tamaranth | 80s Pop Songs Ate My Head

Entry originally titled Balancing Acts, but then they did, so it isn't.

no, I have not been drinking. This is quite normal.

Today started with the realisation that I was in one of those grey moods: so, after that, the only way was up, baby.

I'm having a good day:

sbisson wrote me a hymn! This may be the nicest thing anyone has ever said about me, certainly on LJ. Now I want the remix ...
Am eating pickled onions out of the jar, secure in the knowledge that no one is in a position to complain
Have developed a theory about fanwriting and LJing. It may be worthy enough to actually get written up
have salvaged boss's (and, incidentally, own) reputation by developing a working prototype in 5 hours, after a hellish meeting that I've been requesting for over a month
Can smell sample of new perfume, Gloria, even after a swim. Clearly a little goes a long way. It's rather pleasant, if slightly marshmallowy.
lots of good stuff on Q's May cover CD: ... especially the Dirtbombs, over-amplified blues rock with a wonderfully retro feel: Kosheen, Gothy drum'n'bass: Simian ... ah. It says 'trip-hop'. Should I be worried? But it's good. [Creak, goes my mind, opening a bit more]. Shall go buy some of it tomorrow.
read a book for half an hour and didn't feel sick. Am very happy about this: last time I tried (and the time before and the time before etc) it did make me sick, and I'd rather slumped into assuming I was now functionally illiterate (except for e-books).
the guys downstairs are smoking a joint with the window open. Bastards: it has tobacco in it. But the tobacco doesn't bother me, which is One Giant Step.