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It has been raining for about two weeks straight, now. Or...well, there are off-and-on days, and there are cats-and-dogs days, but for a good fifteen days or so the area's been blanketed in grey cloudcover. The surrounding mountains have been all but invisible, not to mention the sky.

Thursday, then, I was delighted to leave the house to blue sky and *gasp* sunshine!, even if it was very blind-making in combination with wet roads on the drive to work. Even if seeing the mountains again meant seeing the snows at their peaks that was not there before the clouds rolled in. T_T

And yet, by mid-morning, all was grey and raining once more. Has hardly let up since. *sigh*

Not that I dislike the rain, mind you. Quite the opposite. I just...with winter looming ever closer on the horizon, it would be nice to have had another day or two of blazing sunshine before summer fled the playing field.

Besides which, when the weather is like this, I'd much rather be out on the road in view of the ocean than chained to the desk at work or set upon by various household mundanities every evening. This weather blends well with the sea. There's something about the greyness that soothes the soul. I mean...ack.

( Overly-purple-d personifications, ahoy! )

So. Yes. The wind and the rain and the sea and the sky, and...yes. ^_^;

Now if only I could figure out where the damned snow fits in. -_-;

*ahem*

*clears throat*

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALIAS!!

I hope it's a good one! ^_^

Oh, Nataku. T_T

'Kay. So. I had mentioned the bitten tail a couple days ago. There's more missing by now. I don't see any signs of rot, no reddening at the base of fins, no darkening edges, no damage to any of his other fins. I'm still thinking biting, but I'm not quite sure how to convince him to stop if he is tearing it off in bits and pieces. Eck.

( Pics for reference )

*sigh* I suppose it's natural he'd trim it back if it's so long that it bothers him/weighs him down; I do the same thing to my hair, after all. But...still.

And I do hope I'm not wrong about the rot, truly. *keeps a close eye on him*

Small Music-dump

Because nightengale put out a call for 'name-band' rock, and I have waaaaay too much that qualifies, I offer a two-album starting-dent in the collection:

KISS - The Very Best of Kiss

Jon Bon Jovi - Young Guns II: Blaze of Glory

And various assorted songs that I've managed to collect without albums:

( The list got long )

Emily - rest assured there's more. But it'll probably come either in little one- or two-album drabs every weekend or so, or by hard mail. ^_^