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Same to you, Kilroy; and to all brethren and sisthren who observe such things. I've actually been wished a happy Samhain by several people there here; I don't recall ever hearing the holiday so often referred to by its Old name; it must be another ripple through the Lattice. That makes me 0.10 points happier.

+6.85

I was blessed by a beautiful view of the forest on the way into work this morning. I was zooming by and only caught a glimpse of this, but there was a ground fog rolling through the mountains, and there was a point where I looked down into the a small valley only to see the naked tops poking up out of a see of fog, reminiscent of a graveyard's worth skeletal hands reaching up from the grave. And while the connotation is somewhat morbid, it was also a beautiful sight, and very appropriate for the coming holiday. It was very much like Nature's holiday display, just for me; blessings come in many shapes and guises.

Also, I finally ordered a new computer today, something I've been meaning to do for a while; for the next week and a half, I'll savor the notion of the new system. My current primary system is a hand-assembled supercharged jet engine of a computer - except that it's over four years old, which means that it's now a rickety dinosaur (damn computers age quickly...).

My plans continue to come together in elegant symmetry.

Good fortune,

- Icarus heats his house with old computers...

7.5

10. Feeling good. I have everything I need to keep me happy; Wrong Planet, my new avatar of Howl, my Metroid Prime on my MP3 player and all my online friends.

That brings me down to a 0. I hate seeing fellow Aspies suffer. PM me any time.

10. I still feel good, even though I miss my friend.

-6.
Cannot sleep. Went to bed and got panic attack which scares me as it makes me feel I cannot breathe and my one and only has gone to bed already.

5. Feeling lonely. None of my friends on YIM are responding to my messages. That's the ones that are online though. Most of my friends are offline.

I remember when people did that to me I hated it >< Now all my friends are aspies and it doesnt really happen anymore Im at about a 1-2 right now, Im feeling tense for some reason.

Two people on my YIM list are aspies, the rest are NT.

8. Was 7, but I just learned what Samhain is, and new information makes me happy.

2. Worried.

5

I may not have to change my major after all.

Tim

-7... what's preventing that going even worse I don't know...

7.

I'm chuffed because i've got my internet fixed up again so I can actually post here again, but sad because i'm ill and have to tolerate the fact that it's bloody Halloween.

1.
Ultra tired and headachy.
But on the plus side, the landlord has said I can have the apartment above me which has just been decorated and had a new bathroom put in.

+8

Today rocked! One of the most excellently spectacular days in recent memory; I met a girl who I think qualifies very well for the open position of Icarus's girlfriend AND I cowed a snotty teenager.

I stayed home with my son today because he's had a bit of a cold, and was acting rather wonky yestereve. But today he seemed to be doing rather better, and kept asking to go out, so I ultimately obliged him. I've been needing to pick up a new desk and office chair for the home office I'm setting up, so I stopped by Office Depot; found a lovely cherry wood desk with a large flat top that has plenty of room for the dual flat screen rig I'm going to setup there, and a micro fiber office chair that felt more comfortable than the clouds in Christian heaven; I bought them both.

And in the process of this, I was routed to the special orders girl, who's name is Grace. She reminds me very much of Trinity from The Matrix, except with a lot more geeky and a dash of emo tossed in. Black hair that was kind of a mess, brilliant blue eyes hidden behind geeky librarian glasses, phone numbers and such scrawled on her hands, mostly cracked off blue nail polish. She saw me earlier when I was wandering around the furniture section and we exchanged smiles; when I was checking out, she mentioned that when she saw me earlier, she had a nearly irresistible urge to come grab the black leather cowboy hat I was wearing, and put it on herself. I told her that I might welcome her to do so, but she probably didn't want to see what my hair was doing under the hat just now; to which she remarked, she's not the kind of girl who pays attention to such things. I had Wolf with me, who of course went about running amok while I was arranging delivery of the new furniture, and I mentioned that he's autistic; she said she could tell, because her niece is the same way. We chatted for 20 minutes or so; when I was leaving, I mentioned that if I ended up liking the desk, I'd probably come back and get a second one, to which she said she hoped I liked it with a wink. On a whim, I said I'd bring one of my spare cowboy hats, and asked if she preferred brown or black; without pause she said, "Black, definitely." to which I responded, "Good answer." I'm so considering going back just to ask her out to coffee; I felt on top of the world when I left the store...

THEN, it gets even better. Wolf and I swung by McDonald's to get his lunch. As I pulled into the parking lot, a group of 4 teenagers, 2 chicks and 2 guys, were slowly meandering across the parking lot. They were in my way, and they knew it, but they were taking their sweet time. When they'd cleared just enough space for me to squeeze past in my Jeep, I did so, and made it a point to get just inches away from the guy who was in the rear, and especially taking his time. When I did that, he put out his arms and mouthed "What the f**k?" So... I screeched to a halt, stepped out of my Jeep, and in my best fake Texan accent said simply, "You sayin' you want a piece of this, boy?" Now, I must mention that I was in full "battle dress"; motorcycle boots, jeans, leather jacket, leather half-finger sap gloves, mirrored shades, and my crazy black leather cowboy hat. I pulled off the shades and glared at him as I started to walk towards him so he could see the fire in my eyes. I'm no badass, but I was ready to mix it up hard with him and his friend, who were both about my size; my tactical analysis classified the two of them as "no threat". And I'm telling you right now, my opening move would have been something like Debo decking Red in Friday. But, as I was approaching with the fires blazing in my eyes, his friends skittered inside the McDonalds, and he mumbled "Weirdo." under his breath and did the same; and as he skittered inside, I called out loudly, "Yeah, that's what I thought." And it's probably for the best that they skittered off, for I would likely have gotten in serious trouble for putting the smack down on teenagers; what can I say; Icarus lives in the moment...

But, I tell you, kids these days have got no respect because they think (know?) they're immune to people stomping them. Ah, how I yearn for the olden days... My sincere hope is that next time that uppity punk wants to act the fool like that, he'll maybe think twice about it. That's my contribution to the good of society for the day.

Good fortune,

- Icarus could stand to have a bit more Grace...