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| Friday, December 5th, 2008 | | 4:26 pm |
| | Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 | | 8:05 pm |
| | Monday, July 14th, 2008 | | 9:44 am |
This is for you, Vynce
Vynce wanted to see it, so now it exists. For those of you who don't know (probably most of you), Breakfast Combo is a game somewhat like 20 Questions, except using comparisons rather than yes/no answers. On my recent trip to Middle-of-Nowhere Pennsylvania, the comparison on the poster did come up. Just one example of what happens when intelligent people who are creative decide to be silly. Do you have any idea how hard it is to decide if "a system of equations" is more like the Statue of Liberty or a bar of soap? | | 9:26 am |
Close Cats
You know, I said I was going to post a picture of the cats, but I never did. Here's a very belated offering. | | Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 | | 8:25 pm |
And another couple months...
Just another short update. Holidays kept me busy, now things are back to normal. I'm still staying at home, but I'm doing more than I was, with volunteering and such. Went to the sleep lab, they monitored my sleep, after careful analysis they suggested a couple of things, I told them I had already tried those, and they basically said they were sorry they couldn't help me. So much for help on that front. In cheerier news, our kitty has company now. We brought Dingbat back from California to reunite her with Mithril, who was getting lonely. The two of them are getting along quite well; I'll post a picture if I can figure out how. | | Thursday, November 1st, 2007 | | 9:22 pm |
Another couple months gone by...
Yeah, it's been a couple of months since the last time I posted, so I figured I should fix that. Also, I actually have something to talk about since last weekend was unusually busy. Most of the time I'm not that busy; my health still sucks, so I mostly stay at home. I've got another doctor's appointment tomorrow, in fact, so I can get him to admit that giving me an extra vitamin isn't going to fix things, so he should just give me my referral to a sleep lab. Anyway, there are actually two things that I did last weekend, so I'll start with the first - ( a psych talk by Philip Zimbardo )Anyway, that's what I did last Friday night. I'll talk about Sunday night some other time. | | Thursday, September 6th, 2007 | | 8:08 pm |
Hmmm. It's been a while. First off, I want to apologize for never sending out the email with contact information that I mentioned in my last post. In JULY. As I have said before, I really suck at keeping in touch. I think a large part of it is ironically because of how isolated I am at this point. It's easier to just not think about old friends than to count how many states away they are. :/ For those who want to know what I've been up to, it was first unpacking and then playing the part of house-husband. The wife is doing well; everything seems to be going great with the new job. ( Whining about health issues )Well, I guess that's it for now as far as my attempt to avoid falling off the face of the Earth. I may post again soon. Or not. I'm not making any promises. Current Mood:  blah | | Saturday, July 14th, 2007 | | 11:37 am |
Settling in
So, we just finished getting the desk and the desktop computer all set up, and hooked up the router. Guess that means I don't have any excuse not to be posting anymore. :) So, I'm a New Yorker now. We had everything packed and moved out on the 28th, and we got to the new place on the 29th. Of course, when we got to the townhouse, there was nobody to let us in, even though we had left voicemail letting them know exactly when we would be getting there, but they swear nothing like that is ever going to happen again. The moving schedule also got interesting when they decided our things would be delivered on the same day as the first day of the job that was paying for the move. And only the person working in said job was authorized to receive the shipment... But we worked things out, and everything is settled now. I'm spending most of my days gradually unpacking and organizing things, while the wife is away training on a military base. Okay, she's training to be a civilian teacher, but that still sounds weird. Right now, I'm focusing on getting settled in, both because it's important for us to be able to function effectively here in our new place, and because it means I don't have to think about what I'll do next. I've had plenty to do just taking care of everything that isn't job related, but soon most of that should be taken care of. I still don't know what will happen then. I should be sending out an email with my new address and phone number Real Soon Now. I'll post again when I get around to sending that out (hopefully tonight or tomorrow), but if you don't get it then and want it, just poke me through email or reply here. I'm sure I'll manage to forget somebody. Anyway, that's all for the moment. | | Friday, June 8th, 2007 | | 2:33 pm |
Quick follow-up
Just wanted to add a quick update - they tested the thing they took from my head, and the tests confirmed that it was benign. Always good to hear. :) While I'm at it, I'd just like to add that it's a bit worrying when you already hate your new landlord before you've even moved in. I just want them to get back to me because I still don't have an address for my new place when I'm moving in about two and a half weeks. Assuming I can even get the move done, since I can't complete all the forms until I know WHERE they are shipping everything. But they'd better get things straightened out quickly, because we have to be out of this place by the end of this month. Current Mood:  annoyed | | Tuesday, June 5th, 2007 | | 4:32 pm |
It's gone!
