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finished off with chocolate cake, tequila, and more chocolate cake. The only downside is I have stomach ache from eating too much.

And just because chocolate:

What Your Taste in Chocolate Says About You

You are sophisticated, modern, and high class. Your taste is refined, but you are not picky. You are often the first to try something new. You are energetic and quick to act. You are open minded, and you easily adopt new social causes. While your heart is in the right place, you often can't follow through with your dreams. You love being around people. Friendships are important to you. You feel lost when you're by yourself... so you tend to avoid being alone.

So.. I've finished the Wraeththu book. I came home and Grey wasn't here, I'd forgotten he'd told me that they would all be out today. So.. now I'm bored. *looks around*

Oh what a great book! I was a bit disappointed with the way the first two ended but the third one wraps it up completely and ties up all the loose ends and answers every question, in a way that was actually quite unexpected until the last 3 chapters. It's not really three books, it's one that's been divided up for ease of carrying (the 3-in-1 volume was a bitch to carry round for reading on the bus)

Wide awake and out of bed by 7.30am. Looks like some of Grey's hyper-ness has rubbed off on me.

It's been an odd sort of week for me and I feel guilty for not handling it as well as I ought to have done. Grey's moods took a downturn and he was depressed there for a while (although he's back to normal now). And me, where was I? Off obsessing about Wraeththu, playing second life and spending time with Mac. Instead of being there for Grey. So I am feeling a little guilty about that, even though logic and common sense tells me that I wasn't spending any LESS time with Grey than I normally would. Now Sindo if you could figure out playing SL again, we could spend time there together. :-D So, yes. Grey's happy again which is better; I'm glad his depressions don't last long.

Mac, oh Mac. You are such a mystery. Why do you keep everything hidden, even from me?  He's unhappy, this I can tell, but he won't tell me why, or even admit that he's unhappy. He just smiles, shakes his head and says he's fine. If he loves me as much as he says he does, why doesn't he tell me what's wrong? I don't know what do to to help him.

I have discovered that the latest version of semagic now has the ability to post to VOX as well as IJ/LJ and Wordpress, so I may well be posting more here from now on.

My latest obsession is the Wraeththu books by Storm Constantine. I didn't really expect to like it so much; I initially found the idea of hermaphrodites to be rather distasteful (what can be worse for a man, even a gay man, than having female genitalia?). But I find that I am utterly absorbed by the whole thing and am reading obsessively. I have just started the third book of the trilogy. Whatever shall I do when I've finished it? (Which ought to be by Wednesday at my current pace).

I have also returned to Second Life again and am enjoying it very much, have made some wonderful new friends, and having a lot of fun. There's even a wraeththu roleplaying sim there, and apparently even Storm Constantine herself visits it sometimes.

If I wasn't sitting down, I'd be pacing.

I know Grey is on his way home, and I know it's about 6 hours back from where he's been. I know the weather isn't good. I don't know what time he left there, so I don't know what time he'll be back, or if it'll be before I go to bed or not.

I hope it's soon.

*random*  I want another tattoo. A ginger cat chasing a grey mouse.

Apparently Timo (not short for anything, but Timo on its own) is both a Finnish place-name and also a popular first name in Finland. Then again, knowing that Tolkien based Quenya on the ancient Finnish language, I should not be surprised.

I have also discovered that as well as looking nearly as cute as Grey, Ville Valo, who comes from Finland, actually does some pretty good music although all his lyrics are extremely depressing - I suppose this is what they mean when they say Emo. Since I do not have any downloaded, I'll simply supply this for evidence:

There is something so sexy about a man wearing eyeliner, and looking slightly feminine. Or maybe it's that they look more elven.

I miss Grey.

I know nothing about football (soccer to Americans) but this picture appeared on the yahoo front page, of Dimitar Berbatov, who plays for Tottenham Hotspur.

Just look at that ear. Clearly, he's half elf.

This is the most delicious thing I have ever tasted.

A coffee/chocolate combination with twice as much chocolate.

(and no I am not getting paid to advertise this. Maybe I should.)

I was searching for more Bartek pics, and these amused me. Bartek wearing eyeliner. I thought of Sindo and it made me smile. (Fullsize ones in my photo album). Now I think I have downloaded a copy of just about every picture of him that exists on the net.