*sadly* lately all i do is to cavil about a) the weather b) library fines. what kind of life is that for a woman to lead? what kind of blog is that for a woman to keep? enough of whinging and tomfoolery. i shall be very good and sit firmly on my hands and do my readings for ONE whole hour without blogging or getting distracted in that time by anyone who emails or messages me. and in that time i will also not keep checking every five minutes to see how my downloads are coming along when i know very well that the last time i looked there was still 400M to download and that many small crawling things go faster than my partner's transfer speed. oh right, and i won't keep dashing downstairs to get m&ms. how's that for a carefully-defined, time-specific, sensible resolution that is not overly-exacting and practicable and suitable for a cold muggy sort of day? (there i've done it about the weather again. short of a blizzard you shall hear no more about weather on this page until september.)