Hip and lower back very bad today, 8 or 9 out of 10 on the drive to work, arrived near tears.

Last night did 2 sets of 12 physical therapy exercises and 20 minutes on the elliptical.

1. You have (and continue to develop) strong principles, and follow them ( Read more... )

My sister Jen has set up a new lj for our fall training/fundraising campaign. Check outwalkinjen and add her as a friend (and donate!). Remember, we're raising money for pancreatic cancer research - EXCELLENT GOOD CAUSE. Even adding us to your friends-list is a big help, as we are in dire need of moral support.

I believe I mentioned that one of the shifts at my store, Tony, just happens to have been my Choir Buddy back in high school. We'd met up once since I graduated, to go to the SF Gay Pride Parade between my freshman and sophomore years, but other than running into each other on Myspace, I hadn't had any contact with him since. (Not that that is ( Read more... )

You are all, every one of you, entitled to a lengthy eye roll and stern lecture regarding the return to Drama that this post heralds. I will expect it. But really, I don't think that anyone was under the impression that I wasn't thinking about this anymore. I just told myself I wasn't. New town, new life, right? Yeah, shut up and quote some bumper ( Read more... )

Losing love is like a window in your heart. Everybody sees you're blown apart. Everybody sees the wind blow.
-Paul Simon
"Graceland"

I'm disappointed that I still love him. I'm disappointed that she wasn't really my friend. I'm disappointed that the story ended.

Did this more than a year ago, wanted to see how much had changed. A fair bit, not everything ( Read more... )

Bitches, man. Fucking bitches.

Best I can figure it, the important question one comes to during 'problem times' is: do I love them enough to put up with this? Everybody periodically fucks up, and any given personality will generally fuck up in a similar manner, again and again. That is not to say that we don't learn from mistakes, but that learning tends to be subject-related ( Read more... )

When I've said that it feels like I've woken up from a coma, I mean it. I just remembered today what my life philosophy was, though it was a very important topic of conversation in the recent past, and is ridiculously obvious to anyone who is reading this (since you've probably seen my user info page at some point, or have at least read the title ( Read more... )