The modem can come any day now...

[mousme]

This whole being disconnected at home really kind of bites. I have a few posts running around in my head that I don't have the time for at work, nor am I really in the right kind of headspace while I'm here to be posting that sort of thing.

I went out with the lovely and talented toughlovemuse today to go fabric shopping. 'Twas much fun. Got shiny happy fabric and a sewing basket, which I didn't have. I'm taking the next step toward proper domesticity, which is to have proper sewing supplies readily to hand. :)

I'm thinking of getting myself a digital camera, probably around the beginning of February, depending on how my finances look at that point. I'm hoping to be able to find something serviceable but not too expensive, since I'm a oint-and-click kind of person. I don't really need all the bells and whistles, since I wouldn't know what to do with them anyway.

I'm sad to note that many of my friends seem to be having stressful/unhappy/difficult times at the beginning of this year. I suppose I'm noticing more because, since I'm having a relatively good time of it myself, I'm not focussing on myself as much as I used to. There's a part of me that wants to jump in and fix things (even though I can't for the most part), because I hate seeing my friends unhappy. In fact, I hate seeing anyone unhappy. On the other hand, I very rarely do more than offer an ear and/or shoulder to friends who want it, and even then I tend to be pretty tentative in my offers, because I'm usually afraid that I'm stepping into their private business, and I would hate to make them more uncomfortable than they already are by making them feel that they should, somehow, confide in me. I'm not thinking of anyone in particular, in case you were wondering: this is just a pattern I've noticed in my behaviour: I want to help, but am uncertain how an offer of help would be received, and so err on the side of caution as a result.

I think the rest will have to wait for a new post.

Comments

[dizietsma.livejournal.com]

My camera is a Nikon Coolpix P2. I don't think they're available any more. The P3 and P4 seem to be the same thing but with 8 mpix instead of 5, but they're a lot more expensive. If I were shopping for one now I'd have a look at the Coolpix cameras in the L-range.

[fruity-spikey.livejournal.com]

do you have a sewing machine ?? if so, i might ask you to lend it at some time in the future until i get one for myself. :-)