Another day, another surreal conversation:
I just got off the phone with my brother. He sent me email asking me to call him, so I did. Apparently he's had another of his magickal psychic visions, and he knows that there's going to be a nuclear war "in, like, three years." This is the genius who failed to predict the big snowstorm on Christmas Day, and got stuck on I-95 for a while.
He wanted to know if my husband and I would be interested in joining the colony he's going to start with some of his friends when it all goes down.
"The first thing we're gonna do, after it happens, is build geiger counters," he said.
"After?! Why don't you build 'em now?"
"Hey, that's a good idea! Thanks!"
I told him I had decided a long time ago that I would like to be at Ground Zero in the event of a nuclear war. The conversation fizzled out shortly after that, and I'm sure we each hung up thinking the other was crazy.
you know, I'm not here... This isn't happening...
I got everything I asked for, but what was neater to me was that I was able to give my brother (whose name I drew) stuff he really needed.
We had a lot of fun playing monopoly and scrabble. I got clobbered in monopoly, but won three times in scrabble, once with the word tepidity, using all of my letters.
What is to come of the next year? Time will tell. I hope (I bet like many) to take advantage of my health club membership, read a lot of books, and work less.
I got quite a bit of necessary work done, including the planning for my moogle costume, which I plan to wear at the 2003 Ohayocon in January. After driving all over the planet looking for some shaggy white fur for the costume, I arrived back at my house in dismay. Then, like a ray of sunshine, a Southern angel offers to buy some at her fabric store, and overnight it to me. Blessed be the generous of heart.
So, yes, I am on my way to becoming a moogle! Make sure you say hi to me if any of you fabulous E2ers are going to be at the convention.
I have one week left in my winter vacation, and then it's back to the grind of an engineering cirriculum. This semester should be rather educational, and likely a lot of fun. I only have 18 credits scheduled, but they are said to be rather challenging classes (though, when are they said not to be?). The upside to not overloading again is that I managed to work my schedule such that I won't have class on Friday all semester. This is definitely a bonus. An extra day to work, relax, or read my precious books. Incidentally, I will be through with my undergraduate work in a year. Fantastic. I'm highly skeptical of whether I am going to pick up a second major, mostly because I don't know if I can handle school anymore. I have very strong inclinations on becoming a writer after graduation - and maybe do some graduate school. We shall see.
At any rate, this week is totally busy for me! First and foremost, I must play some Age of Empires II with Sui. Through the week I will be constructing my costume, building a loft for my apartment, doing last minute shopping for the semester, and generally taking care of much needed business. But, I enjoy being busy, so it should be a good week.
Oh, wow, I might go to Kentucky tomorrow. I better get some sleep. Bye-Q.
printable version chaos
Everything2 Help
