When I was younger, Tom Petty played something like 20 nights at the Fillmore and I remember being devastated that I couldn't go. I forget when this was, but money was an issue and at that point the idea of traveling across the country to see a band, even THE band, seemed unrealistic ( Read more... )

not too much of depth to report. we've been hooping more which is fantastic, both as teachers and students so i'm pretty happy about that ( Read more... )

it's been a fucking week ( Read more... )

but for now i just wanted to point out this awesome design

http://ctrla.lt/boston-love-shirts-all-proceeds-to-onefund-org/

in one swoop you can:
support a local boston designer
support onefund.org
show your love for boston
wear a pretty awesome shirt

last week when i was getting prepped for my surgery, my anesthesiologist was telling me how he'd previously worked with one of my surgeons from MGH. even though i was at one of the best hospitals in the world, being seen by doctors at the top of their field, that nod toward boston made me feel safer. it was a notion that i wrapped myself in as i ( Read more... )

that last post ended on a weird note

since i am excited we're going to see Joseph Arthur at the Troubadour soonish, here are some songs

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first off, i'm selling some awesome and useful things: http://www.ebay.com/sch/bridgetvoid/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686Read more... )

so today i went in and had laproscopic kidney surgery. i handled the anesthesia with flying colors, so well that after 5 or so hours the doctors determined i could leave since by that point i probably wouldn't have any issues. it was slightly risky but i was in SO much pain and there was nothing that could be done in the hospital aside from pump me ( Read more... )

so i -could- have had surgery on my kidney this past thursday (wheee!) but there was nowhere near enough time to do all the pre op testing, schedule my anesthesia guy or train his replacement (he was on vacation last week), get my cardiac guy on call, get my oncologist prepared, start pre meds, and know that everything would be safe. one thing that ( Read more... )

so friday i woke up with the most excruciating pain in my left flank. it felt like someone had been punching me all night or something. well it felt worse than that, after having gone through all sorts of minor surgical procedures without anesthesia, breaking bones, and having a bone marrow biopsy, i still feel confident in saying it was the worst ( Read more... )