New things: Final Fantasy XI sucks. Really, Charles needs to be rescued from this game, before he actually get into the freakin' thing. Apparently Bubble Tea, or Tappioca Tea, whatever you know it as, has a Shaved Ice varient; if you find one, get it with red beans, peanuts and green apple jelly. I have no idea either, but it was pretty good. At the very least, get the red beans, because red beans soaked soft in sugar water are really freakin' good. I may have to try doing it at home. I read and wrote a little at tango last night, which was not a bad thing. I just wish the words would come faster, but sometimes half a paragraph is still half a paragraph forward! Everyone seems to be having a troubled time right now. I have a face twitch I think is related to stress, but I'm not sure what stressors are causing it. Other people have more defined problems. Monetary hardship. Work complications. Emotionally unstabling people. If you're reading this, you're old enough to know that these times pass, that problems are resolved for better or worse, that joys and delights return (or regain the ability to reach you). I like bananas. Nothing is truly non-sequitor; we often just don't have the perspective that allows us to understand the interconnections. Laugh, you fool, before you run out of breath! [laughs] Feel free to call. I won't be home, but mom takes really good messages. But not too late; she needs her sleep. "Never underestimate the power of the masses. Though often unfocused, the direction of its gaze determines the future." "Where one lone knight may succeed, a hundred would falter." Damn you, words, and your refusal to be brought forth into the light of day! You're all there, behind my eyes, but you struggle and flee in circles, round and round, like the tigers that turned into butter. One day, I will be your master, or you will devour me, either better than this stalemate.