I am posting this unlocked because it's unlikely the researcher will locate the pseudonymous blog based on my health information. I got randomized into the wing of a study to figure out whether using a website (The Intervention) makes it easier for people in specific situations to Variously Cope. Part of getting into that wing of the study means I ( Read more... )

More than one person posted What resembles the grave but isn't, Anne Boyer, and I can be another.

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Things said in the darkness in bed, where you can say things that are true, tonight:

"Remember, Noodle is in the truck."

And, much less seriously: ( That Guy, flippant )


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* detour to crochet a Goth necklace
* Bristol 8 and 9
* counterfeit Ovalteenies
* pectin gummies (not attempting to make -- YET)
* sleep

Speaking of which, I need sleep.

The spectre of Voting haunts me such that I don't feel like I can do anything until I do that, which is one of the worse kinds of ADHD lockup, because at the moment I also do not have ( Read more... )

Yesterday afternoon, after my commiseration session with my therapist, I left a message for my psychiatrist: I am looking for a breakthrough anxiety med that is neither alcohol nor cannabis. And while I am willing to discuss this at my next appointment, perhaps I will want this before my next appointment with said psychiatrist. (13 days hence.)

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Household have collectively dropped our ballots in the boxes.

Like many of y'all, I am mostly staying away from news sites, and sites where news is absolutely unavoidable. (Dreamwidth is not one of those.) Though one of my chats has proposed: "I want an election night stream that's just Anderson Cooper and Rachel Maddow getting falling down drunk ( Read more... )

So the Bristol Stool Chart covers numbers 1 through 7.

( Discussion, without excessive personal details. )


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This time I had Actual Plans for the holiday! And I was able to do (some) things!

Costume: Dulcie (again?) -- this year I'm Actual Dulcie, as noted by the short hair. ( Read more... )

The Flappy Dragon is hanging up again, although it does appear Very Unwell. I patched its horns, and then Belovedest hung it back up. Alas, it's got what seems like ( Read more... )

The other day when I took Alex to an appointment I heard a weird noise behind us when I parked, after I'd turned the car off. Some kind of generator at this location? Weird. I picked up my phone and did something unrelated.

At our next stop, I heard that noise again. Same direction. From where my tote bag was. Fan-like.

I got out and rummaged around ( Read more... )

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Did a photo shoot today for the cover of the blank book. Is it the best? Who knows. But I like it.

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So, pretty much the only place you see Palamades without Camilla is in the River bubble, where his only source of entertainment is the same 3 books. The one he talks about is "The Necromancer's ( Read more... )

Today I had a video appointment with my cancer social worker, which was good.

I also got a box of things including some beads and bead string glue. While I was on the phone with


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