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May. 21st, 2008 @ 08:07 am Gotta get my day started ...
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So I'm trying to resist the urge to be cranky and toss in the towel for the day. I spent last night building my character, but of course that took longer than expected (why did I think I could build a 19th level character in a couple of hours? I should know that I'm far too Type A for that). But I didn't want to quit, so I stayed up late ... and now I'm at work, both short on sleep and with an incomplete character.

On top of that, I believe the heat has caused me to be dehydrated or something, because I've been having regular headaches (which are probably also responsible for my recent unhappy stomach).

But! I can't give up on my day, so here's my "it's not so bad" happy list:

1. [info]ratzeo not only gave me access to his D&D library, but also provided plenty of helpful feedback and suggestions. He was also patient with my constant questions and tolerated my stressing out over my time constraints and difficulties with the character.

2. [info]ratzeo also reminded me that it is always a choice to let myself get stressed out. It may be hard to choose not to stress, but it is not impossible. And when I make that choice, not only am I happier, but those around me are, as well. This gets its own entry because it's very, very important for me to remember. It's also extra-happy that he is here to remind me.

3. On a lighter note ... my character is gonna be cool. 8D Alas, he will not be - as I originally envisioned - a giant cat-man wielding an orc double axe from the back of his dire tiger animal companion. I found a smarter and more efficient character build. But it's going to be pretty close to that original image.

4. If the heat is what's responsible for my headaches, then that should be going away now that we're not fluctuating wildly between autumn coolness and summer oven temperatures.

5. This. (I swear, the world is conspiring to make me want a Scottish Fold.)
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May. 16th, 2008 @ 08:19 am Stupid body
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Ugh. My body decided to be stupid and hit me with about of nausea in the middle of dinner last night. Not food poisoning, not PMS-related, not vomit-inducing - just enough queasiness to render speech impossible and make me useless for anything besides going home and curling up until it went away. This is especially frustrating because it used to happen to me all the time as a teenager, but then it went away and should not come back now that I'm taking care of myself and being healthy. >:(

So that meant productivity was shot for the evening, which makes me grumpy. I'm trying to get my mood back on track this morning:

1. Prior to the stomach blargh, I was having a wonderful time on my date with [info]ratzeo, discussing plans for the Warmakers endgame.

2. Today is Friday, and it is sunny and warm.

3. This.

4. BPAL will (most likely) post this month's update tonight. I'm not looking forward to it because I actually want to make an order (perhaps it's best if I don't establish a pattern of monthly BPAL orders, you know ;D), but I like the prospect of new shinies to read about and put on my future-order wishlist.

5. Tomorrow is the first day of the Street Fair! I probably won't get to go until Sunday, but I'm still jazzed for it.
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May. 15th, 2008 @ 12:40 pm I should not grumble about being happy ...
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Making a happy list for today felt like a burden, because there are a bunch of little stressors that I wanted to think about instead. But that's exactly the time I should make a happy list, right?

1. I see the sun from my front desk - looks like it just came out a few minutes ago. And yeah, that will make my workout this evening a little blech (I tried to get all my weekly gym trips in before the heat arrived, but working out three days in a row is not a good idea). But for the rest of the week, I will wear cool clothes and drink cool liquids and enjoy the sunshine and warmth. ETA: I went outside for a quick walk at the end of my lunch break, and it was lovely. ♥

2. Just found out some relieving family news ... no thanks to [info]kyonkun. ;D

3. I'm running around like a headless chicken trying to figure out how to manage the plans I have for this weekend - but hey! It's all good stuff that I want to do, so there's really no way that I'm losing out, right? I have to run from one fun thing to the next!

4. One more week until Warmakers super-epic-mind-blowing-endgame-extravaganza! XD On top of running around like a headless chicken in terms of my social plans, I'm also a headless chicken who wants to squeeze in time to work on fanfic/art before the campaign ends. But that enthusiasm is a lot of fun, even if it makes me feel stretched a little thin.

