Broooooooaaaaaddddbaaaaannnnnnnddddd

good god. i despise not having 'net access at home. it's like not being able to breath. i do not have a tv either, so it can be truthfully said that i reside under a boulder. every day, i eagerly peruse the latest headlines as soon as i get into work when i should be working instead. it's just *awful*. it's the week of the democratic national convention. this is just pure and undulterated misery.

the part that makes me want to sob uncontrollably is that 'internet' wasn't even a household word until 1996. blogging went mainstream later than that. at one time my life was untouched by the marvels of the web, email, streaming video, and lots of music available for illegal downloading. it was a pure and innocent era of the occasional flirtation with a newspaper (i promise i did more than read the comics and tackle the crossword), but more frequently i floated about in a fog of uninformed apathy.

now i am weathering bouts of tremendous boredom, loud sighing, and unexpressed rage at reactionary conservatives. i can't rant as please. i have to hold it all in until i move. to express it without the aid of this blog would greatly frighten my poor cats. they just aren't used to seeing me walking around, punching things, muttering, and screaming obscenities. they're acclimated to the furious tappity tap tap of my well-worn keyboard, which has never threatened to interfere with the regular filling of their food dish and cleaning of their litterbox. they are not quite sure about how their human pet's descent into insanity would affect things, but they are quite sure that it can lead to no good.

i am drawing out LOTR as long as i can, but i am rapidly approaching the conclusion of the saga. this is all good timing since i have to pack and move by saturday. better blogging awaits!