more miscellania

There's a hint of blindness when posting from work via email. You can't see
your lj, you can't finish posting & click over to your friendslist to see
what everyone's up to, you can't look & see if anyone's commented on your
posts lately. I've speculated that livejournal is much like putting a
candle in the window for others on their own journey, but posting this way
is almost like writing a prayer on a piece of paper then burning it in the
incense bowl. Just a little strange.

Getting ready for work today - well, in the final 5 minutes or so anyway -
my ankle suddenly started hurting. Which my thought was, I haven't done
anything to re-injure myself... well, crap, incoming weather system. Let
the Freak know then finished packing up then headed out. Which, roughly 5
minutes after THAT, its HAILING on my CAR!!!! Not rain, not snow, but
actualy honest to god frozen teeny ice cubes dropping from the sky. I was
shocked, dismayed, and inexplicably wanted to turn right around & go back to
bed. Like, more than usual. Silly me.

Last night I discovered that Freak never enjoyed the pleasure of singing
"Brother John" in either english OR french. Which makes me wonder - did my
polyglot upbringing result in me picking up words & phrases like a sponge?
Am I destined to create a pidgin everywhere I go? Not that I mind.

Also, last night I discovered that while my mouse touchpad cannot be used as
a very small wacom tablet, my old standby of a light under a sheet of glass
makes a good makeshift light table. And when added to my scanner plus
photoshop installed on my laptop? Evil. Pure & complete Evil. I started
sketching at my kitchen table last night and FUCK it was easier than I
thought once I started drawing. Hell, after a 15-year hiatus I may even be
better than I used to be simply because i'm more coordinated than I was when
I was a teenager. Of course now I have to re-clean off my kitchen table &
perhaps spend the weekend with my watercolors & inks. Maybe turn one of the
sketches last night into an actual christmas card for once. Addicting.
Horribly so. You're all in trouble now...