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Storm Shadow took a break from surveying his Christmas loot to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! I've got no loot to survey, but I'm doing the same. ;)

After nine freaking years, we FINALLY got to graduate together.


(We look drunk and exhausted, but I promise, we're only exhausted. No, really.)

Congrats, Brain-Twin! We finally did it! :)

Many thanks to all of you well-wishers. :) With any luck, I'll post more pictures later, but this time, behind a cut.

So. I bought two new sweaters this weekend. And when buying new clothes, it's a good idea to wash them before you wear them, right? So wash them I did, and because the instructions said, "Lay flat to dry," I did that too.

Except I did this on Sunday. And promptly forgot about said sweaters until this morning. Storm Shadow, sweet little kitty that he is, reminded me of them.


If I made this into an LOL? The caption would be, "Your sweater. I has it."


As for this caption, I can think of nothing else save for, "Bitch, please."

So I left him on my brand new sweater and retrieved it the instant I got home from work. That's fair, right? :)

Me? Procrastinate? NEVER!!!



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I got to thinking: isn't it odd that we always make resolutions for New Year's, but how often do we ever use our birthday as a means for a clean slate? When we're kids, we look forward to our birthdays for the presents, the parties, and the junk food. As adults, we tend to dread the holiday, as it means we're getting another year older. We always worry about what we haven't yet done and how much time we have left to do it, but do we ever sit down and use our birthdays as a marker? A time to make resolutions? A time to reflect?

I'm not going to reflect too much. After all, I do that in my yearly New Year's resolution posts. :) But when it comes to resolutions, that's something I can do. Between now and my next birthday, a lot's going to happen. I'm going to finish my second draft of my novel. I'm going to graduate Seton Hill. Provided I don't hate my novel by then, it's going to be out in the market, begging for a home.

Those aren't resolutions, per se, but it's what I expect to happen between now and then. Resolutions, then, are actually going to be a little more abstract: I'm going to take charge of my life and put my writing first, even if it means shooting myself in the foot when it comes to employment. I realize more and more that a full-time job may not be what I need as a writer, and if I focus, I can use my writing to supplement my income. I can't do this as a full-timer, because frankly I'm too tired and too drained when I get home to work on projects other than my novel, but given the extra time, that just might be feasible. If not, then you can bet that this time next year, I'm going to be taking some serious steps towards employment that gets me out of this neck of the woods. Enough said.

My birthday was Saturday, and it was a quiet one. Greg took me out to Abuelo's for dinner, and then we went shopping for my birthday present, as evidenced by this photo. No, I didn't get a cat for my birthday. I've had Blitz since my sophomore year of college (come to think of it, she WAS a birthday present at the time), and she currently lives at my grandmother's, where she spends her time terrorizing the denizens of the basement. She's a beautiful little calico, even if she is evil.

No, my gift was a digital camera, which I'm slowly figuring out. Turns out Storm Shadow isn't the best subject in the world, as he doesn't like to stay still when he's hyper, and when he's hyper, that's when there's the best shots. We'll see. You can expect some Storm Shadow photos in the future, and god only knows what else.

I spent today at my grandmother's, getting a belated birthday dinner and watching the Titans game. It's been a relaxing day, even though I did have to come home to do laundry. I shouldn't be on LJ now, but I haven't posted much and wanted to show off my picture of Blitz, because again, she's just a pretty kitty.

Not much else to say right now. I passed the term with flying covers, and my critical essay went over really well, thank god. Already it's time to focus on next term, and Tim's already wrangled my reading list out of me, and I'm browsing through the module choices for January. Far better than last residency, that's for sure.

At any rate, this post is obviously brought to you by Procrastinators-R-Us. I should jump off here and get back to work. Cheers!

Back in a horrible, pissy mood. But this time, I bring more photos from the June 2007 residency, and they're not even from the wine social! :)

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And that's all, folks.

While I'll be posting my usual residency wrap-up in the next couple of days, I thought I'd leave you with a couple of pictures. None taken by me or my camera, but I've uploaded them to my own site and giving credit where credit is due. :) And I'm using LJ-cuts, for the sake of you poor souls on dial-up.

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Yes, I know all the pics are from the wine social. But it's the only chance we REALLY get to socialize. And have fun. And strangle each other. ;)

Residency review will be posted soon. Because I know you all are just salivating to read it. ;)

First, the correct answer for the recent poll is red. Rather, Dark Irish Red. For those of you who suspected or guessed hair color when you answered that poll, you were right on. :) The answers were quite fun, even though most of you didn't know what I was asking about. I had decided on red anyway, but thought a poll would entertain me, and entertain me it did. :)

No pictures yet, but since I'm off to residency, I'm sure someone will snare me with the camera, and I'll post pictures as soon as I can. I must say, though, that Dark Irish Red looks FRIGHTENINGLY natural as my hair color. :)

In lieu of hair pictures, I'll bring you a kitty picture. Storm Shadow decided to "help" me pack this afternoon, and as you can tell, he was most helpful. :)



Picture's a bit blurry, I'm afraid, but yes, Storm Shadow IS that fat. 13.5 pounds, to be exact. I love fat kitties.

Anyway, off to SHU for a week, which promises to be full of fun, stress, and all kinds of insanity. I'll be back this time next week, but you probably won't hear from me until I get settled.

If you need to get in touch, feel free to comment to this entry or shoot me an email. I'll definitely be checking email.

Cheers!

Before I embark on some research for my novel (sounds so serious, doesn't it?), I present to you a photo of a kitty-in-a-cylinder. If you ever visit me at my home, you're likely to hear me utter this phrase at least once, and in a slightly high-pitched, child-like voice. And yes, this is our beloved son, Storm Shadow. :)

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And now, it's time to be productive on this rather rainy, dismal day...

In light of all the heavy writing posts I've been putting up lately, I thought I'd give you all a break and let you look at cute little furry kitties. There's six pictures behind the cut, so dial-up users, beware and be patient. :)

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