“I worshipped dead men for their strength, forgetting I was strong.”
- Vita Sackville-West
03
Nov
2009
Picked this one up on a whim at Books & co today while I was looking for something else (ended up passing on the other one and got this and Best Served Cold instead).
Folks, I may be in love. I’m 30 pages in and really hoping he doesn’t screw it up.
Proper review when I finish, but the guy sure knows how to take you on a bloody, weird, wild ride.
If chicks with swords show up later, I’ll have no complaints!
03
Nov
2009
… that so many “lit” stories are about 1) whiny emo college students 2) whiny sub-par college professors?
I wonder, indeed.
29
Oct
2009
And not a fucking moment too soon. I have $2500 worth of pods that should have been in the mail last week.
The delay means I’ll be on shots from tonight until at least tomorrow when/if the shipment arrives. They’ve been holding it since Monday, likely waiting for the fucking payment to process. Not looking forward to a whole weekend of shots, so let’s hope the shipment arrives tomorrow, shall we?
29
Oct
2009
A first pass at video creation with Windows Movie Maker. Cinematic art it ain’t, but it looks like if you can navigate PowerPoint 7, you can navigate Movie Maker. This is a pretty hack job I did in a few hours. I’ll be interested to see how I can improve things as I figure out what the hell I’m doing. Some of the transitions are still running a little fast.
Video is based on the unpublished short, Two Girls (I wanted to start with a story I didn’t mind messing up). View below or go directly to my my YouTube channel.
Website address at the end is still, obviously, not live, but I’ve started adding it to things in anticipation of the day.
I’m still not sure if giving me these sorts of tools is a good idea or not…
27
Oct
2009
“I was Jewish. There was no doubt in my mind (what would happen). I left in 34. Hilter had taken over in 33. A girl… and a physicist… and Jewish. Well, that’s a combination that had no chance! (laughs) That was clear.”
-Hilde Levi, refugee physicist from Nazi Germany (from here)
27
Oct
2009
26
Oct
2009
You know you want to check out the rest….
Exquisite photos. I may be ordering some prints (now that I may no longer be dirt desperate uninsured poor!) if I can figure out how.
26
Oct
2009
There appears to be some light at the end of the health insurance tunnel, which is good cause today was the day I was going to drop $1154 on health care premiums through Sinclair.
I was able to place my pod order without a problem (!! really !!), and tho our account still shows up as “inactive,” I’m told that doctors are taking and processing the claims, which will be back up to date by the time anything we do this week actually gets processed, so at least we don’t have to pay out of pocket at the hospital or get turned away.
Still paying out of pocket for prescriptions, but that wasn’t my urgent concern. The terror and sleepless nights were in trying to figure out how to come up with $1100 for my pump supplies and $3,000 for J’s twice-yearly post-cancer scan (which he was due to have last week).
We are both a lot less hysterical now, and should hopefully be sleeping a lot better. Man, what a nightmare. It’s not quite over, but it’s a fuck of a lot less urgent. It’s like the difference between wondering how you’ll survive and just wondering how many nights a week you’ll be eating ramen.
Oh, there was some other good news today, too.
As J said, “IT’S LIKE CHRISTMAS!”
26
Oct
2009
25
Oct
2009
Full set here. Here’s what we cooked:
Ranch Style Chicken
Sweet-Roasted Rosemary Acorn Squash Wedges
Spicy Pumpkin Soup
Maple syrup substitute for the pumpkin soup and acorn squash consisted of Splenda mixed with no-carb maple “syrup” substitute. Honey called for in the ranch style chicken was substituted with no-carb maple “syrup” (and turned out very well!).
