Was even lucky enough to get the same artist as last time. Same size/place as the first, just on the right arm instead of the left. Photo taken just after the artist finished.

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Had my first tattoo done yesterday evening, on the inside of my left arm. This was shot with my iPhone right after completion:

Coming home from vacation to a fever of 102 degrees really sucks. However, tickets to see Suzanne Vega at the Moore on February 25, along with a new album of acoustic re-recordings of some of her best songs . . . does not suck.

I'm going to go lay back down now. This typing thing is tiring.

Right here - Phoebe T. Katt insisted on "helping" me study the last day before the test. Isn't she a good kitty?

I can now add "Security+ Certified" to my resume.

Convinced I was going to fail, given that I missed half the class and have not exactly had the clearest and best-functioning of brains for the past few months (hell, large parts of this year, for one reason or another), I passed with a score of 855 on a 100-900 scale. Since it's a minimum 750 to pass, it wasn't even a seat-of-my-pants dumb-luck pass either, but a respectable pass.

Of course, since I'm an insurance agent, not sure how much good having "Security+ Certified" on my resume will do, but hey, the company paid for it all, including my text and test voucher.

Of course, then I got a look at the size of the A+ and Network+ certification texts - I only thought I had to do a lot of work for Security+ . . .

Anybody have any suggestions? We have no plans at this point, having not been invited anywhere or planned anything . . . we've been a bit busy, what with Christmas, me being dizzy, and me studying to take the Security+ exam (which I do tomorrow).

What's fun to do on New Year's Eve around here?

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Sigh. In addition to all the *other* issues in my life right now . . . I won't be able to take the Security+ exam for free after all.

I had to do it before the end of the year, and the only day that I might be able to schedule an appointment is the same day as my PT appointment to hopefully fix this vertigo issue - the testing windows all conflict with the PT appointment.

Sigh. Crossing my fingers that vouchers will be available for next year, but not holding my breath. Damn it, that's a $260 exam that I can't justify paying for out of my own pocket.

EDIT:

HAH! Victory is mine after all! There's not a single testing center in the Bellevue area that will let me schedule a test farther out than the 18th. However, if I'm willing to go to Tacoma, I can test at TCC on New Year's Eve - not only getting it done at the last minute, but also not having to take extra time off from work, since I already have the day off!

Heh. Just made my first ever Wikipedia edits - changed philfoglio's and kajafoglio's pages to say "won" instead of "nominated for" the first Hugo for Best Graphic Story. cheyennewright hasn't got a page, or I'd have edited his, too.

Allow me to give LJ shout-outs to my friends, the Hugo-award-winning philfoglio , kajafoglio , and cheyennewright !

Congratulations, guys, on winning the first-ever Hugo for Best Graphic Story! May this be just the first of many for Girl Genius!