween decorations. The Harry Potter Halloween decorations. ^_^
I think I forgot to mention that we changed the scene. The original Potter House idea was too sparse; there wasn't enough we could do with it to create an actual scene. Plus, something that was bothering me was the thought that maybe all the kiddies would not have read the Deathly Hallows yet. We've changed the scene to the Graveyard in the Goblet of Fire. =D
We have Voldemort already - Terri's gonna edit his features, and then I'm gonna wire his eyes to glow red and extend his pole so he's taller. We have to pick up a cauldron, rat, and snake - aka, THE cauldron, Wormtail, and Nagini - from Party City. There will be grave stones scattered around our yard, but we're NOT doing the huge Riddle gravestone because that's a little more detailed than we want to go, and Harry's not gonna be there, anyway. In the trees, we'll be doing some massive webbing just to add a Halloween-ish effect: glowing spiders, maybe some bats, and the like. Maybe an owl if we can find one. Still looking for a small fence - even 1 or 2 feet high will do. It just needs to be sanctioned off; if worst comes to worst, I'll buy a couple wooden poles to shove in the ground and make a simple string/wire fence myself.
We already have the fog machine, and I'm working on assembling the music. We have the OOtP soundtrack now, and a couple of those may work for my intents. Does anyone happen to have Something Wicked This Way Comes? We don't have the POA soundtrack...
I'm thinking about calling out on Halloween; I may or may not talk to my manager about it first, though. - Maybe I can get off early or something.
Anyway, once all the decorations are up, we'll stand back and see what else we can do. We will need to get some sort of flood light to place in front of the cauldron and Voldie... Just.. nowhere near as bright. Anyone have any suggestions??
I'm feeling better today after yesterday; many thanks to those of you that commented, because it really helped to talk about it. :) I'm driving again today; I'm a bit nervous and overly cautious (I stare at the traffic lights now, misbelieving....) but I should be fine. Just gotta push on and move along. ^_^
So this weekend, including today, I have to finish Ali's smuty-limey birthday fic, finish my Meta horror fic, and we're putting up the Halloween decorations. The Harry Potter Halloween decorations. ^_^
I think I forgot to mention that we changed the scene. The original Potter House idea was too sparse; there wasn't enough we could do with it to create an actual scene. Plus, something that was bothering me was the thought that maybe all the kiddies would not have read the Deathly Hallows yet. We've changed the scene to the Graveyard in the Goblet of Fire. =D
We have Voldemort already - Terri's gonna edit his features, and then I'm gonna wire his eyes to glow red and extend his pole so he's taller. We have to pick up a cauldron, rat, and snake - aka, THE cauldron, Wormtail, and Nagini - from Party City. There will be grave stones scattered around our yard, but we're NOT doing the huge Riddle gravestone because that's a little more detailed than we want to go, and Harry's not gonna be there, anyway. In the trees, we'll be doing some massive webbing just to add a Halloween-ish effect: glowing spiders, maybe some bats, and the like. Maybe an owl if we can find one. Still looking for a small fence - even 1 or 2 feet high will do. It just needs to be sanctioned off; if worst comes to worst, I'll buy a couple wooden poles to shove in the ground and make a simple string/wire fence myself.
We already have the fog machine, and I'm working on assembling the music. We have the OOtP soundtrack now, and a couple of those may work for my intents. Does anyone happen to have Something Wicked This Way Comes? We don't have the POA soundtrack...
I'm thinking about calling out on Halloween; I may or may not talk to my manager about it first, though. - Maybe I can get off early or something.
Anyway, once all the decorations are up, we'll stand back and see what else we can do. We will need to get some sort of flood light to place in front of the cauldron and Voldie... Just.. nowhere near as bright. Anyone have any suggestions??