I'm feeling rather meh this evening. Such a wonderful word meh. It's not bad. It's not depressed. It's just... meh. No real energy, no upset over that lack of energy, no desire for that energy. Just a shrug and, "Ah well, today isn't bad but tomorrow will be better."

Maybe it is the peas. I willingly, intentionally added peas to dinner. Me, intentionally eating a green legume. Weird. :) Or lack of sleep. I did stay up a little too late last night. Although I got extra sleep the night before.

So I guess I'll just sit back, absorb extra vitamins and fiber, and run through flash cards.

Sometimes it just takes one news story to change your day. To go from grumpy about events around the world and right at work to remembering that not all the news is about people doing bad things. Found via shadow27's journal, an article in the Orange County register about a girl named Colby who wanted to see the movie Up. Only one thing was keeping her from going to the theater, a little matter of the vascular cancer that was killing her and leaving her to ill to make the trip to the theater. So when her mother called Pixar they sent an employee out with a copy of the movie on DVD for a private viewing, allowing her to see the movie hours before the cancer killed her. And from the article it sounds like if the family didn't decide to talk about it and thank Pixar we'd probably never have heard. No bragging press releases and no attempt on Pixar's part to take the public spotlight for doing something kind.

So thats what I mean by happy pain. You can't help but feel something when hearing about a kid dieing from something as cruel as cancer. But to also see that others stepped in to try and do something to help. It's good to be reminded that there's more going on in the world than acts of greed and madness.

It has been, let's see, oh my over three months. What has been happening in that time? Well, I have been learning that keeping a mustache trimmed is important if you will be eating anything with a sauce on it. Completed the requirements for ACB status in Toastmasters. Mumbled at my car some more (but the mechanic is still cheaper than making car payments on a new or newer car).

On the other hand, I have yet to finish getting my degree or upgrade to Ubuntu 8.04 yet (not upgrading the OS in the middle of a class without making a full backup, and I'm feeling a bit lazy to do that right now).

Huh. After miwasatoshi's post, it's interesting to do a search on my user name. I knew there were some others using LilFluff as a username since I wasn't able to grab it on either Yahoo or AIM. While the majority of the links on the first few pages of results come to stuff I did, it turns out there's also a lady in the UK, and another in Oakland who also use the same username. Hmm. Both ladies.

Okay, quick question time. For anyone who didn't already know me in person, what first impressions did you get?

In return, since I'm asking a question I'll open the floor to everyone else (Even if you aren't answering the above question). Feel free to ask me a question. I'll answer each one. Although I don't promise informative answers. If I'm uncomfortable answering then that might be the answer.

There are a number of downsides to living in an apartment. One upside is that when there are plumbing problems you just call the maintenance line and say, "Send someone over, the toilet and bathtub are back flowing."

And no need to pull out the checkbook, since it's covered by the money you fork over each month to the company that runs the place. So tell me oh people who keep talking about how I should be rushing out to buy a house or condo, when the plumbing backs up can I call the mortgage company and say, "Send someone over?" And considering a mortgage payment would probably be higher than rent...

I would like a house some day. But I don't think I'll be rushing into it. Meanwhile I'll be keeping an eye on the tub. The toilet just drained, but the tub seems more reluctant to do so.