i brrrrrrrrrrring you tidings of joy

and pictures. because guess what? it's been snowing.

you can see all the pictures here and yes some of the pictures are not of snow. i think my cat is cute. so sue me.

will i write something more illuminative in the near future? a looming 5 day weekend holds promise.

since i have been asked

yes, i had a good 3-day anniversary weekend. highlights include:

• free, albeit early, beethoven at a very pretty college here in the town of stumps.
  
• a lovely walk and picnic here, and right where that first picture is, too.
  
• to get that park, you have to go over this bridge and yes, that made me very, very happy.
  
• silliness--tho not unusual, it is always good to highlight the zee silly.
  
• writing. about new stories, even!
  
• a guilt-free trip to the best bookstore ever, because we took in a crapload of books for trade. freeish money!

not too shabby, really, and today's nice and slow so i may actually get some fiction writing in. ta ta!

the phantom premise

apparently i can't write any more today. not the book, anyway, which is sad because i was really tooling along for an hour or so. i'm at 14,717 words now, i'm in the middle of a scene, with more good stuff around the corner, but apparently it's friday and i'm tapped out for now.

but i still want to do something mildly creative, so here i am. :)

incidentally, i have permanently adjusted to not really working. or to be precise, exchanging 1-4 hours per day of Actual Work in exchange for getting to write and/or fuck around. most days it's about 2 hours. since i'm getting paid to write, it will probably take a natural disaster to make me quit. so yes, i've decided this job is a true blessing.

in other news, you may have heard that oregon is one of the few states left with a primary. it's next tuesday and incidentally, ALL mail-in. this was a pleasant surprise; my last few years in cali i'd gone absentee, because i hate taking off time from work only to wait in a long line that does not involve roller coasters.

anyway, this is the first time min and i have voted for different folks. she has been a clinton supporter forever, and while there are things i admire about clinton...at the moment, the things i *don't* like about her are winning out.

and why am i telling you all this? because i hate the idea of a wasted vote. we don't have to be of one mind, not at all. but knowing that we are going to cancel each other out, it offends my political sensibilities.

in another fit of random, hot damn is it damn hot. wunderground says NINETY-TWO right now and no that is not normal for here. probably going to hit 95 in the next hour, right when i'm driving home. for the record i do not like heat. if you've met me, you can guess why. hint: i have been accused of vitamin E deficiency.

i think i'm tapped out again. let's call it monitor-induced apathonia and leave it at that. have a good weekend!