Seriously, I'm dealing with massive fatigue and an allergy attack that combined are making me pretty loopy. Let's just see, shall we ( Read more... )

I was getting ready for bed, just checking LJ, and suddenly the Post an Entry popped up. Weird. OK, I'll give. Just a short one, though. Maybe with numbers ( Read more... )

1. Damn, it was cold today. Blowing snow at times, but then the sun would come out and it would melt. Fifteen minutes later, it would snow again. Then sun. Repeat a hell of a lot of times. It ended with snow squalls ( Read more... )

1. If the deserved firestorm of outrage over the rape and beating of Lara Logan can be sustained and carried over to the lesser known women in our world who face such things just as a matter of course. I can't bear what is happening in Sudan (particularly in Darfur), Afghanistan, Congo; the word needs to get out. Doctors without Borders have the ( Read more... )

Today is World Lupus Day. In honor of the day, I'm feeling rather crappy, because far be it from me not to celebrate when the occasion calls. I'm also supposed to be wearing purple or orange - which for some reason are the colors associated with Lupus - but it turns out that I own nothing purple and my only piece of orange clothing is a lovely ( Read more... )

I just took a closer look at it. It wasn't forwarded to the regional office; it was forwarded to the Temporary Resident regional office. With several warnings that I can't outstay the expiration date on my passport. And I'll be receiving further instructions "in good time."

I give up.

ETA - Y'all have no idea what I'm talking about, do you? ( Read more... )

Busy day and now I'm kind of wired. Mostly I just wanted to say that Immigration has admitted that the screw-up is on their end. Yay! Nevertheless, Dar spent all day getting a ton of paperwork together to send to them as a backup. They said they'll restore my previous status as a worker in Canada while they do an "internal review", but I still ( Read more... )

Anyone here a fan of Fire Sign Theater? Anyone ( Read more... )

I took a bunch of pics of the place and the alpacas this afternoon. (And got a bit of frostbite on one finger for stupidly walking around in the wind and the cold without a glove on.) I'll post the pictures in groups in a minute ( Read more... )

I keep planning to update. But as the poet said, "The best laid schemes o' mice an' mays / Gang aft agley ( Read more... )