So, I guess I've got asthma. That's what the doctor at the clinic said, anyway. I got those weird inhaler thingies (at a cost of $102, which I really hope I can get reimbursed). Hopefully, through careful use of these things, I can be back up and breathing in a few days - he said it might take that long for me to start feeling the effects. ( Read more... )

Can I first say how unbelievable it is that not one other LJ user is interested in Trini Lopez? So, maybe he's not up there with the other great crooners from the '60s, but he's no slouch. For Christmas, rottenfruit got me a few LPs, two of 'em are from Trini, and they're phenomenal. Especially 'Live at Basin Street East'. It's got the elusive Trini rendition ( Read more... )

So, Christmas was good. Christmas Eve was fun, too. Seeing M and his family isn't awkward, or anything - it's fun. There's always pretty interesting conversation. For Christmas I got a digital camera, but so did Elizabeth. Mine is going back to the store, I do believe. I don't think my parents will be hurt. They got me other stuff that I'm very ( Read more... )

I'm in Ottawa. For those of you who may not know my situation all that well, I'm from Ottawa originally, but I moved to Montreal for university three and a half years ago. Ottawa was good to me, but I'm glad I'm in a big city now, and I'm especially glad to live in a place that isn't strip-mall hell, and requires a car to really get anything done. ( Read more... )