Sunday Morning Musings
I'm lousy at updating LJ. Especially lately. I'm slightly better at updating my facebook status. Requires less thought and fewer words. I feel like I should have something important or meaningful to say here. This is not that post.
As I type, my cat is trying to take over my desk. I'm not sure I'm going to win this one. So far she's claimed the mouse and a small portion of the keyboard - fortunately I don't need those at the moment, but it could get ugly when I do.
It's snowing. Or, it snowed. I'm feeling to lazy to look outside my window and see which. I distinctly remember the first time I saw it snowing this season outside my window at work. It was magical and wondrous, and I was a little kid again for a few minutes. We've reached the part of winter where that is completely gone, and my only reaction to snow is, 'oh, man, I'm going to have to shovel off my car AGAIN'.
(The cat has ceded the keyboard but claimed possession of the mousepad.)
I started working on a new home improvement project yesterday - making the master bathroom not be disgusting. A few minutes in, and I almost gave up and called the professionals in. If I actually manage to do this myself, I think I will take a vacation with the money I'm not paying to the contractors.
(My box of cables is a casualty, but the desk wars are now over. The sound of the box hitting the floor precipitated an unconditional retreat.)
I finally installed my fist WoW mod, at level 76. I'm not really sure what took me so long. I think I was afraid that installing a mod was the first step down the slippery path to true WoW addition. (I felt that way about professions for a while, too - and I'm not sure I was wrong about that.) But the mod (Carbonite) has drastically sped up my leveling. Probably halved the time it will take me, because I don't have to spend time figuring out what's where. I'm not convinced it doesn't remove some of the fun of the game, but, dammit, I want to get to 80 already.
It's interesting posting political things on Facebook these days, as some of my ultra-conservative relatives are now on and posting replies that deeply piss me off. ("Pundit X has a Jewish surname, so therefore they should support Bush unconditionally because Bush is supportive of Israel." "Why do Leftists make common cause with extremists (terrorists) within the Islamic religion who are diametrically opposed to everything the Left stands for?") I'm exercising a great deal of restraint for the sake of not alienating family members.
I'm grateful for the extra day off. Today will involve a lot of cleaning, organizing, and stripping wallpaper. And maybe some TV and WoW. You know, a nice, lazy day. :-)
As I type, my cat is trying to take over my desk. I'm not sure I'm going to win this one. So far she's claimed the mouse and a small portion of the keyboard - fortunately I don't need those at the moment, but it could get ugly when I do.
It's snowing. Or, it snowed. I'm feeling to lazy to look outside my window and see which. I distinctly remember the first time I saw it snowing this season outside my window at work. It was magical and wondrous, and I was a little kid again for a few minutes. We've reached the part of winter where that is completely gone, and my only reaction to snow is, 'oh, man, I'm going to have to shovel off my car AGAIN'.
(The cat has ceded the keyboard but claimed possession of the mousepad.)
I started working on a new home improvement project yesterday - making the master bathroom not be disgusting. A few minutes in, and I almost gave up and called the professionals in. If I actually manage to do this myself, I think I will take a vacation with the money I'm not paying to the contractors.
(My box of cables is a casualty, but the desk wars are now over. The sound of the box hitting the floor precipitated an unconditional retreat.)
I finally installed my fist WoW mod, at level 76. I'm not really sure what took me so long. I think I was afraid that installing a mod was the first step down the slippery path to true WoW addition. (I felt that way about professions for a while, too - and I'm not sure I was wrong about that.) But the mod (Carbonite) has drastically sped up my leveling. Probably halved the time it will take me, because I don't have to spend time figuring out what's where. I'm not convinced it doesn't remove some of the fun of the game, but, dammit, I want to get to 80 already.
It's interesting posting political things on Facebook these days, as some of my ultra-conservative relatives are now on and posting replies that deeply piss me off. ("Pundit X has a Jewish surname, so therefore they should support Bush unconditionally because Bush is supportive of Israel." "Why do Leftists make common cause with extremists (terrorists) within the Islamic religion who are diametrically opposed to everything the Left stands for?") I'm exercising a great deal of restraint for the sake of not alienating family members.
I'm grateful for the extra day off. Today will involve a lot of cleaning, organizing, and stripping wallpaper. And maybe some TV and WoW. You know, a nice, lazy day. :-)