Innamorento

I love this song. It's beautiful, and I wish there were some way of conveying it.

Toi qui n'as pas su me reconnaître
Ignorant ma vie, ce monastère, j'ai
Devant moi une porte entrouverte
Sur un peut-être
Même s'il me faut tout recommencer

Toi qui n'as pas cru ma solitude
Ignorant ses cris, ses angles durs. J'ai
Dans le coeur un fil minuscule
Filament de lune
Qui soutient là, un diamant qui s'uses ...
Mais qui aime

I should probably sleep. In a little while. When the music finishes.

Pardonne-moi
Si la douleur remue tout
Qu'elle me broie
De t'aimer comme un fou
Que tu n'es pas
Pardonne-moi
Pardonne-moi
La profondeur de mon amour
Pour toi
Si c'est du sang qui coule
Au fond de moi
Pardonne-la

What is an atrial septostomy?

So my coworker enquires of the room, before reading out the result from the website she's found. So don't feel obliged to write in and tell me.

It is very frustrating to have to wait here in the UK for the Buffy finale. Even if certain parts of it may, according to accounts, not have been quite as perfect or world-destroying as one might have desired.

While not an enthusiastic football watcher by any means, I hope that England doesn't make an _entire_ disgrace of themselves in the World Cup.

I ought to make a resolution to write down an interesting quotation or image every time I make an entry. That way I will have at least something to show for my mind.

What was that line from Gervase Fen? Something like, "While the plural of mouse may be mice, I am not convinced that the plural of spouse is . . ." At which point someone else hastily interrupted.

Ainsi soit-je

Loin, tres loin du monde
Ou rien ne meurt jamais
J'ai fait ce long,
Ce doux voyage,

Nos ames se confondent
Aux neiges eternelles
L'amour cachait
Son vrai visage

... okay, stopping.

The new picture is of Kanzeon Bosatsu (aka Kuan-yin) from the Saiyuki manga. I rather like the air of stressedness. I tried to upload someone's image of Aoshi as the _Tower_ card from the major arcana, but it was too large. Darn.

I regret my lack of strength in forking out for the hardback _Promethea_ second collected set, but the temptation was too strong. Right.

I need to work on my two scenarios for Ambercon UK, _The Sacred Hunt_ and _Murder By Decree_, as the playtest for both of them will probably be within the fortnight. Hm. The first will be much more amusing if any of the players know their sacred king rituals and put two and two together. The second will be interesting, especially if I can play the city coroner right. If the PCs start screaming and throwing things at me when they work out who he is, I'll be on the right lines. Of course, I have a distinct advantage in that at least one of the players likes playing tormented pursued dark angstful characters. By all means, let me oblige her.

When Arthur Conan Doyle killed off Sherlock Holmes (ah, Reichenbach!) people across England wore black armbands, and a woman wrote to him, starting her letter with, "You murderer!" There is nothing new in fandom under the sun.