Well, it is summer and as I learned last year, summer is the time my girls will be gone. Their reason is due to hectic family celebrations. Almost everyone in their family has a birthday this time of year including them. In addition, there is the case of the SATs… I have no idea when they are taking it or if they already have. I can only hope to see them soon. I hope they are around on their birthday. I drew something for them, much like I did their last one. Per usual, it is a picture of the three of us together. The difference is our hair, it is a full body shot and we are in interesting attire. Fun times…

The days have been spent mostly sleeping. I am terrible about sleeping habits. I have given up for the while. I will likely try to sleep like a normal person some point once again… but I am tired of trying for the meantime. Therefore, I am sleeping the same time the other side of the world is. Sometimes I muse that after I was shipped over here due to adoption, the sleeping scheduling never changed from my origins. That is fun.

I have been going down memory road as of late and have been looking at old toys and movies I enjoyed as a child. Along with that, I have an odd fascination with miniature things. I had been looking for miniature versions of halberds; since I would never have the money for a life-sized replica… By god, I like the miniatures! I have a few already, but still… mini weapons are more flexible since I can actually find places to put them. Besides, I lack the grace to wield one. I want a boken though – wooden Japanese sword. I could try with that. More fun.

Other things… well, I have not heard back from Pier One Imports. It is wrong of me, but I am relieved. I think my encounter the day I asked for an application sealed the deal. I have a very poor short-term memory affliction. An example would be… recently my mother asked me to do a favor in terms of laundry. I agreed to it. A few minutes later, I had to walk back into the room and ask her what the favor was and if it had anything to do with something I was trying out. It is funny how I can remember things a long time after, though.

I have reached a writer’s block finally. I have near seventy-five pages down so far. I am pleased. I know what I wish to do around the end, I just cannot decide and how I shall transfer to that. Oh well. I need my girls… for some reason I can usually write when they are around. I wonder if they are my muses. Fun, fun…

In addition, an odd thought hit me the night before. I had watched a Disney movie I owned since I was being nostalgic as of late. It was Beauty and the Beast. I was trying to fall asleep when it struck me. The cracked teacup named Chip… he seems to be only around seven in the movie. That is implausible though. It is said how long the curse had befallen them. “Ten years we’ve been rusting…” as the candelabra had sung. In the Christmas story chip looked to be three. He should be thirteen at least. I mean, come on, the Beast grew over the years. Twenty-five… God… cursed when he was fifteen. Talk about puberty and growing more hair while also getting a deeper voice.

Tonight I watched Con Air. God I love that movie. I saw it when I was around eight or nine. I am thinking eight. I think I shall always enjoy it. Great actors… Cage, Buscemi, Malkovich… Love all three of them. Gah, I want to buy movies! Too bad I am dirt poor and even if I had a job, I would not spend it on such entertainments. I would likely save the money or help pay bills. Such is life.

Anyway, that is my happily uneventful life. I am so unassuming and unadventurous. Hu. How fun.

~The Vampire Sheep Who is One with the Duck