Pain level ten always brings thoughts of suicide. That's my definition of pain level ten - it's when death starts looking better than going on putting up with the pain, when it's gotten so bad there is nothing but the pain. So I've had well over fifty years of finding ways to fight the temptation to kill myself. Demonstrably, I succeeded ( Read more... )

Okay, the week to do this was Sept. 11 - Sept. 18th, but I got sick and didn't know about it anyway. So here's my list for those who are curious about why I live on SSI and work toward becoming self supporting again on fiction, nonfiction and art ( Read more... )

I didn't want to spend the whole week sleeping and sitting around in a daze barely managing to keep my eyes open. I did it, because I wiped out after the 3 Day Novel ( Read more... )

The great grand 17" screen HP laptop I bought last year has started crashing bad. It runs for two or three minutes and then shuts down - wham. Just started doing that today ( Read more... )

The good day is today. This morning Kitten checked her account. Yep, her tax money came in, so she bought my computer this morning. I'll link to it. This thing is crazy insane cool. As has happened before with upgrades, it is the fastest bestest coolest one I've ever had. No matter how many times I go through that, it's always a pure joy to me and ( Read more... )

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There are some nasty changes going on at eBay, just as I started getting going there. For one thing, sellers with less than 100 feedback are going to get much less prominence in the search ratings than the power sellers, many of whom are large companies doing dollar store types of stuff. That may or may not affect me as much doing art on it, but ( Read more... )

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I didn't do anything yesterday. It was one of the days I felt too lousy to do anything. Today I'm hoping to work on my commissions and get something done, but I've also got a Nanowrimo get-together. The group here in Lawrence has been meeting monthly long after Nanowrimo and today I'm finally going to go, though I need to get up and shave and get ( Read more... )

And that's why I didn't post yesterday's art. I was way too busy DOING yesterday's art, trying to do more than one ACEO themed on "My Favorite Book." All the Theme Week entries have a starting bid of $4.99 to even up the contest (so that you don't get someone starting theirs at 99 cents) and no one's allowed to use extras to make their entry stand ( Read more... )