The starry lateshift

00:45 / 29.04.08

Nice. I liked the stuff you linked to awhile back.

Thanks, it's the same stuff. The belt won first in Carved Belts, the knife sheath won second in Knife Sheaths and Holsters, and the checkbook cover won third in the Beginner Class. I was so surprised; they didn't win a thing the last show they went to (though I got a lot of nice comments).

Other than that, life's been up and down.

00:49 / 29.04.08

I'm totally jealous about the party-stuff, by the way. My social life is all but nonexistent right now.

01:07 / 29.04.08

Thanks, it's the same stuff.

Cool. I was just about to ask if you had links to the stuff that won.

Other than that, life's been up and down.

More up than down, I hope.

And, as far as social lifes go, mine's been fairly missing for a bit now, so it was really good to be forced to go out and enjoy myself.

Kali, Queen of Kitteh

01:10 / 29.04.08

Cherished adolescent writer's cat--I say "cat", but really not seven month kitten--died this past Friday. Scroll down five entries.She may have her flaws, but no one deserves the animal pain she has lived.

01:21 / 29.04.08

She may have her flaws...

For a moment, I read that wrong, and I thought we might have to have a fight. (Cats don't have flaws.) But, no, it's a horrible thing to go through. And the kind of pain that I think demonstrates that, fundamentally, suffering does not make us better, does not advance us. Some things need not be.

I lost large chunks of my rational human intellect for days when my dog died last year and I'm watching a friend lose her pet to cancer now. I've fairly good with human deaths. I do funerals well and so on. But I fall apart over animals.

01:23 / 29.04.08

Poor little Augie, he was so pretty

01:39 / 29.04.08

I've fairly good with human deaths. I do funerals well and so on. But I fall apart over animals.

It's because they are so utterly dependent on us for survival, we can't help but feel responsible when they die.

When Snuggles died, I was overcome with guilt. I sometimes feel like I should have done more to make her last days more enjoyable: I should have played with her more, I should have given her more treats, etc.

The thing is, I didn't know they were her last days. I just took it for granted that she would always be here.

02:27 / 29.04.08

I had to go look at the Dogs for... and Cats for... threads. I'm so glad we have those threads.

If barbelith finally collapses some day I want notice so I can go copy all the pics at the last minute.

02:33 / 29.04.08

And don't forget the "Lovely Pictures for Haus" thread.

Baby Badgers! SQUEEEEE!!!!

Off to bed now. Lotsa stuff to do tomorrow.

Goodnight all!

02:36 / 29.04.08

Shamefully, I did forget. Oooh. (And I've got that Badgers badgers badgers... song in my head again.

sTe

22:49 / 29.04.08

Surely not the badger badger badger badger badger etc. MUSHROOM MUSHROOM badger badger badger one?

Oh hang on was that yesterday, is anyone awake anywhere?

22:52 / 29.04.08

Is there anybody out there?

Yes. I am. You're not alone.

You're never alone.

Well, except when nobody's 'round.

I'm at work for another eight minutes and then it's off to write up in a coffee shop with a friend of mine. But I'm here for the moment and I'll be back later...

sTe

22:58 / 29.04.08

crikey and jeepers you mean Barbelith is not a figment of my imagination and there are other 'people' out there, bless you papers and all you sail with.

I will try hard to think of something to share when you return post coffeness...

Lama glama

23:09 / 29.04.08

There are fossils to be read about, but they're currently in the other room. I'm hiding in here with chocolate and video games to avoid doing anything productive.

sTe

23:24 / 29.04.08

Now chocolate and video games sounds just heavenly right now. I am coping with sobering up with water, cigarettes and Slay - with the occasional Nightshift interlude to keep me sane.

I know I should give up and admit to sleep but that would result in work coming around far too quickly. Any advice on enjoying the fine evening time, while not feeling shit on the morrow or bunking off work?

01:33 / 30.04.08

I'm back, and in a decently no-misanthropic mood for once.

02:08 / 30.04.08

hello.

02:20 / 30.04.08

How the hell does my landlord manage to suck so much time out of my life? I think I just lost an hour to him babbling at me. He's a very nice man but when you haven't had more than five minutes to yourself in a week, it's almost unbearable.

02:22 / 30.04.08

cant you leave a trail of rent money for him to follow back to his place?

03:56 / 30.04.08

Nah, I just have to let him putter on. But he's gone now, and I feel more sane.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

00:33 / 04.05.08

Too early?

01:51 / 04.05.08

Hey, Keggers.

02:26 / 04.05.08

So I'm busy waiting for the temperature to lower so I can get groceries without them cooking while I walk home.

Anybody 'round?

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

02:32 / 04.05.08

Im 'round. (Im also 'quare)

Hey Stoats.

02:37 / 04.05.08

I'm all busy at work and stuff. Which is weird. How's everyone else?

Pretty much crap.

Hey, Keggers. Hiya, Stoat.

So, I just got a call to tell me I should totally go down to the high school dance. I'm like, what, ten plus years too old to be getting that call? But they offered to play some Prince for me. It's so cute it could make my teeth hurt.

And instead, I'm going to go buy carrots and whisky tonight. Go figure.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

02:45 / 04.05.08

What do you do, Stoatie? If you don't mind answering.

I know you work late, but in my head you just kinda hang out, party, and play with your dog all the time. (Aren't you glad I have an imaginary Stoatie-sim life worked out for you?)

03:00 / 04.05.08

Hey, I like that life. Nah, I read newspapers for a living, seven nights on, seven nights off. So I get a week off every fortnight, essentially. So you're half-right.

03:52 / 04.05.08

Back from the store now.

Sounds like a fair life, Stoatie.

02:08 / 05.05.08

Nah, I read newspapers for a living, seven nights on, seven nights off. So I get a week off every fortnight, essentially. So you're half-right.

Damn, Stoatie, how do I get a gig like that?

03:12 / 05.05.08

I am officially retired for the night from anything except maybe this and a movie. And more dinner in a bit.

Who's up?

03:21 / 05.05.08

I am. Watching bad movies and debating about writing weird fiction and thinking about Batman. Also: annoyed at my own brain.

03:55 / 05.05.08

What's your brain doing to you, now?

I had to forgive mine, earlier today; I was blaming it for lots of stuff, but I realized it's other brains that are fucking mine up. Mine was actually innnocent, it was just confused and easily manipulated.