sotired

• wake up way too early
  
• freak-out for Daniel
  
• Justin claims Daniel "doesn't act his age"
  
• pancakes for parents, oatmeal for children
  
• explain the concept of province-wide testing to Daniel, using Shakespeare, Chaucer, Harry Potter and Narnia as examples - no, really
  
• gardening for all
  
• lunch for all
  
• drive to Bayshore for rain jackets with kids while Chris studies
  
• try to explain concept of 'racial purity' to both children; children remain somewhat mystified
  
• drive around trying to find parking
  
• everybody and their frigging dog out at Bayshore
  
• find parking, no wallet
  
• *&%$
  
• drive back, feeling nauseated
  
• lie down while children play
  
• Chris done studying, drive to IKEA for new dishes
  
• everybody and their grandmother and grandchildren and frigging dog's grandchildren out at IKEA
  
• buy dishes, yay, happily live close to cliff/quarry to toss old ones over
  
• home, change, drive out to Orleans for tsunami/food bank fundraising concert, still nauseated
  
• at concert from 5:30-10pm
  
• I love choirs, but not 12 in a row
  
• no dinner, but lovely munchies after concert
  
• drive home
  
• wind down by reading fic
  
• lj update
  
• bed

stuff

Huh? It's hailing.

Also: please explain why ficreaders are cursed with (a) writers who write absolutely gorgeous, intriguing or compelling fics and then never finish them despite the anguished cries of their bereft fans, or (b) writers who write godawful tripe that spews on and on and on and on, reaching a final hideous conclusion... only to resurface again days later with a burbly "I thought I was done with this stoyr but you guys liked it so much that I thought lets see what happnes next!!!!! luv you guys!!!!!!!!"

And, no, I'm not thiking of any particular ficwriters out there. Although one of my own never-to-be-published WIPs has a scene where two of the characters receive a new piece of music written by 'GoldRusset' and one of them groans "Oh goody - yet another piece of crap by YellowOrange."

Also: does anybody know where one can get a hold of a sound file for Dust in the Wind, by Kansas?

ugh, just what we need...

Cabinet ministers ordered to remain in Ottawa in case of non-confidence vote

OTTAWA (CP) - The federal cabinet is under "House" arrest, with the Liberals ordering ministers to remain in the capital amid fears about opposition efforts to topple the minority government.


Oh, goody :P