Ah ... a good day, in most ways.

[blamebrampton]

Work is still absolutely stupid, but, on the upside:

* I had an excellent idea for a novel that is actually 10,000 times easier to write than the one I am working on, since it is set in the future rather than the past, so I can avoid exhaustive research and just make things up!

* I have a new computer! It has all my data on it! Nothing was lost! The people at the Sydney Mac shop are lovely! (Let us not speak of the money, I am focussing on the upside.)

* The fics are now being actively written.

* I have a red ostrich feather fan for the coming stinky hot weather.

* However, the weekend is scheduled to be cool.

* The G20 looks set to replace the G8! Yay!

* On this day, sassy_cissa was born, just a few years ago. The world has been bettter since then.

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[elsie.livejournal.com]

The fics are now being actively written
Hooray!

re: fans, I have decided that next summer, I will singlehandedly bring fans AND parasols back into style in NYC. *nodnod*

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

It's not impossible! When I moved to Sydney I was nearly dead after my first few summer days, so I went to Chinatown and found a parasol. Now I buy one a year (more if I am using the paper ones) and have a collection of four or five that have lasted past their years.

At first, everyone just stared. Except for small girls who would clap their hands with glee and cry 'Parasol!' Then I saw a few other people with them. Then about two years ago I was walking up the hill to Newtown and a bevy of parasol-carrying girls walked past me coming down. It was a beautiful moment!

Fans have been more of a challenge; if you want them to catch on broadly start with something in paper or sandalwood. The big feathery ones entertain more, though.

I have added net gloves this year to see if I can bring them back (and to cover up the fact my hands are getting older ;-)

[elsie.livejournal.com]

Ooh, gloves! You're a genius. If you can pull it all off in a city the size of Sydney, maybe I can swing it in New York.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

It's been going well in its first week. People keep asking where I bought them and complimenting my outfits, which are in fact quite plain aside from the gloves.

At least you're coming into cooler weather when gloves are easy!