It's my 31st, regular posts will be back soon.

It's my birthday, and one of my goals for the past few months was getting my hobbies back on track.  More doing things, less laziness.  Unfortunately, life has tried its hardest to derail me.  My 35 year old sewing machine died in the middle of some projects, then my 11 year old camera died two days later, as I photographed some stuff to sell to replace the sewing machine.  I tempted fate by joking about which of my ancient electronics would die next, and my 18 year old cat died a few days after that.  A week or so later, my 17 year old cat vanished into the night after him.

I went to retrieve a photo so I could make a poster, and the CMOD battery had died on my desktop.  My backup harddrive for photos had a heart attack.  Then my media card reader died.  Is this real life?

I've got some accessories for a backup hand-me-down camera in the mail.  I've moved beyond frustration and grief because the past few weeks are too ridiculous to have actually happened.

I'll actually have real updates in a week or two.  Cheers!