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Hey, who raised the drawbridge?
I can feel it. The little withdrawals, the cocooning inside myself, the pull back to the smallest familiar world. My mother would suggest I suffer from Seasonal Affect Disorder, as she's noted this tends to happen as it gets cold, and would recommend I get extra doses of light. I don't know what causes it, and if there are any easy fixes, but, ( Read more... ) -
[local] Friends, Romans, Countrymen -- lend me your card tables.
My house (and some others) are having a yard sale this saturday, the 8th, at 126 powderhouse blvd. in somerville, from 10 to 4. There should be a few posters up in powderhouse square, and near davis -- I refer you to the journals of damselfrog and cindy_lu for more content. What I'm actually concerned about is logistics ( Read more... ) -
thanks to all...
...who commented on my last post. It was following a genuinely positive experience, though with some significant doses of bittersweet, and I needed to be maudlin for a bit. I appreciate the comfort and the empathy. I'm not staying in the maudlin place -- it was a necessary stop, but not where the real psychological work gets done, so onwards, ( Read more... ) -
cryptic and maudlin
Sometimes, the best things in life make you cry. -
Moment of Gloating
I have just returned from taking the final exam of my EMT-B course at Northeastern University. My final average for the course was 97%, a solid 4.0, coming in as the second highest average right behind the guy who's been a practicing paramedic in three states and whose average wavered all the way down to 99% at on point, but slightly (slightly!) ( Read more... ) -
a couple quick thoughts...
This bit is mostly QI, for myself -- I am not happy with my actions at the hospital on monday. There were some good things (the fact that I may have convinced someone to go into medicine, making some people laugh, etc), but near the end there was a patient who was grouchy, with a high level of frustration, and Very Clear Ideas of what her ( Read more... ) -
EMT-B Class Eats Month of May
So, as some of you know and some of you don't, I'm taking an intensive EMT course at Northeastern. It's already started, goes throughout all of may, and if all goes as planned, I should have my certification as an late birthday present to myself.
The course is, as is becoming increasingly clear, intensive, especially for someone like me who hasn't ( Read more... ) -
Old Songs!
filler post, to remind me to post again soon:
Old Songs Folk Festival, June 22-24th in Altamont, NY. Amazing folk festival. Details at http://www.oldsongs.org/festival/index.html I try to go every year, didn't last year due to moving. Many performers there, even those who aren't performing. Very participatory. Rocks on toast. Yar.