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So I have tomorrow off in order to get ready for Windycon. I'm looking forward to that because it also means I get to spend a little time getting caught up with the house. I cleaned a cat box yesterday. I didn't get the other one 'cause I'm out of litter so I'm going to have to go buy some. Maybe at lunch today.

I also want to clean the bathroom, and get some more Nature's Miracle to squirt down the spots where the cats pee when the litter box is full. *sighs* I do love that stuff; works great if you keep the area saturated for a day or two.

Since I'm getting to know more and more wonderful people who live too far away from me, I've been getting myself online and on IM more often to talk to them and keep in touch. I've been chatting with custardfairy and uberhill, as well as with rileybear67 as usual. And I'm emailing with Virginia folks and vandringar in Florida. Go me! I'm also finding that I'm notably more easy-going recently that I have been in the past sometimes. I feel like my obstacles are surmountable, my goals are achievable (or at least worth the effort), and I am loved and cared for. I feel centered, and that there's an inertia keeping me there. It's a feeling I need to try hard to remember when things aren't so good.

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I think I need to replace my cell phone. The antenna fell off a while ago and my signal has been pretty spotty, no matter where I am. Plus, it sometimes doesn't ring when I get incoming calls, though maybe that's related. It's just been kind of flaky in general. I'm looking at replacing it with a Palm Centro. Not because it's an ideal phone for me (I'd like a bigger qwerty keyboard, and Bluetooth 2 would be nice instead of 1.2, and the Palm OS seems kind of dated, if functional) but because it's the only phone I can get for nearly no cost through Sprint using my upgrade discount that has both a qwerty keyboard and EVDO. It's nice that it's a smart phone too, but to be honest, I rarely do anything with those capabilities anyway. That said, Google Maps on my phone while travelling has been invaluable.

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I talked to my brother about a possible trip out to Lansing to see he and his girlfriend this December. They have finals around there, so they're not sure. But they'll let me know know. And since I was talking about going out that way to visit custardfairy anyway, they might just give me a place to crash, even if they're pretty busy with schoolwork. laureth and murstein, if I'm out that way, it would be all sorts of neat to connect with you too! I'll have to figure out if and when then check with you.

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And finally, let's not forget that even cartoon characters get the blues too. Even cartoon characters who hold the post of official tourism ambassador of their country. Sometimes it's not easy being a mouthless animated feline.





Why is Hello Kitty crying? Did someone steal her wallet? No, that happened to me. Is she out of pocky? Maybe she misses Japan. For whatever reason, Kitty and one of her friends here in a courtyard on Manhattan's Lexington Avenue seem to be having a tough day. I wanted to give them a big hug, but I wasn't sure if I was allowed to wade in the fountain....

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I'm keeping busy between working on tickets for work with getting my todo list done for the weekend. But I also stopped at lunch to have a nice long shower and spend time on my hair, since I haven't taken care of it as well as I should have while I was away. It's nice and clean, and I combed it out, and it's just finished air-drying. It is also in pig-tails. *giggles* The ends are a little thin, but there really aren't many splits that I can find. I think that perpetually thin-looking ends are just the price of having hair with significant curl to it.

Since I'm thinking about hair, I'm thinking again about learning to braid my own decently well. It's something that I've wanted to be able to do for a long time, but I haven't managed to develop the knack. I think if I could just see the back of my own head while I'm working, I could get it quickly. I have no problem doing a basic three-strand on other people, or even on the sides of my head, but I haven't been able to translate it to the back.

I think there's a piece of furniture that has movable mirrors that will let you see the back of your head, isn't there? It's not quite a vanity; or at least, not just a vanity, since those can have just one mirror, and then you have to use a hand-mirror to see yourself from behind. I'd like to have two hands free while looking at my hair from the back. Does anybody know the sort of thing I'm taklking about, or if it even exists? Maybe I'm only thinking of a room divider sort of thing with mirrors that you stand in the middle of, but I feel like I've seen a vanity sort of thing with an integral seat and mirrors in the right places. Sitting in something like that and playing with my hair would make me feel so good!

I'm just thinking happy hair thoughts right now.

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Maybe I'm just thinking of something like this with little fold out mirror-wings on the main mirror. Something like that but with bigger foldy-wings is I think what's in my head.