Just Killing Time ...

Well, nothing new going on in this quarter.  In some ways, that's a really good thing, I guess ... yet ... in other ways ... well, I guess not so good.  I would love to have new and exciting things to report to myself, or new and exciting things to think about.  But, since I stopped working to be a stay at home mom, it seems like nothing new and exciting ever happens.  Actually, things seemed like that when I was working, too, so, maybe I'm just a boring person, eh?  Or, maybe new and exciting things do happen but I don't notice them.

Some things are new and exciting.  My daughter is great, and each day with her is a new adventure.  I think she's going to be talking soon.  It might just be wishful thinking on my part, but I just feel "words" getting ready to come out.  :-)  She's trying her hardest to learn to crawl, too.  I want her to do it, but I kind of don't want her to, either.  On the one hand, it's good for her to grow and develop ... but, on the other hand, I know I won't be able to keep up with her once she's "mobile".  She discovers new things each and every day, so each day is quite an adventure for her.

I wish I could be like that --- that I could let each day be an adventure, wake up thinking that the day was full of possibility, instead of expecting it to be the same, boring day as yesterday and the day before, and the day before that.  When do we lose that ability?  All kids wake up thinking each and every day is going to be the best, most wonderful, most exciting day yet ... and, yet, somehow, as we grow up, we seem to lose that.  How do we lose the ability to be stunned and mesmerized by the sunset or sunrise, to look at the clouds and marvel at the shapes they make, to be captivated by a butterfly or a flower?  Is that just part of "growing up"?  Is it somehow necessary to lose that wonder for the world around us ... or does it just get wrung out of us by the demons of "real life" --- work and responsibility?  I wonder if it's ever possible to recapture it.  I don't know ... but, you know, for my daughter's sake, I think I'm going to try a little each day.  Maybe it won't work ... but, if it does, it would be wonderful, wouldn't it?

In other news, I think my writer's block finally broke.  YAY!  Although I wasn't able to get back to writing for over a week after I felt the blockage give way, I was finally able to put pen to paper (or ... finger to keyboard, as it were), and continue on with one of the fics with which I've been struggling.  I have a couple of original projects in the works, too --- one of them is already started, and the other is just in the planning stages.  So, I hope to get something done on each of those before the month is out.  Mama always said idle hands were the devil's playground!

Anime goodness abounds, too.  The one good thing about my writer's block was that it gave me time to catch up on some anime viewing.  I had several discs --- Vampire Princess Miyu, mainly (love that Larva!!) --- that I found at a half price disc store a month or so ago, and I hadn't been able to watch them yet.  So, I managed to watch all of those, and I think I actually got the whole series ... or, at least a whole season.  I'm no VPM expert, so I don't know how many episodes there are out there ... but, it's a good series, if a little creepy at times.  The animation is nice, in my opinion, and I really love the character designs.  I had also located the first Magic Knights Rayearth DVD at the same 1/2 price store, so I was able to watch it, too.  I still need to catch up on the Raxephon DVD #1, Garzey's Wing, Dai-Guard, & Voices of a Distant Star --- none of which I've seen & all of which I found at that 1/2 price place.  I managed to get them for $13 or less each ... so it was a great deal!

I recently managed to find the latest Orphen:Revenge DVD --- #3, I think.  I watched it with my daughter the other day.  She's only 5 months old, but she already loves anime --- that's my girl!  Anyhow, I was inspired to wall paper creation.  I don't have many Orphen images, as I've only been able to scrounge up one artbook for the series ... but I managed to wrangle 4 new wallpapers out of what I have.  I put three of them up on the website I share with my friend.  The fourth ... well, I haven't decided if I like it yet, so I'm "testing it out" on my desktop for a few days.  I guess I'll slap it up if I decide it's worthy of keeping.

So ... even with writer's block, guess I've managed to get a few things done, eh?!  Not bad ... not bad at all.  Well, better run --- laundry calls.  It's a thankless and never-ending task.