Do you tweet?

My daughter is tugging me along in her wake of innovative online communication.  My latest accomplishment is Twitter.  Twitter is like a big IM, but with LOTS of people at the same time.  I follow David Gregory and Lance Armstrong and Claire McCaskill, among others…I’m always looking to add to my list.  Last night, watching the Oscars, I was streaming live with a group commenting on the various networks’ coverage of the red carpet, then the Oscars themselves.  I got bored after a while, but it was fascinating at times.

Now that I twitter, I’m finding mention of twitter all over the news and on blogs…if you are feeling adventurous, give it a try…but only if you have time OR are ADD and can handle multitasking.

Sick time…

It is that time of year again…everyone around me is sick or getting there.  Here in New England, we had an otherwise healthy 12 year old boy who went home sick from school on Friday and died of the flu on Sunday.  I’m feeling very lucky that I only have the cold I have…headache, a little stuffy, tired and rundown.  I’m wondering if using those Zicam nasal swabs the first two days of feeling coldy helped it not hit me with full force.

I found (actually, it found me) an interesting new theater website, theatreface.com; lots of special interest groups and, so far, lots of folks have signed up.  I’m anticipating some good reading in days to come.

I have been tuning my new violin for a week now, hoping that the new strings and pegs will start to hold the tuning soon.  I can still play scales!!!

I have nothing really interesting to contribute…just felt badly that I hadn’t written in so long.  So, here I am.

The doldrums…

I feel as if I’m wrapped in a light coating of gray batting…don’t want to think, don’t want to make decisions, don’t feel competent…just a slump.  Nothing bad, just nothing much.  Maybe waking up in the dark and driving home from work in the dark…?

OK, enough whining…I’m going to take the rest of this day and wallow and then tomorrow will be a new day.

So, there.

Slumping…

Maybe it is the season…midway through a New England winter, gray skies and dirty snowbanks.  Maybe it is the time of year…tax season and 1099s and Ws and ohmygosh how can we possibly owe more when there is already so much being taken out of every check?  Maybe it is the world climate…so many people losing jobs and retirement savings and confidence.  All I know is that these last couple of months have been slow and gray and quicksand-ish, treacly.  I feel like a toddler…I DON’T WANNA!!!!!

I know I talk about my cats too much.  But they are such a bright spot…they are constant entertainment.  The house is littered with empty boxes (they love to get in the boxes, push them around the house, biting and tearing and scratching), the occasional tiny animal sacrifice (we don’t know if they are catching things or if they are stealing their big brother’s trophies) and paper bags (great for hiding in and they make a wonderful amount of noise).  The best part is that they are slowly but surely learning the most important skill of all…snuggling.  They each have their snuggle places and they each maintain their own alone spots.  But they now spend a significant portion of the night under the covers or curled into the curve of my legs or sprawled just touching my toes.  Happiness is a warm feline…