| And home again... |
[Oct. 26th, 2009|09:58 pm] |
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...and way too soon. It was good to see ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ravensdaughter, lostsatyr, and especially roisnoir (10 years is too long. We need to reconnect more often). I spent a wonderful weekend soaking in the nostalgia and enjoyable conversations.
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| And so we will travel... |
[Sep. 12th, 2009|09:49 pm] |
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So it looks like I will be heading to Buffalo this year after all (Oct 22 - 26). I have been ecstatic since I started arranging it.
Deity have I needed to get away. |
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| Baa baa Meme Sheep, Have you any Words? |
[Aug. 2nd, 2009|03:08 pm] |
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Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.
Snagged from ravensdaughter who gave me:
1) Webcomics
My morning routine. Slowly, over the last 10 years, I've collected about 30 webcomics that I like to read. I'd be willing to put together a full list on request, but the short list would be PvP, Dominic Deegan, Something Positive, STRIPTEASE, Least I Could Do, Neo-Monster Island, Sluggy Freelance, and Penny Arcade
2) Psychology
My livelihood. For some people, it seems to be an odd fit, but I like to listen more than talk in truth. I've found that I really enjoy the niche that I focus on and I hope to make a full career out of it.
3) Gaming
Dear Deity... I've been gaming since... 1982. D&D for the most part until college, then I switched to the Storyteller games, through which I met a number of my good friends. I really miss my old Gaming group, but I know I can't have the good old days back.
4) Looney Labs
One of my favorite gaming companies with some of the friendliest employees I've met. I love their games and enjoy demoing them at conventions. I'm hoping to go with them to Origins and help out at some point, but every year it just seems to fall through.
5) Werewolf: the Apocalypse
*laughs* My gaming outlet for my love of powerhouse gaming. It's also the first Storyteller game I ever played and it will always have a special place on my shelf.
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| Apologies |
[Jul. 13th, 2009|11:00 am] |
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Sorry that I haven't updated this. Just haven't been in the mood, and people know how moody I can be.
So, my Dad had his surgery a while back and his recovery's been... slow. He can barely eat, so he has to graze all day to get his strength up. But overall, he's been doing ok.
Today he starts chemotherapy again. I got him settled into Hope Lodge NYC (American Cancer Society's free lodging for cancer patients getting treatment in NYC) last night. It seems like a nice place and I hope he and my Mom take advantage of the things they have there when Dad's not at the doctor's office.
*crossing his fingers* |
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| And... |
[May. 11th, 2009|12:33 pm] |
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...off we go to the hospital. |
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| Might as well update... |
[May. 8th, 2009|07:18 pm] |
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My Dad's been doing great since he recovered from everything. And Monday he returns to the hospital to have surgery to remove the tumor.
And to go in a radically different direction now, I saw the new Star Trek today. I can see why some fans don't like it, but I did. I'll have to check on some inconsistencies and see if the Enterprise show established them.
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| It's raining from a herd of flying cows... |
[Feb. 28th, 2009|09:07 am] |
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My dad's in ICU. The chemo and radiation therapies were too aggressive for his body to handle and his kidneys are shutting down. Hopefully they can reverse the damage and figure out a method of treatment he can handle. |
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| Today is Day 9... |
[Jan. 28th, 2009|08:57 am] |
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They say that no news is good news. Whoever "They" are, I'm gonna smack 'em upside the head. Good news is good news, even if it's only relative to what the bad news could be.
Three tests down. My father's cancer is small enough, just on the surface, and anything they might not have seen will be dealt with with the treatment. So now it's setting up for radiation and chemotherapy.
Nervous breakdown on hold. News at five minutes after pi. |
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| Today is Day 1... |
[Jan. 20th, 2009|07:14 pm] |
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...of a journey I do not wish to be on, whose end I cannot see, but I pray will end as well as it can.
My father's tumor is malignant. He will need testing, then radiation and chemotherapy, then surgery, then more chemotherapy.
But the two doctors we saw today I have confidence in. They spelled out what will happen. They did not sugar coat anything, yet they did not tell us what might or might not be. Just where we are and where we'll be going in the near future.
Now I think I'm going to have a nervous breakdown. News at 11.
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| So much for some alone time |
[Jan. 15th, 2009|05:31 pm] |
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For those who know me personally, you're aware that I live in the same house with my parents for about half a year. For the other half (mostly Winter/Spring), my parents go to Florida and I get to enjoy the house all to myself.
*sighs* So much for this year.
My parents will be flying in on Saturday to spend the winter and spring at home. Unfortunately, my father was admitted to the hospital down in Florida earlier this week. It appears that he has an esophageal tumor and my parents want him treated up here.
