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For the first time in a very, very long time – I feel alive. And it’s really beautiful.

Phone update, reading sugar numbers to Dr. S. No dosage adjustments. Whew. Will update him again on Thursday. Also, I am out of computer ink. Dammit. Off to Best Buy.

Arg! Just.. Arg!

Will… finish…. God’s War draft… dammit…

New insulin regimen = perfect sugar levels all day! Wooooot!

… individuals who call strong women characters “men with breasts” or “Amazons” (same tone as “Unicorns”) are missing something very important. They’ve probably realized that superheroes are an “Adolescent Power Fantasy” because that much is obvious. But they think of twelve year old boys when they think of it. They haven’t looked beyond their own

Want to run around the world doing research for your latest novel? Apply for a travel grant from the Spec. Lit. Foundation here. It might cover your airfare, in any case…

The researchers, from the University of Glamorgan’s Health and Exercise Science Research Unit, say bodybuilders turn to steroids because they see themselves as too “weedy” – in a condition which is the opposite of anorexia. So sad. Dorky little weedy boys are quite sexy. It does interest me that both men and women seek media-hyped

Last weekend, Jenn and I watched Transamerica, a movie about a pre-op transwoman, Bree, a week away from her surgery date who discovers she has a 17-year-old son, the result of a college affair she had back when she went by “Stanley.” (oh, watch my pronouns get tricky!). She bails her son out of jail,

Get three stories in the mail. Finish at least 30 of the remaining 68 pages of God’s War. Finish tDW rewrites as suggested by 2 of the 4 readers (still waiting on the other two). Work on finishing at least one of the half dozen *new* short stories that should be in the mail. Read