Seventeen years is a good run. The decline was longer than I would have liked, but she still had the will to live even through the kidney disease and the urinary tract infections. The last few days she took a sharp downhill turn. This morning she couldn't stand and wouldn't eat, and we knew it was time. southplains is crushed, of course, and I'm taking it a ( Read more... )

The Referendum 71 signatures are looking downright squeaky-clean (never mind the fact that some of them were gathered fraudulently and the Secretary of State's blocked the release of the names so nobody can ever prove it). And to get anywhere, we have to reach out to the undecided voters, which means choking down my rage and putting on my least ( Read more... )

Up in Vancouver this weekend:

Ben: You know who that was who just walked past us, right?
Me: No, should I?
Ben: Ronald D. Moore.
Me: Oh.
Me: Hmm. I should go back.
Ben: What for?
Me: To give him a big hug for Seasons 1 and 2 and a punch in the face for Starbuck/Apollo.

That is all.

southplains and I mostly played hooky from Pride this year. We did go check out the Broadway festival, which was small and low-key, and got brunch with ophanim on Saturday, and went to the Broadway Grill for the anniversary of the day we met Sunday (note to self: meet next boyfriend at Canlis), but we decided to ditch the parade and the Seattle Center festival and ( Read more... )

From ironymaiden. Those that would like me to give them five words I associate with them just need to speak up.

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Skin poisoning
Black mold
Cat diarrhea

That's my day, right there.

I have neglected this thing utterly. Living my life is getting the way of chronicling it. Google Calendar tells me that 18 out of the 30 days of June have or had something social scheduled on them. (If you want to do something on the 26th or the 30th, now is the time to speak up.) Parties and movies and out-of-town guests, mostly. I'm having to ( Read more... )

So far behind! We got back from Puerto Vallarta and the next day they confirmed two cases there. southplains's friend Derek came over to visit for the weekend, and we went out both nights and I didn't get enough sleep. And now Ben is back in Spokane oiling a butcher block or somesuch (he gets back tonight) and I am trying to get through backlogs of work today ( Read more... )

Got into Puerto Vallarta yesterday afternoon after waking up at 3 am to catch the shuttle down. I think I stopped hating everything that ever existed ever about San Francisco or so. No pillows or blankets on the flights on account of swine flu. (There are probable cases in Seattle; none in Puerto Vallarta or nearby. At the moment we're more likely ( Read more... )

Living life is getting in the way of writing about it, for the most part. We got a screening email for a private adoption agency last week, which does not really mean much of anything. A screening mail from OAFS would mean someone was interested in us and wanted to know more, but I think for private referrals they just send everyone who matches up ( Read more... )