Wish I had more

Sadly, there's not a whole lot for me to post about lately. One roomie is on vacation on the other side of the country, Djinn is living at home in a city six and a half hours from me (with dial-up, hence, his lack of posts), my kitten spends her time stealing straws from cups, and it's summer, so there aren't nearly as many people (amusing or annoying) coming in at work. My recent interest has been fountain pens--my boss at work bought me one, knowing that I'd be hooked, and I am. I'm tempted to buy a color of ink called "Ottoman Azure," if only because it's blue and the bottle's label has a picture of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. The color is pretty, too, though.

Yeah, that's all I have to say, really. Bleh on nothing interesting going on.

Anything is possible

Yesterday, when driving home from work, I found myself sitting at a red light behind a car with one of those annoying, proselytizing bumper stickers--in this case, "Anything is possible through Jesus." Naturally, my first thought was, "oh, bite me." I'm like that.

Then my eyes wander away from the bumper, and I can't help but notice the two horny, exhibitionist teenagers groping each other and making out in the backseat. And I feel blessed to get stuck behind them at three more stop lights. They know I can see them, because they keep looking up from what they're doing and giggling as they look around and see who all can see them.

Anything is possible through Jesus.

Zen Kitten

My kitten feels that in order to understand, she must consume. Consumption is the key to comprehension. Once she has consumed and taken into herself, she will fully understand the world's secrets.

Once she has understood, she can expel what she has consumed and share her knowledge with me. On the carpet.

Huh.

What random ass things can I post about just to have a post dated in July?

At work, what with the end of the fiscal year, we've been trying to spend any extra budget money we've got. Ahh, bureaucracy... if you don't spend all your money for a year, there are two things that will happen:

1. The money does not roll over into next year's budget.
2. Since you didn't spend the money this year, it's assumed that clearly that means you didn't need it, and hence, won't be needing it for the next year, so your budget is cut.

What's great about this (and stressful) is that it means I get to spend spend spend on things we want and need at work, but haven't been able to justify placing ahead of just normal operating expenses. We now have:

1. a MIDI keyboard
2. a shotgun mic for one of the video cameras
3. two more video cameras for people to check out from us
4. two external hard drives
5. a new cart for the projector to sit on
6. CD-R's, DVD-R's, CD-RW's, DVD-RW's

What with all the boxes to open, I feel as if it's Christmas in July.