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Victory!
I found an old pair of glasses without nose-pieces and wiped them down with rubbing alcohol. If I perch them halfway down my nose (basically, the only section that isn't scraped) and keep the laptop about at waist level, I can actually read things without holding them a foot from my face ( Read more... ) -
Update.
I'm swelling up pretty good -- nothing worrying, but I'm definitely going to have two black eyes, it's going to be a couple of days at least before I can wear my contacts, and longer than that before I can wear my glasses. I'll be skimming LJ periodically, but I have to hold the computer so close to my face that it's awkward to type for long. Those ( Read more... ) -
Missing: occasionally vital household appliance.
APB: Which one of you borrowed my red vacuum cleaner? I can't remember, but I need it back.
Also, I'm mildly embarrassed that my memory is so poor that I've had to resort to posting this on three separate social networking sites. -
On my list of things to do: make sun tea.
It is unusually hot in my city this week (breaking 100 multiple days in a row, which may not have happened in the five years I've lived here), and while it's not out of the realm of the heat I grew up with, I'm still feeling it. This morning I made my customary cup of tea and then wilted from the additional heat of just sitting over it ( Read more... ) -
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After a really expert massage this evening, I swung by the drug store to pick up a few things. I am now laying in bed with an ice-pack strapped to my neck, a heating pad under my back, and a pillow under my knees.
... doncha wish your girlfriend was hot like me?
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My body, though finicky about some things (soy, dairy, meat, inadequate sleep), is generally reliable and obliging to my various requests.
Setting off a serious neck spasm by washing my hair this morning wasn't something I saw coming. To those of you who have this happen a lot: I am so sorry. Also, owI'm going to go walk stiffly down the hill now ( Read more... ) -
Yum.
Scallops and shrimp marinated with lime, marsala, vinegar, and jalapenos, lightly sauteed with red bell and pasilla peppers, fresh mango, spinach, and mango-chili vinegarette, served with a glass of white zinfandel left over from the wedding I attended last weekend. I like how this summer is going. -
Couch-surfing makes for some weird-ass psychic spaces.
I just had a long and convoluted dream in which I was in a jazz big band and a bunch of my bandmates had been kidnapped. About a third of the band were real people I know, a third were made-up people, and a third were talking animals. Also, I think the bad guys were either using magic or trying to force us to use it on their behalf. -
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My mother just texted me the complete lyrics to "Happy Birthday."
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Addendum, mostly for tracking purposes.
Re: the Jenny Lewis show -- completely inspired, I got up this morning and taught myself "Pretty Bird" and "Acid Tongue" on the base. Turns out, her vocal range and mine are the same.