Wow! Since my email won't send, and I couldn't readjust my mouse, or get my computer to play a CD for me, I decided to do some web surfing. (By the way, the only other thing that did work for me today was making a stand for my web cam out of lego! That was fun.) So, what do I surf for when I am frustrated and in need of some self indulgent dreaming...period clothing of course. My favourite places to go and dream of having lots of money to buy what ever I wanted are Starkers and Atrocities, but today I found a few others. When I was in Stratford on the weekend, I found a great store. Then there is a site from Australia, which I remember surfing when I was looking for corsets about a year ago. I did finally buy a corset from Starkers, which I love, by the way. It was an 18th century, in case you are looking, and should go under a dress like this, if I were going to hide it, heaven forbid! If you want to see a picture of me in my corset, go here. The skirt was also custom made for me by a store here in Waterloo, which I am fond of frequenting in person. So, until I can save up more money, I will simply have to dress up in the stuff I already have and love, and dream of the next thing I can afford to add to my collection. :)

Well, the new 'puter is all hooked up. By far the most exciting part for me is not all the extra memory, or RAM, or the portability or any of that stuff, but the fact that I now have speakers! Imagine, I can hear all the music and other fun extras on those sophisticated web sites. (Go to 04.12.2002 for the music part.) However, just this morning I was surfing on CBC again, and discovered that my speakers offered me a whole new world of information and fun not available in my former silent web surfing universe. I listened to several famous Canadians recommend their favourite Canadian fiction, which was really cool. One that caught my attention was the Nobel Prize winning chemist at the bottom of the page. He mentioned a paper on Canadian foreign affairs which I think should be on this site, but which I couldn't find. If any one else can find it, (the paper is apparently called "Responsibility to Protect") let me know. Well, my young charge should be arriving any minute, so this is Sumaarsita signing off until next time. Ta ta!