So if you find yourself long on ideas (but short on money) to get crap for yourself or friends, here is this announcement ( Read more... )

Busy Busy Busy.

I baked pretzels.  I wrote an angry letter to my insurance company.  I started some new projects.  I figured out that it kind of hurts to hold a crochet needle for any length of time.  I learned to start taking breaks.  I got my new Chris Adrian book.  I applied to a ton of second jobs.  I saw DL in person.  I did speak to him.  I  ( Read more... )

Christmas is going to blow this year.  I've already resigned myself to it.  Last year, now, that was a Christmas, and it's funny how much can change.

Not really funny.  At any rate, the stores have started playing Christmas music, and just hearing it - even the good songs that I love - is making me ill.  All the ornaments I have.  The Christmas tree ( Read more... )

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Just.

Wonderful.

"There has never been anything false about hope."

VOTE.

Actually, it turned out to be not really amazing.  But still kind of amazing ( Read more... )

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Everything went fine, hooray!  Waiting on the biopsies to come back at the moment, and I think they'll probably be fine as well.  If my elbow would just return to the right size and shape, and if these horrible ulcers would get off of me, I'd be just fine ( Read more... )

Days One and Two of All-Liquid Diet:  Suck suck suck suck.

There's just no way to dress up broth and Jello.  Not even if you eat blue Jello, which was FORBIDDEN by the instructions they gave me.  I just wanted to give em a little Rat Bat surprise.

Hey, here's a work funny:

CO-WORKER:  Yeah, AllScripts [our EMR system] went down this morning
KARI:  Oh ( Read more... )