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Apr. 7th, 2002 03:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geekchickToday is Boomtime, day 24 in the season of Discord, 3168.
So this is another day of not being blue. I like it. Is this what other people feel like all the time? For me the default seems to be feeling on the more depressed side of what I parse as "normal", I suppose that means there are also people who default to the cheerful side. I wonder how long this is going to last? I suppose I shouldn't examine it overly much for fear of making it scamper back into a dark corner and hide again. That's probably good advice for all kinds of things, actually.
(Insert moment of how the @#$% did it get to be 3 am already, it feels like we just got home not that long ago...Oh. Yeah. Daylight Savings Time. here.)
I've discovered one benefit to growing my hair out again (it's the longest it's been in about 4 years) -- I can hide behind it if I so choose. Otherwise it's turning into a pain; huge amounts of conditioner required to detangle it, and I keep pulling it because I forget it's there and lean back against it when I'm sitting in the car or at my desk. I'm fighting the urge to go get it all chopped off again. At least it's feeling thicker and healthier now that I've finally stopped dyeing it. I'm not altogether fond of my natural hair color, but at least if I take a break I'll have some hair left to dye in the future if I'm so inclined.
One good thing about it suddenly turning cold again is that I can still wear my velvet skirt from Rose Mortem; it's below ankle length and full and I love to feel and hear it sweeping the stairs behind me as I walk down them. Yes, I'm over 30 now and still the best way I can find to describe the appeal of swishy skirts and trains is "it makes me feel like a princess". Guess I'll never get over the wanting to play dress-up thing. (Hush,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gsh. ;) ) If it was practical and I had more money (something to look forward to for later I suppose), I would have an entire wardrobe consisting of long, full skirts and petticoats and corsets and fitted jackets and bodices. I suspect I'm living in the wrong century as far as clothing tastes are concerned. (No, do you think??)
My boss came to the office on Friday to remind me that I should be thinking about what classes I want to take this year as we have an education benefit as part of our package, I get something like $1500 worth of classes to play with. To quote someone else's web page, "[...]you should do what you really find interesting, and what seems to have value"; I wonder if I could manage to finagle taking the calculus I apparently so desperately need (and so desperately want to avoid). I...doubt it. I have this feeling that I have to take something relevant to my current situation, which right now would be perl and shell scripting. On the other hand, I'd need calculus for a CS degree too, which might be considered job-relevant, so I could maybe... Heh. No, my brain hurts at the very idea that I'm considering taking a math class voluntarily, I'm going to stop now before my head explodes. ("Aww, I wanted to explode!")
So this is another day of not being blue. I like it. Is this what other people feel like all the time? For me the default seems to be feeling on the more depressed side of what I parse as "normal", I suppose that means there are also people who default to the cheerful side. I wonder how long this is going to last? I suppose I shouldn't examine it overly much for fear of making it scamper back into a dark corner and hide again. That's probably good advice for all kinds of things, actually.
(Insert moment of how the @#$% did it get to be 3 am already, it feels like we just got home not that long ago...Oh. Yeah. Daylight Savings Time. here.)
I've discovered one benefit to growing my hair out again (it's the longest it's been in about 4 years) -- I can hide behind it if I so choose. Otherwise it's turning into a pain; huge amounts of conditioner required to detangle it, and I keep pulling it because I forget it's there and lean back against it when I'm sitting in the car or at my desk. I'm fighting the urge to go get it all chopped off again. At least it's feeling thicker and healthier now that I've finally stopped dyeing it. I'm not altogether fond of my natural hair color, but at least if I take a break I'll have some hair left to dye in the future if I'm so inclined.
One good thing about it suddenly turning cold again is that I can still wear my velvet skirt from Rose Mortem; it's below ankle length and full and I love to feel and hear it sweeping the stairs behind me as I walk down them. Yes, I'm over 30 now and still the best way I can find to describe the appeal of swishy skirts and trains is "it makes me feel like a princess". Guess I'll never get over the wanting to play dress-up thing. (Hush,
gsh. ;) ) If it was practical and I had more money (something to look forward to for later I suppose), I would have an entire wardrobe consisting of long, full skirts and petticoats and corsets and fitted jackets and bodices. I suspect I'm living in the wrong century as far as clothing tastes are concerned. (No, do you think??)My boss came to the office on Friday to remind me that I should be thinking about what classes I want to take this year as we have an education benefit as part of our package, I get something like $1500 worth of classes to play with. To quote someone else's web page, "[...]you should do what you really find interesting, and what seems to have value"; I wonder if I could manage to finagle taking the calculus I apparently so desperately need (and so desperately want to avoid). I...doubt it. I have this feeling that I have to take something relevant to my current situation, which right now would be perl and shell scripting. On the other hand, I'd need calculus for a CS degree too, which might be considered job-relevant, so I could maybe... Heh. No, my brain hurts at the very idea that I'm considering taking a math class voluntarily, I'm going to stop now before my head explodes. ("Aww, I wanted to explode!")
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Yea, right
Date: 2002-04-07 06:52 pm (UTC)I hope you can get the wardrobe you want asap. :)
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Date: 2002-04-07 08:20 pm (UTC)On clothing: I also love long, swishy skirts. The best ones are the ones that twirl! :) Twirly skirts are the best for dancing. And if corsets didn't restrict my movement more than I prefer for everyday use, I'd probably wear them on a fairly regular basis. They give such great support to us busty lasses. :) But I think you would look smashing in Edwardian fashions.