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There were plans to get to bed early last night. And then the governor signed that absolute fucking travesty of a bill and I spent maybe an hour? ish? fuming on Twitter with everyone else and only managed to get to bed because my computer shut down. I'm sure I would have gone to bed eventually but there was a lot of fuming. There's some coverage on it here, right now I'm still more fume-y than anything else.

Nyx products came along with the coloring books from the kickstarter I backed. Those are some awesome coloring books too. And Fyrinnae shipped, and all told I have Stitch Fix coming Friday, Life's Entropy and Fyrinnae coming Saturday, and there will be so much fun had with makeup and clothing. So much. And while I was getting ready for work Aromaleigh's shipping confirmation arrived! SO MUCH FUN WITH MAKEUP I TELL YOU.

I'm honestly cringing a little at how much I've spent on makeup this month, and not because omg what me makeup, it's not a small amount. On the other hand, I did have a couple expected (overtime, three paychecks) and unexpected windfalls of cash, and this way I know what products to get for the basic look plus a fairly terrifyingly huge rainbow of colors. I have to keep reminding myself of this. I'm not being profligate, I'm experimenting and defeating the Vimes' theory of boots. Or applying it. Does one defeat it or apply it when one buys things that feel expensive at the time but will last ages? I just. Nngh. It bothers me when I spend large amounts of money on anything, I think is the takeaway here. I freaked out over the stand mixer too. It's just that makeup carries with it the social stigma, apparently somewhat internalized despite my best conscious efforts, of being "frivolous" in and of itself or "frivolous because girly."

Ugh. Now that I think about it that way, fuck that in the earhole, I like the sparklies and I'm being sensible about it.

I did finish the Civil War course last night with a 97? 98? high score anyway. I did not get to any of the other courses because of getting distracted at work, exhausted at capoeira, and distracted at home by the stupid fucking bill. Today will probably continue to be Khan Academy, though I have reminders to do other things at home and languages and so on. And then writes. I need to finish Long Road or at least get it closer to a finish so I can pass that on to the Editrix. I might do some marathon of that, and then I need to finish the sidetracked Methos story and post that, too. If for no other reason than so everyone else can enjoy the endless giggling and punching of [redacted] in the nads (I leave it up to you to speculate exactly which character is getting punched in the nads).

(Between NC and the Ghomeshi trial I'm really feeling like I need to punch someone or something in the nads. Grrr.)

Happier things. I'm sure there are some. Picking up some more overtime this weekend before getting my hairs cut. My awesome, awesome hair that is red and black and will get re-touched? Re-colored? Just gloss-treatmented? after my birthday. Chicken salad sandwiches. I need a good chicken salad recipe. Or just to experiment with it this weekend. At which point I also need a red onion and a small sack of potatoes, hmm, because I'm having a craving for potato salad. Sprouts! There are pepper, all of the tomato sprouts my god, basil is coming up, some oregano, the borage is enthusiastic, and in general the plants are doing pretty well. Soon it ought to be warm enough to move them to the patio.

And Roomie is slowly getting more outgoing, and there may be capoeira practice out on the front or back lawn later in the weekend. So there are good things happening, and I need to remember that. Even if they're small and local and don't fix what's being broken, there are good things happening. And there's still hope for the future. November elections are coming up.