2014-2015: Raiden Aspen is 33, Celia Garnet is 31

Oh well, on the bright side of things, I did get some shopping done at the new clothing store, Velvet. I should try to coax some of the more… interesting looking inhabitants of Harrington down there.

I did however get on the phone with Poppy to tell her about the store, and the apartment, especially seeing how her wardrobe needs a bit of a makeover as she’ll be around kids for the most part. I’ve suggested, twice that Pomona try something other than pigtails, but no go so far. Perhaps when Regina starts wearing pigtails too she’ll change her mind, I hope so! I can think of so many other looks that’d suit her so much better!

Raiden… Well, obviously, he’s the first person I’m dragging with me the minute work lighten up and Raiden stops acting like a reclusive hermit, honestly! Would you wear that? Even if you lived alone in a windowless box? Didn’t think so!

Still, Raiden does act like a reclusive hermit, and it’s starting to worry me. Now, he was never a big ladies man, not like Arthur Mungo seems to be at any rate, and though Raiden has made some questionable choices regarding the females he’s gone out with, he hasn’t left a string of broken hearts behind him. The deal with him and Clary – really changed him, he’s mostly quiet and contemplative and winces whenever Clary or her family is brought up. He hasn’t even visited his son yet, but since neither Baptista nor Clary seem to enthused about having him over, he doesn’t really have an opportunity to either. And he can’t very well call him without Clary or Baptista overhearing. I think I heard him mumbling about going to court over custody once he’s a bit older, so he can have him over with him and get to spend some time with him. It’s true that Raiden wasn’t the best of men when he first found out, but he does pay his child support and he does set aside some money for Jaden now that he knows. Still, he doesn’t really speak to anyone about it, Arthur, Socrates and Geraint are more or less either Clary’s or Baptista’s friends (I’m so glad I don’t really know them! The general atmosphere over at Poppy’s was weird enough when I was there!).

I found Raiden painting the other day, it was a rather odd experience seeing that he really doesn’t strike me as an artistic kind of guy. He said it was relaxing, I said there was no chance we were putting any of his works up in the apartment, he grinned and asked if we couldn’t hang it up in the bathroom or outside near the gates to scare thieves away. It seems to be a routine these days, go to work, paint, watch TV, talk to me, paint, go to bed and repeat. I really need to get him out, which means I’ll have to start looking through the phone book for any suitable place to go, why is it that Harrington doesn’t have club venue yet?

What about me? Well, I’ve been working, the world of business and entrepreneurship is a challenging one and I have to keep up with it if I want to stay in the game. Still, it’s a rather interesting form of work, if a bit hectic, Raiden tells me that’s why he quit working in Politics and took up Oceanography, I think it’s because he wants an excuse to go to the beach and watch ladies in bikinis! (Okay, so that’s completely out of character, but I can’t help it if the thought of studying plankton and fish make me yawn!)

Poppy calls me often, and I call her just as often, I really feel bad about the triangle (or whatever it is, it looks more like a really confusing drawing that toddlers make!) she’s gotten herself into, but she seems to have figured something out, a plan of action. I told her she should put it to life and get herself some new shoes, buying shoes always helps when it comes to lightening the mood. She asked if I wanted to go with, I wonder if I should drag Raiden with me?

Speaking of Raiden, he seems to have somehow (how I can’t imagine, true our neighbours are somewhat weird, but none of them have gotten to the point of wearing that just yet) come across this rather… interesting female. I nearly fell over when I saw her hair. One is fine, but two…? Is this some horrible trend that I’ve completely missed out on? If so, I think I’ll pretend I don’t know what it is, much like shoulder-pads and poodle-hair, I just know it’ll look horrible when looking at pictures 10 years from now!

Pets:
College:
Job: Oceanography
Previous Employment:
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Aspiration: Knowledge/Fortune
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Hobby: Tinkering