I'm not going to talk about what happened today; I can't yet. I'm too angry and afraid. I don't know how safe I'll ever be able to feel again ( Read more... )

Dexcon was very wonderful, and I'll post a full 'blahblah, this is what is was like from my POV' in a while. But first, I must do a happy dance and post about the most amazing part.

Kielle was there!(For those of my friends reading this who don't know who she is, she's a fanfic _goddess_, the Lady Scribe, she runs CFAN (www.subreality.com) and I' ( Read more... )

Okay, I'm walking to work with my best gal Ana this morning and she relates this story. It seemed so reminiscent of Darq and her kitty stories that I had to share ( Read more... )

Ah, yes. The Past ( Read more... )

You would think, having seen so many of my friends get into scraps year after year, after year, I would be used to it ( Read more... )

I was awakened to the sound of a yowling cat at 3 AM. This is not as unusual as it sounds. Sometimes the shut themselves in my room and, since my door opens inward, they can't always open it. I stumbled to the door to let them out...but it was open ( Read more... )

I. Hate. Children.

Aaaaall of them. Oh, sure, some of them are cute. Which works for approximately five minutes, after which the cuteness factor just does not make up for the loud, smelly, unintelligible, strange little things that they really are.

Point One: Children Smell.That's right. They do. Not just babies, who happen smell the worst. No, ( Read more... )

Did you ever think that perhaps cats and children share something? I do.

Besides both smelling funny (children do not smell like people -- they just don't -- one of the many problems I have with them), they both seem to instantly be able to tell who does not like them, and then they latch onto that one person for dear lifeThat person is, of course ( Read more... )

About a month ago my roomates informed me (didn't ask mind you, informed) that a friend of hers and her two daughters (and, keep in mind, I _seriously_ hate children. All of them.) would be living with us "for a while" while they "found a place in town". They were supposed to be splitting time with another household. That fell through. This woman ( Read more... )

The answer? Have my job. My summer job is a sort of special project that the head of the Appalachian History Museum is working on. He