Weird. This was the second time it happened. I was still connected to Kazaa and still getting a feed from Air America and I could load anything at tnm.n, but everything else on the web seemed to indicate that my internet connection was down. So if anyone was wondering where I was yesterday evening, that's my confused explanation. Huh.

Fortunately, this gave me some time to work on a new layout for WIAN and read more of Wicked. As for WIAN, I suddenly realized yesterday morning that I was an idiot and that the reason I didn't think I was very good at web design was because I expected it to be easy and just flow. I wasn't thinking about it being like every other creative endeavor, in which one must plan out things in advance and actually brainstorm. So now I'm starting from the drawing board, and I already like my new concepts much more than the half-baked ideas I had floating around before. So yay!

As for Wicked, I must pause briefly to HAIL THE PACKRAT SYNDROME. My mom got me a copy several years ago, and though I thought it looked like a great book, I just never got around to reading it. And when I was going through a bookshelf purge last year, I decided that I probably never would get around to reading it and put it in the box to sell to Half-Price Books. We had every intention of bringing the books to Half-Price, but they're still sitting in a bunch of boxes in the garage. Oops. I guess I know where I get my tendencies toward procrastination now. So anyway, Wicked was rescued, and I spent parts of yesterday reading, while on the treadmill yesterday (2.75 miles! I am so good!) and while lying uselessly on the ground that evening in the yoga position for relieving period cramps.

As for my actual reactions to Wicked so far, let's just say that it makes me feel much better about taking liberties with Men at Arms. Good grief, Wicked: the musical is almost nothing like the book! Although I hate myself for the things I'm doing to Angua and Carrot and Vimes, at least I'll have someone to point at and blame and say "But THEY were even MORE out of character!" and run away.

So yeah. A Hat Full of Sky in five days!