So we're having a party on Saturday! There will be games and yummy baked things. Also possibly a small poker tournament. If you can come we would love to see you. 1pm-10pmish at our flat in Falkirk (if you don't know where that is, let me know and I'll send directions!)

Love from Ash and Chris

the love you take is equal to the love you make Wait, no, that's not what I was going to say...;)

There was pizza. And lots of hugs. And a bubble bath with a book and a small but delicious bit of chocolate.

Even the most glum days can turn out well. =)

Current Mood: better

Welp, today is pretty rotten. I've been glum and melancholy after a night of upsetting dreams, and the weather's been drenching. Plus it's just been a long week and I'm short on sleep, and even shorter on Ashfae-time and headspace. I'd give a lot for a day off to take a bath and play video games and reground. I may ditch my Sunday plans in order to do that, though it'd be sad to miss the Carol Ceilidh.

I don't want hugs or sympathy (actually I'd love hugs but they'd need to be physical ones, Chris is getting mobbed by hug demands when I get home), but I would like distractions. Anyone have any good news to share, or Christmassy joy, or pictures of cute animals, or geeky jokes, or anything generally pleasant? I'd be very grateful for any of the above. =)

Also I would maim for pizza, but that can't be left in an lj note, alas!

The Mystic Pig
	I asked the mystic pig: Oh Mystic Pig, where can I find Christmas joy? and the mystic pig said: Try Google. Ask the Mystic Pig another question created by ixwin

I love you, Mystic Pig!

( A WHOLE LOT of awesome. )

And in short it's been several days of really good things. Yay. =)

I love Christmastime.

Edit: Aww, and thanks for the snowflake cookie things, guys! I wish I could send them in return but I think I missed my chance? (if I haven't and it can still be done, tell me how, please! I can't find them in the V-gifts list)

Current Mood: cold!! eeek!!

Meanwhile, in potentially awesome news, I may be getting a netbook type titchy writing laptop for Christmas. Whee!

The question is, what sort? Does anyone with knowledge/experience of these want to give me advice? I have to research them myself and as usual am dazzled by information.

Priorities are: it must be VERY VERY VERY LIGHT, really as light as possible, must have at least one USB port, and have several hours of battery life.

Things I DON'T need or want: a large hard drive, disc drives of any sort (extra unnecessary weight). Or excessive RAM or processing speed, come to that.

OS: Windows XP or earlier preferred. Vista is too clunky for this purpose, I don't know when Windoze 7 comes out. I dislike Macs and don't want to take the time to learn a new operating system, so XP is probably my fate; I can manage that. Windows 7 would be fine, since I'm told it's out and seems to do well for this purpose. =) Not Vista, though.

Things that are negotiable: size of screen/keyboard (ideally I'd like to go find some and experience them and see how small I can get without dying of annoyance). Not fussed about a mousepad either really, I used to do fine with a mouse "button"-thing. So long as there's something that works, I'm good.

...what else am I not thinking of?

I'm hoping I can find a not horribly expensive one (it might be a present but that's no reason not to be frugal) given that I'm really not fussed about hard drive/ram/processing speed, which are usually what bloat the price, in my experience. All my initial research seems to take it for granted that everyone wants a computer that can do everything though, which I really don't. Hmmmm.

Any thoughts or experience on this, or links to info that would be helpful, would be greatly appreciated. =)

【ANOTHER ANON MEME】

(there is a link on the middle word, but you have to be looking at the entry {not viewing it through a friendslist} to see it. Took me a while to figure that out)

Thanksgiving was made of delicious win. Me, randomchris, borbor_chan, fyrie, em_jh, and shadowfane, which was a perfect number of people--maximum fun, minimum stress. There was lots of food. Our poor small oven was packed in hilarious ways; if Dyl sends me the photos I'll post them, every rack was filled and sometimes double-stacked with cooking food. It all worked surprisingly well. =)

Eschewed many of the "traditional" Thanksgiving foods (I usually ignore them anyway) in favor of chicken filets wrapped in bacon (omgsogood), sausages wrapped in bacon, tons of roast vegetables (some cajun-spiced, some just with rosemary), garlicky mashed potatoes, garlic bread (garlic = good), salad, and my grandma's macaroni and cheese. For dessert there was PUMPKIN PIE (I'm happy), chocolate cake, apple-cinnamon bake type stuff, ice cream, whipped cream. I ate the perfect holiday amount--a bit too much but not so much that I felt sick.

There was also much silliness and laughter, and a bit of Guillotine (amusing card game).

It was perfect. =)