Is Winter Over Yet?
Was picking at this and discussing commissions recently. And I'm still waiting for beads that should have been here by now, so I suppose I'll have to step into the exciting world of contacting customer service on Monday for a single pack of delicas, but it's the principle, dammit.
Not much happening, which is good. Cassie still has a cough, but it's improved vastly with time and use of a humidifier when she's sleeping down here. Of course she still works herself into an over-excited coughing frenzy once in a while, and it doesn't help deciding that sunny days require her laying in front of the stairs in order to bark at the mailman and also whatever invisible things and wandering across the street that none of the rest of us can see. But she is better, and very energetic, and we're all hoping there's actual spring just around the corner.
Two nights ago the sky finally cleared up overnight and I was able to see that beautiful full moon right overhead, blue-silver light bouncing off of the white crap in such a way that almost made it look less hatefully cold. I'd noticed the front steps looked like they were illuminated in neon, and it was a lovely/mysterious effect... until I realized that was because they were coated with solid ice. So it's still too damn cold, but at least a lot of melting has been going on. I can see out my window again! Not that there's... anything to see.
Kind of not overly much else to write about, really. Working, playing, will vacation at the end of April. Tiny angry Megatron and NECA Dante are supposed to be released this month, but time will tell. (For the latter it's been 7 years; what's another month or two?) I cleaned out the upstairs computer, which hadn't been opened for 6+ years (since it had been purchased, in other words), and that was unfun--but lead to some money, then lead to picking up Transistor for cheap, and I'm surprised that I like it so much. (I really fucking hate strategy games, but this is sort of an action-strategy hybrid.) ...I have to get used to it and I'll never actually be good at it, but great soundtrack, lovely world, and deliciously smooth-talking sword with all kinds of sparkly powers? Hell yeah. (And yes, I picked up the MTMTE Humble Bundle with the money too, because hell, I'm a pirate, but when given the opportunity I am happy to pay for such joys. Plus, charity. You know.)
Other than all of that, well... I said I was going to rest for the weekend, and yet I keep tweaking a new sewing pattern. I kind of need to stop. Probably. Soon. Maybe.