genlisae | Kate needs to talk more

This is typing though, but still. I have been told I am becoming reclusive so here I am, to talk, to people who are not doctors (at least not my doctors) or don't live in the same house with me.

Only problem is, I have no idea what to talk about. Kind of a downside to not really doing much, not much to talk about.

Lets see, there was the "cake adventure" for the Rat-Brat's birthday where this

Turned into ...

'Nough said there. >:(

Also it rained for a week straight prior to her birthday, like it always does, turning the lawn into mud but we can't fit that many people into the house so ... mud-b-q! The ribs were good though. At least I think they were. I put in an order for "Mother presents" of a bottle of tequila ... I got three and a bottle of Bailey's and a case of beer. The child got new paint in all the colours she was out of, palette knives (thrilled over that) and a sweet new computer because I am (her words) "the most awesome mom ever!"

What else?

Oh! This! Probably the best $30 I have ever spent on myself. The sound quality is amazing for such a small, inexpensive 2.1 system.

And this. I hate ergonomic keyboards, they are awkward and annoying and the hand positioning hurts something fierce. This one doesn't. It makes typing less painful, not more.

And then I was given this and three notebooks to go with it by someone who never used it. Sadly they are no longer in production but it has put me in the market for these once the ink runs out. For those times I can't sit anymore and my arms are feeling like them falling off would be a step up in the world. I can go hide in the dark and write away in the notebooks with a pen large enough to easily hold onto. Then later, back at my computer just plug the pen in and upload everything I have written to a word doc. Not good for extended writing because my arms won't do extended writing, but for jotting down plot notes or scene snippets that float through my head in the middle of the night/as the headache starts to lessen and my brain functions again, it is great. Also for doodles which I can later open up in photoshop or SAI and finish with my tablet. If/When I do get to the point where writing with a pen and paper is an option I will be all over the Livescribe. I much prefer writing things out on paper first, I just loathe later typing them up. I have boxes of notebooks with 3/4 finished stories in storage I never did anything else with simply because I don't like typing in things I have already written. With one of these I don't have to. I like that.

On the LJ specific front, I am way behind ... no one is really surprised there are they? I have a ton of catching up to do with the F-list and a couple short snippets I have written to share. I think those will be up in the next week or so, just need to edit them.

And that is pretty much all I have been up to. *nod* Yes, I need more interesting hobbies. I'm working on it! :p