Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

Okay, I got some real sleep, but on a really wonky schedule. (The important thing is that I got some.) Headaches continue to be a problem, alas.

Something I've been thinking about lately: Maryland is considering allowing slot machines, the reason being that doing so would raise much needed money for the state. I've got a terribly selfish reason for preferring that over at least one of the alternatives. The last I heard, someone was suggesting raising the sales tax instead. The sales tax comes out of my pocket. Since I won't be playing the slots, any money raised by taxing slot machines comes out of somebody else's pocket.

A few months ago, a net.friend in Canada offered to get some of the film in my freezer developed (200+ rolls waiting until I can afford processing -- of course I said 'yes' to an offer of getting some of them developed). It was both a "late Christmas gift" and an "as long as there's no hurry on any of them" deal. Today the developed film and prints arrived in the mail. That may sound like a long time, but given that the rest of the film is still in the freezer, it's a Hell of a lot faster than the remaining rolls are getting done. Some of the film was shot in 2001, but I sent along some film from 2002 and 2003 as well. The first roll I looked at included shots of the fireworks from Pennsic in 2003. I am grateful for this gift.

I haven't been spending as much time as I'd like reading or posting to LiveJournal, or commenting on other folks' entries, and I'm behind on email yet again (as if that's ever a surprise). Got a busy day scheduled, so I'm likely to get even farther behind before I start catching up. (I have skimmed my friends page back through the past week. I entertain this absurd hope of getting around to reading some of the heavier entries in detail later.)

And I've got things I should be doing now (unless my body decides it's willing to sleep) instead of writing here. G'night.