Arrival and Departure

Yesterday, my comp copies (I always opt for a second one in lieu of payment so I can hand them around) of Not One of us #45 showed up.  I am in there, and so is asakiyume  and sovay  and a bunch of other cool people I didn't get a chance to read, but I remember that, looking at the TOC, it seemed like all my friends were there.  I was not up to reading, yesterday, or any entertainment less numbing and consuming than video games, because of the departure of the finest pigloo tank commander the 3rd Armored Guinea Pig Cavalry has ever seen: Mouse.


Okay, it was a bad idea to go get that video.  It's kind of tacky to do.  And also it's got me wibbling.  Anyway.  We had to have her euthanized.  I have never seen a small critter hang on like that.  They show the first symptoms and they are gone in an hour or two.  She was 5, which is pretty old for a piglet.  She was very sweet.  Prey animals are good at forgetting, though (it's pro-survival) and so her compatriots (also around 5) were at the bars for carrots this morning like nothing happened.  I don't expect grief from critters with brains you can fit in a thimble.  I don't expect grief over them, either, but one of these two things is pretty constantly present.

Stupid creatures.
The other departure is the possible departure of LiveJournal.  Not that I think it's immanent, and not that it upsets me too terribly.  My capacity for being upset is somewhat stunted at the moment, and there are only a handful of people with whom I have contact solely via LJ.  To that end, if you are one of those people, you can find me on the book of faces using the name you see associated with my account here.  Dreamwidth is not allowed here at work (and yet LJ is, go figure), so I probably won't use the account I have there (fear_and_failure - I was in a Very Bad Mood when I made the account) with any regularity.  To that end, I am going to look into getting a somewhat more legitimate blog on blogger or something and just put links to what I write on aforementioned book of faces.