I was just re-reading my sparse posts from the last half a year, and I wanted to say a public thank you to everyone who helped me, or just offered love when I needed it. You were great. Sometimes just a short note that said you were there was more powerful than anything else. I'll try to remember that and pay back the debt when I can. I'm not ( Read more... )

OK, just one week....in my life....this year...without something bad, or stupid, happening would be brilliant. Seriously, just one; not asking for much here. Just one, and maybe a preview of Peter Capaldi's work on Dr Who, that would be very cool. But, That's it. That's all I'm asking of you, so... just think about it... OK?

I'm starting to really think that I've been way too patient with people. I think there comes a point where being nice stops being a good idea.

I would have said something closer to "slightly more trouble that you're worth", obviously I don't know everything, and some people know better than I do. I trust a great deal of the people I know who may have had influence, so I'm trusting that they are right.

Monet’s Impression, Sunrise which apparently started the Impressionist movement is a masterpiece. It’s somehow perfect in it’s recreation of what Monet saw that specific morning. Nothing looks like a thing as we see it, if we see it clearly and in its own direct context. Everything looks exactly like it should in context itself. I have no ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a very good day in Endless Hills. I was asked to come down and help marshal the barony's rapier championship. This allowed everyone to fight for the honor and for the combatants to not have to take a turn marshaling as well as competing. I like to do this when I can, and "the Hills" is something like a home away from home for me. ( Read more... )

Oh my dearest student ( Read more... )

OK, I don't want to talk about feline related grief any longer. I will write about finally saying goodby to Orpheus, but not tonight. I thank all of you who read, and cared and asked if we were OK from the bottom of my heart. It mattered a great deal. You kind of saw one of the most difficult principals that I face. I can't save those I love from ( Read more... )

So, I thought last night was going to be the last night for Orpheus. He's still with us, though he is in a lot of pain. Tomorrow he will get to rest, so I guess this makes two nights of waiting for the end. I don't want the torrent of well meaning love that Facebook would provide. I want Liz to be OK, and I want Orpheus to feel nothing, if he ( Read more... )

Orpheus is a cat, and often an irritating cat. He's loud and always needs something. I don't think he's ever found the right side of a door. He's woke me up between three and four in the morning for almost a year. He's distracted me from work, and gotten me blown up in video games. He is everything a cat should be ( Read more... )