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Definitely not a date: Kumar showed up late, wearing weekend sweats and a snapback hat, and also he is rather less than half my age. Good to get that thought out of the way! We went to the Art Gallery as planned, and the new exhibition is great: I will definitely go again before it closes in a few weeks. It turns out that my companion knew nothing ( Read more... ) -
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Small wins, a little gold star mentally totted up for the components of a day: get out of bed, one gold star. Put on clothes, another. Take all the meds (not just the ones without which my balance is pummelled) another. Eat decently, two stars ( Read more... ) -
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Humans are a social species. This isn't news- it's one of the reasons that a puny, clawless, slow, naked ape became the most successful animal on the planet. Working together, we figured out how to hunt and kill much larger prey, how to support each other and live together. We work best in tribes. We're literally not wired to be loners ( Read more... ) -
adulting: medical module
If being an adult was a game with bonus points- which, some might argue, it actually is- it always seemed to me that there should be some kind of bonus system for doing the boring adult stuff. Today's game play was mostly medical, and none of it fun. But all necessary, so do I get some candy ( Read more... ) -
on dealing with the things
It is odd, strange, alien to be always silent. But this is my life, for a little while at least ( Read more... ) -
The silence
Being voiceless feels like an erasure. This is day six. And, it's day one of knowing that whispering, which was possible, is an extremely bad no-good thing to do, so total silence ( Read more... ) -
#JustCancerThings
"Are you claustrophobic ( Read more... ) -
Well, hello there.
So, what's new? Huh. Lots? Lots, really ( Read more... ) -
first job of the season
For many years, the first Christmas party of my work season happened on the second Sunday of November, which always felt weirdly early. Well, and it was ( Read more... ) -
well, hello there.
Yesterday morning I did my best impression of Morning Person: up at dawn (which is shockingly late at this time of the year), fed and watered and out the door while rush hour was still in progress. I was on my way deep into the west end, to an industrial enclave that houses both factories and creative endeavours. My friend Amelie, engineer and fun ( Read more... )