5. Speaking of Warmakers, I'm still really happy with my last fic - not only did I really want to write it, but it was really easy to write (two things which do not always coincide!). And it represents, at least to me, so much fun and cool character growth that I've gotten to explore over the course of the campaign. Mind you, the end result of Sae's character is much different from what I envisioned at the beginning, and even from what I envisioned two months ago - but that's part of the fun. I've gotten to play around and figure out how story events, level progression, inter-character RP, and my own character's personality all fit together and worked towards a narrative conclusion. Some things went according to plan, some things came together in happy coincidences, and some things were challenges I had to figure out how to deal with. Now that's fun creative work.
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May. 13th, 2008 @ 11:46 am Happy Tuesday!
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1. My tax return arrived yesterday, woo! I'm not planning to splurge on anything - but not because I'm responsible. It's because I've already bought pricey things (or know of pricey things I will soon purchase) and I know I'll need that money in the bank. XD;;

2. The weather is supposed to turn gorgeous this week, and be warm and sunny for the weekend. (This is despite the fact that it is cool and drizzly today. Oh, Seattle. ♥)

3. Fic-writing continues apace. This one is coming much more easily than the last one, happily. I'm also working on an RP with [info]shadawyn, which makes me extra happy because it's been a while since the twins have really talked.

4. Last night I finished reading Batgirl: Year One, a trade that I picked up at the book sale. Awesome fun. The more I read of Barbara, the more I like her.

5. Wearing Pele today, and it's absolutely lovely.
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May. 12th, 2008 @ 11:29 am Happy Monday!
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(I say that because I need to hear it. XD;;)

Here are the good things from the weekend that are keeping me going today:

1. Awesome Warmakers game yesterday! Admittedly, I am self-centered and excited that some shiny stuff happened to my character and she got to do cool things. But it was a fun adventure all around, with our GM letting us go to town on a tarrasque and then dangling plot teasers in our faces.

2. I have already started writing fic for the game - about 1000 words of tarrasque butt-kicking written in a burst last night. Part of my eagerness is because this is all part of the final milestone in Sae's character development and maturation. Part of it is just because, well, ZOMG tarrasque! 8D

3. [info]shadawyn's and my BPAL order arrived last week, and I got to pick up my part of the order on Sunday. Several of the frimps from the package were also to my liking, so I have quite a bit of shininess on the perfume front right now.

4. On Saturday, I went shopping with [info]kyonkun - didn't buy much, but it was fun. We also met up with [info]ratzeo for dinner (at Mandarin Chef, my favorite Ave restaurant).

5. Last week I completed every single one of my goals. I needed to rearrange my Saturday goals a bit in order to accomodate deadlines and my own lack of energy over the weekend (woo PMS), but I was quite productive in exactly the ways I'd hoped/planned for the weekdays. (Which reminds me, I need to make a new goals for this week's to-do list ...)
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May. 7th, 2008 @ 08:09 am 5 happy things for the day (week?)
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I keep composing these lists in my head, but then forgetting to post them. I've been feeling sort of breathless this week as I keep up with my goals, so things without a clear deadline of next week (or earlier) are temporarily on the back burner.

But it's always good to ruminate on why I'm happy.

1. Ran into [info]coramegan on the bus again this morning and (surprise, surprise) talked about Warmakers again. This Sunday is our second to last session - after that will be a full-weekend marathon of the last two adventures. O_O Admittedly, this is sort of a sad thing - but in a good way. We've had the full run of the "television season" (campaign) and it's time to reach the well-deserved epic ending.

2. Tonight I'll be going with some co-workers to a university banquet. :D Food, wine, and hearing about student achievements - all in all, a very pleasant way to spend my evening. Also, it's located in a campus building that I rarely get to anymore, just in time for me to see an anti-violence exhibit put on by one of my former professor's students.

