short notes

1) Rain makes me happy. I know that after a few months of it, I'll be a little less gleeful, but still, whee!

2) Knaedlachs for breakfast. I totally recommend it.

3) Waking up at 6:45 on a Saturday? Not so much.

4) Today is a day for doing anything I want, or nothing at all. I don't get those days often enough.

5) Thanks to wild_irises, I got some more contract work, doing something I'm good at. (She actually shot me two things, but I wasn't what they wanted for the second thing; however, at least in part because I was open about that, they are eager to call on me next month when they *do* have something they want me to do, so it's a win.)

6) I am now officially working at home full-time again. I cannot possibly describe how happy that makes me, especially since I have figured out the low-stress approach to my day job.

7) I have sent sex-toy questionnaires to about half of those of you who volunteered; I'll send out the rest in the next day or two, and start interviewing this coming week. Yay!

OneWebDay

Thanks to kightp for the pointer to OneWebDay.

On July 11, 1998, I got my first net connection. The next day, I met my first love, and began my love affair with the internet.

I live with someone I met online. The other person I'm in love with, likewise. I learned how to talk and think about my sexuality and my social life online.

Recently, someone posted a link on OKCupid about a study that said people are having less sex now because they're too busy online. I responded as follows:

I doubt I'd be having any sex at all if it weren't for the internet. I met both of my partners online, and at least 90% of my in-person friends and flirtbuddies are people I met in one online venue or another. My social life was a big fat zero before I got hooked up with my first net connection.

I love looking things up, and the internet makes that easy and fun.

I am a better friend, a better cook, a better lover, and a better person because of the internet. Long may it be a positive influence in my life, and in yours.