They cut a piece of my head off! Yay! :) The dermatologist also thought that the bump on my head looked like a something-or-other granuloma. He cut it off and cauterized the spot right in the office. They're doing tests on the thing to be safe, but they don't think it's anything harmful or cancerous. And now my head should stop randomly bleeding. This is neat. Current Mood:  bouncy | | Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 | | 10:39 am |
Hey, look, another update in the same month!
So I had my follow-up appointment at the doctor's office this morning... First, a little story for those of you I haven't told about this already: About two weeks ago, I was walking out of the apartment to catch the bus. As I was walking, I noticed that there was something red on my hand. Hmmm. Wasn't sure what it was, but figured I should wash it off. I went back inside, went into the bathroom and washed my hand. As I did so, I finally realized what it was - it was blood on my hand. Okay, that's not good. Where did blood come from? I looked at the mirror and saw that towards the back of my head was blood flowing out from under my hair down my neck (and onto my shirt). I must have put my hand to my neck, and gotten the blood on it that way. Next question, why is my head bleeding?It was difficult to get the area clean, since it kept bleeding and it's a tad difficult to get a look at the back of your head. Of course, Lizz was at school, and was going to be out of contact. (Actually, I should have tried calling her, because I mixed up her schedule. Oops.) Anyway, the spot that was bleeding didn't hurt or anything, so I located the spot by searching with my fingers in the area the blood seemed to be coming from. I found a small bump that felt like a bug bite or something. Except for the bleeding. Okay, I should get this looked at. After improvising something with a cotton swab and a band-aid (which stuck to my hair) I got the bleeding under control. At least to the point where I didn't constantly have to hold something against my head with my hand. When I got to the doctor's office, I had someone look at it. She looked at it, and was a bit puzzled, but decided it was probably a bug bite or something that I had accidently scratched. There was a lot of bleeding, but evidently head wounds do that. Okay. I went home and waited for it to get better. The darn thing would develop a scab, but then something would make the scab come off (me checking it, accidently hitting it with a comb, etc.) and I would bleed profusely for another half hour. Next week, I called the doctor again. I came in and saw the same doctor, and told her it hadn't improved; in fact, the bump was larger and redder now. She called in another doctor for a consult. They both alternated between peering at the back of my head and looking puzzled. Eventually, they decided it was probably something that got infected, and gave me antibotics to try for a week. This morning I went back for a follow-up, to let them know that it still isn't gone. The verdict is that it seems to be a granuloma. The doctor doesn't think it's anything dangerous or cancerous. Basically, the theory is that there was some scratch or something on my head, and instead of healing it with skin, my body filled in the spot with vascular tissue that bleeds very easily. My body kinda sucks. Now I have an appointment with the dermatologist on June 5th, so they can remove the darned thing. Whee. | | Sunday, May 20th, 2007 | | 6:12 pm |
I suck at updating, don't I?
I've let myself become quite isolated over the past few years. As part of my attempt to actually communicate, I decided to do something really shocking and try posting here again. For those of you reading this on your Friends page: SURPRISE! Bet you didn't even remember I had an LJ account, did you? So, my life lately...For the past few years, I've been living with Lizz in New Hampshire while she has been a math grad student at Dartmouth. In less than a month she'll have her doctorate! Things are going well with Lizz; it's hard to believe our 5 year anniversary is coming up in August. I quit the teller job (the one I mentioned in the last real update I made) in February because my health seemed to be deteriorating, in terms of fatigue and illness and depression. I was out sick or coming in late more and more, and was having a hard time focusing and coping when I was at work. I quit rather than let it get to the point where they had to fire me. I took the time I had to work more on actually getting better. I've gotten a C-PAP machine to help with my sleep apnea, which I think will do a lot for the fatigue. I'm also working on the depression part, and I'm feeling a lot better than I was. I may starting posting more often here, as part of my effort to actually keep in touch with people. We'll see. Current Mood:  pensive | | Thursday, June 8th, 2006 | | 6:38 pm |
Kitty Adoption!
Okay, this is a long shot, but it's worth a try. And hey, it has worked before... We have too many kitties. One of the things I need to update about is the fact that we're moving this Saturday. We're staying in the same town, but since the building we're in now is being torn down this summer, we figured that moving sounded like a good plan. The problem is that the new place, while excelent in every other regard, only allows ONE cat. We have THREE. Hence my plea... Does anyone want to take two very well-behaved, friendly cats? For those who know them, I'm talking about Mithril and Dingbat, who we adopted through a post on LJ much like this from Heather. We are willing to negotiate on timing and transportation issues, we just want to make sure they go to a good home. Any takers?  | | Wednesday, June 7th, 2006 | | 10:14 pm |
| | Wednesday, March 30th, 2005 | | 6:43 pm |
Silly me...
I forgot what LJ is really for...posting random things you find in other people's LJ posts!  | You scored as Fox. You are the Fox. You are quite intelligent and use it to your advantage. You are a diplomatic person and use that to help your friends in times of crisis, not choosing sides. You are also very patient, waiting for what you want.