Guess I better clean up the place. |
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| There goes my diet... |
[Sep. 10th, 2008|05:09 pm] |
Nom Nom Nom!
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
1. Game from an animal that someone in your family killed.
2. Ice cream from a dairy farm that makes their ice cream on the premises. Bonus points if you can eat your ice cream and see the herd of cows that it came from. (With Bonus Points)
3. Wild berries that you find, pick and eat yourself.
4. Something deep-fried that was never meant to be deep-fried.
5. Pizza from a NY City pizzeria that's at least 40 years old.
6. Bread made from scratch, still warm from the oven. Preferably that you've made yourself.
7. Food from a street vendor. Bonus points if you and that vendor don't share a language in common. (With Bonus Points)
8. Fish you have caught and cleaned yourself.
9. Birthday cake (and frosting!) from scratch.
10. Salad from someone's garden.
11. Homemade salad dressing.
12. Baseball park food. Bonus points for a Fenway Frank. Beer doesn't count.
13. Homebrewed beer.
14. Something baked in an EZ-Bake Oven.
15. Slab bacon from a butcher shop or meat market.
16. Real maple syrup.
17. Astronaut ice cream (purchased from a gift shop on a school field trip, if possible).
18. Something you didn't think you would like, but you tried anyway.
19. Yuengling beer
20. Mastroianni Brothers bread
21. Bueon Y Sano burrito
22. Guiness draft
23. Haggis
24. Beets
25. Avocado
26. At least 10 different kinds of sushi
27. Something you've grown from seed
28. Something with the head still attached when it was served
29. Crawdads/Crayfish (Bonus points if you caught/cleaned them yourself)
30. Alcohol that was older than you were
If you want to add this to your LJ, go ahead, and feel free to add more specific foods!
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| Good bye my sweet 16 |
[Jul. 31st, 2008|07:34 pm] |
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The insurance guy hasn't looked at it yet, but the auto body place let us know that it'll cost well more than the value of my car to repair it to be safe (and even more to to fix it to look good as well). So it'll be a total loss.
So I say good bye to my '92 Toyota Camry LE and wonder what I'm going to do for wheels. Likely I'll get my mother's car and my parents will buy themselves a new one. I'll throw in some money to help with the cost. |
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| Am I ok? Yeah, I think I'm ok. Now where did my arm fly off to? |
[Jul. 30th, 2008|09:04 pm] |
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Well, today was a good work day that just had to be ruined. Less than a half-mile from work, I got slammed by a Dodge Ram 1500 who ran a red light going VERY VERY fast. Thank deity I saw him and we both turned! He hit the front passenger side of my car and fishtailed into the side of my car before speeding off.
I have never been more happy than today that I work near a hospital. An ambulance was at the intersection and responded immediately. Took my vitals but I felt fine, so no ER visit for me. The guy who hit me came back (he claims his gas pedal was stuck), police showed up and the guy got a citation for running the light. Too many fluids were leaking from the car (and none from me), so it was towed to a lot. Hopefully the car's not a write off.
I'll take off tomorrow to straighten things out and... well... yeah. |
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| What do you win? A new Meme! |
[May. 7th, 2008|09:51 am] |
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Taken from ravensdaughter
Comment and I shall:
1. Tell you why I friended you - or why I thought you were awesome enough to friend back *g*
2. Associate you with something - fandom, a song, a colour, a photo, etc.
3. Tell you something I like about you.
4. Tell you a memory I have of you.
5. Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
6. Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
7. In return, you must post this in your LJ. |
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| Meme's R us |
[Aug. 12th, 2007|06:21 pm] |
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If you woke up and I was in bed with you, what would be your first thought? (Now post this in your LJ and find out what mine would be)... |
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| And they would probably be suprised that I mean them :) |
[Jun. 12th, 2007|05:15 pm] |
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If there are one or more people on your friends list who make your world a better place just because they exist, and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the Internet, (most particularly LiveJournal) then please post this same sentence in your journal. |
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| My daemon? |
[Apr. 28th, 2007|10:06 pm] |
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| *sigh* |
[Mar. 17th, 2007|01:13 pm] |
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Last night my mom caled to tell me that my dad's in the hospital... cardiac arhythmia. Normally I'd only be slightly concerned, but my dad had quadrupal bypass surgery about 5-6 years ago.
So I called his room today and my dad only stayed on the phone for about a minute. Sounded miserable.
I was visiting my parents last week. All I can do now is think about if I saw some sign that my dad was going to have this issue... |
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