made some icons...
...because I felt like it and finally had a few minutes, after the test and project work this week at school. And after nearly killing myself accidentally (how ironic, considering my last entry) yesterday morning - twice! - by almost falling down the stairs.
In a row.
Interestingly, I think all of my years of cat association and rescue have rubbed off on me. Each time when I started to fall (because I was wearing a stupid long skirt and really cool high-heeled boots) my only way out was to literally jump forward and land flat on my feet on steps a couple lower than the ones from which I was teetering. I was totally surprised when I did it the first time, but thought it was just kind of a cool fluke. Then it happened again like, a second later, and I was just left sort of blinking. Maybe I've rescued so many cats that I've absorbed some of their reflexes / landing abilities via diffusion?
I know, I know. The phrase is usually "by osmosis". But osmosis is only a form of diffusion, and one that uses water to boot, and so technically people usually use it incorrectly. Nyah.
Anyway...icons. I tried to keep them from being too over-the-top. But this whole thing seems to have taken on a life of its own (and taken control of mine), and so who the hell knows where it'll go? Next I'll be throwing red paint on people wearing furs, or refusing to cook meat for other people something. I seem to be getting out of control enough for it.
Actually, Paul and I spoke about this yesterday. I expressed my discomfort at feeling like the decision to go vegan has gotten out of control. I have a hard time describing it. It's like...in the beginning it was a decision. And I thought I knew where I stood. But the more I learn about things and have time to assimilate how I feel about them, the more "extreme" my reaction seems to be. Like...it's evolving, and it freaks me out a little because aside from that whole depression issue back in 2002, my feelings / stances do NOT vaccilate. I am steady, I am constant. I'm not used to this thing where I feel more strongly about something today than I did two weeks ago. And stronger about it then than I did a month before that. It worries me...how strong *will* it get? Will it eventually be all I talk about? :/
But Paul just basically said that this whole thing is new to me, and I'm still figuring out where I stand, etc, and that eventually it will settle and I won't feel so unsteady, and that all makes sense. So I'm feeling a bit better today.
Better, but still hurting after paying my next tuition installment this morning, lol. The whole bill was $2,800 originally, for this quarter. I paid $400 a couple of weeks ago, and saw that I had already accrued a $100 late fee (which was expected). When I went to pay the next $600 today, I saw that my late fees had gone up to $200. Again, not entirely unexpected, I guess I just wasn't expecting it to be quite so high already. We're only a few weeks into the quarter, and I'm a little worried about how many increments of $100 are going to be applied before I'm able to pay it off (which is scheduled to be the 2nd week in January).
Jeez, they sure don't make it easy on students in this country, do they? No, you're just expected to have $40,000 + laying around at age 18 so you can pay everything up front and in full. SO effing unrealistic unless your parents are rich, or you feel like getting into that much debt when you're still a teenager.
You'd think they'd cut people a little leeway. At least give them the length of the quarter to pay the tuition for the classes they are currently taking, you know?
But no. Instead, let's not only charge them regular tuition, let's tack on a bunch of fees and make it even HARDER to pay us! Brilliant!
*disgusted sigh*
Added to that are my usual irritations when attending school on campus, which I unfortunately don't have time to go into. Unfortunate for me, because I love ranting. Maybe not so unfortunate for you guys. Ah well, maybe next time.
Anyway...icons.
There's gotta be a better way to do this....
-sil