Tonight I bought the cutest little journal that ever was, because I found myself returning to look at it several times while in the store. I couldn't stop smiling at the image. The cover art is called Pyromaniac by Yoshitomo Nara, and I love it. Rather than a dangerous, fire-starting maniac, she (yes, I believe firmly she's a girl) looks like an edgy little kid whose sidelong grumpy glance is the result of being all dressed up (weather appropriate) with nowhere fun to go.

She's really annoyed with her predicament. I totally relate.

Lately, I've had this little bit of restless huffiness happening inside of me, and it's captured by this picture. I even have a little sound effect for it, but it doesn't translate well cyberly. I'm going to keep this journal with me on my daily adventures, so when I feel my inner grump bristling, I can look to her. She gets it. Of course, I hope to put the pages to use and record blogworthy tidbits too.

Vacation (slash baby nephew duty) is coming, and I'm ready! It's starting to feel like fall, and I want to escape to the endless summer of Hawaii to forget about that for a while. With all the terrible things happening right now as a result of weather, it's lame for me to gripe about the change in seasons. It's just that autumn is normally my favorite time of year, but I'm not getting in to it yet. I usually feel energized by the fresh crispness to the air, but instead I find myself wanting to hold on to the warmth for as long as possible.

Also, it seems like time just skimmed over August to leap into September. According to my astrology forecast for the month, yesterday was supposed to be my #1 shining, fabulous day. Huh. Basically, I ended up dragging myself through work with a migraine, and then came home early to take drugs and collapse on the couch in a headache stupor, but whatever. See picture above for my new feeling about horoscopes.

The one major plus of this autumn is all the great new music and fantastic bands playing here in October. Paychecks are rapidly disappearing with the purchase of concert tickets, but I can't stop myself. I'm looking forward to Nada Surf's new one the most. I hope you will check it out. The songs on the site are amazing, and I adore the artwork and colors used for the cover. Good stuff.