My first apartment ever - I was 22, fresh out of college, just moved to DC - was in a large-ish building. One evening I was in the bathroom and thought I heard the door rattling. Not unusual - when the people across the hall opened and closed their door, mine tended to shift in the frame. When I went into the main room I discovered that the door had been unlocked and pushed open, stopped only by the chain lock. My lease was about up and I moved out when it was over. I later discovered that some building employees were using their keys to get into apartments and raping women who lived there. A lucky escape for me!

Chain lock sounds good. as does naked. or baking -- with flour across the kitchen. As does speaking so sweetly to the possible new occupants( instead of evil agents) - so sorry, I have to get ready for work , I really think you'd like the palce , but I have to shower now... hope you can come back and see it...

happy birthday to Deb , Nic and David.

what a good birthday month.

Many happy returns of the day to Hec, Deb and Nic!

Happy Birthday Hec!

gronk.

I'm so tired. I'm trying to give up caffiene, so far I've been diet coke free today, I'm not cutting cold turkey I've started taking Excedrin to get me through the headaches but I'm so tired. And it's storming outside, maybe we'll have another power outage.

But last night I got some cleaning done and instead of trying to tackle everything at once and getting overwhelmed I just worked and then took a break and accepted that it's easier for me to do things slowly, as long as I don't make any new messed.

I can't wait to get off work, I'm going to go over to Mom's and check on her cat and break my no naps on workdays rule and crash on her very comfy couch.

At least you're not napping while AT work.

I took a brief nap this afternoon and woke up with "Daniel" going through my head, wondering if Fay had success. That led to this:

Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see his tail as he hides from his bane
Oh and I can see Daniel clawing my thighs
Psycho kitty like Daniel, must be the blood in my eyes

They say Thailand's got elephants and grey macaques
Well Daniel says it can get stuffed in his box
He shoots out from the bed and under the chair
Crap I missed Daniel, missed him by a hair

Daniel my moggie you are bolder than me
And I still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal
Your eyes are wild, and so's your screech
Daniel you're a star at avoiding my reach

Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see the red trails where he's shared the pain
Oh and I can see Daniel clawing my thighs
Psycho kitty like Daniel, must be the blood in my eyes
Valium for my Daniel so we can fly the friendly skies

In conclusion, goths apparently don't scrapbook.

In conclusion, goths apparently don't scrapbook.

Wha? Did I miss a topic of conversation, or will context come later?

Happy happy birthday to Hec, Deb, and Nic!

Hivemind check: what do we think of this dress? [link] I'm waffling because of the cross-over/wrap style to the bodice.

Did I miss a topic of conversation, or will context come later?

You didn't miss - I am scouring the internets for gothy scrapbooking papers and stuff, because I'm tired of printing my own. There are some Victorian embellishments that work, but mostly scrapbooking appears to be aimed at middle-aged white mothers in heartland America (so, fine, that's me...I still want gothy papers).

I love that dress, Jilli. I don't think the wrap would be a problem (and there are always nicely hidden buttons you could add).

Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane

I can see his tail as he hides from his bane

Bwah!