In spite of the wind and rain...

[matrixrefugee]

...I had a good day today: I went downtown to take care of some library business (dropping books off, picking up a couple, including one very intriguing one on "The Science of Vampires", which offers a few insights on how the bloodsuckers might really work). I also nipped over to Larry's Comics: Too bad I couldn't go back later in the day, since they're having a book-signing party for a brand new comic which several Lowell-based artists are putting together. An idea for a comic has been nibbling at my brain, so I'm tempted to pitch it to them, see what happens. I'll wait till they get themselves established, but they seem to have a good running start, according to Kris the Comic Junkie. One of the major comic expos picked up their comic and was very excited about it. Meanwhile, I picked up the November issues of "Neverwhere" and "Hellblazer", as well as "The Sandman Book 2: A Doll's House". Hard to believe it was just last year when I started getting hooked on Neil Gaiman's stuff.

I also nipped into the Barnes & Noble downtown: they've got the coffee-table size book of the script and artwork for "Mirrormask", which I'm getting myself for Hallowe'en, since I don't think I'll be heading down to Cambridge to see it. There's been a rapist on the loose there, and I don't dare risk taking the T.

Also made it to the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Shop: the Merv is ecstatic, since I found a black dress shirt there (he muttere momentarily when it turned out to be collarless, but he's not particularly picky about the cut, just the materials...), and Flood is moderately enthused: I found a grey vest, but then I had to listen to him carp about how it's slate grey twill instead of dove grey silk or wool.

And *then*, as I started heading home, it started raining, horizontal rain since the wind had kicked up. I was actually glad that I forgot my umbrella: I was watching other people walking by who were wrestling with their own umbrellas and having them turned inside out by the gusts of wind. Luckily, I found a tree to stand under while I was waiting for the bus, so I managed to stay dry. But while I was on the bus, the rain started coming down in buckets, thus I had to scramble between the raindrops to get to my door.

Spent the evening working on various fanfic projects and helping my mother frost an angel cake for my dad's name day (St. Michael the Archangel).

The only dark spot: I found this neat free online RPG "Runescape", which looked like a lot of fun... but when I went to access it via my comp, my wretched firewall gagged on it (I'd adjust the firewall settings, but for some wierd reason, it won't let me. Yet another problem with this comp...).

Comments

[flying-up.livejournal.com]

St. Michael the Arcangel defend us in the day of horizontal rain!

[matrixrefugee.livejournal.com]

Amen, brother!! ::Laughing out loud, too!::

[flying-up.livejournal.com]

::laughs:: I'm glad that comment went down the right way. Glad it did yeah!

How catholic are you?

[matrixrefugee.livejournal.com]

I've got twelve years of Catholic school and a couple years of Catholic college (by correspondence) to my name, and I go to Mass every Sunday and holy day of obligation, but while I may adhere to the precepts of the faith and the moral code, I'm more easy-going and open-hearted than some people. I think of myself as a practising Catholic, but not necessarily a devout one, since most people think of devout Catholics as being really uptight about stuff, which I try not to be.

::Hoping that doesn't sound too vague::

[flying-up.livejournal.com]

It's nicely specific! :)

Let's be friends.

[matrixrefugee.livejournal.com]

Sure thing! ::Friends you back::