Well, Auntie Setsu died this morning. It wasn't unexpected, since her liver and kidneys had been failing and she was in the hospital, and she and everyone else was prepared, so that's good. My folks are going to drive up tomorrow, though there's no arrangements yet. I'm glad her immediate family still lived in the area, so her kids and grandkids ( Read more... )

@%*# my dog was bitten by a neighbor's dog. They've played fine during the day, but something just did not go right. Dark + the lighted collars the other ones wear, I guess. Wilson now has a nice puncture wound on his front leg. Clipped the fur from the area and cleaned it as best I could, but it definitely goes right down to the muscle. Awesome. ( Read more... )

Spent most of the weekend feeling dog-sick due to the NAC (happens when I pick it up again, should be fine soon), but at least I've got the stuff again. It helps a little, at least psychologically. Still feeling messed up, though. 5 hours of sleep last night if that. The rain is not helping ( Read more... )

So we're sort of worried my grandfather is dying. Last week he collapsed in his home and had to call the EMTs, and while he was in for something fairly innocuous (vertigo) he seems to be getting worse. This morning mom left for Ohio to stay with him for a while. I am fine, but I am also writing this entry deeply stoned. My OCD, which has been ( Read more... )

Since I made it from crap I found in my fridge and I'm not yet displaying symptoms of food poisoning ( Read more... )

Not dead, merely self-absorbed. If I appear to be somewhat sluggish and non-responsive, it would be because I'm deep in my cyclical Personal Project Mode, usually researching (BTW, I recommend "The Folklore of Fairy Tales" by Maclead Yearsley for anyone interested in that kind of thing). I enjoy being this jazzed about something. The only drawback ( Read more... )

Well, my work computer. Coworkers were having trouble with remote access, so on the advice of the IT guy I checked their connections (remote networking enabled, firewall set to provide exceptions), let the server install all pending updates, and restarted the Linksys router. Except after all that my own computer, which is the hub through which the ( Read more... )

Ideas are irritatingly abundant right now. I think I've been working on something like 4 pieces at once. None of them are fully-formed enough to let me just go from start to finish, naturally. Last night a damn labyrinth idea crawled into my brain and is now attempting to redecorate ( Read more... )

The company finally closed a deal, and a big one -- hopefully another will be closing in two or three weeks. It's a relief. It's so nice not to have a money market account in negative numbers ( Read more... )

Judging from the headache and the near-constant urge to throw up, I'd say it's about time to do another one of my excedrin detoxes. Anxiety is high, capacity for concentration is low. I also had a rather compulsive Saturday night. That was fun. Be warned: This week I will be weird ( Read more... )