3. On Friday I'm getting a massage. XD Every once in a while we have a masseuse come into our office, so when I heard about it this time I decided to splurge on a half-hour massage. And boy, do my shoulders need it.

4. My tea stash and earring collection, while both beloved, are also huge, and threaten to overflow the space allotted to them. I'm paring them down by sorting out the things that are perfectly good, but which I never use, and passing them along to folks who will appreciate them more than I do. This is not only good for me, but also for the people who will be getting my money now that I have more space. :P

5. I have thus far managed to meet all of my goals this week, even including the extra free-floating goals. I know it's only Wednesday, but I feel pleased and energized by the fact that I haven't missed anything so far. I have a pretty demanding set of goals this week (well, for me - probably other people could do all this one-handed!) and don't plan on keeping up this accelerated pace for long. But it's a temporary pace set for the purpose of next weekend's NWSA meeting (and then, one month after that, the conference itself!). Also, this weekend, I shall take a well-earned rest.
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May. 1st, 2008 @ 03:52 pm Staying happy at work
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1. Things at work are a little craaaaazy right now, but in a good "we are undertaking a big project in order to make things work better" kind of crazy, rather than the sucky "people are mean/stupid/disruptive" crazy. This is the kind of work I'm willing and happy to do, and I wish it made up a greater percentage of my workload.

2. Another bit of happiness is my small group of favorite students, whom I like because they're consistently friendly or solicitous when they come into the office, or they're funny, or (in one notable case) delightfully odd. Yesterday one of them offered to bring me flowers for "bugging" me all the time. That's hardly necessary - it's my job to do things for students - but being appreciated for doing that makes me happy.

3. The salesman who gave me a Starbucks gift card a couple of weeks ago came back for his big presentation/pitch, and thanked me for organizing it by giving me more gift cards. Plus he left the leftover cookies and coffee from the presentation after he was done. :D~

4. Chatted with a coworker over lunch about anti-harassment training in the workplace, and idealism (why can't all such training involve anti-oppression education?) versus practicalities (most companies just want to make sure they don't get sued, rather than pursuing social justice). Things like that - casual discussions about anti-oppression where I don't have to worry about getting accused of being "over-sensitive" or "PC" (in the negative sense, of course) - just make me happier and more comfortable in my workplace.

5. Not work-related, but - going over to [info]ratzeo's tonight! Much geekery will ensue.
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Apr. 30th, 2008 @ 11:38 am Like a Monday, but better
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I record my life in list format. Behold:

1. Yesterday's retreat was pretty good. The sessions were motivational speaker-style, but even though there were a couple of smarmy "unlock your potential" hand-wavers (with bonus cultural appropriation of "exotic wisdom," yay), most of the speakers had solid, straightforward styles and were great to listen to. Also, the food was great, and I got to eat pretty much nonstop all day. 8D

2. Since I was completely away from the office yesterday for the retreat, coming in this morning felt like coming in on a Monday. Which (hopefully) means that it will feel like the weekend arrives very quickly.

3. I decided to wear "Rosalind" today, even though the first time I wore it I was worried at how much it smelled like soap. I discovered that it's less soapy this time around, which lets the pretty fruity floralness come through better. I don't know the reasons for the change (diet? stage in monthly cycle?) but I'm glad of it.

4. Last night I slapped together an improvised solution to salvage the lentil soup whose recipe I mucked up. This also increased the volume of the soup, so I have the next week or so of dinners taken care of (which is my preferred method of cooking: make a giant batch o' stuff a couple of times a month).

4. Getting back on track with my reading. Just gotta keep it up.
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Apr. 28th, 2008 @ 11:29 am Reclaiming my day
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30-second compressed rant: My sickness, which has seemed to ebb and flow all weekend, has seized control of my throat and head this morning. (Probably the fact that I had to wake up early and go to work, rather than out with friends, is exacerbating the unpleasantness.) I'm way behind on my "homework" reading. I left my lunch in [info]ratzeo's fridge. People on the phone continue to be stupid.

