It's a (not quite) beautiful day
Dec. 27th, 2004 12:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
azuriteYou know when you're little and you whine and say "I'm starving!" and your Mom or Dad tells you "No, you're not. A little child who weighs only 20 pounds and is twice your age is in Africa and HE is starving. You are just hungry." Well, this is sort of like that. I complained Christmas Day about Gary and Mom fighting, but they've since resolved that and all is well and good... but imagine a much more rude awakening on Christmas Day-- how about a 9.0 on the Richter scale-size rude awakening?
*sigh* 13,340 dead at latest count. I'm reading the news reports right now, half-grateful that I missed any gruesome pictures. I should be glad Scott didn't leave for Thailand yet, but I'm upset (and I'm sure he is too) that he can't go now. Or hell, he might be able to, but what's the point? Southern Thailand (where he was headed) was pretty much devastated, with the resort beaches turning into open-air mortuaries, and who knows about the temples? There might not be running water, which means health risks up the wazoo. So... I think he's staying in San Diego for a while, and then when the 19th rolls around, he'll be up here.
Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled that he's safe, still able to stay in touch, and everything... if he'd left on Christmas, then I wouldn't be able to get ahold of him, and would have no idea if he were safe. But I still feel very sad that he can't go, because I know he takes his travel seriously, and was looking forward to the trip-- he'd been saving for it for a long time. I also hope he can get the money back, or have a ticket to Thailand (because he really wants to go) at a later date.
Somehow though, I think the whole feeling of "you've been so far away and gone so long" has deflated. That is, when I see him, the reunion won't be as impacting, because I'll be staying in touch with him throughout the New Year, and he'll be the same Scott that I left, only with a brand new Apple computer to play with. I was wondering if he'd come back from Thailand with a new spiritual perspective, or a new opinion on where to go with his life and our relationship. But since Thailand isn't going to happen... I don't know. I'm not sure whether to be glad or sad, grateful or upset... >_<
On the bright side (of something entirely different) I finished WDKY14, and I'm quite pleased with it-- and as promised, it's longer. I have much tweaking to do with Chapter 15, which is sure to be more of a bitch. then there's 16, the majority of which I have written.
The only other thing to be pissed about? I remember having a bunch of rare Magic: The Gathering cards. I never knew how to play, but I kept them because (1) Chris gave them to me and (2) If they were so rare, maybe they'd go up in value. Plus they were pretty, and I scanned them a few times, but I can't remember when. My best rares, including Lord of the Pit, Mana Short, Deathlace, and Warp Artifact are GONE! I have no idea where I put them. They're not with my other Magic Cards (and there were a few rares in there) or with my man playing card decks. Or my Yu-Gi-Oh Japanese cards, my Sailor Moon cards, or my comic-collector cards. ;_; What did I do with them!?
*sigh* I can't believe it's already 12:30. I have to go to bed again in order to kick my Circadian clock into submission, so I can wake up early enough to go meet Jimbo in J-Town, and then shop at Border's, perhaps with Steph. ^_^ I'm gonna try and smile...
*sigh* 13,340 dead at latest count. I'm reading the news reports right now, half-grateful that I missed any gruesome pictures. I should be glad Scott didn't leave for Thailand yet, but I'm upset (and I'm sure he is too) that he can't go now. Or hell, he might be able to, but what's the point? Southern Thailand (where he was headed) was pretty much devastated, with the resort beaches turning into open-air mortuaries, and who knows about the temples? There might not be running water, which means health risks up the wazoo. So... I think he's staying in San Diego for a while, and then when the 19th rolls around, he'll be up here.
Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled that he's safe, still able to stay in touch, and everything... if he'd left on Christmas, then I wouldn't be able to get ahold of him, and would have no idea if he were safe. But I still feel very sad that he can't go, because I know he takes his travel seriously, and was looking forward to the trip-- he'd been saving for it for a long time. I also hope he can get the money back, or have a ticket to Thailand (because he really wants to go) at a later date.
Somehow though, I think the whole feeling of "you've been so far away and gone so long" has deflated. That is, when I see him, the reunion won't be as impacting, because I'll be staying in touch with him throughout the New Year, and he'll be the same Scott that I left, only with a brand new Apple computer to play with. I was wondering if he'd come back from Thailand with a new spiritual perspective, or a new opinion on where to go with his life and our relationship. But since Thailand isn't going to happen... I don't know. I'm not sure whether to be glad or sad, grateful or upset... >_<
On the bright side (of something entirely different) I finished WDKY14, and I'm quite pleased with it-- and as promised, it's longer. I have much tweaking to do with Chapter 15, which is sure to be more of a bitch. then there's 16, the majority of which I have written.
The only other thing to be pissed about? I remember having a bunch of rare Magic: The Gathering cards. I never knew how to play, but I kept them because (1) Chris gave them to me and (2) If they were so rare, maybe they'd go up in value. Plus they were pretty, and I scanned them a few times, but I can't remember when. My best rares, including Lord of the Pit, Mana Short, Deathlace, and Warp Artifact are GONE! I have no idea where I put them. They're not with my other Magic Cards (and there were a few rares in there) or with my man playing card decks. Or my Yu-Gi-Oh Japanese cards, my Sailor Moon cards, or my comic-collector cards. ;_; What did I do with them!?
*sigh* I can't believe it's already 12:30. I have to go to bed again in order to kick my Circadian clock into submission, so I can wake up early enough to go meet Jimbo in J-Town, and then shop at Border's, perhaps with Steph. ^_^ I'm gonna try and smile...
