Phonetics

Dear phone company, I'd very much appreciate it, if my phone doesn't ring to tell me that

1. it is busy (I prefer my phone to be busy when I actually tried to call somebody who's already speaking with somebody else!)


2. I'm in somebody's waiting loop (I bother with waiting loops only if I called the service and can afford the wait!)


3. my inbox has no messages (I only want to know about existing messages if I called the damn box!)


4. a telemarketer, speaking apparently an ancient form of Aramaic, wants to sell me something. (No, you can't opt out of the ensuing verbal decapitation.)

FM-PMS

current chapter word count: 6125
scene tinkered today: Tree Talk, SuOmi
scene rewritten today: park & reverence
successful? oh yes! reads much better now and has smooth, well-formed transitions! :)
scene to be relocated because of it: Cherry blossom burial mound murder #1
research of the day: Great Kanto Earthquake 1923, Ueno Park fountain
quote of the day: "I know which paths to avoid."

On pants and people

Open letter to fashion labels - more specifically: jeans labels.

( cut for your anti-ranting-convenience )