*deep breath*

I am determined to do better, though. I indulged in some listless laziness at the beginning of the morning, poking around at work without getting much accomplished, but now I'm getting back on track. Here are five things I'm focusing on to boost my mood:

1. Warmakers yesterday was lots of fun. I didn't do much roleplaying myself, but people around me did, so I got to observe some interesting conversations (which I often miss out on when I'm roleplaying my own character). Also, we ran out of time before reaching the big combat, but that means that next adventure opens up with our battle against a tarrasque. 8D Also that means both the games I most recently played have ended on cliffhangers. *shakes fist at GMs who have me addicted*

2. I still have untested BPAL imps from my previous order, but instead of trying out a new one this morning I decided to go with something I know I like, and put on Szepasszony, which has thus far emerged as my favorite. It starts out as a light, aquatic, just-barely-soapy floral that is quite pleasant; after an hour or so on my skin, it deepens into a less-soapy, fuller scent that I want to describe as musk (but I have no idea if the perfume actually has musk in it, so that may just be how it reacts with my skin). A nice little comfort/mood-enhancer.

3. My coworker, whom I sucked into Adagio, shared with me a tea blend she ordered from there, called "Firefly" (yup, that Firefly). Tasty and geeky!

4. Being sick and having no lunch suck, but they give me an excuse to hit the Ave for pho.

5. I'm not actually coming into the office tomorrow, because my supervisor is sending me to an all-day retreat for "support professionals." I hope to get some good things out of it. And, hey, no answering phones all day!
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Apr. 25th, 2008 @ 10:40 am Sick day happy things
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Home sick today, blargh. And, of course, this is the day before I planned to go shopping for the last ingredients necessary for my attempt at making lentil soup (which is great sick food).

Honestly, I probably could have made it through work today, but I just would have been hosed for tomorrow and possibly the rest of the weekend. And when it's a choice between one more day of work while uncomfortable, and a date with [info]shadawyn + Warmakers adventure?

Yeah.

So! Today is not so bad. Here are my happy things:

1. Since I'm not incapacitated, I should be able to be productive today. I don't want to push myself, but I want to get most of the way done with The Macho Paradox when my brain is feeling functional. When it's not, I'll break out my markers on drawings that have been inked and waiting around for coloring.

2. I'm not quite out of sick leave yet. Which is impressive, considering I've been accumulating it for less than a year, and I have a -2 CON penalty. XD;;

3. Payday!

4. I got approval from the big boss for my vacation time for the NWSA conference. I was pretty sure it would be okay, especially this far in advance, but it's nice to get the final word.

5. Wearing "Aeval" this morning. Too early for a final verdict, but right now it's gorgeous.
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Apr. 24th, 2008 @ 12:22 pm Happy almost-Friday
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1. Yesterday's geeky morning was followed by today's geeky morning, wherein [info]ratzeo and I spent the bus ride theorizing about Warmakers. 8D

2. The Open Source Boob WTFuckery has been countered with the Open Source Women Back Each Other Up Program, joined by the Gentlemen's Auxiliary.

3. I'm wearing "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" today. The reviews promised a floral scent with a sharp, cold edge. What I'm getting is a pretty floral that's definitely not gentle, but, alas, not the edge I was looking for. Still, it's quite lovely, so I like it a lot. But this means that my search continues for a perfect BPAL scent for Sae. 8D

4. This. Yeah.

5. Progress on The Macho Paradox goes slowly, but steadily. (Rather than beat myself up on the low number of pages I've read, I will focus on the good: that I've been making consistent progress on a theory - however light - book for the first time in months.) My next NWSA research book, Black Sexual Politics, arrived at my house this morning, and The Cult of True Victimhood shipped out today.
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Apr. 23rd, 2008 @ 03:25 pm Muddling through
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Last night was pretty bad in terms of productivity - my brain rebelled at the homework-like reading load I attempted, so I was unable to concentrate on anything more rigorous than Picross. I decided to let that happen and take the evening off, with the plan of buckling down again today.

