Originally published at Unimatrix Two.

By the time April rolled around, I was pretty worried about several things. My savings were depleting and I hadn’t found a new job. Mom was in a rehab center in North Carolina 4 hours away from me because of her latest mini-stroke, and getting to see my girlfriend only every other weekend was becoming ( Read more... )

One day years ago, I was listening to Jeff Wayne's excellent musical version of "The War of the Worlds": specifically, the stirring sequence where the ironclad Thunderchild manages to destroy one two Martian War Machines before being sunk. Suddenly, my brain cross-linked it with the premise of the "Space Cruiser Yamato" series, where humanity ( Read more... )

Okay, quick recap of the last ten days: Starr's doing really well. She's had to do a lot more physical labor than someone who'd just left the hospital should, but since I was working my butt off as well, I really couldn't relieve her of the necessity ( Read more... )

Now, it may seem like a bad idea to have a party only a week after getting the last boxes out of the apartment. As we continued to clean and stack and sort and discard it became clear that indeed, it really really was a bad idea ( Read more... )

I just found the Megazone 23 3-disc DVD set on Barnes and Noble. These movies influenced my imagination strongly, and I set one of the strongest pieces of fanfic I've written aboard a similar Megazone ( Read more... )

Sunday, I locked the door to the Portsmouth apartment for the last time, and turned the keys in to the main office. It's weird, looking at the place all empty and echoey. That apartment was home for 18 months; having spent most of the first 30 years of my life in one dwelling, I always find it strange to leave ( Read more... )

I can think of several things for which I'm thankful today ( Read more... )

First, let us get the day's whining out of the way. I am in very great pain: as in, I'm hoping to avoid standing up until it is time to leave for the day. My legs and back are screaming at me, wanting to know what kind of idiot I am ( Read more... )

• 07:51 Woke up this morning on Riff & Magenta's home planet: Land of Night (and high electric bills!) #
• 13:02 Ozzy Osbourne for WoW: tinyurl.com/6drrfj Guess his race / class. Go on, guess. #
• 19:57 Still unpacking. A bit stunned at the amount of STUFF one can extract from a three-bedroom apartment. #

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(This would have been posted this morning were it not for the LJ downtime ( Read more... )