Some of my older friends might remember the countdown to my birthday from 2000 or so? Or maybe not? No-one from back then probably reads this journal anymore. No suspense this time, no drama, because I will likely have no internet before the end ( Read more... )

In theory at least, my visa for entry has been granted. There is the very slight possibility that a supervisory bureaucrat will red line the decision made by the lesser bureaucrat before my passage sticker can be snailed to me, but for the moment I'm cautiously optimistic. Of course, Bunni's health problems remain and my moving troubles (see ( Read more... )

Bunni needs to have two gall stones the size of golf balls removed and she will not have the money for the surgery for six months. During that time she cannot travel. End result? I don't everything know as yet, but likely it means I will be arriving in Australia to take care of a sick fiancee and since her family (Mum and Dad) will be hanging ( Read more... )

Happy post-Independence Day ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I was still getting ready to move. I was even trying to cut a deal with friends so that I'd have a place to stay until my visa was approved - damned red tape. Now, everything has changed... again ( Read more... )

I wonder how the Children's Television Workshop feels about this interpretation of the Terror Alert Level?


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My sister found a home for my remaining reality serpent. He's becoming an educational exhibit at a traveling nature awareness group. They also took possession of my three empty tanks.

One more valued part of my life gone.

Qvacks.

LJ was crashed under the weight of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett death posts ( Read more... )

Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.

I got these words from origamigryphon.

chumducky - my long time nickname, which has two personal meanings. The primary meaning is that a chumducky is an old New England slang term for "seagull" - for a more ( Read more... )

I mean, really, I never thought I'd ever make this post and certainly not on Livejournal. This announcement has been THREE YEARS IN WAITING:

"In the Final Sense" is finished ( Read more... )