We had fun at the office, had quite a bit of work and the boss seemed to like my slides. More importantly, I got home in time for dinner, hurray!
A lot has been going on, ASES Summit is work-in-progress, but lots of things are being rapidly settled. I have faith we'll have fun, I'm already learning a lot. It was a temperamental kind of day, one moment warm, the next cold and wet. At the same time it was fun, watching the sunlight filter through the slats, beaming that slight tinge of lemon at the end of a good weep.

For the company cat *gurgles like a baby*.

Franklinstein (Monochrome Moment)

Wound up tight on its hunches, ready for flight,
deciding,
Gray on white,
Tension, intelligence, instinct,
caught in a monochrome moment.
Someone said you are evil,
That sublime tilt of your head catches me,
I wonder.

But your expression changes as it encounters mine,
The eyes slowly growing softer, rounder with wonder.
Its pure trickery, perhaps,
so when your claws get caught in my skin,
draw blood on my clothes
Franklin, little angelic devil,
I’d forgive you anyway.

An Antagonist is Me!

Somehow I find this week getting darker by the day. The anger is balling up inside of me, taking the form of a big black lump of despair. Threatening to envelop me. To unleash that monster that resides in all of us.

I desist.

Self-containment figures a lot in this. I'd like to drown right now, in an ocean of aquamarine. My old, morbid thoughts have resurfaced; Really, I'd be surprised if they stayed dead. But I think I'll just live and let be. Eventually everything will blow over, I just need to sort my head out, and keep quiet and low profile in the meantime. Don is right, I need rest, that elusive creature.

Speaking of which, I've talked to Don practically everyday recently: he's been a good sport to put up with me. It's good to have you home, dear! Hurray for you, and thanks for the blouses!