consciousness, streaming

[lapis_lazuli022]

It's been a busy day around here -- I got so involved in the project I was doing that I completely forgot about lunch.
Around 2, I went upstairs to the cafeteria and got a small salad, a granola bar, and a banana, then dove right back into my reports. The good news is that I got my whole to-do list done today. One report is off to the copy center, and two more are at my supervisor's desk for approval. I feel so accomplished!

It's not raining today, for a change, so I went ahead and put on a light-colored top (kind of a pale mossy green, actually). I dyed my hair just over two weeks ago. I already have roots showing, and yet I'm still bleeding pink dye onto my towels. I'm concerned that when I'm out in the rain, I'll leak onto my shirt, as well. As much as I've raved about this hair color, as much as I love it, I'm thinking it's not worth the trouble. I'll let it stay another couple of weeks, but then I think I'm going back to brunette for a while. It's just easier.

I'm feeling the urge to write, lately. I mean, really write, as in with a pen and paper and the whole works. I've always been very fond of fountain pens, and I've recently come into possession of a very nice pen... and now I'm realizing that nearly everyone I correspond with has an email address these days, so there's very little excuse for me to actually sit down and write letters. I don't have much interest in keeping a paper journal... I suppose I could work on writing fiction, or music, but that's usually more an exercise in frustration than anything else. Still, it's an option. Maybe I'll try it and see how it goes. I've been meaning to spend more time at the piano; maybe playing more will inspire me to start writing again.

There are people here who 'knew me when' I was working at becoming a professional musician, who would probably be pretty surprised if I admitted that I haven't actually completed a song since 1992. Sometimes I'm surprised when I think about it, too. It's funny how priorities change, sometimes out of a conscious decision to change, and sometimes as a subtle adaptation to new situations. I think maybe I found other outlets, and didn't feel the need to express myself through music anymore. Part of me wonders if I still can.

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Technology Changes Us All

[telnar.livejournal.com]

Your entry made me think about when the last time I wrote more than a sentence or two on a piece of paper (as opposed to a keyboard), and I couldn't come up with a time in the last several years. Even though I'm almost never without a pen or three, times have changed.