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(5 Days Ago)
I'm sure I've mentioned her elsewhere, but here goes..
Indeterminate colour of hair, bleak eyes, bleak skin, bleak lips.
Bleached.
I've seen her several times during my walk to the bus stop, checking the garbage cans for bottles and cans.
She only seems to own two outfits - one for summer, one for winter.
And one for going to see whoever is her 'legal guardian' (not sure that's the expression I'm looking for).
Neat, tidy and warm clothes. Leafing through papers in her neat, tidy handbag.
And I got off the bus before she did.
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Wizards of the Sword Coast
(Last Week)
I'm supposed to be totally immersed in Bethesda's latest game; Skyrim. But today, while deleting old bookmarks that no longer work, I came across a guide for Baldur's Gate.
And that reminded me of how much I used to enjoyed the games of Wizards of the Sword Coast. Especially Baldur's Gate.
And Myst. By... *googles* Cyan Worlds.
So, once I get fed up playing Skyrim (which will take a while yet, trying out different races and classes) I think I'll be returning to either of those two. Or both. Or return to Oblivion and continue my journal story that I started during NaJoPoMo.
Choices, choices 
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Sleepwalking
(2 Weeks Ago)
Well... it was some 29 years ago since I was last aware of having done it.
During the night of 22-23 of January, I was - obviously - quite busy.
Not only did I move my mobile (which has a wake up call on it, that's how I first realised something was wrong) from beside my bed to my kitchen table.
I also moved my slippers to be neatly positioned in front of my front door which, in retrospect, scared me a bit, not knowing if I'd actually gone outdoors or not.
And then I had, obviously, grabbed my glasses and put them away.
Had to call my boss and tell him I wasn't coming in to w*rk that day because, without glasses, I'm as blind as a bat.
Well... I can see the difference between light and dark, and can see colours. But that's about it.
And can you guess how many hours it took me to find my glasses, especially since I had placed them on a shelf in the broom closet? Heck, I even checked my fridge and freezer before thinking of checking the closet...
Most of the day, in a constant state of panic.
Can't function without my glasses - if someone starts talking to me while I'm polishing them, I can't hear what they're saying until I put them on.
Damn, that was scary - and I've bruised myself, so obviously bumped into a couple of things - but didn't wake up from the pain. Odd, since one of the bruises has that wonderful purlpe/yellowish colourful colour, so should have hurt quite a bit.
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You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness...
(2 Weeks Ago)
The original youtube I linked to the first time was this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9NF2edxy-M
However, some of the comments implied to question the authenticity, so here's a live performance at Ellen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvviLGNydeg
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Queen of Bus Stop Queueing
(2 Weeks Ago)
Not sure how/where/when/why it happened, but it seems I am.
Monday to Friday, I take a motorway  to a commuting centre, where I switch to the tube. Most mornings, I walk to the bus stop, but when the wather is foul or the ground is covered by ice, I take a local bus to the commuter bus stop.
And this local bus only runs every half hour, so a lot of the time I end up sharing it with the same people.
Some younglings completely ignore the queue and walk straight up to the beginning of it.
If I'm anywhere near the beginning of the queue, I'll hold them back (with an outstretched arm if necessary) until those in front of me and I have boarded the bus. How those behind me in the queue act is no affair of mine (there is a limit to how altruistic I feel at 7 am on a pitch dark winter morning).
So far so good. I get off at the fourth stop to switch to the motorway bus. The queue discipline at this bus stop is much better than at the previous one.
But sometimes, when the weather is especially foul, we all squeeze into the bus shelter.
And that is when I - obviously - turn into a Queen.
Now, I know some of the folks at the first bus stop also get off and switch bus, so maybe their mindset has rubbed off.
When the bus arrives, nobody will board the bus until I do. Not even elderly folks, which makes me feel quite embarrassed.
This happens a lot of the time, unless there's an Alpha female/male at the bus stop.
Alfa beats Queen, you see - so that person will always be the first one to get onboard, and the rest of us will follow meekly.
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