"Like a million eyes."
Jan. 2nd, 2004 09:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jakebe
Happy New Year 2004! Hurrah!
I'm coming down with a cold. x.x
I felt the tell-tale tickle in the back of my throat sometime yesterday, and as usual I just prayed it was something else and hoped it would go away. Old habits die hard, I guess. Staying up too late last night and drinking a bit too much coffee allowed that little tickle to blossom into a full-fledged (but weak) cough by this morning, and so now I have little doubt. Lots of fluids, lots of vitamin, and quite a bit of rest this weekend, it looks like.
I'm starting the year off with no money, which is actually a blessing in disguise. I have to spend extremely frugally as rent will clear out my finances for the next week and a half or so, so I can get used to eating in, cooking dinners for myself and only buying what I need. It's about time I started reading the books I bought on simplicity, too. ;)
Discipline of the highest order will be needed for me to make sure I stick to my resolutions this year. They're simple enough, actually; all they need is the proper amount of dedication and action. If I can manage not to trick myself into falling down the slippery-slope of procrastination on a regular basis, the rest should take care of itself.
Though I fell into making a couple of the same old mistakes last night, I'm optimistic. I feel kind of badly about ducking out on a friend too soon, but I already have a plan on how to make it up to him. Hopefully, the stars will align this weekend so I can actually carry out this plan. >:)
Other than that, not much is going on. I've been kind of rediscovering the joy of making friends happy these past couple days. Well, most of them. I'm still working out kinks.
I played in my first ever cribbage tournament on FurryMUCK yesterday. I was one of the first to sign up, and alas, I got stuck in the wild-card round; so I had to win a game before I even made the qualifiers. :P The eight qualifiers make it into the four-round tournament, with the winner getting a trophy and $20. Not bad, eh?
Well, I got my ass kicked by an owl named Fe'ath, 2-0. To her credit, she's a pretty good player, but she kept getting the *most* lucky turn-up cards ever. They'd add a good 6 - 10 points to her hand, on average. I managed to keep it close both games, though, losing by 10 or 15 points each time. But still, I'd liked to have made it at least to qualifiers. ;) Maybe next time.
I'm coming down with a cold. x.x
I felt the tell-tale tickle in the back of my throat sometime yesterday, and as usual I just prayed it was something else and hoped it would go away. Old habits die hard, I guess. Staying up too late last night and drinking a bit too much coffee allowed that little tickle to blossom into a full-fledged (but weak) cough by this morning, and so now I have little doubt. Lots of fluids, lots of vitamin, and quite a bit of rest this weekend, it looks like.
I'm starting the year off with no money, which is actually a blessing in disguise. I have to spend extremely frugally as rent will clear out my finances for the next week and a half or so, so I can get used to eating in, cooking dinners for myself and only buying what I need. It's about time I started reading the books I bought on simplicity, too. ;)
Discipline of the highest order will be needed for me to make sure I stick to my resolutions this year. They're simple enough, actually; all they need is the proper amount of dedication and action. If I can manage not to trick myself into falling down the slippery-slope of procrastination on a regular basis, the rest should take care of itself.
Though I fell into making a couple of the same old mistakes last night, I'm optimistic. I feel kind of badly about ducking out on a friend too soon, but I already have a plan on how to make it up to him. Hopefully, the stars will align this weekend so I can actually carry out this plan. >:)
Other than that, not much is going on. I've been kind of rediscovering the joy of making friends happy these past couple days. Well, most of them. I'm still working out kinks.
I played in my first ever cribbage tournament on FurryMUCK yesterday. I was one of the first to sign up, and alas, I got stuck in the wild-card round; so I had to win a game before I even made the qualifiers. :P The eight qualifiers make it into the four-round tournament, with the winner getting a trophy and $20. Not bad, eh?
Well, I got my ass kicked by an owl named Fe'ath, 2-0. To her credit, she's a pretty good player, but she kept getting the *most* lucky turn-up cards ever. They'd add a good 6 - 10 points to her hand, on average. I managed to keep it close both games, though, losing by 10 or 15 points each time. But still, I'd liked to have made it at least to qualifiers. ;) Maybe next time.
