today my dad turned 75 years old. he insists it's not a big deal at all, but you know...it's a big deal to me ( Read more... )

i went over to my parents' house yesterday to check on dad and see what chores i could do for mom around the house. after doing some laundry, passing the HELL OUT in my parents' bed, getting dad to drink some liquids, and teaching him so exercises to get muscle back in his legs, i checked my mail. on the table was a padded little package...from ( Read more... )

i have a lot of friends in nyc. it's likely we ALL have somebody we know there. here is my east coast complaint. how come new yorkers always expect people to come visit them? like they can't leave new york? like every other location is sub-par? hmph ( Read more... )

The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies has finally put out a press release about how to go about getting tickets to Barack Obama's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2009. Here's what the release says ( Read more... )

omg, you guys. the tv is just showing people cheering and crying. i hope when i wake up it's still true. can it be?! i'm crying. it's amazing. i can't imagine how things will change now. i can't imagine. i never ever thought i would live to see this. i didn't.


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today has been a crazy day already. i woke up at the buttcrack of dawn to get in line at the polls before they even opened because they were predicting record numbers of voters. other people had a relatively easy time depending on where they were, but my voting station was PACKED. took me an hour and a half. i knew it would be deep when i heard ( Read more... )

i hope that studs rests in peace.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studs_Terkel

today was a horrific day. many many many hours in the emergency room. dad is back in the hospital. i'm glad araba is here. i'm so tired, but i just can't sleep.

ERICA, DO NOT READ THIS UNLESS YOU WANT TO READ ABOUT WORK...
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every day at work lately has been crack-ish. this is a fact. moving the detention center to the new location (and ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL of those complications), the kids just being insane, colleagues getting fired for no good fucking reason, etc. it has been a hot ass mess. it's also been difficult managing my feelings around my dad being ( Read more... )