Sunday = day of rest?

Well, the cold is easing. Looks like staying in out of the rain and writing all weekend was the right call. I might be healthy in time to go back to work.

Disturbing thought of the day. I was looking at the Attack of the Clone freebies that fell out of every paper this weekend, and was wondering why I didn’t really fancy Natalie Portman, even though she is very, very cute. Then it struck me - she’s nearly10 years younger than me. She just feels too young. (I know that will be a strange concept for you zamiel, but it does happen to the rest of us.

Wow. I never thought I’d reach an age where girls in their early 20s seemed too young. That will, of course, change when I hit 50. All I’ll be interested in then is girls in their late teens and early 20s…

Meanwhile, in the self-pity corner

Well, after experiments with cold drugs and anti-hestimines, I’m fairly sure I’m suffering from a mix of hayfever and a cold. So much for everything I was gonna get done this weekend.

Bah. Humbug.

If only Lorna was here to bust the self-pity out of me. She’s good at that.

Chat, chat, chat

Hurrah!

Finally got all the Instant Messaging protocols up and running in Fire. All the accounts in my user info page should be up and running.

Morning breaks

I’m feeling odd this morning. Have I got a really bad attack of hayfever, or am I suffering from a cold? It’s so hard to tell sometimes. No matter, though, I’m still going to be a complete wuss about it. I have decided to spend the day feeling very sorry for myself and whining at anyone who comes within earshot. Yes, that should sort it out nicely.

I find myself waiting for a fax. I haven’t done this for two years or so now. Haven’t they heard of e-mail? Waiting for e-mail is much better.

It involves less walking, for a start.

Incidentally, I’m right in the middle of a multiple deadline crisis pile-up. This might explain my sudden return to the LiveJournal.

LJ Crisis

What the hell should I be doing with this journal? That question has been bouncing around my head for a couple of weeks now. There were some good reasons for starting it initially. In particular, I thought it would be a good way of keeping Mum up to date with my life while I was away. Communication with her became all the more important after Dad dies. However, I haven’t been away as much in the last three month as I was at the tail end of last year, so that reason has declined in importance.

Keeping people informed about my life is another reason. Frankly, most of the people who read my journal have some contact with my on a daily basis online. Now, if I could hook a few more of my offline friends into the LJ habit, than maybe that reason would have more force. Until then, it too matters little.

So, are my little rambles about inconsequential events really of interest to anyone? Would I be better writing small essays on my thoughts about current events? Should I share my thoughts on philosophy, writing, gardening and modern technology? Would those entries just turn into long essays which would get lost behind LJ Cuts?

What do you think?


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