alexandraerin

Today's News

Main item: the D&D thing. Some of the players have told me that they're not going to be available, other people have spotty availability to begin with, and basically things are otherwise going so well right now that I don't the responsibility or stress. So, sorry, but I'm calling time of death on this one. I'll run more D&D when I can figure out how to do it in a way that's actually fun for me.

Personal Assessment

Feeling pretty good. I've already fielded a couple of complaints from my knees about how not to sit, but they're definitely doing better.

Yesterday I caught myself chugging a Pepsi, which is usually a sign that I'm not drinking enough water. I put it down and got a glass of water, but I need to remember to drink more today.

Dreams From Last Night

None that I can recall. Get with the program, subconscious. You're embarrassing me.

Random Link For The Day

After 5,251,143,942,866 days of pious observation, the angel who watches over small furry things reports that cats remain outstanding:


Plans For Today

Write a chapter. This'll be the chapter for Friday. If I finish it and have another decent day tomorrow, I'll be starting next week ahead of the game.

And if I don't? I'll still be able to get a chapter up tomorrow and I'll be starting next week neither ahead nor behind.

Whoo... yesterday kind of sucked. Fearful of missing the FedEx truck if it came early in the morning (it seems to show up anywhere between 8 and 8), I skipped any sleep supplements the night before and then spent the day exhausted, brain-fogged, and headachy. And of course it didn't actually come... the package didn't make it to the local FedEx center until 4 or 5 in the morning. I knew that was a possibility. I just got fixated on the fear of missing the package and overcompensated, badly.

Today I feel better. I crashed early last night, slept almost the whole night through, and had an interesting dream where the backdrop involved Disney World being a nation-wide (possibly world-wide) network of theme parks with their own transportation infrastructure and government.

The compy is actually on a truck for delivery now. So, yay. At long last the cats will have a new box to play in I'll have a computer that's effective for more than word processing. Not that I don't love my little netbook for that.

A friend of mine works for the Meriden Humane Society in Meriden, Connecticut. This is a no-kill shelter that works hard to provide food, medical care, and ultimately (hopefully) homes for cats and dogs. This is not an easy job to do by any stretch of the imagination, and they struggle with getting the funds for their basic operations, much less getting information out there to the public.

My friend made this video using the tools she had available (a simple digital camera and the Windows movie making software, based on my market research which tells me that:

1) The internet is magic.
2) The internet loves kittens.

Maybe you don't live in Connecticut, maybe you don't have the money to spare for an animal shelter across the country when there are local ones whose needs are just as great. But if you've ever in your life forwarded/crossposted a picture or video of an adorable baby animal for any reason, please consider doing so now for great justice. If enough people see this little guy, some of them will be just the right junction of motive and opportunity for do-goodery. Some of them might be in the Meriden area and they might decide to give a home to a cat or dog from the shelter, instead of buying one from a backyard breeder or supporting efforts to import pets for adoption to regions that already have a pet population problem.

And some people everywhere might realize that there are underfunded and overcrowded shelters, and thus no need for their cats to keep producing litters. That's a win for shelters everywhere.