And then some kid on a bike stole my phone out of my hands while I was waiting for the bus.

So... no phone for a bit.

Oh, Baltimore. Oh, today.

Last post was getting ahead of itself. All plans for the next 48 hours now revised to 'lie down and hope the swelling goes away.'

If the swelling doesn't go away, the teeth can't come out. If the teeth can't come out... I don't even know.

Just got an email saying the job hasn't made a decision yet, but they'll get back to me by *next* Friday.

It's Rock Band.

That's why the downstairs neighbors blasted a 45 second bassline on repeat all night and are now playing the same classic rock songs over and over.

Also, they're assholes. It's nine in the goddamn morning and they've been going for more than an hour.

A week ago, when I found out that on top of all the other shit going on in my life, I have to have knee surgery, I declared it Officially Too Much. I ranted, I raved, I eventually kept that post private 'cause it felt whiny.

Today the fuel pump on Tyler's car failed on 695.

This time I mean it. Really, really no more, okay?

Had dinner with a dear friend the other night, who I hadn't seen since this summer at the Country Fair. Of course we got to talking about my mom. He talked about his anger, and about struggling to accept the fact that this had happened, trying to fit it into his evolving concept of God and the universe ( Read more... )

Remember how I said I was contemptuous of the trees and their silly, premature spring hopes ( Read more... )

There are a lot of things. It doesn't add up to bad, exactly, but this month has been a lot like a mad-lib where every blank says 'something Aster particularly dislikes'.

E.G. Today: Tyler is at home sick with a migraine and I can't get in touch with him because his phone died while we were moving all weekend and we still don't have internet ( Read more... )

Gmail ads coughed up this gem: HEARING RANDOM VOICES? - www.ChurchOfStMarks.com - Take The Demon Test To Find Out Now If You're In Need Of An Exorcism!

New TV show? Mail fraud scam? Just-for-funsies hoax? Actual bizarre thing?

My money's on marking for a tv show or movie, but I'm open to other ideas.

Yesterday afternoon the current phone had an ugly encounter with a hail storm. It still turns on, but each time I wake it up the the screen is a little darker and all it will do is flash the word 'goodbye!' It's actually kind of pitiful ( Read more... )