December 99 December 98 December 97 _________________ Thursday 02 December 99   1 37 am pst   [ non-text nonsense ] I have now stayed up much too late adding pictures and a movie to yesterday's entry.   I am sure to make people with slow connections rather grouchy, but I'll wait for feedback before I settle on some general volume of non-text nonsense.   This is going to be very addictive... My man is snoring loudly in bed, which makes me not want to crawl in, because then I have to nudge him and semi-wake him so that he stops.   I am a light sleeper and cannot go to sleep with noise unless I stay up very late and exhaust myself, which is apparently what I am now doing... I got a phone call the other day from basil, whom I had assumed wasn't going to call; it was a very pleasant surprise.   I asked my beau if it was ok that I sometimes feel guilty for how good my life is, and said a bit of guilt is health because it shows that I am aware of my blessings.   I am aware of them, and I try to celebrate them by taking advantage of them while I still have them.   I know that life can change in the blink of an eye... 12 13 pm pst   [ reflections ] This is a picture I forgot to post with yesterday's entry.   It is my reflection in Matthew's G4.   There are actually two distorted reflections: one to the left of the apple symbol and one in the left side of the apple symbol.   Here I must admit that I have a total penchant for certain images.   When I am filmming, I absolutely adore self-portraits of me reflected in mirrors, water, glass, ect.   Yesterday's movie (of which I added a Real Video and purely audio version) captured in the mirror me holding the camera and filmming myself.   Such an image totally delights me, whereas Matthew could take it or leave it.   In addition, I also have a thing for my feet.   If I am walking around in a space, I love to point the camera down and capture my feet walking around.   I'm sure it bores people to death to watch, so I will try to avoid any foot movies (though Matthew says I could give a guy a foot fetish, so I may have to snap a shot or two of my tootsies). 3 52 pm pst   [ full plates ] I have been serious web project woman of late.   I took over management of On Display yesterday, because the old ring-/webmaster gave it up, and no one else wanted to.   It is one of the more community based rings out there, and everyone was delighted that it wasn't going to die. Apparently my plate just can't be too full.   In this lull in my fervent genealogical research, I have delved into the online journalling community full force.   I have no idea what is driving me, but I'm going to go with the feeling and see where it takes me... My other project, which I always procrastinate on, is to update me resume and get it out there.   I have to start interviewing soon and whatnot.   I left most of my belongings in New York, so I will probably head back there after the New Year. I feel that society is anticipating the coming of y2k with a heaviness in the air that feels like a coming rain.   Somehow, my major life changes are going to coincide with this major external change, which i think may be healthy.   I'll get a clean start all around.   The New Year will ring in a new chapter in my life.

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