the pineaway

today was the first day in a week that i woke up to the sounds of snow crunching under car tyres instead of the drip-drip-dripping of melting snow. my mood had plummeted as the temps rose above zero, winter's return livened me up somewhat.

there was also a bad bout of insomnia, triggered no doubt by that can of cherry dr. pepper i drank around the turn of the year. i'm really that sensitive to caffeine. no matter if i slept three hours or thirteen, never felt rejuvenated. now it seems that if i sleep from 5AM to noon, i'm okayish. anyway, i seem to have little say in the matter. even if i go to bed at midnight, i'll stay awake well into the wee hours. i've always been a nite owl...

to distract myself from sleeplessness and the lousy damp weather, i joined TinierMe... and i've been hooked ever since. the game works for me, because it focuses my materialistic urges in a virtual setting. there's a room to furnish, a selfy to dress and games and quests for earning currency and gaining items. it's a great escape... and i'm also working on coming out of my shell a little, wandering through town interacting with other inhabitants.

it's quite possible i'm the oldest person there, most aren't out of their teens yet. my excuse is that there never was anything like it when i was teeny-tiny. hell, there wasn't even internet then, the way we know it now. besides, the doki doki iq high school game is actually more than a mere timewaster, i could almost feel parts of my brain coming to life while adding and subtracting, memorizing bento lunches and shooting nuclear aliens with a baseball... and you get to go shopping afterwards. or gambling, which is probably going to be my downfall. (because i should be saving up. i'm thinking of buying a pet. that hatches from an egg.)

no real life news to talk of. i'm still living off of oven roasted root veggies and turkish yogurt, and have chair carcasses sprawled out on the floor. with things already piled on top...

*sigh*