Cat-Cascade

(Thousands of cat pictures later….)
I finally, finally got all my old photos tranfserred onto Daniel from Alex (I name my computers. Get over it) and found tons of stuff I forgot I even had! It's lovely to look back at them all….

Crawling Connection

My internet connection has been, sadly, steadily slowing down over the last twenty-four hours. I'm really hoping that the University's update tomorrow morning will help that—otherwise, I don't know what do to, because I'm really not tech savvy enough to distinguish between the computer itself having issues, or the connection.

Does anyone have any hot tips for this? I'm quite frustrated, as this is a new computer as of November, and this shouldn't be happening!

To India And Back

Time to boast about my wonderful uni life, my awesome friends, and my great love of sharing obsessions. 

J, my Indian-from-Kenya friend has taught me the art of sari-making. I've talked about how I love Doll Divine before, I do believe, but I'm quite set in my ways, and matching is one of the largest. So…in the sake of spontaneity, J and i spent the evening with friends, first discussing tattoos, then Hinduism, and final (somehow!), we arrived at saris, and the dress-up doll at DD.

Both were modelled after myself (I'll have to get J to do herself soon!), and I thought I'd share.

Our first doll, that came complete with sari-wrapping lessons performed on my old fuzzy blanket.

I was surprised by the purple-ish tone J picked—I can't wear that shade IRL, as it completely washes me out. Nice to dream, though!

Our second, in the style of a modern/traditional Indian wedding. I love how red is used so much—my favourite!

Wedding Mahara. J loved the incorporation of green that she picked, for my own accent I think I might pick a golden/caramel brown, or a teal, perhaps a paler, yellower green if I were to do this over.

Here's the Doll Divine site—I highly recommend spending precious, valuable and productive time there.

Conflicted

I feel so conflicted lately.

I'm guilty—not writing here, not able to provide the supports for a dear friend who seems to need them.

I'm frustrated—nothing inspiring to write, a lack of words to say to said friend.

I'm hurt—can't seem to move 100% past the pain that has been dogging me for months.

I'm scared—worried for my friend, worried for my heart health (again), terrified of the abyss that is university.

I don't really know what to do right now. I'm going to remind myself to get back to blogging regularly, though.

With that on my mind, here's what I've been up to.

Chess-capades

Tonight, I've been spending the latter part playing online chess with a friend of mine, and also my computer. (Two games at once—not so good for my head!)

I've whined about my computer's lack of difficulty level for years, but now…today, I found it. I knew that Alex (my dear MacBook's name) was going easy on me, but I didn't know how easy…. The answer? Very, very, very easy. As in, my six-year-old kids could probably beat him. 

And to think, I was so proud…!