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[solitary_summer]

Christmas will be over, and I'll be less... not exactly tired, rather blank; I'll read books again & (hopefully) be able to write about more interesting things...

I already said this on _thankyou_, but it bears repeating... when I left home this morning there was a glimpse of blue sky and a bit of sunshine, wonderful and unexpected after days and days of grey fog.

From the realm of uninteresting trivia... I finally found a satisfactory replacement for my lost Swatch, an old one that belonged to my father's father, found when my mother was going trough old things... It's a wind-up watch, something I haven't had in quite literally ages - my very first one was one, and then the eighties came around, and I had to have a digital watch, followed by a series of Swatches.... I like that, the old-fashioned mechanical clock-work, the slightly battered state, scratched glass and worn leather band; As a rule I'm not too interested in family history (as a matter of fact due to family conflicts I only ever met my father's parents two or three times) but somehow I like to own a few things that have a history, a family tradition of sorts.

I also rather like the male touch, the simpler style; I tend to (increasingly, I find) resent things that are specifically targeted and marketed towards women in the annoying overly-girly, white-and-pastels, women's-magazines way. And don't even get me started on what apparently is sold as women's literature today - if it comes with a pink cover I'm extremely unlikely to even give it a second look. It's not that I have any strict policy about any of this; I will and do wear skirts and dresses, but I love my Doc Martens and high heels make me uncomfortable not only in the physical sense, I wear jewelry, but almost never bother with any kind of make-up... *shrug* it's a matter of taste, I guess, and mine apparently runs towards clear and simple - that, and that I don't want to primarily define myself by my sex/gender...


Late again, tired, and I've got to get up tomorrow... stupid me, will I ever learn to say 'no'?