I stayed up fixing my chappaa'i and it's about 80% done. I have until 6 pm to complete it. My shuffle ain't here yet, and imma flip out. My laptop, who has been christened Wentworth or Wenty is down to about 74% battery cuz I was an ass and didn't use the ac adapter. Gah! And what did I do? Set it up and listened to Linkin Park after finding I can't access the DVD-ROM features on my Pirates of the Caribbean dvd.

Wenty is a behemoth. Not only is he 6 lbs, his screen is frakking ridiculous. Thank you, Dell. My tv pales in comparison being 13 inches. Can you see I'm happy? I wrote one line for the novella because that damn chappaa'i needed smoothing. Pics up soon, I hope. My scanner is collecting dust on my desk (at work and home).

Yesterday, I got to see Snapril. Ended up delivering a package to her department as she was going to lunch. We hung out a bit. Monday she phoned me (finally) and we talked about what was new with everyone else (not that I care too much). Same drivel about album release parties and drinking. And they missed me. Well, I thought, does not show. But I was the same ol' Lakie making her laugh. Still angry.

She's called Snapril because 'round the time I was tricked into reading Harry Potter, her and I were camp counselors in upstate NY. Stuck together for two months in the wilderness with no great literature, I read the kids' books. The character Snape, the name was so funny (then) and it fit with her name, April. Before that I was calling her April Ann and singing the PepperAnn song. She has the typical suburban name, April Ann. That's the explanation. Completely random.

I've been saying this to Ike, my tortoise ever since I got him and for the life of me I  could not remember where I heard this. Fortunately Pirates of the Caribbean was on sale at Tarjay and I snagged it.
Though I've watched it before, last night I went to bed at 8pm and woke up at bright and early minutes to 4 with no desire to fall back asleep. So I pop in PtC and then my line pops up in the movie. It's one of the earlier scenes when the cursed pirates come for Elizabeth in the governor's mansion.
And of course Ike wakes up when he senses the light and gives me the only disgusted look. Yes, even land tortoises have facial expressions. I love my Ike.