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Scylla and Charybdis
This is the hardest thing that I have ever had to do. -
Katabasis
It's been a strange few days ( Read more... ) -
A Happy Place
I feel as though I'm in the eye of the storm. Things are worse now than ever, but a strange calm has settled over everything and that makes the small things easier. A lot of terrible things have happened, even recently, but I have found something that makes me see the world differently. I have a happy place, now. -
Bleh
I just slept for a few days straight due to contracting H1N1, probably from the Philly airport in which I stayed overnight due to neither airline taking responsibility for the delayed flight that caused me to miss my connection. Luckily I met a stranger online who stayed up all night himself to talk to me since I had only the food I bought from ( Read more... ) -
What is the appeals process?
Talk about a disappointing step in the wrong direction:
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Time and Space
Subject is a trend, here we go ( Read more... ) -
Keep Swimming
Alright then. I just sent my sister off on her train back to Boston and with that my Thanksgiving is done. It's been a week of family and food and travel and drama but it wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been. Our meal went very well in spite of being gluten free, soy free and vegan (except for the turkey and ham, for which there was a ( Read more... ) -
Hmmm...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/chi-thu-problem-briana-rice-sep17,0,807488,full.column
That's neither encouraging nor reasonable.
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Moving Through
My research assistant got hit by a car while biking (hit and run) that resulted in breaking his arm, then got swine flu and went home to NC early instead of finishing the work. So I had to pull long hours before leaving for MN to get part of that done ( Read more... ) -
Warriors
I went to see a movie last night that I've been trying to find on DVD for months. It's a cult flick from the 70s about gangs in NYC and specifically, a particular gang caught in enemy territory and trying to make it back to their home turf on Coney Island. It's based on an ancient memoir written by a Greek soldier with a similar premise. I was ( Read more... )