So, yeah, certain things in my life have been crappy lately.
But...

We're moving up north.  The house and land have been transferred in the boy's name (some day I'm gonna remember to ask him if I'm supposed to refer to him by name on the interweb).  It's his.  His asset, and, until we get some work done on it, his liability.  Bonus: unlike an ( Read more... )

Edit note:
I just re-read this incomplete post and realized that it is the quintessential example of throwing myself an LJPityParty.  I'ma post it anyway, 'cause few if any of my friends know what's going on in my life.  But then I'ma write another entry.  It will more accurately reflect how my life is going.
-georges

Six months or so later, where we ( Read more... )

Please open this box with the enclosed crowbar
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That's how I feel.  And when I think of ants, I think...  Cordyceps.  Because that's the way I think.  So, I don't wanna be ant-like.

Anyway, it's mid-May.  There's a lot to be done, less time to do it, and my body is still broken.

This weekend includes finishing our fence, getting the rest of the weeds out, planting peas, swiss chard, and anything ( Read more... )

So, I been sick, but being sick is passe, so instead of whinging about that, I'm gonna whine about how being sick set back my PT by... well, probably by about a week, since I was only a week into it.  That's it, though, I'm done with the whining ( Read more... )

This morning, while doing the exercises assigned by my physical therapist, I realized that I'm not going to get better.  Not while I'm working at my current job, or any like it.  I had even told co-workers that one of the reasons I didn't mind getting laid off was knowing that I would be done with physical therapy sooner, healthy enough to live my ( Read more... )

So, mysticjuicer posted this a bit ago. Watch it. Now.

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(He is pretty nifty, but don't tell him I said so.  Studies show that the best way to reinforce nifty behaviours is to point at people and yell stunning insults, such as the word "JOCK!" Studies, I say... This is SCIENCE! )

Home today, my choice... sort of.  I left early last night because the pain was making me nauseated.  I seem to have twisted something weird in my back, or else gotten infected by parasitic aliens.  Either way, it'll work itself out, right ( Read more... )

When the former president was called a chimp, it was an attack on his intelligence and big ears.
When the current president is called a chimp, it is an attack on his race.
Discuss.

Edited To Add Link : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7898845.stm

Today was a big, fat reminder of why I do not like children.
In fact, I dislike them.  A lot.

That is all.