"Time dilates," dad said. He was better on Saturday, faintly sarcastic from time to time at completely oblivious mom and grumping at a nurse ("If you don't know what you're doing, get help. Please."). He doesn't want music or movies or crosswords or books (not that he's in any state to concentrate on one); the resultant quiet stretches of time lets ( Read more... )

Class conversation.
"I have a scar on my foot from when I was two. I grabbed a picture off the wall near my crib and stomped on it."
"What was the picture of?"
"A duck."

Mobile - Montreal Calling
Razorlight - Somewhere Else
Dandy Warhols - Plan A
Built to Spill - Center of the Universe
Carbon Leaf - Life Less Ordinary
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - ( Read more... )

Bypass surgery. It's not what he originally wanted and the surgery (for stents) was supposed to take place tomorrow. I feel vaguely. I'm not very good at seeing myself anymore, hence the repeated no comments bullshit. I don't really want to talk about it. That's what I have a friggin therapist for. Cognitive parallels: thinking about family, for ( Read more... )

I realize that buying a pint of ice cream for breakfast is, in fact, a highly inappropriate response to your dad having a heart attack. God, our family is genetically doomed. Don't touch us, we'll explode and/or break out into an obscure skin disease. Don't feed us salt. Or after midnight. Don't take us swimming. Don't make us sing. We probably ( Read more... )

My dad had a heart attack and needs surgery. He never exercised, he didn't eat right, and he smoked and drank a bajillion cups of coffee a day. He's a pediatrician. We are stupid in the same ways. He will probably be okay. I am waiting to find out what probably is like.

Hamsters loose on the desk. Winston charges straight for the leftover apple. Rosencrantz falls off my shoulder and onto his back, feet wriggling in outrage -- legs too short to easily right himself. I don't know how dwarf hamsters survive in the wild, or maybe mine's just physically handicapped. He ignores the apple. There is a moment of tension ( Read more... )

Stupid Stay. The ending always makes me cry like a retard even though I don't really like the rest of the movie, or Ryan Gosling. And now I have to make icons of it. And also now I'm sniffly and one of the aunties is coming over to drop off presents any second now argh go awayyyyy >___> also this auntie tends to give me random moneys for which I am ( Read more... )

So I just had a dream about being on some sort of team that goes on missions that involve a lot of beating people up, and explodey. Sound familiar? God damn you, comics. BUT. But. I had some interesting teammates.

1. Piotr. As in, Colossus. Wtf? I don't even like him that much as a character. Here is the truly bizarre part: for some reason, when I ( Read more... )

Sometimes I seriously wonder about our book.Q: "Excuse me, can you tell me where the post office is?"
A: "It's in front of you."
Q: "How do I get there?"
A: "Walk forward."
Q: "Is it far from here?"
A: "It's not far. It's right next to the bank."
I know, I know, it's just for learning purposes, but c'mon. By the second question I'd be like "... do ( Read more... )

( Or, 'Hello! I'm a newbie to comics, feel free to ignore me!' )