The past few days' posts haven't made it in, I see... [sigh] Will rewrite.
Yule was nice and peaceful, had a pleasant little ritual in the backyard with Edmund. Christmas Eve was delicious: shrimp cocktail and homemade stuffed clams and spiked eggnog for starters; shrimp parm and red clam sauce over linguine for main course; choccy cheesecake for dessert. Mmmmmmmmm. Decent prezzies, too-- money, sweatpants, books mostly. D got me the Law And Order game, says it's supposed to be pretty good.
As for me, have been playing Everquest. So far, am not impressed-- obscenely slow loading and zoning times; way-too-frequent crashes to desktop or, worse, hard freezes. Dying brings you back to your hometown, not the main city of the zone in which you died, so if you croak in Erudin, but you're from Felwithe, you pop up in Felwithe again. They have a clumsy way of travelling from city to city via "the plane of knowledge" but it really buggers up my system; cannot say how many times have had to restart the game or reboot entirely.
Built a bard on one server, but she pretty much sucked, so created another on the server L and M use-- perhaps we can play some day. Have got to level 5 by playing approx. 13 hours today, with minor breaks for food and potty (ate whilst playing). So, have got good strong start on char. and can take it easier now, am thinking. Certainly cannot dedicate more 13+hour days to playing EQ. Don't think I can stand it, if it doesn't get any better. Am giving it 1 month, as that's all I paid for. If it still sucks at the end of the month, will return game and try Ultima Online or Camelot.
Weather currently v. windy, snowy, blustery. Would drink cup of scalding tea if weren't bedtime and yawning uncontrollably. Am hoping for fun New Year's Party, as low-key Xmas was ok but deadly dull. Must ask M if Grog shall be doing their usual, and if I can crash it.
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right now i am 
- chocolate frosting
- Kate Spade tote bags
- warm furry cats that give you hugs, especially when your husband has dumped you
- Florence King books
- funny Norwegian stepfathers
- Dave Barry's annual gift guide
- wine-red lipstick
- playing D2 for 13 hours straight, bringing your new zon char up to level 92 and totally kicking ass against lightning-immune uniques in hell
- Cherry Poppin' Daddies
- grilled cheese sammiches
- Spike's cheekbones
- tea tree oil, for those stubborn spots
- Harry Potter books
- driving down the highway on a summer night, smelling honeysuckle in the air
- Tony Shalhoub
- hot creamy tea on a cold rainy day
- Diana Krall's songs
- hot french fries
- warm, soft, comfortable, slouch-around-the-house clothes
- when my hair smells like green tea shampoo
- driving anywhere in NJ with Joe and he's making me laugh so hard I'm screaming like a mental patient
- walking at night in the winter, when the air's clear and I can see every star, and i suddenly know my place in the universe.
- rain causing my hair to frizz
- people who can think I can just "snap out of" being bipolar
- road ragers
- breaking a heel
- laddering my new tights
- cold french fries
- employers who defy the laws of logic
- noisy spoiled children
- cheap eating establishments who serve crappy food, even though it's my own damned fault for going there in the first place, as I should know better
- sappy dumb movies--specialty of Lifetime channel-- that my grandmother watches all day on telly
- the fact that I look damned stupid in hats, any type of hat-- esp. in winter when it's cold and I'm freezing and desperately *want* to wear a hat but can't as I'm a slave to vanity.
- sinus infections that make my eyes swollen and my head ache like tiny elves with jackhammers are pounding away in my cranium.
- my stupid bastard of a husband. he is truly every inch the wanking loser, and i can only hope he roasts in hell for what he's done to me. failing that, a good infestation of fleas in his copious back pelt might suffice.
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