16 september 2025
Had to sort out some dreadful admin news first thing in the morning, but it should be sorted by sometime early next week- I'm just waiting on processing time, at this point. Isn't that just the worst possible way to wake up? But at least it's scratched off my to do list. The one good thing about ironing out bad news pre-emptively is that you have plenty of time to get towards them, and at least the jolt of action sets the tone for the rest of the day.
Smeared on some lychee perfume and some of the new lip tint I was gifted- I think the brand name is Roman, or something like that- but it's a pretty berry-ish tone: cooler and brighter pinks tend to look nice on me, much to the misery of all of the pastel lip colours I longed for as a teenager. Dark tones look kind of jarring on me- the contrast is too high, I think- unless you're deliberately going for a gothic look.
My bank had a funny little notification of it being my birthday week, which cracked me up- of course that particular entity would keep careful track of numbers and personal data.
I'm mostly looking forward to a relaxed evening in- my cake and dinner with family won't be until the evening, due to their having a dentist appointment that couldn't be rebooked- but I'm not complaining, I love cake, and it falls on the weekend, so I can eat myself silly on it without too much fear of ough ouf ouch tummy hurtie, or whatever.
Going to meet up with a friend after class tomorrow. Going to meet a pet cat I've heard so much about! Hopefully he isn't too shy, but I'll keep you all updated. (Apparently at least one person was reading these- which was neat, they signed my guestbook thingie. Feel free to say hi! I'm still getting used to using tilde.town, but I do peek through things occasionally on a mosey around town. I really need to get back into using the IRC more, but it takes up so much 'active attention' due to the disappearing notifs, kinda like how I've been procrastinating watching Hannibal season 2 because of the gorgeous filming. So beautiful. But not something I can throw onto the background and multitask! Art like that deserves my full attention. Similarly, if I'm going to be live chatting- I'd like to be an attentive, present conversational partner: though the focus for that is vanishingly rare, give how busy my schedule has become.)
Off to jot a reply to P, then. Much love.