I totally fell apart at Ben & Jerry's with Shannon tonight. I just feel like I've had nearly 2 years of shit, and I never get a good chance to get mty feet under me before the next shit storm hits me ( Read more... )

Another of my friends died last night. His name was Pete Hudson, and he developed a brain tumor 17 years ago, when he was only 24, which was before we even met (in the Robertson Davies Memorial Bookgroup). So he'd been a survivor of major health issues the whole time I knew him, and he always seemed pretty healthy, so somehow the tumor had become ( Read more... )

8.9 earthquakes freak me out. I always imagine what it would be like if it happened here. I've grown up my whole life experiencing earthquakes, but I've never been in an earthquake that big, thank goodness. Today's tsunami did cause some damage along the coast of California and Oregon, and one person in northern California was washed out to sea and ( Read more... )

Our garage now has a door! It's a sort of light grayish green, which doesn't match the rest of the house or the garage, but that will be changed soon. But at least it has a door! I've even put a few things into the garage! Just a rake, a weed wacker, some paint cans ... that sort of thing ... but it feels quite luxurious to have somewhere to put ( Read more... )

Cobweb has been vomiting liquid all evening, and she seems miserable and withdrawn. Poor baby. I'm worried about her. Why does this keep happening? She hasn't been doing well at all lately: no appetite, constipation, vomiting, random poopiness, just general lack of goodness. We've had a number of potential remedies recommended to us ... next up on ( Read more... )

I'm halfway through The Big Sleep now, and -- bam! -- hello to the homophobia! It's been almost 20 years since I read this book, and I don't remember being offended the last time, but I can't imagine how I wasn't. Pansy, fag, queen, fairy, etc. Plus the stereotypes, such as that gay men can't punch worth a damn. Plus the allusions to gay men ( Read more... )

Went for my first mammogram today, and I don't know why my mom was whining so much. It didn't hurt at all, and the only discomfort was of the yoga variety ("OK, contort yourself into this weird position and then hold really still."). The worst thing about it was that they had a "no deodorant" rule. So I walked there -- about 2 miles -- and was ( Read more... )