I just lost a huge post as the power went out-came on. Dagnabbit. I'll reconstruct the bare bones.

Someone in house barbecuing - my place filled with sick-making fumes. Has happened several times now.

At school yesterday: New student, Vincent. Learning to scan and use Photoshop.

Spoke with Hammer: his jazz-musician father enjoying a good time in his life w/ well-paid jobs where he plays w/ good musicians and is treated w/ respect. Not the norm for artists.

Enjah: rockin' chick. Her paintings are lovely. I snuck into her Second Life house and drank up all her tequila. (Well, wishful thinking... hic.)

New friend, opera singer -- another cat. Met next door to my gallery in Second Life at the Fantasy Castle when I mentioned Il Commendatore (I'd replaced my avatar's textures with a rivetted metal texture and looked like a statue though not of marble). He's a tenor, and his voice is beautiful (I've heard just a wee bit).

Fantasy Castle originally annoyed me when it appeared (a week or two ago) but now I like having it around as the people who go there crack me up. I switch genders while I'm there but they don't care.

At school tomorrow; BIA audit of my program on Tuesday.

Watching Mapantsula except it's too fume-y in there (where I SLEEP) now.

Had snippy reply from library when I asked what'd happened to Losey's Don Giovanni. They said, "We can try to order it -- if it's even still available." To which I replied, "It just came out on DVD." (mofos)

Talked to Looper yesterday. She keeps track of whether I'm alive or dead, which is kewl.

Mel is using Ozymandias as her desk-top picture (Maori tattoo Oz).

I went to Hamlet Linden's Fashion Expo, and he used a screenshot I took on his New World Notes blog. There was a wedding gown shown that he said crashed the sim when it was made as it has -- I forget -- 400 prims in it, or something. I'm not into women's fashions these days. I'm more into weird get-ups.