gement

Goin' in!

gement Jul 22, 2015 07:55

My check-in for surgery is 9:45. I expect to be checked out between 3 and 6pm. J will post to my twitter when I'm sent safely to recovery and when we actually are tucked in at home.

You can watch for updates at @gement. He will only be updating there.

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cancer, surgery, didi, medical, fashion, geekery

Support network link

gement Jul 21, 2015 12:52

If you would like to offer direct, Seattle-area support, I have a tool for that now ( Read more... )

cancer, didi, medical

So about emotional reactions to cancer...

gement Jul 20, 2015 21:17

A quick emotional summary of my reactions, which are only mine and not a judgment on anyone else's ( Read more... )

cancer, didi, medical

Rather serious announcement, but punctuated by funny dog metaphors.

gement Jul 20, 2015 20:54

Hi everyone! I have breast cancer ( Read more... )

cancer, didi, medical

Ape Cave: Never mine! (was: Wanna come?)

gement Jul 18, 2015 10:22

Upd8: We have a car! All is well! If I have excited any of you about going to Ape Cave anyway, there is nothing stopping you from going the same day, and you could let me know so we could match up timing.

But we're good.

If you live in Seattle, have a car that seats four, and would like to go down to Ape Cave tomorrow (Sunday), shout out!So there ( Read more... )

adventure

Good things: Caving, cleaning, and coolness.

gement Jul 15, 2015 10:08

I'm still going to APE CAVE on Sunday and have gotten much sage advice about lights ( Read more... )

work, pepper, gender, adventure

Thought for the day

gement Jul 13, 2015 12:18

Occasionally, I see huge, masked figures, warlike, towering, but also distant and listless. They haven’t seen me. Or, if they’ve seen me, they haven’t cared. Or, if they’ve cared, they haven’t done anything with that feeling ( Read more... )

vagueblogging

Lava tube! Laaavaaa tuuuuuuuube

gement Jul 09, 2015 13:24

Washington State has one of the best publicly accessible lava tubes, Ape Cave.

I'm going! Along with J and corivax, who is kind enough to drive ( Read more... )

Good things Seven Seven

gement Jul 07, 2015 11:05

1. Hot date with Bretts last night, for values of hot that ended up talking about self-care and social perceptions of gender and bodies and what we like about them until two in the morning instead of actually doing anything with them, with gourmet dinner and a two hour break for playing ukulele together ( Read more... )

Good things, Fifth of July

gement Jul 05, 2015 20:26

1. I had two good dates in two nights, did Science! on both, finally got to show Meowse my beautiful ukulele, and discovered D. Wendell has the world's cuddliest goat. Seriously, that goat is secretly a dog ( Read more... )