for some strange reason, my left shoulder has been hurting me something fierce these past two weeks. at times when i breathe, it aches, other times i'll move it around and it twinges, other times it's just a dull flare of pain. even pulling off the bedsheets to wash them made it strangely hurty and i'm not looking forward to making the bed ( Read more... )

on saturday i took fenny into the car dealership for servicing. i waited out the two hours by walking up to 70th and loitering in the local dollar store where i found sideshow bob (my office's much neglected, unloved and root-bound mascot) a bigger pot (i hied him home today -- he rode shotgun -- and i will try and re-pot him before the weekend ( Read more... )

i'm sitting in the living room typing this on the computer that has been ousted from the office while my sister's friend, s---, crashes here for the month of february. he's the very model of the well-behaved houseguest -- almost too much so! he doesn't shut doors quickly and when he turns doorknobs, he does it painfully slow so as to make the ( Read more... )

so i'm spending this valentine's day quite alone. it's the perfect excuse to get into my pyjamas, stay indoors, eat junk food and watch amelie (or howl's moving castle... i'm having a crisis of decision!). frankly, i'm looking forward to it. no need to paint an inch thick or come up with scintillating conversation. i don't need to impress. ( Read more... )

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