My dogfriend Buster died recently, after having had cancer a good while. I've been thinking about him and his people a lot, and about times when I've suffered the loss of my own pets. I don't necessarily believe in spirits hanging around for a while after the living pass away (though I don't not believe, either), but I have seen Montgomery Clift, ( Read more... )

One more month of probation at work, then I get codes to the copier and postage machine. Yay? My supervisor is more disturbing than she was when I started: inside-out clothes (with random stains and holes), leaves morsels of food on her desk--not on a plate or paper towel, but on the unclean desk surface--and eats little pinches of cake or whatever ( Read more... )

Since January 2011, I've had 2 interviews. I have 2 new ones this week: the first one's tomorrow afternoon, for a file clerk position at a law office, and the other one is for part-time/temp help at a charter school. I haven't done an official tally of the number of jobs I've applied for, but I have to be at at least 150. Not a great ratio. I'm ( Read more... )

Time keeps speeding up. I intend to write here more often, but a couple of weeks pass before I know it. Sheesh ( Read more... )

I took the last of the Cipro pills this morning. I feel a lot better, but it still hurts when the cat butts her head against my back. Which she does far too often while I'm sitting. Dull ache. Aleve makes it bearable. Man, I'm tired. It's gonna be a good while before I'm back up to speed, whatever that is. I don't think I've been 100% for at least ( Read more... )

The daughter of a family friend overdosed and died, either late last night or early this morning. She'd had problems with drugs for a while, but we hoped she'd get through the other side. I didn't see Bailey often, since the family friend and Bailey's mother were divorced. I think Paul got her on weekends or something. Paul loved being a dad and ( Read more... )

Disorienting week. devilandmouse and I went to Venice Beach for lunch--very decent Middle Eastern food served with a snarl and attitude from the douche nozzle working at Sababa--and souvenir t-shirt shopping Tuesday. I'm glad I started the day with a quick bike ride in the overcast morning. Bad customer service irks me no end ( Read more... )

Some college friends were getting together yesterday--after months of planning--but I couldn't make it out to upstate NY. A Skype session was planned. I set up Skype, waited around for hours, passing up an evening out with The Hub, and nothing. No comments on Facebook, no emails, no nothing. I had posted my info, asked for their info. Nothing ( Read more... )

Saturday, my friends Julie and Brian had a Farewell to LA party at her Aunt Anne's house. Anne lives with her partner Sergey, a mad Russian scientist, in a house in Santa Monica with a delightful garden, atop a hill. The party got even awesomer than that preamble. The Hub dropped me off and went to play a pick-up gig at a coffee house with a friend ( Read more... )

Yesterday was loads of fun. The Hub and I met arashikeiko, aznmetalhead13,fleetingeyes, and a couple of other people for lunch and hanging out. Issen Joki for Japanese food made by someone who genuinely cared. You ever been homesick for something you never had? Kind of like that. The Hub had only met a a couple of the others before, so it was great for him to put names and faces ( Read more... )