i finished the last page in my latest paper journal last night, which makes two hundred pages. it’s almost like i wrote a book, although handwriting takes up more space than type. a novella, maybe. this is the first one i’ve finished completely since i started keeping a physical journal again; i stopped after my senior year in high school when all my old journals, this big stack of cvs spiralbound notebooks i’d been writing in since i was thirteen, were thrown away in a misunderstanding. after that i couldn’t really bring myself to bother, until i got frustrated with the self-censorship i have to impose upon my webjournal.

i like having something i can physically flip through and reread some random tuesday from over the summer, or my trip to seattle, or whatever i happen to turn to. i need to get another blank journal soon before i get out of the habit again.

ran around trying to get my electric bill paid today; apparently i never actually got a bill last month, so of course they were threatening to turn off my power because i didn’t pay it. i can only assume one of my neighbors forgot to give it to me, or something, but in any case i got it all ironed out today so hopefully my electricity will remain intact. was also supposed to register for classes, but i think my advisor forgot to clear me - i should have been able to register this morning, but there’s still a hold. i’ll give her a call tomorrow.

tomorrow night i’m going to a midnight (actually, 12:01 am) showing of the lord of the rings, with gundam and mrtails, which i’m really looking forward to. i hope the movie is as good as it seems to be from the trailers.

i’m almost done with all tomorrow’s parties, for which i need to thank Lacroix, who sent it to me from my wishlist on amazon. it’s a great book, and of course i’m always surprised (in a good way!) when people actually send me things like that.