Dear London area flisters ( Read more... )

My mind has been desperately running in circles all day, trying to take in the scope of devastation in Japan. That my thoughts keep returning to the Godzilla mythology is probably a sign that I need to cut it into more bite-sized, culturally recognizable pieces to digest it all. That, and a sign that my coping mechanism of wrongful humor is working ( Read more... )

I don't normally like to go into mundane matters here (particularly mundane, distressing matters), but I've hit a situation now where I feel that I do need to mention it ( Read more... )

So you may be wondering why America has this crazypants healthcare system and why it is such a fuss to fix. I know a lot of international folks have said as much (often loudly, in an irritated tone), and I bet there are more than a few Americans who are perplexed at the whole business too. To understand why, we must first understand howThat's where ( Read more... )

And then I hit a cat with my car. (I didn't see it run out into the street. But still. I've never hit anything before.)

I feel as though I'm being pulled in a thousand different directions with neither the energy nor strength nor attention span to do any of it justice. Which is how I spend most of my Aprils, to be honest. Now as then, I will probably flail at it ineffectually (a cheap bid for levity) and go hide under some blankets. Tea also if possible.

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Even Maurice could feel it, as soon as Keith opened the door. It was like a headache outside your head, trying to get in. It banged on the ears.

-Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

Between the weather and life this evening, that is an amazingly accurate description of how I feel.

Apparently part of the universe's ( Read more... )

DAMMIT 2009, STOP CRAPPING OUT ON MY FRIENDS. THEY DO NOT NEED THIS.

Spitefully,
C. von Strangehours

Dear Australian Contingent (yes, even the lurkers):

If you've got a moment to spare, please drop in and let us know that you've not spontaneously combusted and/or drowned. The reports from the past few days are, well, worrying. And that may be the biggest understatement I've uttered in years ( Read more... )

I think it speaks to the really weird mentality my country has gotten to, when the news media reports on Barak Obama's daily schedule:

• send daughters off to school
• gym
• start briefings by the CIA

A pause after the newscast, and then the rest of my brain catches up with current events and says OH OF COURSE. Wars and Gitmo and all that. Right. He had ( Read more... )