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My grandfather died today
"Listen: I'm a mean, old, ugly, low-down, dirty sonuvabitch. First order, second to none. But one thing I ain't is a dumb sonuvabitch."
"Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill every damn time."
"Gimme your purse. I'll hold that for you."
"I take off my shoes and the Sinai sands come pouring out... I got socks older then you!"
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News
Grandpa is doing very poorly. Multiple strokes, uti, possibly other conditions. He's out of it, depressed, not eathing much, and if family isn't present he's refusing a lot of meds. I feel pretty shaken up about this. Over at Kristi's right now. I'm glad she invited me to come over. She really is a great person to be with, especially when her ( Read more... ) -
Tonight
This week ends on a much happier note then it began. Just got back from nerf wars with Ivan and Sarah (had a blast) and spent part of the afternoon with Kristi (yay for being willing to work through concerns). All in all it's been a good day, and my cold's finally on the way out.
Oh, and "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman is wonderful. Go read it -
Job weirdness
So I'm in between jobs for 2 weeks, due to finishing job 1 and suddenly being told by job 2, "We've pushed our training schedule back by two weeks." Frustrating, but tolerable. I'm SO happy to not be going off to a 6am outdoors shift. My uncle pointed out yesterday that I was due for a raise. Wonderful timing he has. Ahhh well, him being a jerk is ( Read more... ) -
This test actually makes me feel lonely
The Five Love Languages
My primary love languages are probably
Acts of Service and Words of Affirmation.
Complete set of results
Acts of Service: 8Words of Affirmation: 8Physical Touch: 5Receiving Gifts: 5Quality Time: 4
Information
Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love ( Read more... ) -
Today
Today has been a challenge. Grandpa is in the hospital with an almost identical repeat performance to one year ago. This time Grandma didn't wait for him to injure himself, she just forced him out. Tomorrow I'll begin working to find an assisted living facility for him. There has been other, rather severe drama. I'm not at liberty to go into it ( Read more... ) -
Good news
So I passed the Tempe police written exam today with an 89 out of 100. I'm eligible to take their physical test any time during the next year. So tomorrow I'll be going running at 7am. The requirements are tougher then Scottsdale, only 14 minutes for the mile and a half. We'll see how things go. Either way I'm happy to have part of it delt with. ( Read more... ) -
Quiz I've been wanting to make
For those who are new to the internet, new to LJ, or are currently not even online and reading this through extra-sensory perception or technomagick: This am quiz. You take. Or not. Happy fun time is begin!
The purpose of this quiz is musical. All the answers should be in the form of a song, music video, theatrical performance, or similar media.
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The last son of Krypton
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20081017/pl_ynews/ynews_pl95
I think he may've just clinched the geek vote with this one...