alberich

Ah, 2007! An excuse to pre-date checks by a year! Yay!

Things are blah otherwise, though I did spend a good time having my family kick my ass at Ticket to Ride. I'm looking at possibly having to start a new gaming group from scratch, as one of the guys (and one of my podcast cohosts, which I only mention because he's not reading...
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I hope everybody had a happy solsticial holiday of their choice.

Mine went well, spent with family. Dealt with the sensory overload of all of the kids around. Got lots of neat stuff. Played a trivia game. Did I ever mention I like trivia?

My nieces like the Wiggles. Even though I find them entirely too manic to deal with, it does sadden me that...
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Went shopping this morning. I'm sacrificing most of what I might have gotten familywise to get a new dressy shirt and jacket, mainly for a family event coming up the weekend after Christmas, but they'll be nice to wear for things otherwise, too. When I have a chance, I'll take pics after I get them (the jacket needs to be altered, so it'll be at...
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I've been told I'm going shopping today. *grumble*

Busy busy busy...

I've been doing not-so-much around here recently. I've just been... oh, I don't know. Reflecting on my life? Contemplating my mortality?

I'd never met James Kim (the CNet editor who died recently trying to get help for his family, stranded in the Oregon wilderness not too long ago) but apparently he graduated from my high school the year before I did, and it's had my...
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What you will find behind this link... is my favorite Holiday-related Sluggy Freelance strip.

Okay, so it's a little sophomoric. Woo hoo.

I wish retail establishments (like the one wherein I work) would play decent Christmas music, and not things like the verson of "Jingle Bells" with no consistent tempo.

And I've been feeling a general sense of unease in recent days. No real reason, just... feeling like I'm in a rut and there's not a whole lot I can do about it.

I've had a couple of songs stuck in my head the last few days, so I figured what better than to inflict them on all of you!

The first one is thanks...
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Glad everyone liked my haircut.

As for finishing NaNo... well, I won't finish it for NaNo, not with one week and 40,000 words left (and too many visitors and events to prevent me from writing). I may eventually finish it, but NaNo has defeated me yet again.

Besides, I have something else I need to write in the next few days, something for a friend's...
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A nice weekend with the Almost-Not-Exactly-Ex.

Museum, planetarium, and a really nice dinner at an African themed restaurant downtown.

And now, I'm back online, WAY behind with NaNo, but surely I'll have some days coming I can devote solely to writing. I still plan to win.

And that's about that for now. 'Night all!