Here I am swimming at Rua with Jensel, who turned up after a month away from S.L.

Enjah rang me today: her fan broke, causing her video card to burn up, and other damage. Did she say motherboard or did I invent that woe? Not sure but she says they estimate a week before the parts are in. That is really too bad. They've had some bad luck this holiday, since her husband has sinus problems necessitating a catscan, he had food poisoning, they were both ill during their trip to Virginia, and now the computer.

I ordered a new mouse two days ago as mine is wearing out. It's been great - a Logitech optical - but it was given to me at my mummy's last Christmas (ostensibly by Elizabeth). The texture is worn off and the silver mousebuttons have finger-worn shapes. The new one is a Razer Diamondback, which I ordered from Amazon (I hardly ever order from them as it means paying tax) and which they estimate will take ten days to get here. How nice - it's about two hours away but of course they want you to pay extra for shipping to receive it within a few days. Tchah.

My hippo is up at Hanson Infohub, and I made more hippos (I also have one I didn't send in).

"Hippose"