it's raining for my birthday

(actually, I'm happy about this. It wasn't in the forecast at all, and I was wanting it to rain.)



So yes, I am old. And wearing coincidentally matching multi-colored intentionally mis-matched socks and a sweatshirt/hoodie with neon bones painted on it. Which is good. I am also the possessor of a shiny new ipod with as much hard drive space as my computer, which kind of scares me. I need to get things to plug it into my car with.

Lady-doll has finally got her long green dress (which is what she ought properly to wear as the Violet-Eyed Queen of Faerie that she is) and a lovely little brass pocket "watch" with gears and bits that rattle around in it instead of keeping actual time. If I ever finish my first unfinished novel, someone else might understand why that's appropriate. But as yet there are no real pictures, because I am lazy, and there aren't any good backdrops inside, anyway. She needs more accessories, but I'm not quite sure what yet.

Speaking of lazy, this happened some time ago:

I didn't actually know Waif could write, but he seems to have done pretty well...

(no subject)

score for the evening:

-3. stupid printer continues to rebel against off-brand ink cartridges. The brand new color one I got a week ago is reading 1/3 full because the black ink won't print. It thinks it's printing, it makes every appearance of printing, but nothing comes out of it, and the color ink fills in. (so at some point the printer knows this isn't working... it just won't admit to it)

+2. finished good book (Pinkwater, The Neddiad)

-1. did not go to climbing, because was too lazy to drive.

+2. found not only a tape adapter for the ipod, but also a radio transmitter one that were sitting around downstairs in the box of miscellaneous CDs by the fireplace, not being used by anyone

-1. phone still broken, need to do something about that.

-1. am not asleep yet, despite probably going to work tomorrow. (this can probably be fixed...)

Of course, I also feel kind of like the weather in blacksburg (as fishy1 described it): if you don't like it, wait 10 minutes and it'll change.