So, in the meantime, to keep my spirits up, here's today's happy list:

1. I ran into [info]coramegan on the bus this morning, and we chatted about Warmakers and Next Time Gamers. Gave me a great geeky start to the day. 8D

2. Today the University put on a staff appreciation lunch event. Free burgers and lovely sunny weather to go with.

3. Making final arrangements for the NWSA conference - booking plane tickets and requesting time off work. It's a little scary, but the kind of scary that has been associated with some of the best things I've done.

4. Finalized the plan for my date with [info]shadawyn at Pike Place Market on Saturday. :D

5. And, uh, this one's super-nerdy, but ... our GM is laying down plans for the end of the Warmakers campaign. I'm still new to the experience of playing through and finishing campaigns, so the idea still makes me wooby. And throughout the day, I've just been imagining a sort of "AMV" for the campaign (because it's anime-based and I totally envision it done as an anime) set to the over-used, slightly cheesy, "At The Beginning." There are bits and pieces from the campaign that I think would be fun to see animated and set to the music.

... WHAT. I said it was super-nerdy. Don't judge me.
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Apr. 21st, 2008 @ 08:43 pm Happy things and goals!
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1. My coffee maker arrived on Friday, and I've been wanting to try it out. [info]shadawyn and I have a date to go to Pike Place Market on Saturday, where I will raid Market Spice (an awesome tea/coffee/spice shop). So I couldn't really justify buying anything before that, just for the sake of my own impatience.

However! Today at work, a salesman came by, and, in thanks for my help (which was really quite minimal), gave me a $5 Starbucks gift card. So, I thought, why not? And off I went after work, to buy a bag of coffee beans.

... Except, through cashier error and my own obliviousness, the gift card was not counted toward my purchase, so I ended up paying the full price. :P Ah well. I did get a free drink out of it, because apparently that's what Starbucks does when you buy coffee beans. And, uh, I still have a gift card. XD;;

2. I have been giggling like a giddy child over my new BPAL imps since I picked them up on Saturday. :D And I also made a new order with [info]shadawyn (a.k.a. my enabler). XD

3. [info]ratzeo ran an awesome adventure on Sunday ... which was part one of two, so now I reeeeaaally want to play the other half.

4. [info]kyonkun gave me a link to a Japanese image gallery of hairstyles (so I can see what Asian hair looks like), and I think I've decided what I want for my new haircut: something like these. (Okay, really and truly I would want one of these, but those would definitely take more effort than I'd want to put in.)

5. As I mentioned earlier, on Friday, we had a brief planning meeting for the NWSA conference. It really helped me focus and get back on task, after having floundered about for the past several weeks. I hunted down books to buff up my theoretical knowledge - I'm currently reading this and have ordered this and this.

Which brings me to my goals for the week ... which are basically to finish The Macho Paradox and set a pace to finish all three books by the time we have our next major meeting in mid-May. This goal takes priority over (though hopefully will not exclude) all other ongoing goals.

Can I do it? Honestly, I know there's the risk that I will fall behind here. The daily amount of reading I will need to do will be somewhat like my reading load in college - but now I don't have deadlines and grades acting as enforcers of my discipline. Learning to keep myself on track will be hard. On the other hand, this is a skill I need to learn anyway, now that I'm out of school.
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Apr. 18th, 2008 @ 10:52 am Happy Friday
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1. The first thing that makes today happy for me actually came out of an unhappy thing - I finally sat down and read through blogs to find out why everyone was pissed off at Amanda Marcotte ... and, well. Once again I am disillusioned at the behavior of many prominent white (female and male) feminist bloggers. Once again an eloquent woman of color has been silenced so forcefully that she has left the feminist blogosphere. It's happened before. I continue to shy away from mainstream feminist blogs. I will not be buying Marcotte's book. At this point, I'm feeling cynical and kind of detached.

