Friday!

Administration
Happy birthday to badlittlemonkey!

Happy early birthday to museumfreak and tidesong, who both advance a year over the weekend!

Hello to new reader sarcazm!

Medical
Exhaustion like whoa + nausea. I don't think the Prilosec is working, as it's specifically supposed to reduce nausea and let my appetite back into the building, and the last two days, I've been more nauseous than usual. I haven't been taking it entirely as directed, though; I'm supposed to take it 15-30 minutes before eating, but that's not really feasible the way I do my mornings - a mad dash of "oh crap I'm late" due to the exhaustion, shower - wolf down waffles and meds - brush teeth - put on mascara and lipstick - gogogo!

Also, I'm a tiny bit brainfucked and coordination-fucked. The latter is manifesting as sort of a delayed-response thing.

KoL
I ascended last night, after finally blowing up my chef-in-a-box! Go me. *boogies down* I decided to go teetotaler this time. Not hardcore, though. I was tempted. But I like my stuff. *laugh*

Gmail
Chat within the page? Like I need more temptation...

Wearing
Turqouise cowlneck sweater from Anthropologie, jeans, Happy Bunny "crazy doesn't begin to cover it" panties, dancing skeleton socks.

Reading
Just finished Sideways, by Rex Pickett. The speech that made Adam fall in love with the movie? Not in the book. But the book is very good regardless. (Also, Miles is a much less sympathetic character in the book. But I like fucked-up characters. *cough*nanosong*cough*)

Next up? Dreams of the Compass Rose, by norilana. I'm looking forward to it! (Don't buy that edition - a new one's coming out soon from iBooks. I'll link when it's available!)

Elayna is Reading
David Lubar's Invasion of the Road Weenies, sequel to one of her favorite books, In the Land of the Lawn Weenies.

Planning
We have an out-of-town guest this weekend! He's probably already on the plane. :) (EDIT @ 10:20: he has landed safely.) So our weekend activities are guest-centric. Will likely include breakfast at Java Jive. (Mmm, gingerbread waffles...) Will definitely include museumfreak's birthday brunch. *nod*

You?

Friday Audience Participation:"...you may well feel obliged to my employer for the use of an alias."

Let's talk about naming.

You'll have noticed that I use aliases for some people on my LJ. The thousand-person spotlight? Not for everybody. (Spooky, at first. The Craftsman.) But sometimes I use aliases just because they suit the person. (The Scholar.)

It's funny how these things come about. Let's break that down...

Spooky. Those of you who know her know that there's no better nickname; this is the woman from whom, as the Scholar said, "it's Halloween all year long". And she calls me Story. :)

The Craftsman. He's using an alias because my sexfilter is a bit large for his taste. :) He chose his own name - "It's both a philosophy and a brand of sex toys", he says. :)

The Scholar. The Scholar is so named because Miss Spooky and I spent the first night of his visit impishly, crow-girlishly, calling him Professor as he speechified. He'd've been The Professor, save for the fact that I work at a university and wouldn't want anyone thinking I was talking about an actual professor!

So my question this Friday is this:

Given the opportunity to name yourself, what name would you choose?

And what would you name me?

(no subject)

Oh, look! A bandwagon! *jumps*