Mail call.

[castalia]

I love getting mail. It's always accompanied by that "oooh, what'd I get, what'd I get?!" feeling, and possibly bouncing. Sometimes that enthusiasm is dampened by receiving only bills or junk mail, but some days, like this one, there are goodies from friends, thoughtful friends who are wonderfully cool.

Today I got a postcard from daegaer, from France. Looks beautiful there, my friend, and thanks for sending it!

From deborak, there was a large box containing "Wooden Ships and Iron Men", a cool naval war game I can't wait to play. You can reenact all sorts of famous naval battles, and looks like a ton of fun. She also threw in cards from which you construct a model pirate ship, the Revenge, from an RPG called Pirates of the Spanish Main. Methinks it is a subtle strategy for getting me hooked on the game ;P

Mania also gave me three gummi squid! I had no idea such wonders existed. Gummi squid! I may eat two of them, and save the third so I may keep it and love it and call it my squishy.

There is much happiness today. Right now I'm eating fresh yummy strawberries, Golden Cheshire cheese (yes, import, hush you errant Debs), and fresh bread from Panera with English Somerdale butter (omg, so good. This butter is amazing and yet imported so I can't justify buying it too often. Still, yum). Also, PG Tips tea, the best tea in the world. Watch me as I revel in my nearly-all-carb meal that's part of my balanced diet.

Oh yes, not-so-gratuitous-IP for new squid icon. Combining ships and squids, how marvelous ;)

*off to work on my resumé so I can apply for those lab jobs*

Comments

[cimmerianwillow.livejournal.com]

ICON!! LOLOLOL! That's GREAT!! *dies* Where on earth did youget that picture?

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I forget the specific website. I do a Google image search for "squid" from time to time, and it popped up there. It's an old engraving, so it's probably lots of places. Glad it amuses you :)

[cimmerianwillow.livejournal.com]

*g* I was just curious how you came across it. And you know, having eaten squid before, and recalling the length of time each bite required me to chew, gummy squid makes perfect sense to me. lol

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Lol. True, the stretchy sensation is probably similar *g*

Never had squid, and I'm not sure I'd want to eat squid now. They're too cute to eat.

[cimmerianwillow.livejournal.com]

Well, I can't say that I particularly liked it - i know I didn't eat much of the entree - so you prolly wouldn't be missing anything. lol