Fifty Four years ago today, my grandmother’s youngest child was born. It’s been a hell of a year, from being diagnosed with cancer, to surgery, to chemo, to a long hospital stay, more surgery, recovery, and radiation… and as always, she pulls it off like a rock star. Happy birthday, Mom. You’re an amazing woman, [...]
Archive for the ‘It’s not all about me?’ Category
I just want to do things
January 25th, 2011
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I’ve had a shift in the way I think about technology. I used to be super anal and particular about how every little aspect of the technology in my life worked. I simply HAD to build my own computer, and pick each component Ever So Carefully, researching everything down to the Nth degree before I’d [...]
Be careful what you ask for
January 2nd, 2011
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My mother is living proof that you should be careful what you ask for. Last year, she had been wishing that she could take some time off work. BAM! Cancer, she’s been off work on sick leave since May. She also wanted to lose a little weight. BAM, two weeks of not being able to [...]
Merry Christmas
December 25th, 2010
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So Christmas didn’t go exactly as planned. But thanks to some absolutely amazing people in my life, it turned out to be just fine anyway. Awesome new socks help a lot, too. Merry Christmas, everyone!
Help name my new apartment!
November 28th, 2010
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I can’t remember the names of all the apartments I’ve lived in. Heck, I can’t actually remember what I named the last one. I lived in Eden for a while… and the Hot Humping Action Pad… and the Hobbit Hole… but damn, I’ve moved a lot since I was 17, and I named just about [...]
Wow. I needed that.
November 5th, 2010
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In September, I won a contest on Miss604 for a $50 credit to Goodnews.com, one of the new bulk voucher sites ala Groupon, SocialShopper, LivingSocial that has popped up recently. The twist with Goodnews is that they donate a portion of every purchase to charity, of which I am a big fan. So I’d been [...]
*sigh*
November 4th, 2010
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I want to use you, Telus. I really do. But your Telus Time is … um … interesting.
Still not King
October 10th, 2010
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(Title of post a nod to the Very Secret Diary of Aragon.) Oops. I wrote this … two weeks ago, and forgot to post it. So, imagine you’re reading this somewhere around the 27th. Another weekend completed, and that brings the end of the main SCA season for us. (There are a couple of events [...]
Bloody hell
August 27th, 2010
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Wait a sec. So you’re telling me that the Twilight Teenage Vampire Posse can’t go to class when students are pricking their finger ever so slightly to get enough blood for a slide… and yet, they manage to be around several hundred girls who are on the rag for a week every month? Oh come [...]
I also disapprove of the idea that the Pacific Northwest never gets any sun. It’s sunny right now!
August 23rd, 2010
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Really? REALLY?? So I finished reading Twilight this weekend. It wasn’t my fault, Kimli made me. My tiny, not-even-remotely-done revenge was to get her the “Eclipse” cup at the movie theatre on Friday. Take that, Kimli! Now you must drink from Edward’s elongated head! MWAH! Wow, I suck at revenge. I’ll come up with something… [...]