But the good thing that came out of this? Following the links and comments led me to rediscover Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." I first read this in high school, back when I still didn't Get It - but even then, the words stuck with me. And now, going back, I rediscovered the following passage, which still rings painfully true:

"I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to 'order' than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: 'I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action'; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a 'more convenient season.' Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection."*


People often forget that that MLK was a radical.

2. [info]ratzeo came over last night, and we just got to geek out together, me drawing and him DSing ... I like that we can have a good time around each other as well as with each other (as in, when we are actually doing the same thing). All in all, a perfect way to usher in Friday.

3. On a more frivolous and shallow note, my coffee maker shipped from Amazon today and is scheduled to arrive on Monday, whee! Now I just need to, you know, get some coffee to actually make with it.

4. I wish I could be home right now, drawing. I'm really glad I feel that desire.

5. I don't have any plans for tomorrow, and that actually makes me happy. It means I get to do whatever I want, and I don't have to figure out what that is until tomorrow.

* On a slightly irrelevant and totally geeky sidenote, this is a classic example of Lawful Neutral alignment. It is also the reason I dislike Lawful Neutral the most out of the non-evil alignments.
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Apr. 17th, 2008 @ 09:03 am (no subject)
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Yesterday was ... well, it was good throughout the afternoon, but then near the end of work things got bad enough that I skipped my trip the gym and went straight home, feeling unfit for human interaction. After indulging in spirit-soothing creature comforts (comfy sweats, nap in warm bed, caramel butter pecan ice cream), I was somewhat restored.

I still have a tendency to let work difficulties weigh on my mind at home. It wasn't as bad as last time something like this happened, but I need to keep working on it.

So I'm focusing on the positive things this morning:

1. I took a step towards fixing the work difficulty this morning. Additionally, outside circumstances are such that the difficulty will not last for much longer. (Sorry for the vagueness, but I don't think I should go into detail in a public post. I figure anyone who's actually curious can ask me in person.)

2. Emails from [info]shadawyn! She's actually awake and online when I get to work, so she provides most of my social interaction and makes my mornings more fun. Although she's also a bad influence on me and dangerous for my credit card bill. ;)

3. Poking my GM and having game info pour out! Great for someone as bad at character creation as I am, who needs extra inspiration.

4. Last night, I progressed from passive comforts (like sleeping and DSing) to more active comforting activities, like drawing. I now have two of the Warmakers 4-koma ready for coloring, and am sketching out a third one. Like I said before, it's slow going. I'm about as good at drawing "funny" or "cute" as I am at writing them, which means I have to try really hard even though they're just dinky little chibi figures. But I'm happy with how the first two look so far.

5. And finally, the big thing to remember: my life is good. Very, very good, in fact. I'm healthy, I have a house and a job, I have great friends, I have engaging hobbies, and I'm in love. I want to remember this - not to make myself feel like OMG a horrible ungrateful person for feeling down sometimes - but as a reminder that I always have something available to make me feel better.
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Apr. 16th, 2008 @ 09:19 am Today's happy list
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InsaneJournal continues to be down, but should be restored today. In the meantime, here are the things getting me through the mid-week slump.

1. I made a giant batch of soup last night, using this super-easy but tasty recipe. (Just a note - I find it a little too salty, so you may want to add plain water.)

2. I made a semi-impulse buy and ordered a coffee maker and coffee grinder yesterday. I don't drink coffee on a regular basis, but I have been drinking it more lately; and this way I won't have to make a trip upstairs to the coffee stand every time.

3. Work on the Warmakers 4-koma continues. It's slow-going, because I'm so not good at humorous art ... but hey, it's a new skill to develop.

