Work. Lots of it. Lots of frustration at it. Lots of time at it. Lots and lots of work.

Some personal stuff, too. It's odd. I share stuff here I'd not share with my immediate family or real-life friends. There's a false anonymity here, lost amidst all the other bits and bytes and Unicode characters.

It's a weak one-way anonymity. I've tried to obscure enough of me that some random stranger here can't find me in The Real World. I really don't believe that. All I believe is that I'm not interesting enough for someone to expend the effort to find me. If someone thought me worth that effort, I'd be found.

It's one-way. Many people in Real Life know I use taerkitty as an online handle. It's my email address. Thus, anyone on that side of the wall can find me here quite easily. That said, I still say stuff here that I would not say Over There.

But not everything. Some stuff just doesn't go online. I trust you all. I don't trust the random reader. It's not juicy stuff, it's not hurtful stuff, it's just private stuff. Stuff stuff. Silly stuff. Immature stuff. But stuff.

So where have I been? Doing some writing (and liking it) but not on Sian. I have ideas for Sian, but they're not focusing like they used to be. No, I'm not in NaNoWriMo. That'd put me in the looney bin. I admire maggie for doing it. I tried and failed.

Been in IM a lot. I'm taerkitty on Google Talk, MSN and Yahoo. One good thing about have an unusual username, it's easy to establish that name across multiple networks. Feel free to add me. I don't bite, and my claws are usually trimmed.

Been talking to SpouseKitty a lot. I can't say who, but some other JSers reminded me how lucky I am to have a spouse like her, and how luck is just the beginning. Relationships need nurturing, effort. They can't be taken for granted.

The Ubiquitous Jester (if I'm to claim a single deity, I would claim that one) has been drumming into my head today the dangers of taking relationships for granted. SpouseKitty was one I've already been working on, but in talking to my other online siblings, I've realized I've been very negligent in that.

Oh, and to my JS friends, too. Hence, this entry. Sorry for taking you all for granted. It's late now. Talk with you all tomorrow.

Yes, it's a promise.