A minute to Catch Up...

Once again, life is moving past me faster than Blogspeed. You wouldn't believe the half-finished entries I've marked "Save as Draft." Time to purge, and in the meantime, give you a few highlights. Catch you up.

Tonight and tomorrow night is my 25th High School Reunion. 400-ish people in my graduating class, and they're having a pub-crawl in Urbana tonight. Of course, so many won't show up, but I still found the revolving reunion idea an odd one. It's not like we're trying to keep 10 or 12 people together. I predict people lingering, getting into town late, trying to figure out where the party is, and missing one another entirely. Kind of defeats the purpose.

When I voiced that to my friend, (Class of 82) Tim, he said, "why didn't you get on the committee, then?" Because. I don't want to BE on the committee, I just want to CRITICIZE the committee, OK?

Well, at any rate I'm looking forward to it. Hey, if it sucks, I can always go home.

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After conferring with Janet, I have created a Smug Mug mug. I don't guess I have anything to hide: If you're interested in checking out my photography, some of which I would categorize as actual photography, and others as mere "snapshots", then head to

www.gnightgirl.smugmug.com

At the moment, it's mostly Brian's graduation pix, but there will be more to come.

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I have a temporary roommate. One of Brian's friends, John, is staying in Brian's room for few weeks until his apartment opens up. I'm adjusting well to his presence. The CAT, however, is NOT taking kindly to this boy. This boy that is not HER boy, living in HER house. She is determined to send him on his merry way, "voicing" it primarily by going on a litterbox strike.

Yes, she's peeing in Brian's room. On John's stuff. In the hallway. I am wit's end; she has never pulled anything like this before. I am always so proud when people come into my house and announce, "oh your house smells so good!" Yes, it smells of asian spice, and cooking stuff. NOT cat pee! Really. I am going crazy, with the buckets of hot soapy water, and vinegar, and sundry products from the petstore, every night after work.

I will not be entertaining guests until after John leaves.

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I am buying a camera this weekend, one I've wanted for quite some time. It's a pricey little thing, and I'm half-nauseated at the prospect of dropping the dough. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure I won't want for another thing, ever, after I have it in my grubby little hands. [Stop laughing, Evelyn.]

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I've been sketching again. It seems like that last year was one with deadlines, and something happening or something pending. Something, that is, that served as an excuse for me to sideline the artwork. As of now (besides cleaning carpets) I have nothing pending in my life. I come home at 4:00, and think "what to do til midnight?" I'm not one for sitting around, and can keep myself quite busy. I'm making time to create. I find that no matter how much I do in a day, I have no sense of accomplishment unless I put a bit of energy into a drawing, a photo, or a painting. I'm hoping to expand on this more, as promised...last January.

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That's all I have for today. Have yourselves a merry little weekend!