I have been fully vaccinated for a month and that has brought with it a qualm of sorts. See I'd thought we'd be doing the mask thing at least three-quarters the way into 2021. In addition to giving people a chance to catch up, I'd thought there may be a collective effort to continue mask wearing to decrease the speed at which the virus mutates ( Read more... )

Have had a pretty full past few weeks. This is another long one.

( Work shit )

It has been a little more than two years since my grandmother passed away. It didn't take long after that for my aunts to start fighting and bickering over who gets what. I realized this years ago, but it is still eternally interesting to me how completely child-like the adults in your life can be. Growing up, you think of your aunts and relatives ( Read more... )

Holy crap, this has been the best convention so far ( Read more... )

Beware, long journal is long, and I didn't proofread it either. It's literally a play-by-play braindump of my entire weekend.

First, work-related rant. Under a cut, because even I'm getting tired of LJing about work. It's more a personal vent.

( I'LL CUT YOU ESSE! )

Check!

Another of the things to do before I die accomplished. And I didn't even have to leave Albuquerque! It was just an annular eclipse, and I still would like to see a total eclipse- which I would almost definitely have to leave the US to see at some point. But still, this is one of the coolest things that I have seen. Ever.

Just before totality:

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Survey that I saw circulating. Provides a decent summary.

( Okay, I guess I'll put it under a cut. )

"Everything looks better in my perspective now at this moment. Next year ( Read more... )

... until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard!

Just woke up next to my BF in Ventura California. (I have also, incidentally, yoinked his laptop.) Life is good, and full of salty water. We'll spend part of today at the beach, then the rest of the day driving up Highway 1 toward San Francisco. ^^

Should be lots of fun.

I do lament missing the ( Read more... )

A day of having fun with friends at a Christmas party in combination with spending time with the only family that I know actually cares about me and doesn't fuck around with my devotion has instilled a feeling of great confidence and motivation to finish this year on a positive note. Nothing drives me more than these people ( Read more... )