So's the bitterly cold, cutting wind that reroutes all PDX traffic over my house. So're all the leaf-plugged drains that causes entire lake systems to appear at the slightest hint of a drizzle. So's the early nightfall. So's the constantly cold fingers.

So, wait...what happened to October?

Man, this year has gone by crazy quick. Guess that's what happens when you get old..er. Yep, just had a birthday, but since I detect no concrete psychological changes, I guess I'm still mentally stuck on 23. 21? Nah, 23 sounds about right.

The Temper Trap seems to be a favorite band right now...I figure that if it can withstand the tried and true repeat test for a few hours, the song's (in this case "Science of Fear" & "Sweet Disposition) a keeper. Whoever said YouTube isn't good for broadening your musical horizons was a damned idiot.

I seem to have hit a dry spell in the creative process that is drawing, so I've been slowly going back and deliberating over what of the old creations I should finally break down and ink. It is a slow process, as I am very reluctant to ink pretty pencil sketches, thus I have resorted to inking some of the newer stuff. I discovered somewhere in the first week of November that this month is NaNoMo (National Novel Writing Month).........I always forget that it happens in November. Actually, I've never been able to remember that it happens in fall. It seems stuck in my head that it happens sometime in the spring. Anywho, I decided that I should humor the literary gods and fumble around with words in Word. It's good for distracting myself from this artist's block. So's playing WoW...that's good for it too. Especially since I can talk with my aunt and uncle on the other side of the country. It's funny--I've probably talked more with the both of them in the last year than I have for the last fifteen years. You find out a lot of weird things in the aftermath of a dead relative.

Also, you know you've been playing too much when you start having dreams about a video game. It's cool...but a little weird even for me. o_O;;; In my case, it was a WoW dream about some nightmarish quest. Thankfully, that was a couple months ago and it hasn't happened since.

Oh, yeah. Work's still work, but it seems like I'm scheduled to be uprooted and dumped in another position as a sort of promotion in the next few months. While a tiny, tiny part of me thinks I'll probably be able to handle it, there's a larger part that doesn't want to give up the job responsibilities I have....and the rest of me, of course, is absolutely terrified. I guess this is one of those adult things parents are always talking about.

Adult stuff sucks.

But at least it pays for WoW.