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Snowpocalypse 2010: A Pictorial Journey
I'm better after this morning's slight complete breakdown. I've been trying to keep my mood elevated, so I'm doing fun things.
Like taking the camera out into the snowstorm we're having. Here are the results:
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Glee for a shitty Tuesday
5 Things That Were Good About Today
1. New Lost tonight. The show that makes you say "WTF???" and love it
2. New netflix in the mail
3. Channa masala for lunch
4. Great new book to read
5. Cat improved my depressed/crying/shitty mood by being hilarious and fuzzy
3 Things I Did Well1. Moved the car even though the tire was flat and it drove funny ( Read more... ) -
Trying To Get a Picture of My Cat: A Work In Several Parts
Cats, while photogenic, do not make good photo subjects. Here's why:
( Pictures of my attempts to photograph Hawkeye beneath the cut. I feel the story needs no narration. ) -
Come on in, the water's fine
I wanted to make a note, because I think sometimes I can come off really strongly when I make activism posts about fat or feminism or being queer or other social issues that are important to me ( Read more... ) -
About damn time
So, the FDA finally got around to realizing that the serving sizes listed on many foods Americans eat are complete bullshit and often deceptive to even conscentious shoppers who are purposely looking at nutritional labels.
( Cut for food triggers. I know calorie counting can be hard on some folk. Sorry I haven't cut tagged for this previously with warnings. ) -
Food snobbery.
This would be a great article except for this little bit:
That being said, anyone who goes into a Thai restaurant asking for "no spice" deserves to be kicked out on their ear. Asking for "no spice" at a Thai restaurant is akin to going to a steakhouse and asking for a veggie burger. It smacks of that very American tradition of "the customer is ( Read more... ) -
Glee for Monday
5 Things That Were Good About Today
1. Sunny, if still bitterly cold
2. Hawkeye played with me at length today and was adorable
3. Cool new music to listen to
4. A great new book to dig into
5. New House tonight
3 Things I Did Well1. Kept my blood sugar down today and faithfully did all my testing. Nothing above 94 ( Read more... ) -
Safe Space
Once more riffing off of br0ken_dolly. I seem to copy her homework a lot these days, don't I? But she says awesome things, even when I don't 100% agree, I admire her strength and courage of conviction. Today she got me thinking about safe spaces.
( In which I think about safe spaces, both personal and public. ) -
Not the venue, dude.
Just got into a bit of an interwebs scuffle on another friend's journal (not with the friend, with an asshole commenter on said friend's journal) and I just want to know what the heck goes through the minds of some people who comment ( Read more... ) -
Well, that was simple. (NOT!)
Last night we finally succeeded in getting me the blood sugar meter that I needed. Calling the doctor, unfortunately, wasn't going to work because the nurse at her office informed me that her mother had just passed away and her daughter had been hospitalized. I felt horrible that I had kept bugging them after they told me that, but I'm not sure how ( Read more... )