Adventures

I'm with nireena here... *dot dot dot* (lyrics not so work safe) Bunnies probably shouldn't be so worried about this stuff.

Today was fun, if slightly marred by the evil cramp fairy. Ow. Ah well. All that really meant is that I wound up having to sit down a lot during the adventures.

After hanging out, chinese food, gargantuan log haulers (that's a truck, not a euphamism), interesting gamer chat and Batman cartoons this morning at morlock's I was kidnapped by the inle_rah and the gossamer_gull, and together we went in search of the Montague Book Mill, which, due to inle making her perception+alertness roll, turned out to be less of a hunt than it could've been, considering we had no idea where the fuck it was. (Which is only appropriate, considering their slogan.) We wandered around through there for a while, and I ended up making a S-C-K-ikkah purchase, as well as also getting The Missing Piece. (I already had the sequel.) I'm more and more convinced that those maladjusted Zoloft bubbles were bitten directly from Shel Silverstein as time goes on. I also had to get a bumper sticker while I was there. I don't have a car yet, but now I have something to put on it when I do - for now it can live on my door. And note to self - the Lady Killegrew cafe serves a positively delicious cup of cocoa. ooh, cocoa. What a good idea...

Anyway, I've been slowly amassing a collection of places around the area to go once I am endowed with license and vehicle, places like the Whately Truck Stop, the Peace Pagoda, Cranberry Lake, Shelburne Falls (even though you can't climb around the glacial potholes anymore), the Java Hut, and anything along Rt. 2. And now that I actually know how to find the Book Mill (and that they have a wonderful cup of cocoa and wireless internet - go figure!), that's made the list as well. Which is good, as I have to make it there sometime when it's not winter - the last time I was there it was December as well.

After passing and commenting on the tacky Christmas lights on people's houses (why the lit reindeer? why?) down rt. 47, we ended up parking in downtown Northampton and wandering around window shopping. well, not so window, I think we all bought stuff. I got lights to put into the front windows tomorrow, and a couple more presents.

I detoured a bit from the gathered company to pick up my iPod from the office, and scared myself silly by failing to punch in the correct code for the office security alarm the first time I tried it. I rejoined the gull and the inle at Taipei and Tokyo, even though I was too full and ill-feeling to partake of the chinese. Which probably aided my justified snarkiness about the metrosexual yuppie blabbing loudly on his cell one table down. ("What would you like to order?" "Some silence, please?") We discussed ideas such as inserting the proverb "silence is golden" into this guys fortune cookie, or simply passing him a sugar packet with "SHUT UP!" written across it, but we ended up doing neither, and the guy left anyway. Jeezus. I guess I can still have a cell and yet thoroughly hate cell phone users. I mean really. A small restaurant is not the place to have a loud conversation about how you will only shower at the Four Seasons as opposed to the Y.

came home and fiercely cuddled the girl, so fiercely I fell asleep - was awakened about an hour ago by my back seizing up again. Stupid indoor plumbing. Should've known it was going to be a bad one this time around - usually I get zero physical PMS signs, but this time I swear I felt like I sustained some heavy punches to the tits. Not that anyone was complaining about my suddenly going up a whole cup size. Cleavage good. Pain bad. Advil and cocoa now.

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7:00 am. Still up. Going to remedy that in a sec. HOWEVER, except for a few special items, presents for everyone I'm giving presents to have been purchased.

Now the trick is waiting until (insert holiday here.)

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I really love cab drivers.

Seriously, some of the best conversations I have ever had were with cabbies, both in NY and Northampton. I love the N'hamp drivers - they're a priceless bunch I tell you. I swear, they are fonts of unexpected wisdom and funny quotes. I had a fascinating conversation with one last year about why he's Wiccan that's still got me thinking. and then there was Dave today, that said something wicked funny about coffee addiction so I wrote it down.

"If you pledge fealty to the Dark Lord Caffienicus, you will pay a steep price."

He then went on to explain the horrors of loyalty to Caffienicus' nasty little brother Nicotor, and their kinder cousin Cannibis. Man, I smell RPG spoof in the making.

I love the fact that I can make little notes on my phone so I don't forget shit like this.

hmm

pinged the Airman recently - haven't gotten a reply back. I usually get one within 24-48 hours, and considering where he is, this is worrying me. A lot.

In other news, holy shit I know a lot of people. Just spent the past couple of hours seriously hunting down and killing email addresses and phone numbers. there isn't anything like having to do holiday cards to inspire the overhauling of ye olde address book.

(timarok, write back so I can yell at you properly for worrying me.)

wow, busy day.

Things accomplished:
-gross fairy shopping
-wrapped the three presents I currently have
-bought a bunch more presents
-most of the laundry (there are three loads waiting to go in the dryer)
-put up the xxxmas lights in the fromt of the house. May get more candles for the front windows.
-a little bit of writing
-a cubic shitload of address book maintenence

For only being up since 11:30, I've gotten a LOT done.

I'm currently watching The Nightmare Before Christmas with sunny and laughing my ass off.