4. My BPAL order arrived! I still have to go pick it up from [info]nekokoban, but ... my BPAL order arrived! :D Also, I'm wearing Bengal today, and while it's not my one of my favorites so far, it's still quite nice.

5. [info]ratzeo is running game on Sunday!
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Apr. 14th, 2008 @ 09:00 am Happy Monday!
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Good morning, all! I hope you have a great week!

Here are my happy things for today - the events themselves occurred over the weekend, but they're still boosting my mood:

1. Saturday's sunny weather was gorgeous, and I got to spend the afternoon outside with friends.

2. The book sale on Saturday had a pretty good selection, and I found quite a few things I wanted, including copies of two of my favorite Wonder Woman books - Spirit of Truth and JLA: League of One.

3. Warmakers adventure yesterday! Alas, [info]ratzeo could not attend (due to a favor he was doing for me and my household), and I missed both him and Gunnar. At least no one died while I took over his character, though. :P Also it looks like my pr0nfic went over well, which is a bit of a relief because I was kind of nervous. XD;;

4. Our new fridge was also delivered yesterday, which makes life more convenient. It also means we have freezing capabilities once again.

5. Got a few BPAL imps from [info]shadawyn yesterday, and today I'm wearing Szepasszony. Though the scent is gentler than the description implies, it's lovely and I keep sniffing my wrists.
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Apr. 8th, 2008 @ 03:02 pm 5 happy things at work
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1. My coworker brought in homemade oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Mmm, cookie for breakfast.

2. I had a superhero moment at work today. It was a small thing, but it's been too long since I've had one of those, and it was a great boost to my work-related confidence.

3. Having my lunch break moved to later in the day (due to phone coverage issues) means that the last half of my day moves really quickly. I go home in less than two hours!

4. Hot water tap = easy tea brewing!

5. When the phones are crazy and I get only a minute or two in between calls, it's difficult to concentrate on a task. So I can write blog entries without guilt, because I'm just waiting for the next phone call. :D
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Apr. 7th, 2008 @ 11:39 am Happy things
Current Mood: hungry
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Trying to counteract a morning in which I spilled a near-full mug of tea in my computer area (but luckily it only splashed wires, not plugs) and found out that our freezer is possibly broken (but [info]kyonkun informed me immediately and we have a plan).

So here are five things that make me happy right now:

1. An epic Next Time Gamers Club adventure on Saturday. We were up past 3 a.m. finishing it, but it was worth it (plus I got to sleep in the next day so I wasn't cranky XD).

2. Sushi last night in celebration of [info]jack_grimm's birthday!

3. Today I have delicious leftover pasta from Costas for lunch. Delicious in an oh-god-my-arteries kind of way, but that's tasty every once in a while.

4. Finally finished a puzzle I've been stuck on for weeks in Picross. (What, it's the little things. :P)

5. [info]ratzeo
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Apr. 3rd, 2008 @ 09:18 am Today's happy things
Current Mood: lethargic
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1. I got in my word count yesterday, despite getting distracted by other things (one of which was a Warmakers email RP thread, which I consider acceptable distraction!). I stayed up past my bedtime to do so, on the reasoning that I feel sleepy at work anyway, so I might as well have a good reason for it.

2. Going to bed late caused me to sleep in this morning, and somehow I turned my alarm off rather than hitting the snooze button. This meant that I caught a later bus, which usually runs late (at least during the quarter when students increase the passenger load). However, it was actually almost-on-time this morning, meaning I got to work right at 8:00. Woo!

3. My Adagio order is scheduled to arrive today. More tea!

4. I decided to return a pair of shoes that, while pretty, were more expensive than they were worth and also not likely to get worn often. This means more money for other shinies, yay! I also convinced myself that this did not mean I could buy more shoes as a replacement. XD;;

5. This Saturday, I will visit the sakura trees in the Quad for a morning of picture-taking, followed by a session of [info]ratzeo's game. Which sounds like just a perfect day.
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