But now I’m better. *twitch*

Anyhoo, since this blog is all about saying things that I want to say (other than those that will scare horses and permanently scar the family members that I like) I thought I’d review the opening themes of two anime series that I enjoy.

First on my list is “Inner Universe” by Yoko Kanno — the only Yoko as far as I’m concerned:

Angels and demons were circling above me
Swishing through the hardships and milky ways
The only one who doesn’t know the happiness
is the one who couldn’t understand his call

Morato Vultis, Morato Vultis
Aeria Glories, Aeria Glories

The song is one full of longing and loss, and is a gorgeous melody. Written mostly in Russian (I’ve included the translation here), the language is strangely beautiful as arranged. The Latin here roughly translates to “Gentle Longing, Heavenly Glories”.

I really identify with this song, on many levels.

My second song is from one of the saddest animes I’ve yet to find, called “Gunslinger Girls”. I’ve got the full series on dvd (all 12 eps, short series, probably because the producers were crying too hard to make more) but I can only watch it rarely since it’s hard on my stock of Kleenex.

The title is “The Light Before We Land” , by the Delgados:

In cases
such as these I’d like a hand
Don’t wake me up without a master plan
With sight and sound becoming fragile
Don’t you understand?
When things that once were beautiful
Are bland

And when I feel like I can feel once again
Let me stay awhile
Soak it in awhile
If we can hold on we can fix what is wrong
Buy a little time
For this head of mine
Heaven for us

This song is in 3/4th time and lends itself to the image of a slow sad waltz. I’ve been in this situation before, looking for a moment of peace and happiness in a veritable shitestorm of stress and anxiety.

Anyhoo, so lately I’ve been working on 4 dolls of personal characters for one client, and tons of granny squares for next Christmas’s gifts (I swear to GODS that I won’t be stressed by getting gifts together this year), and still sweating on the Pyramid Head I still need to finish.

Today I’ve been working on the 5 foot long body for a Eastern style dragon. Two hundred joined rows of single crochet. Two hundred rounds. No wonder my wrists are killing me.

More miscellany tomorrow. Difficult to wait, huh? I know you’re just thrilled.

The week before springing forward holds serious dread for me. I’m about to lose a precious, precious hour of sleep, and it will be darker when I wake up, which makes it more difficult for me TO wake up. And for the week after springing forward I walk around like a zombie, always wanting to go to bed one hour later than I do; always needing to sleep one hour longer than I will. Eventually I get used to the modified schedule, my body adjusts to the different sleep hours, and life goes on. I’ve always meant to do what has been suggested by various Fibro websites, which is to adjust my sleep time by 15 minutes every night for 4-5 days before DST but frankly I’m just not that organized when it comes to sleep and I wind up paying the price.

I couldn’t wait to fall back this time around. I’m beginning to believe I may have a touch of seasonal affective disorder — getting out of bed while the sky is dark seems almost impossible. I actually felt well rested on Sunday morning when I woke up and the sky was bright; since then it’s been easy to go to sleep at night (what with feeling like it’s later than it actually is) and then when I wake up the sun is shining through the curtains and is helping to burn away the sleepies of the night.

In Gluten-Free Triumph News, I tried a new GF food today that actually TASTED like what it was supposed to be. I’ve got a box of Kinnikinnick GF glazed donuts in the freezer and heated one up in the microwave and it was heavenly. Very spongy, and the glazing was perfect. Made me actually crave funnel cake, which I haven’t had since I went GF. We may have to work out a recipe.

Here’s what I’m *nominally* working on, all at once:

Pyramid Head
Bronx
SOMETHINGVERYPINK
Anubis
Set
Isis
Light Rook
Several quilt squares
A beautiful granny square jacket (for a change!)
An afghan for myself for the couch.

And here’s hoping I can finish up more commissions this weekend, in between doing some overtime for the RealJob(TM) and driving the husband to his weekly dose of swordfighting.

So if you’ve ever wanted any of my works, now is the time to secure your place. Current starting price is $55 for my regular commissions, and $10 shipping within the US. You can also get rush status (within 3 months of receipt of payment) for an additional $30 per rushed item.

When I have the six commissions or we reach December 31st 2009, my list will be closed until I finish my current commissions — at this point, probably at least until July – October 2009. When I reopen, my base price will start at $100 per commission.

So email me at voxmortuum @ gmail.com to let me know what you’re wanting and we’ll work out the details.