Journals!
So. I kind of collect journals. I don't mean to, but then I'm in the bookstore just browsing, and, oh, that's pretty, and next thing I know... Also, people buy them for me a lot. ♥! JOURNALS!
I actually do write in them. Sometimes they sit around a bit while I try to figure out what to use them for, but they all get used.
I've fairly recently discovered a new, uh, brand, I guess, of journals! Paperblanks! (ooh, look, they have a site!) Aniko bought me one like this (ha! I couldn't get a decent picture with my digital camera, but Amazon has it!) for my birthday/Christmas, and I didn't do much with it until June, but even before then it was very pretty and I liked the texture of the pages, and I liked the weight of it. Aaand I was in Borders on Wednesday (seriously, the second half of my first class was dedicated to browsing in a bookstore. HOW AWESOME IS THAT?). We were supposed to pick up a book relating to the class (which I did), and then grab a journal. I already have a journal for the designated purpose (dream recording), but I followed orders like a good little minion and went rummaging around in the journals section... and I found THIS, and it is so pretty and and and. I had to buy it. I HAD TO.
IT JUMPED OFF THE SHELF AND LATCHED ONTO ME. I COULDN'T PRY IT OFF. WHAT ELSE WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO?
And I'm totally going back and picking up this one (edit: I went and purchased it. You're not allowed to be surprised) and this one at some point, too. (I HAS 5 DOLLAR COUPON FROM SPENDING MONIES ON BOOKS, ALSO, SO. SAVINGS! well, no, not really, since I had to spend quite a bit to get said coupon...)
(But, hey, if you like journals, too, see if you can find one for yourself. They're lovely~)
Anyway, I've been using it to record my thoughts on That Thing that's been eating at me, which I keep on mentioning vaguely (see, it's not that I don't trust you guys, it's just that this is a really sensitive subject for me, and I know I'll probably react poorly to almost any reaction - or lack thereof - to it, given time to mull over it, so I'm not going to put it up here. If you really want details, bother me over AIM or through email or something.), and I think it's helping, at least somewhat. I can at least get my thoughts out in a semi-coherent manner and sort them, without leaving it open for just anyone.
...Jecca, just anyone could pick it up and open it. Just because it isn't posted online... Oho, you underestimate me! I'm sure I've mentioned once or twice that I have my own writing... I've been using this. (I happen to think it looks pretty. It makes my handwriting - which, as some of you have seen, is pretty darned awful - look less ridiculous and illegible than it normally does. And it's not something just anyone can read. Unless you can read it, in which case I'm a bit off the mark, there.)
I finally allowed the stupid pop-up to update me to Firefox 3, and I'm not sure I like some of the changes they've made. The address bar, for one, thinks it is being helpful by drawing from the page title. NO, WHEN I TYPE "t" I EXPECT THE TOP OPTION TO BE MY JOURNAL, NOT ... whatever the heck it is this time! STOP IT. grrrr. (Oh, dear, I've just outed myself as an impossibly lazy web surfer, haven't I?)
ALSO: Potentially good news for me, less so for at least half of you scrolling past this. I think my bizarre and sudden NOT TALKING TO YOU bout with the Transformers fandom may be coming to an end. (I don't even know what brought it on. I just woke up one morning too annoyed at it to even consider dealing with any of it.)
Thank goodness. I have missed my giant robots. Also it's been like, what, two months? Surely something interesting has happened in my absence...
ALSO ALSO: crud, Jade and Okame are scratching at my brain. They don't bother me much, but when they do, I pretty much cannot ignore them. Normally this isn't a problem, because normally I can write. Unfortunately, I am not capable of such things at the moment. DAMN YOU, CREATIVITY.
ALSO ALSO ALSO: OH MY GOD I HATE TVTROPES you can tell i love you by my decision to not include a link to it in here MAKE IT STOP
I actually do write in them. Sometimes they sit around a bit while I try to figure out what to use them for, but they all get used.
I've fairly recently discovered a new, uh, brand, I guess, of journals! Paperblanks! (ooh, look, they have a site!) Aniko bought me one like this (ha! I couldn't get a decent picture with my digital camera, but Amazon has it!) for my birthday/Christmas, and I didn't do much with it until June, but even before then it was very pretty and I liked the texture of the pages, and I liked the weight of it. Aaand I was in Borders on Wednesday (seriously, the second half of my first class was dedicated to browsing in a bookstore. HOW AWESOME IS THAT?). We were supposed to pick up a book relating to the class (which I did), and then grab a journal. I already have a journal for the designated purpose (dream recording), but I followed orders like a good little minion and went rummaging around in the journals section... and I found THIS, and it is so pretty and and and. I had to buy it. I HAD TO.
IT JUMPED OFF THE SHELF AND LATCHED ONTO ME. I COULDN'T PRY IT OFF. WHAT ELSE WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO?
And I'm totally going back and picking up this one (edit: I went and purchased it. You're not allowed to be surprised) and this one at some point, too. (I HAS 5 DOLLAR COUPON FROM SPENDING MONIES ON BOOKS, ALSO, SO. SAVINGS! well, no, not really, since I had to spend quite a bit to get said coupon...)
(But, hey, if you like journals, too, see if you can find one for yourself. They're lovely~)
Anyway, I've been using it to record my thoughts on That Thing that's been eating at me, which I keep on mentioning vaguely (see, it's not that I don't trust you guys, it's just that this is a really sensitive subject for me, and I know I'll probably react poorly to almost any reaction - or lack thereof - to it, given time to mull over it, so I'm not going to put it up here. If you really want details, bother me over AIM or through email or something.), and I think it's helping, at least somewhat. I can at least get my thoughts out in a semi-coherent manner and sort them, without leaving it open for just anyone.
...Jecca, just anyone could pick it up and open it. Just because it isn't posted online... Oho, you underestimate me! I'm sure I've mentioned once or twice that I have my own writing... I've been using this. (I happen to think it looks pretty. It makes my handwriting - which, as some of you have seen, is pretty darned awful - look less ridiculous and illegible than it normally does. And it's not something just anyone can read. Unless you can read it, in which case I'm a bit off the mark, there.)
I finally allowed the stupid pop-up to update me to Firefox 3, and I'm not sure I like some of the changes they've made. The address bar, for one, thinks it is being helpful by drawing from the page title. NO, WHEN I TYPE "t" I EXPECT THE TOP OPTION TO BE MY JOURNAL, NOT ... whatever the heck it is this time! STOP IT. grrrr. (Oh, dear, I've just outed myself as an impossibly lazy web surfer, haven't I?)
ALSO: Potentially good news for me, less so for at least half of you scrolling past this. I think my bizarre and sudden NOT TALKING TO YOU bout with the Transformers fandom may be coming to an end. (I don't even know what brought it on. I just woke up one morning too annoyed at it to even consider dealing with any of it.)
Thank goodness. I have missed my giant robots. Also it's been like, what, two months? Surely something interesting has happened in my absence...
ALSO ALSO: crud, Jade and Okame are scratching at my brain. They don't bother me much, but when they do, I pretty much cannot ignore them. Normally this isn't a problem, because normally I can write. Unfortunately, I am not capable of such things at the moment. DAMN YOU, CREATIVITY.
ALSO ALSO ALSO: OH MY GOD I HATE TVTROPES you can tell i love you by my decision to not include a link to it in here MAKE IT STOP