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Early plug. Friend of mine is trying to gain votes in a Harry Potter related costume contest. If you open the poll site and look at contestant "Alyssa T." in the competition as "Death-Eater" (even though that must be a Bellatrix mask, making her the second Bellatrix on the list) you can click on her name and see a nice photo from Mount Pleasant Cemetery. I would appreciate it if you sent her a vote to help win this contest. She's recently become the owner of a nice Melanie Davis hand-made notebook, too.

MuggleNet International Harry Potter contest.

I'm using Benadryl to stay functional enough to work, but I can pass out in my chair for hours at a time. Always by choice, but probably not the best sleeping posture for my back. The fact that the Benadryl doesn't completely stop the symptoms could mean I just have a cold. I would actually like a cold instead of reacting to the dog with which I must live for the next few years. It's also possible that seasonal allergies are taking over, because my roommates don't have any pet allergies yet sound/look a lot like me. One guy also said he has allergic type reactions every time he moves until he acclimatizes; I might wonder if I'm like that.

Saturday is quite busy, but at least it's organized. It'll be nice to hug Liam again, and place him in a nice room. I should probably keep the door open a crack once he arrives, though, because there's a radiator shared between my room and the other guy's (nice radiator-sized hole in the wall, through which I can see light and hear a dog) and my room is always warmer than the rest of the apartment. I should hope that they can turn those radiators off when it's summer, or else I may want to move Liam into the living room. The chihuahua seems to spend most of his time either being walked outside or staying in the guy's room, so the living room might be okay. He also stopped yapping at me, which is nice; I am officially of The Pack.

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If it's the chihuahua that's giving me this reaction, I might be screwed. We both live here.

Allergy medications tried so far: loratidine, cetirizine hydrochlorate, fexofenadine hydrochloride, oxymetazoline hydrochloride (nasal spray). No relief yet.

I do have a reason to leave the place for some hours this evening, but I have found so far that going outside does not seem to mitigate the symptoms.

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Today was up-and-down. I sold an item which had been difficult to sell; I used the money to buy dinner.

Unfortunately, right before the Asphyxia runway set at [FAT], my camera suddenly went off and nothing would get it to function. The battery had been fully charged prior to the show, so it was a case of messed up battery or messed up camera--or both. Checked a few things; no smell of fried anything, no outside damage/leaking visible on the battery. This had been the alternate battery, in use because I have them in a rotation of sorts.

I spent a bit of time with a couple of people from Auxiliary Mag and also the Dystropolis designer, the latter of whom was trying to get Auxiliary's attention on my behalf. Given how my previous app to Auxiliary never got an answer, I'm groaning a bit at the idea of trying again, but people want me to do it and I probably should do it. The editor never acts like she's shunning me or anything, so whatever I did insufficiently last time must not have been that bad. All I'm really being asked to do is come up with a contact/business card for Friday, and this activity isn't a hassle and doesn't distract from the other two big things I have going on.

If the postage arrives tomorrow, I will very quickly only have one big thing going on.

After going home, I swapped the alternate battery out for the main. The camera regained function. Hopefully, nothing bad happens immediately before the Dystropolis runway set on Friday.

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Bad: Rally towels handed out at the Jays Home Opener are best used to soak up the tears of disappointment.

Okay: I have some photos from the experience, and they tend to be in a continuous series. For example, you see the steps in Colby Rasmus hitting a triple, you see Bautista's odd batting stance, you see the wild look of Sergio Santos' pitch delivery as he blows a save.

Good: Work done over the weekend could lead to more continuous work. That's extra good because...

Awesome: The new room is in a great location with much to do in the area, is close to a subway station, is affordable on my minimum-budget and is amongst nice people. Moving day is May 1.

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I hope not to sound too much like it's a sure thing, but on the weekend I will be looking at a living space south of Bloor. The inclusive price is great, the main organizer is my cousin, it's pet friendly, and I'm just going to make sure I can tuck Liam's cage in some suitable nook because Liam represents the most demanding part of my tenancy. One which I haven't heard a single grumble about so far. It altogether seems like the best offer I have received. If things go well, I will move there some time in May.

(The pic is not connected with the rest of the subject matter in any direct way, beyond it being Toronto.)

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Further publicly-available posts and details about my next trip will be posted on this blog. Feel free to bookmark it now, a week before the real fun starts.

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I have some photos and a few quickie vids from Sunday night. I have nothing from Monday night but that one also seemed well covered.





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Strongly considering spending ten days to two weeks in Ethiopia. Have several things bookmarked, including visa requirements and a handful of different destination summaries on TripAdvisor.
( Remaining concerns )

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