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Of Snow and Mana
Today I'm getting the very first snow day out from school that I've had since grade school. I'm fucking ecstatic just be able to say
OMGSNOWDAY! It's the little things that make life worth living and staying at home with hot coffee and a good book (ironically enough, my textbook from the class I'm missing today) is one of those little things.
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Book Review
Yesterday, I read The Flock by Joan Francis Casey. It's 303 pages and pretty intense. While not as harsh as When Rabbit Howls, it still hurts. The nice things is that it is slightly more modern and includes a bit in the back about treatment as of the 90's. The format is interesting, with much of the book written from the POV of Renee, who was once ( Read more... ) -
Treatment of Schizophrenia
So we had to write a paper in my Ab. Psych class on the historical and present treatment of a disorder. I'd originally wanted to do Alzheimer's but couldn't find enough information on the treatment in the last one hundred years. Scads and scads on the present treatment, but nothing older than the 1980's and only one line about that. So, since I ( Read more... ) -
Modern Magic
Words are magic. Names are magic. And that magic is just as real as it was back in the mists of time. To name a thing is to give it power, and sometimes to take it away. Don't believe me? Consider Lupus. Not all that long ago, it didn't exist. You were making it up or it was all in your head. Not till it had a name did it become something ( Read more... ) -
The Ten Minute Suicide Guide, or, Don't Cry Emo Boy
Here is the original link. Personally, I think even if not suicidal, it's worth reading every so often just as a little reminder. It should be noted that the one individual discussed that you have to look in the eye has Harlequin's Disease, which does not eat your skin. Instead it causes it to grow far too fast and harden into diamond-shaped ( Read more... ) -
The Rape of Mr. Smith by Anon
The law discriminates against rape victims in a manner which would not be tolerated by victims of any other crime. In the following example, a holdup victim is asked questions similar in form to those usually asked a victim of rape.
"Mr. Smith, you were held up at gunpoint on the corner of 16th and Locust?"
"Yes."
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TrustFlow results
I tried out TrustFlow II for LiveJournal. The following people not on the friends list for rae_squirrel are close by:- raesquirrel (0 - 50)
- osamu_jin , hardartist , jackthecake , twintailmadb , hobbitandahalf , felesindomitus (50 - 100)
- radical_jojo , ckrazee , plastiquesoul , krystal_vezina , sethanikeem , zamion , corvisnocturnum , starrmoonchyld (100 - 150)
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May the Wombat of Love Build a Nest in Your Hair
So I'm not going to be online tomorrow and possibly not the day after because my anniversary snuck up on me. FIVE YEARS. Holy SHIT! If people ask, I'm usually like, "Oh, it's been two or thr-- Wait." It doesn't feel like that long. This is a good thing but... wow. We first met in January of '98 at a LARP. Yeah, feel the geeky love. ^.^ We ( Read more... ) -
Ph34r teh Chocolatey Goodness
Drinking Chocolate
2 1/2 cups whole milk. You CAN use 2%, though it results in a much more watery drink.
4oz 99%-100% unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped.
1/3 cup granulated sugar. You can cut down on this slightly, but keep in mind it is already not particularly sweet.
1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract. YES, THE REAL THING. Do NOT use the nasty ( Read more... )