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So, missdiane is always telling me when I start something with "OMG, I have to tell you this...." that I should write about it on LiveJournal.  Which I think is really just her way of not having to listen to my rambling and discursive ramblings, and AT THE SAME TIME reinforce her community.  Because, inevitability the long stories don't start out as long.   ( Read more... )

Soooooo.....what have I been up to?

I think one of the last life updates I did before disappearing was about changing jobs.  Well, that didn't last.  I spent 3 years and 2 weeks at the School of Social Work, and it was hellish.  A non-stop grind of stupidity where I was under-appreciated, (apparently) overpaid, and sat in a basement that was not ( Read more... )

SOMEONE dragged me BACK to LJ.

And its all dusty and weird here.  and the controls are different and the people are different.  And I am old and crotchety.

BAH

Yes, I am having naming issues again.  The names are stupid, feel to offer suggestions.

Group chat can be a useful function.  It can also mean that you waste time scrolling through dozens of posts from your friends that consist of acronyms and emoji and miss out on the one important message ( Read more... )

The book hit the wall with a satisfying thunk.

Abe appeared at the entryway near where the book hit, looking questioningly. He picked up the offending book, which looked to him like a perfectly normal book, although somewhat worse for wear at having been hurled at the wall so forcefully.  He put it gently down on the coffee table and considered ( Read more... )

There is no magical cure-all, no balm to the soul that can erase years of hurt.   The earliest wounds cut the deepest, leave scars that never heal, impact you years later when you least expect and cannot shield yourself ( Read more... )