Hi

I'm doing well! I just got back from a lovely conversation at a coffee shop with a friend of mine and his wife, whom I'd never met before. We talked mostly about books, and scholarship, and the viability of the 'Cosmic Horror' genre in the present day.

It's nice and sunny where I am, with an ample supply of gargantuan, fluffy clouds all over the sky. While waiting for my bus home I thought about the spiritual assumption some people make that, although they can't remember it, they must have deliberately chosen their life; that they had examined all of its events in advance and understood that it all works out for the best. The purpose of adopting such a belief can't be its truthfulness, naturally, but instead a kind of intentional exposition to your own existence. The thought gave me some comfort.

I'm fortunate to have a good bit of free time today. I'm hoping to do some reading and writing before meeting up with my writers' cohort in the evening.

I won't have anything to drink or eat just now, ~bartender. I think I'll find a cozy nook in to read in, for a while...maybe Hölderlin, today—good stuff for when it's sunny.

Ooh, nice post #888.

(same for me, ~bartender :3) (+gaah emoticons are so weird in brackets)

I just got finished reading the vast majority of Homestuck, and am currently smack bang in the middle of this whole act ordering shenanigans (A6A6I4). There are a ton of things going on in that story, about 80% of which I can understand. At least the Flash animations are awesome.

Also got a bunch of IRL stuff done, so I could get back to reading it. Priorities. lulz.

Good afternoon by now!

Coffee and a doughnut? Or two maybe? :-) Great! Thanks ~bartender!

I opened the motorbike season yesterday and today, under another noticeable cover of reddishdesert dust. Not as prominent as a few weeks back, though. And yes, of course I had to replace a light bulb (the easy part). One of the indicators hangs loose on the cable --- that was to be expected. That one had been waiting to fall off for quite some time :) Still easy. But there is also oil coming off somewhere, where I can't see without taking large pieces of plastic and what not off. Sounds like a fun experiment over the weekend.

Good morning everyone.

~bartender, same thing for me please... but maybe add a bit of scotch to the coffee. It's been a long week.

Cheers!

Bore da! ~bartender, l'll have what ~rrraksamam is having, Diolch 😃

I'm personally sliding into the weekend like "ayayayaaaaaaaghhhh!!!" <-- (I hope this visual onomatopoeia adequately conveys my current state 😃😃)