Uhm... I don't think I want to deal with these new TOS... I am sad to be leaving LJ... I need to figure out how to download all my posts... and then abandon it? I guess.

I feel like, a lot of people lack empathy for others. I've been slowly telling friends and family that my Mom is not as healthy as she once was. The usual response I've been getting in return is something akin to apathy. Most reply by telling me that someone they know had/has that and they're fine and then they go right back to their lives... ( Read more... )

Over on Facebook one of my old professors from UWGB posted this article: http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/america-is-not-for-black-people-1620169913/+GregHoward1Read more... )

Yesterday, June 9th, at 9:30 in the morning my Mom's Dad passed away. He turned 92 on June 7th and wasn't feeling very well. It turned out that he had ischemic bowel. Basically, part of an organ begins to die when it doesn't receive enough blood. It seemed to be somewhat painful ( Read more... )

I've only ever had long distance relationships ( Read more... )

When I was a child there were many things I wanted to be. Among them was that I wanted to start up a neighborhood newspaper. My adult self remembers little me thinking about what kind of news would really matter, what would people read? And I also wondered how big I should make this newspaper of mine. See, back in the day the Milwaukee Journal ( Read more... )

So... I have a celebrity schoolgirl crush, like whoa ( Read more... )

Well, its been brought to my attention that next weekend the aunt wants to pack up most of the stuff in our house so that it looks spacious so she can have a realtor come through and assess how much the place might be worth. This weekend she and my mom are out of town, so I went to the HOBO and bought 5 25 gallon tubs and 1 18 gallon tub. The 18 ( Read more... )

Live journal goes from mid February back to September 2nd with no posts in between. What happened for 5 months? Anyone have anything big to share from that time frame?

Today my aunt tells me that I have too much PTO at my job. The thing is, is that I'm lucky that my job gives me about 26 days off in a year but that also includes my sick leave and vacation and also 6 holidays of which I need to work at least one. Now her job doesn't give any time off however it's not my fault, it's not my fault that in 10 years ( Read more... )