Making an eclectic collection of posts today. *Sigh* Stealing things isn’t cool. To whoever took my pencil case at Weldon Library 20 minutes ago, I hope you feel guilty every time you use my special coloured gel pens and when you punch the buttons on my cheap 10 dollar calculator. It wasn’t a huge loss I suppose but it is annoying all the same, I don’t have the funds to be replacing those things. Maybe it will still get turned in at the circulation desk. There goes the run of good luck I talk about below. Jinxed it.

I try not to believe in the supernatural and astrology but sometimes it is tough. I think it is human nature to try and pin successes and failures on entities or factors beyond ones control but I usually believe things occur in a certain way as a result of random chance and/or personal effort. That may not have been a very coherent thought but I say this because I have been having an extraordinary run of good luck lately, individually nothing major, but when I consider these little fortuitous events in a larger context it seems a little strange. It coincides with the astrological shift of the sun into the house of scorpio. (If you rolled your eyes, it’s ok, I did too. Did I even say that right? I don’t follow that stuff.) I do feel better lately though, more motivated, happier, more energized. Coincidental events always seem to taunt me too. It is like someone is playing a game with me, seeing just how far they can push things, how many clues they can leave before I catch on. Thoughts you have at the lab in the middle of a deserted campus at 2:14am in the morning…..

Received a late birthday present in the mail today, a webcam. To be honest, I wasn’t thrilled with this gift. I have one MSN friend/contact who is always taking these display picture shots with his and I always chuckle because they are these extremely cheesey pseudo-sexy poses that I just don’t want to see. I think these little devices promote vanity. I generally savour my anonymity…. but I admit, I was having fun playing with it earlier (when I really should have been leaving to go on campus to work.) I finally figured out how to focus and take pictures with it, and took a few. I have been paused on this sentence for a few minutes, hesitating, backspacing and rewriting it… Time to shatter your mental image of me.. So here I am, in my pajamas. I slept all day to achieve that meticulous just got out of bed look. (you can see the box the webcam came in on the table behind me). I don’t feel too good doing this, I feel like I am fishing for approval.

2025 me here: I really wish I had this missing image still on my computer.