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Oct. 26th, 2006 06:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thessalianI haven't been out of bed for very long, as I feel intensely miserable after yesterday's exertions, but already I've been witness to an incubating altercation at the local off-licence. Some scruffy, elderly and possibly homeless man (I say this mainly because he was surrounded by ratty plastic bags full of apparantly random belongings and cluttering up the counter while at least three customers were being served stashing his newspaper and two packs of some really cheap nasty brand of cigarette into said bags) decided to mutter random disparaging remarks about the other customers, and the other customers started taking offence. I guess it's not like in the city, where such people are generally ignored if they start mouthing off in stores. I'd be proud of the nacent community spirit in my borough/suburb/whatever if it weren't for the fact that said 'community spirit' included some guy threatening to punch the scruffy elderly man's jaw off.
My Sims 2 expansion and SiP TPB arrived today. So the Strangers in Paradise story is finally coming to an end. I don't really know how I feel about that, to be honest. I suppose good, in a way - after all, how much longer can even someone as talented as Moore follow this story along? Still, I'll be sad when there aren't any more. I wonder if he's got anything else in the works. I suppose my next purchase comics-wise is going to be the last Dogwitch TPB. Now that's one I really need to see the end of.
All the same, I suppose some of this month's discretionary cash needs to go towards new clothes. Look, my favourite denim skirt - the one that was just 'too big' last month - now is so big on me that I can take it off without unbuttoning it. This sucks because I haven't got all that much cash to spend on new clothes anyway and because, damnit, I like this skirt. I suppose I can start the shopping with a charity shop run; that should stretch the budget a little further. The problem is that I have no idea what size I am now, though I am fairly sure that none of my good skirts fit so my guess is that I've gone down two sizes, minimum. I wouldn't mind this so much if I was actively trying to diet, liked clothes shopping or frankly gave a damn about my weight. As it is, it's all just a not-so-subtle reminder that I am rather ill. After all, it's not like I'm getting any exercise to speak of right now, so if my caloric intake has gone down so much that I've lost this much weight in this little time without exercise ... well, it's bad. Just over a week to go until I see the specialist, so at least that's something.
So now I'm going to install my new Sims 2 expansion pack and make a whole new house with the new downloads. Then I may go back to FFXI - I have a deathgnome whose subjob needs levelling, and a whole bunch of gil from my auction proceeds to spend on spells and such. That's provided I can stay upright for long enough to play much - I really do feel rough.
My Sims 2 expansion and SiP TPB arrived today. So the Strangers in Paradise story is finally coming to an end. I don't really know how I feel about that, to be honest. I suppose good, in a way - after all, how much longer can even someone as talented as Moore follow this story along? Still, I'll be sad when there aren't any more. I wonder if he's got anything else in the works. I suppose my next purchase comics-wise is going to be the last Dogwitch TPB. Now that's one I really need to see the end of.
All the same, I suppose some of this month's discretionary cash needs to go towards new clothes. Look, my favourite denim skirt - the one that was just 'too big' last month - now is so big on me that I can take it off without unbuttoning it. This sucks because I haven't got all that much cash to spend on new clothes anyway and because, damnit, I like this skirt. I suppose I can start the shopping with a charity shop run; that should stretch the budget a little further. The problem is that I have no idea what size I am now, though I am fairly sure that none of my good skirts fit so my guess is that I've gone down two sizes, minimum. I wouldn't mind this so much if I was actively trying to diet, liked clothes shopping or frankly gave a damn about my weight. As it is, it's all just a not-so-subtle reminder that I am rather ill. After all, it's not like I'm getting any exercise to speak of right now, so if my caloric intake has gone down so much that I've lost this much weight in this little time without exercise ... well, it's bad. Just over a week to go until I see the specialist, so at least that's something.
So now I'm going to install my new Sims 2 expansion pack and make a whole new house with the new downloads. Then I may go back to FFXI - I have a deathgnome whose subjob needs levelling, and a whole bunch of gil from my auction proceeds to spend on spells and such. That's provided I can stay upright for long enough to play much - I really do feel rough.