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Update
My Sweetie's MRI came back clean. No sign of cancer or stroke, which were the two biggest fears. There are still a couple of symptoms not fully explained by a diagnosis of bell's palsy, but at this point they're treating him as if he had bell's palsy. This means prednisone, which is most commonly used as an asthma medication. It's a steroid, and ( Read more... ) -
Hospitals again
On Monday morning, My Sweetie woke up feeling like he was just coming out of dental freezing with the partial paralysis and lack of feeling to one half of his face. He went to work that day, but called his doctor and made an appointment for that afternoon. In the course of the day, he noticed that the hand on the same side was weak and slower than ( Read more... ) -
Extra Life 2014
I am participating in the Extra Life gaming marathon to benefit the Children's Miracle Network again this year, with two major differences. First, I've actually done some offline fundraising, and second, I am not going to be sitting by myself playing videogames this year. Members of Team #KNIFESHOES will actually be getting together in person for a ( Read more... ) -
The Earliest of Birds
Those of you who know me offline will likely realize: I am not a morning person. I am not good at waking up early, and I am even worse at being pleasant when I've woken up early. However, as I settle in at my new job, I am coming to realize that I rather enjoy several of the things that happen in the morning, at work ( Read more... ) -
The Adventures of The Artist FORMERLY Known as Flop
Some of you may not know the story behind my username. The summer between first and second year university, I started fainting for apparently no reason. Because university students are notoriously sensitive people, I became known as Flop in many of my circles, for rather obvious reasons. There are still people who know me from that era, who have ( Read more... ) -
Hello darkness, my old friend
The initial high of having a fairly steady job that I am good at and enjoy has worn off, and I am back to feeling like a burden, to the point that I had to force myself to go to work yesterday. I seem to be having trouble with the logical fallacy of believing work would rather I not come in, when in fact my not coming in forces them to scramble to ( Read more... ) -
Changes
Having been unemployed since April, I was forced to lower my expectations, and eventually (about three weeks ago) got a job as a cashier at a grocery store. I've always been good at customer service, and in the time I've been there, I've managed to impress every manager I've got ( Read more... ) -
Vedauwoo video
So... 20 minutes is definitely too long for a vlog. But I simply couldn't cut it down any further! (Okay, there were a couple of cuts that could have been tighter, but still only would have gained a few seconds....)
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Hatred/Tolerance and the hijacking of online communities
I don't talk about such things much, especially not online, but I am an active member of the Unitarian Church of Edmonton. I'm a member of the choir, and I serve as one of the youth advisors, as well as running occasional summer services, and being one of the people that the minister knows he can count on to give a reading for a service with little ( Read more... ) -
ALL THE THINGS
It's been a VERY busy week ( Read more... )
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