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Le massive info dump.
So, it's 1:30 in the morning and I can't sleep. Insomnia and I are old buddies. Haven't found anything OTC yet that can't break us up. Might as well update LJ, I said to myself. (Better decision than the chili chips. Totally covered my salt food group for the day ( Read more... ) -
Nine years.
(There has been mondo stuff going on, mostly very bad, with a hopeful note tacked onto the ongoing situation. Saving that for later. Way too much to go into now ( Read more... ) -
Drive-by kvetching.
Oh, yeah, this is what 30 hours without sleep feels like. Now I remember. I think we're going to cross 40 before it's over. It's not that I feel tired, my brain just isn't cooperating.
Glad I have tomorrow off.
Happy Father's Day, y'all! -
Plague needs no RSVP.
The kinds of things that go through one's mind when in bed and beating at a 100+ fever: The one day I call out of work is also the one day I didn't have the foresight to hoard from the library. Woe, etc. Oh, well, I would have just been germming up the books for the next readers.
Mmm, Phlegm and Prejudice. -
Hrmm.
36 rebar spikes I need to drive 1' into the ground, but I can't find the mallet. This calls for improvisation.
*rubs hands together* -
No, not that da da-daa, the other one.
"Show Me" by Bree Sharp popped up in my iTunes the other day, and ever since then, the chorus incessantly drifts through my brain. And I pause each time, trying to remember who it is. I snap my fingers and mumble the beat, staring into space, forgetting it's her. Every single time.
It's a pretty good song, if you don't mind it stuck in your head ( Read more... ) -
Prepping fail.
Nothing like a surprise power outage at 2 in the morning to remind you that you forgot to put new wicks in the oil lamps! -
Moments in Genealogy 001.
When trying to find an exact lineage, it seems every man in the line you're tracing has the same first name, bequeathed down the generations, and very popular amongst various cousins as well.