So I'm home today 'cuz I'm suffering from Mystery Face Pain. It feels like a sinus infection or maybe an abscessed tooth, but the doc doesn't think it's either. They're treating it symptomatically, so yay drugs?

( Wherein I rant in a non-spoiler way about the characters of Prometheus. )

I just talked to my credit union about refinancing my car loan to get a lower monthly payment and a better interest rate.

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What the hell? When did I become an adult?

Anyone wanna spot me three large so's I can get a completely awesome hat?

She pilots an A-10 Warthog, pulls off some amazing close air support and then manages a perfect landing with the equivalent of a car it's back half reduced to swiss cheese and no power steering? Badass.

/swoon

Fredegund, Queen of the Franks was a ruthless badass whose motto was "Live for Revenge".

So, quick review. Life has had its ups and downs. I still suffer from depression. I still struggle with suicidal ideation. I just got off of a week vacation where Texas friends visited, so it's not all bad ( Read more... )

Holy shit, you guys. Rail workers' unions in the US may go on strike! IN DECEMBER! You may or may not realize this, but rail transport is still how the majority of freight is transported here to this day. The National Retail Federation is asking Congress to step in if the strike goes through, to which I say, fuck you NRF. The railroad unions ( Read more... )

It's probably just work stress setting off all my other problems, but god damn, do I feel like a sad excuse for a human being right about now ( Read more... )

Khawla bint al-Azwar, Islam's most famous female warrior, and a total hardass. I'm kind of smitten.

Oh, and happy day we decided to change a number in our Gregorian dating system. Woo.

For all those curious, I'm doing fairly well. Just not much to report! Anyway, I will forever be nostalgic about several things Sesame Street. Oddly enough, it's not the muppets so much as the random music vids they had. Here are a couple which I've loved most of my life and which were rather prophetic as to the many branches my music tastes ( Read more... )