I forget this sort of thing, every year. The child comes home on the last day of school with little packages marked 'for mom and dad' - things he has made in AHRT class - and i cry an embarassing amount in reality, only a small amount, but - yeah. still crying mother over child's art creations. *embarassed ( Read more... )

thanks to nightdog_barks, lana_ftw, jadesfire2808, kightp, brightflashes, brewsternorth, mactavish and dolphingoddess.

oh - anyone sending me linkies through my delicious inbox: i haven't forgotten you. my toolbar was broken and then i got swineflu and i still haven't sorted through them. i'm hoping the topomax lets go of my brain long enough to do that soon, but i am going to sort through them! promise. <3 it might be a bit of time ( Read more... )

thanks to joedecker, nightdog_barks, epi_lj, foxestacado, mactavish, triedunture, thewlisian_afer, Marykir (does she have an LJ?).... and tallin.

facebook allows pro-rape anti-consent group to stay on the site for months apparently there are more of them, too. ugh. *shudder* i can't stand facebook. this doesn't help.

Seattle local history: growing up on 'the hill'. as in Capitol Hill (west coast version), my neighborhood.

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(meme from cryptictac)

one little compliment can make you feel amazing. so give me a compliment--anything in the entire world, even that my nose is exceptionally well-formed. then, put this in your journal. and once you get some warm-fuzzy comments, put that entry in a memory or tag and when you're feeling down, just go to that entry and it will remind you ( Read more... )

clickies from tallin and dolphingirl.

new world's tallest man is over 8ft tall

(youtube) secretary chung and president obama auto-tune health care

uw-madison undergrads discover water fleas in lake mendota

choose froot loops for your health mmmmkay. um. no. (new york times, registration required, but it's worth it.)

phillies fan catches foul ball: 3 year old ( Read more... )

clickies from awils1 and nightdog_barks

albino otter spotted by photographer

growing mice from human skin cells

a disabled yachtswoman has become the first female quadriplegic to sail solo around britain good for her.

cousin to brachiosaur discovered in chinese fossil record

each of us has at least 100 new mutations in our dnaseeing the mostly-useless rehab ( Read more... )

Only a few pictures this time - partly because i'm having kind of a shit day (stupid panic attacks, stupid agoraphobia, stupid bastards not calling back about my wheelchair again) and partly because for the most part libraries look largely the same.

( Highlights from the library and grocery store within. )

time to go.
(scared)
(as winnie the pooh would say: bizy backson)

Misread "disney family vacation planning" ad as one for "disney family planning". The images that last one brings to mind are so disturbingly fabulous. Sword in the Stone condoms! Snow White and the Seven Dwarves extra strength personal lubricant! Beauty and the Beast harnesses .... The Little Mermaid wet-fetish gear ( Read more... )

I'm off for a bit, going out to return a few things <3

tomorrow is write-o-rama! you can still sponsor me. it funds hugo house's writing programs (which i'm going to be using to get my little fiction-book project off the ground) and it makes me happy and it means i'm write you something awesome for your trouble ( Read more... )