Bits of Skin

I’m peeling. It started yesterday, from the Sunday sunburn. My nose is the most obvious, as the skin there seems to be thicker as it peels. Probably the worst hit with the sunburn. My forehead is also peeling, which is kind of disconcerting, though I can’t really place a reason why.

I wrote for an hour and a half last night, after I got back from hanging out with peoples. It felt really good, and I got started on a new bit of the story. This third-party thing isn’t going to work out, so I’m going to turn the couple of observers I’ve used so far into regular characters. I’m working with a scientist-type right now. A biologist, actually. Because of that, she states her theories plainly, which I’m afraid is giving too much away too quickly. I’ll have to see how I can tweak that.

Another good day outside. Overcast and rainy. I have a lot of plans for today, and am totally in on ‘s surprise. *Evil Grin* MU HA HA!

Oh, and because of this, I am uber-jealous of .

Panic

Ever get the panic? When you’re in a room full of people that you’re beginning to literally want to tear out their throats so that they’ll stop spewing forth contradictions, over-stating points that they’ve already made, and not listening at all to the person who’s in charge of what’s going on?

I have. I did tonight. I’m entirely disgusted with them and with myself.

It wasn’t even me that was in charge. I hope Amy is able to put up with them. I hope their project comes to fruition. I hope I’m wrong. I hope that every time I’ve tried to do something like this with these people has failed because of me, and not because of them.

Do I really?

Shit.

Horoscope

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You have underestimated how much happiness you are capable of attracting into your life. Believe it or not, this artificially low expectation has cheated you out of your fair share of joy, pleasure, fulfillment, and a sense of meaning. Your assignment for the next four weeks is to jack up your levels of happiness by at least 20 percent. Work hard at this task, Taurus — at least as hard as you do at your job. (The greater your effort, the more cosmic assistance you’ll receive.) To get started, divest yourself of a mediocre thrill that distracts you from an intelligence-building excitement.

Operating Systems are Cultures?

said she’d fork me. But only if I pissed her off. Day-umn! :)

Linux has made me realize how much of an American I am. I am getting all fussy because things are different from the way I’m used to them. Because they’re foreign to me. Some people say that configuring Linux and dealing with the oddities is fun. I think they’re insane. It’s hell. But it is worth it. The ability to smoothly move among different platforms and different cultures is much more gratifying than the ease of having everything be the same. Windows and Mac os’s (9 and X… they’re really completely different countries) isn’t enough. I need to be worldly in my OS familiarity.

I need to shave.

I didn’t get any cleaning or shopping or writing done yesterday. Grrr. Today is the StoryTeller meeting. I should really get it done today.

I’m going to a rave soon. >:) Check this out. It’ll be the first in a long time. E-mail me if you’re planning on going. :) *hop*

Dream a dream of fanciful seas…

Last night I cleaned out half a sink of dishes and paid all of my bills. I have a feeling that the trend of distracting myself through cleaning will continue. Other half of the sink, the kitchen floor, and the bathroom all need attention.

The bedroom will be a major project, as I will need to find a place for all my transformers and my dragon statues. Which means furniture. I already need a seperate stand for VHS tapes and DVD’s. I need a kitchen table (I can put transformers there) and I need a better table thing for my TV, VCR, and consoles.

My sunburn has faded to a very dark tan, excepting for a little red in my face. By tomorrow, I’ll be very close to back to never-sees-the-sun white. The funny thing is that I don’t know which I prefer any more.

My brother has been crashing at my place, and it’s kind of wierd. This just re-inforces the importance of living alone.

I dreamt the dreams I wanted to after I hit snooze this morning.

Update.

Results of weekend: Less messy, a *fantastic* first game, relaxation, and major sunburn.

I’m not sleeping well. I think I need to ward my apartment. Perhaps to keep in as well as to keep out.

I’ve signed up for a spring semester class on Buddhism. 300 level Religious Studies. I have encountered much retardedness from the Office of ISP as to weather or not a specific class is offered. Looks like I’m left to my own mad skills(z0rz0rx0r) to figure out what the deal is, and get signed up if it’s not full.

It’s a beautiful day outside. I could live in this day-long dusk forever, I think.

Exodus

Three people are leaving CoreComm. One in Help Desk, one in Business Services, and one in Tech Support. They all have my support, and I’m happy that they’ve found things they’d rather do.

I’m not leaving yet. This bothers me.

I’m going to Mongolian BBQ at 11:30 to wish our Helpdesk person happy trails. Good food, good times, I hope.

Today…. today, things in my head and in my life are messy.