Subject: [Info]_Traffic_limit:_100%_reached

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Yeah, I'd already seen the logs, but I guess it takes a day or so for them to process 'em over in the billing department. (more...)

So I haven't had a lot to say these past few days, namely because despite my gothic tendencies I don't want this to turn into a blog of dark depression and misery and dripping mascara -- suffice it to say that things are pretty bad. It might amuse you to know that on Thursday I dropped my hair clipper as I began to cut my hair, knocking the blade out of the cutter, breaking it, and leaving a dent in the floor to boot. I found a screwdriver and fixed the clipper, but now it doesn't work as well... (more...)

First of all, thanks to everyone for the condolences regarding Duncan's passing. I plan to have a Crayon Haiku up about him sometime this week or next week, so he can live on not only in my blog but on SC as well. Hard to believe I really miss a fish -- he'd been here so long I hardly even noticed him when he was here -- but his death makes me feel slightly lumpy inside. It's weird. (more...)

Well, I was going to write about how awful my day was (with one notable exception), but then something else happened... so it is with a heavy heart that I bid farewell to someone who's lived in this house almost as long as I can remember. (more...)

No photos of me shirtless this time, though. 😛

So the other night I stopped into Hot Topic in Arundel Mills and got that same giddy rush that usually comes over me whenever I step into a HT store no matter where it is in the country. Now I know a lot of people, especially among the older and/or slightly more mature gothic crowd, don't like the chain because it took the "original" culture they grew up with (and to some extent feel that they created, or at least somehow made their own) and essentially made it a trendy place where rebellious teenagers can conveniently pick up threads to flaunt their attitude and piss off their parents and schoolteachers, and I can understand that. (more...)