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"The worst is not / So long as we can say, 'This is the worst.' King Lear, IV, i
Well, it appears the trouble that I borrowed yesterday appeared a great many doorsteps today.
I know some of you were pleased that I planned to get hearing aids, and I was too, but, as I explained in the deleted part of yesterday's entry, it didn't work out. On Aug.4 I was awakened very early in the morning by a paralyzing migraine, so I called ( Read more... ) -
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For some reason I happened onto a disproportionate number of discussions about psychological abnormalities this weekend. I don't know what the current trend is in psychology, whether the professionals have finally acknowledged that normal and average are nothing but damaging rumors or whether they are still trying to optimize everybody for living ( Read more... ) -
How NY Nine's Gonna Get Her Ears Back!
Yippee, whee, yes, yes, yes, hallelujah, huzza, and so on! August 4, a pair of delectable beauties put on hold when the market crashed are going to be fitted to my ears and I will be able to hear all the music and all of the preachin' and teachin' and all of what my ggdtr has to say and oh, crickets and cicadas and whippoorwills again in their ( Read more... ) -
Rain and Memory
Rain, wonderful rain! For three nights straight I have fallen asleep to the sound of rain. Many of the dead-looking plants in my yard have greened up instantly, and Kiki is so energized I'd like to dial her down at times. Oh, rain, I love you now.
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I have always been fascinated with the workings of the human mind and body. Frank takes this to ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: On the menu
The weirdest thing(s) I ever ate were bear, venison, rabbit, and a variety of other wild game at a Latin class banquet held at a high school in a tiny Southern community. The Latin teacher had taken advantage of the fact that many of her students and their families were hunters. In addition, she had ordered large amounts of the seafood--shrimp, ( Read more... ) -
Betty, Corn, and Cats
From the Times:
Betty Ford’s Historical Importance May Well Have Been Greater Than Her Husband’s
Snark, did any of us ever doubt it?
It's pleasant enough today if a person is in air conditioning, and I try to stay there as much as possible this time of day. It isn't too bad before ten in the morning or after nine at night. We desperately ( Read more... ) -
Somewhere, Sometime, Somehow
Title: Somewhere, Sometime, Somehow
Author: nynine
Rating: g
Type: fanfiction
Genre: angst; AU (In this fic, Kate died the second week in December. Neal is still free at Christmastime.)
Characters: Neal Caffrey, Mozzie Havisham
Triggers: Death, depression, grief, Christmas
Word Count: 101-999
Thanks to rabidchild67 for beta.
Disclaimer: I won't make any ( Read more... ) -
Probably Nowhere Else in the World
are English/AmLit majors less in demand, so of course here am I. However, there must be somebody out there willing to trade technical advice for a nice thorough beta job. See, the deal is, I spend much too long on routine LJ chores and manage to mess them up anyway. I need a technological virtuoso, and since Neal Caffrey is otherwise occupied, I'll ( Read more... ) -
Ashes: Part One
Title: Ashes (Part 1)
Author: nynine
Rating: gen
Fandom: White Collar
Characters: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey
Spoilers: none
Triggers: death (end of Season 1)
Word Count: 100-1000
Summary: Sometimes it’s the little horrors that get to you the worst.
Disclaimer: White Collar and its characters are the property of Jeff Eastin and the USA Network. This is not a ( Read more... )