mom is doing well. sitting up, talking, laughing. she'll be transferred out of icu tomorrow. i can't really describe how i feel about all of that. i am still so tired. i've been communicating with her childhood sweetheart about her progress, which has brought up some weird feelings in me about regrets i've been carrying around for more than a few ( Read more... )

my mom's getting a pig valve! her surgeon is a stone cold silver fox. i am sleep-deprived to within an inch of insanity and i don't think i've ever been this stressed in my entire life, but the breakdowns have been mini and i managed to laugh when foxy surgeon told my mom that her coronary artery is "gorgeous." being in a hospital made me wish i ( Read more... )

STILL A DEPRESSIVE. just checking in. 

 the dog is snoring and her nose is WHISTLING. if i were rich i would have a huge yard and two more silly smelly beasts. yes, i would be a crazy old dog lady.

6:19 PM
no matter how much of yourself you put into something, you cannot change someone else's output.

true in life and love.


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 mona and the betty (my old building) survived the tenderloin underground explosion. she said all her towels still smell like burning plastic, because the smoke poured into her apartment for hours through the janky 100 year old windows. lord have mercy i can't believe i made it through four years of living in that joint. sometimes, most times, it ( Read more... )

 I THINK I'M HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH MY NEIGHBOR.

being single is ridiculous.

sf foodie royalty on their junk food favorites:

Lessley Anderson (CHOW, senior editor): "I am a HUGE snacker if I come home and have had a few drinks, so for this reason I try not to keep anything unhealthy in the house to prevent binges. Therefore, I have been known to eat weird shit that's the only thing available in those moments -- ie: raisins, ( Read more... )

from jezebel, aka all you need to read on the internet:

"As a very fair-skinned (some might say pasty) person, I've always been prone to blushing. I hate it, but new research says maybe I shouldn't be so ashamed.
According to the Times, psychological research shows that blushing actually improve people's opinions of the blusher. When subjects were ( Read more... )

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