....so I'm trying to open one of those stitched together bags of rice and this time I swear "damn it, google led to me learning how to mop, I will see if it can point to answers how to open these damned bags without hacking them open ( Read more... )

....apparently a significant number of people started using heroin based on hearing Lou Reed/the Velvet Undergound's song "Heroin". Reed was shocked to discover this. I can see why! Listen to the original from the first Velvets album. Are you hearing happiness or fulfillment in lines like "....and I'm better off than dead" that would lead YOU ( Read more... )

...sharing them while I'm girding myself to get the strength to get on a bus for a 3 day trip while I'm in the middle of a cold...cause it's the only way to afford my obligations....and I really can't stay around here and I would prefer a couple weeks without the evil housemates around to sort out moving out of here, if I can't outlast the nastier ( Read more... )

http://snickitty.blogspot.com/2010/09/early-adopters-of-facebook.html

I hate facebook. But this is still cute :) esp the ancient asteroid and God.

Earth: FML

Planetary dieoff makes Gaia despondent. Justifiable.

I think I am feeling good for the first time since April. Like not just happy for the moment but feeling glimmers of balance and trust and feeling safe and just like being alive is a good thing. I'm visiting 403 and it seems that I may have reached a tipping point after positive visits to Dellar,Sir Meep, 403 (last trip) Rowyn and Lisa. I am so ( Read more... )

I was bemused by the conclusion to the entry "The Caligula ( Read more... )

Written by Luci, on the edge of sleep ( Read more... )

Consider the friendship you might have that has the rockiest stretches in its history. What's the worst things a friend ever did to you? Did you ever have anything happen that made you want to end the friendship on the spot? And if you didn't end things then, how well did the decision not to work out? I'm just deciding to continue after ( Read more... )

Wow, it's very striking to me how when I get jarred out of my routine (everything was diverted into coping with the stress of cleaning, I was trying for balance but it was hard in the sheer confusion and pressure of the room cleaning)...and I come back to the routine...how dramatic the feeling is. The positive patterns have such inertia...as long ( Read more... )

Finally finished cleaning the walls and floor. Caution: wash your walls more than once every generation. Multiple rinses are a pain in the ass. Grand total on that : about 14 hours. Yes, that means about 5 hours a work day. But I _really really hate_ physical cleaning jobs. Especially as arbitrary as "tell the difference between slightly ( Read more... )