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A friend's unfair job loss
My friend was recently fired from her job at Half Price Books because of the actions of three petty, useless, conniving and mean individuals. And it makes me livid. She loved her job, worked very hard, tried to be a fair and good supervisor (which Lord knows, we've all had supervisors who didn't bother trying) and did it all without making a whole ( Read more... ) -
Caves for Seeds
I suppose its getting easier. But activities like cleaning the cat pans and feeding Bigby and Squirtle are still extremely difficult. There's still that pain that catches in the throat, but its not the extreme constant that threatens to overwhelm every moment of the day. I still think of him everyday, every hour, but at least its not every second ( Read more... ) -
Coping
I've been reading some cat poetry and cat quoutes to try to cope. I know its only been 9 days... it feels like weeks. Each day a long string of grief, misery, and trying to be normal ( Read more... ) -
Pain
Loss is such a selfish thing. You wonder why everyone around you isn't screaming at what's happened. You wonder why you aren't screaming, because inside, the keening never stops. You feel it in the back of your throat with every breath, any moment you might open your mouth to release it. But instead, you keep it inside - the pitch and octave ( Read more... ) -
Obituary
Gilgamesh was born about three years ago, in the Spring. He was one of four in a litter; one sibling dying soon after birth. Nefertiti, his mother, belonged to the woman across the street. She couldn't take care of her own children, much less a cat and her three surviving kittens. Nef moved the three kittens over to our house one by one, at last ( Read more... ) -
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I'm really homesick. Its amazing how much moving 45 minutes from home can rip your emotional stability to shreds. I haven't been doing so well on that front for almost a year now, but not on the level of crying everyday at the drop of a hat ( Read more... ) -
An Update:
Livejournal informs me its been 30 weeks since I last updated. I usually post on myspace and don't really bother with livejournal anymore except to check out vintage stuff and my friends page. But here's what's going on lately, both good and bad, in abbreviated form ( Read more... ) -
We need to make meat sandwiches!
I need to clean up the pics of us wrapping up Kevin's car. I'm just lazy ( Read more... ) -
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Since we were talking about rats and receivers earlier, I thought I'd share some pics of my Great Grandmother and Grandfather. I'm betting heavily that she's wearing rats in this photo. A similar photograph to this (which I think she looked much prettier in!) hung in my grandmother's house for years, and my sister and I would compare ourselves to ( Read more... ) -
Time flashes by
Like highbeams cresting over a hill ( Read more... )