So, following up on the miserable state I was in on Wednesday night, I had some chats with assorted dear friends, and came out of it with some potential paths, and a reminder that I don't have to do things all by myself. There are others out there, and I can both ask for help and receive it ( Read more... )

So, here I sit at my computer, slowly waking up and drinking my morning vitamins.

And suddenly there is an explosion of chirping outside the side door. I wander over to find out what the deal is, and find the the bottlebrush tree just t'other side of the fence is filled with a swarm of New Hollands feeding, chatting and zooming about in that way ( Read more... )

naamah_darling posted an awesome, intelligent, insightful and remarkably calm post deconstructing some of the most shockingly dense comment-fail I have ever seen. Go here to read it's entire awesomeness, but I'm going to post some of my experiences here on the topic, as inspired by the above-linked post.

..why depressed people may not seek treatment.

Sometimes ( Read more... )

After months of waiting, and waiting, and waiting, I finally got to work from home ( Read more... )

There's been a lot of discussion lately, online and in person, about how accepting Perth/Swancon fandom has been over the years, and how's that not always a good thing. Traditionally we have sometimes been too accepting, and let people get away with behaviour that ranged from skirting the line to blatantly and utterly unacceptable ( Read more... )

I've been pondering for a while creating a new, more tightly filtered group and posting smaller updates more often. Several people I know have something similar and I'm always interested in hearing more about what's happening than just what's 'socially acceptable', and impressed by the courage of those who do share such intimate details ( Read more... )

A short while ago, cheshirenoir buzzed* so:

Does anyone else find this tune creepy? (Тетяна Ціхоцька "Щедрик" \ Tetyana Tsikhotska Shedryk)** Ukrainian folk song converted into western Christmas Carol

To which I reply:

Ya think? (Carol of the Old Ones Sing-Along)Although I do find the Ukrainian video disturbing in that it comes across as your typical "Isn't ( Read more... )

Gah, according to my weather widget, it's officially 40C/102F outside at the moment, feels like 42C/107F.

And the desktop thermometer claims it's currently ~35C/95F indoors, although I am still undecided as to just how accurate that is.

It's just too damn hotI think I'll give the computer a break, go have a bowl of ice cream and either read a bit ( Read more... )

So, last night I was so tired that I crawled into bed at 7pm and promptly fell asleep. Although I did wake up several times through the night, it was never longer than a couple of minutes, and I didn't really wake up/get up until 0930 this morning ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to threefour* wonderful and very different women who just happen to share a birthday:

binkypengi,
alias_sqbr,
anysia and
manic-pixie700! Hope you all have/had a grand birthday, and many more awesome ones to come ( Read more... )