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[topaz119]

yay, it's Friday (though I have a deployment going live tomorrow so the odds are tilting toward working at some point as the implementation teams shake out any weirdness that will need to be captured for the next deploy.) While I'm sitting around on the go/no-go call (the software industry looooves to be dramatic, so where better to borrow from than NASA, though we do not get anything nearly as dramatic as a Saturn V lighting up at a go decision) I am cleaning out months worth of random tabs and thought I would share:

The Disney fandom is nearly in core meltdown today, as the D23 Expo kicked off in Anaheim this morning. Overnight, the first pictures of the detailed model they're using for the new Avatar land (tall blue people Avatar, not Last Airbender Avatar) at Animal Kingdom hit twitter, etc. This is the best/biggest shot I've seen, with the floating mountains (and ride) in the very back, the bridge from Harambe at the lower left, and the mess hall/restaurant on the right. (Keep clicking and then zoom in to get a sense of scale.) Now to see if the hard-core fans can survive until the Parks and Resorts presentation to get some idea of what's up with Hollywood Studios...

Apparently, adult coloring books are all the rage now, which is great, because I've done them for forever and it's nice to have choices outside of museum gift shops, but one of my other favorite things is paper dolls. I love the historical ones Dover puts out, so I've been geeking out with this artist's free downloads, with lots of Disney and the occasional Avenger and a lovely set of Les Mis.

Video of Kelly Sue DeConnick's 99U presentation, How to Make People Uncomfortable and Still Make a Living.

Nail wraps! I am trying to decide between the aurora borealis, nebulae, or treasure maps design for DragonCon.

BabyBoy is testing for his black belt (tonight, omg!) so we have been planning out the carb-loading menu here and nutella-stuffed pancakes are at the top of the list.

Happy weekend!

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[topaz119]

It did! I mean, I couldn't watch after we hit the 3 hour mark, because I could see the pain on his face and I knew he was going off the mats to the bathroom so he could throw up, but this is apparently not unusual and once he finished sparring the four other black belts and the two third-degree black belts and he could sit and meditate, he looked so happy. And then his close friend, who went through his test last winter, gave this very emotional speech and handed him his belt and I might have been in tears. But then there was pizza (and beer for me!) and he was deliriously happy. And then he spent the rest of the weekend in bed. :D