What a week. July was a very dormant month. I spent most of the time with my feet on my desk, or being pulled around the house by my tug-happy dog. Suddenly, the clients have come out of the woodwork, and I'm flooded with work. Ack! Just when I was going to take a vacation ( Read more... )

I have cerebral palsy. That has been a fact for all 30 of my years, and that is the core of a particular sort of struggle. My life is about far more than having cerebral palsy -- and therein lies the struggle. I'm smart. My mother is smart, my father is smart, and my grandparents are surely very smart. Growing up in that sort of community and ( Read more... )

My grandmother is beating me. "It's not a contest," she says adamantly, "and I don't have a business to run!" Right. I suppose if I'm going to be outclassed by anyone, it would be my grandmother ( Read more... )

JF: "What do you want for your birthday ( Read more... )

Chicago Tribune Article about my friend Sheryl

Jerusalem Friend spent her week hiking, snorkeling, and taking in lectures at a CP conference. When I heard that, I nearly freaked out, seeing as she gets to do what I consider to be Pure Bliss while I'm chained to a desk. I started singing "Sloop John B," especially the first few verses, and thought about snorkeling off my grandparents' boat, ( Read more... )

After a long process of thinking, I bought a bike today ( Read more... )

First things first, my hat's off to Dr. ND for a rousing talk he gave at Our Alma Mater on April Fool's Day. They have a class called "Biomedical Engineering in the Real World" and Dr. ND gave a talk about PhD school, why one would want to go, and what it's really like. Of course, Dr. ND being an intellectually meticulous sort, it was backed by ( Read more... )

Okay, I've got to stop this insomniac stuff. I stayed up watching the first six episodes of the show Weeds, which I really liked. That's actually pretty ironic, considering my feelings about drugs. However, I think I needed it.

Quickly, before I move on to other subjects, let me say that katchoo_granger is lucky because she got to spend some time in person ( Read more... )

I called Jerusalem Friend at a little after 10PM my time (8AM her time), thinking that I'd say hi and fill her in on a few developments before heading to sleep. More than 5 hours later, it's 3:15AM and we just got off the phone...

I love life.