I'm not very good at making a habit of the LJ thing.

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Today I'm sulky again, but really, not too much. In this case it was again hoping on a long shot, but at least I was fully aware that it was a long shot and I didn't have all that invested in it for very long, so more of a brief, "Raaaaaaats" kind of sulky this time.

I'm sulking ( Read more... )

I'm interested in opinions here, but it's not bugging me all that much, I'm just more curious what other people think while I'm trying to figure out what I think ( Read more... )

I've got a big birthday looming and I'm living in a different country away from anyone who'd known me longer than a year (excluding Bob, I guess ( Read more... )

I've a friend who in some ways can kind of be high-maintenance. Let's call him Bob, for the ease of discussion. Bob is intelligent and often witty, he loves a good meal and when he's in the mood for fun he can be unapologetically foolish. He's also prone to being oversensitive and maudlin at times, and still isn't over his teenagey angst of "not ( Read more... )

I broke my ankle about two months ago. Not a big break, an "occult fracture", which means it couldn't be seen on a standard x-ray, but broken nonetheless. I have not been allowed to climb (and indeed I don't think I could have if I wanted to for some of that time). Now on the eve of seeing the orthopedic surgeon again I'm hoping to get a thumbs- ( Read more... )

I have recently returned from a trip "home" (the city where I used to live and a few other places relatively close to it) and twice I had the situation where I was left hanging by people I was trying to pin down and spend time with. On both occasions, I got no coherent reply after leaving messages, and then after a lag of a day or two, got an ( Read more... )

Is it unreasonable to be afraid of seeing old friends because I'm fatter than I've ever been before?

I had a really weird dream the other night. I'm not the sort of person who think dreams "mean" anything... but I think it's fun to pretend they do, so by all means attempt to psychoanalyze me ( Read more... )