Fox | | 92% | Deer | | 83% | Crow | | 83% | Stag | | 83% | Dog | | 75% | Eagle | | 67% | Salmon | | 67% | Ram | | 67% | Wolf | | 67% | Dragon | | 58% | Bull | | 50% | Snake | | 50% | Bear | | 33% | Horse | | 25% | </td>
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| | 6:04 pm |
More Change
So, many of you probably know already what I've been doing lately, but some of you may not. And in any case, I really should post more often. So, here you go. As of my last post, I was a 44-hour manager for Kmart. Well, not anymore. While I was working as a footwear manager, I did manage to find a part-timer to work for me. Her name is Marie. Then, a couple months later, my district manager told me to hire a couple more people so the store would have some coverage when he moved me to a different store. You see, the people in charge for Kmart kept changing their minds on whether they were closing the store. So my company decided that some part-timers covering the store would be plenty. The store was hard enough to get a manager for when its future was certain. Last I heard, Marie was still the one in charge of the department where I was working. She's a 16-year-old high school student, and a tad bit overwhelmed. Meanwhile, they moved me to a different store. It was closer, which was good. It was a position that was only 28 hours a week, which was not as good. Since it was only a part-time position, I also had to take a pay cut, which was also not good. So I started looking harder for a new job. I found one. This was very good. I'm now working as a teller at Mascoma Savings Bank. I have a regular schedule, 40 hours a week, and my evenings and weekends are free. My favorite things about this job are: 1) I really like the people I'm working with 2) I'm not working in a Kmart anymore There was one catch to taking this job, though. The appearance guidelines. All of you who have met me know I used to have long hair. Used to. :( On the bright side, I got to weird out a couple of people when they saw my new haircut, so I suppose it was worth it. :) | | Saturday, December 11th, 2004 | | 2:15 am |
I keep promising myself that I'm going to update LJ soon. I just keep putting it off for various reasons; mostly I keep waiting for things to settle down so I can summarize everything completely, and of course that never happens. So now the problem is more that I don't even know where to start. I guess I should just try to hit the important bits. So here's a quick summary. I'm skipping bits, but so it goes. I'm currently working as a 44-hour-a-week manager for a shoe company called Meldisco, the sole remaining subsidiary of Footstar (they sold off the rest of the company when they filed for bankruptcy about a year ago). I have discovered that commuting an hour and 15 minutes to work in a store that's closing in March or April sucks. I can see why the manager I replaced decided to quit. But I haven't found another job yet, and I have payments on a new car to make, so I get to keep moving around shoes. By myself. Because the only help I was able to find I then had to fire because he was incompetent, not to mention the complaints of sexual harrassment which added a whole other fun aspect to things. Bleh. Work sucks. But Lizz has managed to keep me sane so far, and I guess I shouldn't complain too much. Things could certainly be worse. And Lizz is happy working on complex math and small children. (Not at the same time; I think graduate level math is a bit to complicated for her Brownie troop.) Of course, as I said, I'm skipping things. The new car is an '05 Toyota Corolla. Lizz picked it out once she recovered from the surgery on her right elbow. The surgery on her right elbow was the same as what she had done on her left elbow in February, so now she has full feeling in both her hands, which for a while was not the case due to bilateral cubital tunnel syndrome. (Cubital tunnel syndrome - when you find out that there are TWO major nerves in the hand, and one of them doesn't think that the carpal tunnel nerve should get all the attention.) Well, at least I've put something. Now Lizz wants me to go to bed. Goodnight, all. Maybe I'll try this posting thing again sometime. | | Monday, March 29th, 2004 | | 4:38 pm |
Dialect maps
I found a link to an interesting site while I was reading Penny Arcade's website (that's a web comic, for those who don't know). I thought a few people who read my journal might find it interesting. It's a collection of dialect maps at http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/dialect/maps.php that show the answers to questions like, "How do you pronounce 'pecan'?", or even the infamous "soda vs. pop" debate. | | Thursday, November 20th, 2003 | | 9:36 pm |
A couple of positive things
I figured I should share some of what's been going on with me lately. Two things come to mind: 1) As mentioned in an earlier post, ENWorld Player's Journal accepted an article of mine. I now have in front of me a copy of ENWorld Player's Journal #3, and it has my article in it. Now if they'd just send me the check... 2) I took the GRE general test this morning; I've been thinking of applying to grad school. The computer doesn't score the Analytic Writing section, but you immediately get your scores for the verbal and qualitative sections. I got 770 verbal and 800 qualitative. | | Tuesday, August 12th, 2003 | | 2:34 am |
Meme sharing
Oh, btw, I know about ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=88.8) owldragon1 because he sent me an email after he saw somebody had gotten his handle here first. He sounds pretty cool. Also, I found this in his journal: |
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