soo... tempting...

Why, why, why did I sign up to the cyberwarez community? So many people showing off so many pretty things...

Given where my finances will be at by July, I can't afford to go haring off after all the nice ebay offers, but I don't think I'll be able to resist them all. Hmmmm. Guess it could be worse - I could be smoking a pack of cigarettes a day - I think that works out at 80-odd dollars a week. At least I'll have something other than ash, emphysema, and throat cancer to show for my money.

This weekend looks happily full of Arcanacon planning, where I look over the one game I'm running, and three that I'm sitting on the reserves bench for :) All good fun - I haven't played enough of anything, lately. Just had a phonecall from another player, so I'm a little less worried about WM numbers. At least I'll have enough of them to justify buying a few prizes, now.

Fortunately, there's a week of almost-freedom leading up to the con - I'll only be in the lab for one day, and spending the rest of the time painting up the last two commission jobs. There's a creative vibe going around, and I intend to stay immersed in it for as long as possible. If I start to lose inspiration, I'll just have to poke all these other writers and artists until they start back up again...

"Dear Morsla..."

"I am writing to inform you that your enrolment has been cancelled ... As you are no longer a student of the University, please return your student card to the Student Administration office.

If you with to be reinstated as a student, you must immediately apply to your Faculty for permission to enrol. If permission is granted, you will also be required to pay a Reinstatement Fee, currently $100..."

And on it goes.

It's been one of those days for opening mail. I was planning to defer Media for a year, while I did science honours and thought about how much I actually need another piece of paper. I don't think that I can afford to throw a hundred dollars at a course that I probably won't go back to, though - so I guess the decision is now out of my hands. Strangely enough, sorting out a degree that I wouldn't be studying this year wasn't high enough on my to do list - dealings with the uni have mainly involved science, of late, and now I seem to be paying for it.

Brightens my day wonderfully. At least I no longer need to juggle two simultaneous course enrolments, I guess. I'll be talking to Dave next week about the research project, and planning a year of looking at diamonds. Arts can take their paperwork, and insert it somewhere painful. Death by a thousand cuts, with the sharp bits on an envelope...

If anyone tries to make me sign any forms in the next few hours, I swear I will cut off both of their hands...

On a brighter note, I tried to cheer myself up by buying funky blue goggles out of my break-glass-in-case-of-emergency fund. They'll probably take a couple of weeks to arrive, but retail therapy (even in a virtual form) can do wonders.