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	Just babble
	So it�s Monday again. And not only that: we�re possibly dealing with the worst Monday of the year � the spring daylight savings Monday.* It means one less hour of sleep and therefore a very groggy day. I�m proud to announce I got almost no work done today but instead read many Mo�s archived entries. They�re fun to read, plus they give the background information I was lacking before. I think that�s going to be my new thing for the slow hours at work � reading the archives of my favourite journals. Some are scarier than others; for example, reading Kymm�s archives can really be called an Herculean effort since there are so many of them but I will not let that scare me. They�re fun, after all! * Why is it that the US daylight savings Sunday is not the same it is here? Or more accurately, why isn�t it the same in spring (since, if my memory doesn�t fail me, it was the same day last autumn) More random babble: I played the Sims this weekend. It�s really the game that brings out my self-diagnosed ADD. I get bored very quickly with the families and the story arcs I�m developing and set up a new sim to torture. The neighbourhood fills up quickly that way and I�m up to neighbourhood 4 with my game already. But now there�s the added challenge of Ellie who is living in a crappy house carrying out a crappy job. Making her happy and finally connecting her with her designated suitor Paul Walker should be the work of few hours, at least. Speaking of Ellie � she got a new computer and installed the Sims, thus starting with a fresh game. She complained about not having enough people there to make friends with and I offered to make her some new families. Ellie seemed a little hesitant, probably because she knows where my families and stories usually take me, but I�ve got my fingers crossed. She has Makin� Magic after all and I�ve been aching to try it out. I�ll probably cave and buy it for myself, even if nobody gets it for my birthday. The birthday thing is another thing weighing on my mind. For the last two years I�ve tried not to have a party. Just for your information, that�s not really an idea that works! My closest friends insist on celebrating it anyway and I�m at the party worrying about the trouble they had to go through in order to make it happen. So this year I�ve taken the opposite approach: I�m going to have a party, I�m going to send out a broad invitation and will leave it to others� discretion whether they decide to show up or not. It�s a good plan but presents me with another problem (no, for once it isn�t money, I actually have the money for it) � the location. A recent example proved that trying to get separate groups together in a pub or night club is not a good idea, at least not in the beginning of the evening. So I need to pick a more closed location. Hellhole isn�t a good option either, since the neighbours tend to complain about the noise, even when you�re only playing board games. I really don�t think they can handle a birthday party. For awhile I was stumped by that but after talking to Liz (the Brother�s girlfriend) I have some ideas. She suggested using my mum�s place while she stayed at the Hellhole for a day. Its location is so much better, especially if we want to do something afterwards and it�s also bigger. I was worried Mum wouldn�t go for it but, surprisingly enough, she didn�t even protest very hard. Now I just need to find someone to help me with the preparations. previous | something else | next		What I want: movie mood: CSI - Monday is the CSI day. Ellie got me watching that and now I can't stop. music mood: Billie Myers - I found her CD among my collection and am starting to remember why I bought it in the first place. reading plans: Persuasion - Jane Austen mania continues, but it's the last one. food cravings: mint chocolate - there is someone to be blamed for this addiction. You know who you are! I wish that: I didn't have to go to work when there's sun outside.