Wednesday : 26 October 05
Another day passes, another year is celebrated. Earlier this evening, I was chatting with , here’s how part of the conversation went:

: How old are you now? Twelve?
: Mentally? Just about. 😉 I’m 35.

That pretty much sums up how I feel about it. I don’t feel “old,” despite several people asking me how it feels to be old. I wouldn’t know. And, if I have anything to say or do about it, I never will. I’m happy to have my health and well-being. I intend to keep that frame of mind for as long as I possibly can.

It’s been a great day. I slept in. I saved the world (a couple of times!). I went out for the semi-traditional birthday dinner at Outback with a few friends. Nothing says “Happy birthday” like twelve ounces of prime rib. Unless you’re vegetarian… in which case it say’s anything but “Happy birthday.”

Along with birthdays come the obligatory calls, text messages and IMs from family and friends. They started early this morning (before I went to bed) and kept coming through 9:00 PM. Fortunately, everyone was kind enough to allow me time to sleep in and enjoy a restful morning. Even the cats were relatively inactive this morning. It was nice. If I haven’t mentioned it recently, I have been fortunate and blessed enough to have a rather good, loving family and equally cool friends. Thank you.

The High-Flying Adventures of Indigo Bolt   
As an additional bonus to the birthday, I made Security Level 26 tonight. And a new power: Voltaic Sentinel. Basically, I create a “pet” ball of electricity that follows me around. Just like an electric puppy (…because an electric cat would just do its own thing).

I also managed to get out of experience debt this afternoon… only to get back into it tonight. Fortunately, the team that I was with tonight was fighting just enough above my level to get me out of debt and over the threshold to Level 26.

Security Level 27 is only 89,254 points away.

Stray Toaster
I neglected to post the following last night:


and I saw this car on the way home Tuesday afternoon. This picture doesn’t do it justice, but all that I had at hand was the camera on my phone. It’s a Subaru Justy. Those are flower decals all over the body. ALL over. There were a number of bumper stickers on the rear of the car, too. But, the best part was the interior: The owner had completely reupholstered the inside walls and ceiling (I couldn’t tell about the seats, though) in fleece… with bright, “electric” (think: 70s black light posters) colors.

The driver was just cruising along, working it.
Go on ahead, girl. It’s all about you!

And with that, good night.

Namaste.