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| Monday, July 13th, 2009 |
miz_geek
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7:52p |
Day 179
 My family came down from Vermont this weekend. Saturday we went to Mystic Seaport and to Misquamicut Beach in Rhode Island. ( more family at the beach ) |
mactavish
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4:45p |
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| Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 |
drjon
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9:29a |
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| Monday, July 13th, 2009 |
starbrow
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11:23p |
FIC: Until Time Has Faded All, gen
Title: Until Time Has Faded All Pairings: Allusions to Jack/Ianto Rating: General Warnings: none. Word Count: 630 Spoilers: For the entirety of Children of Earth, and for Last of the Time Lords. Summary: After the events of COE, Jack seeks out an unusual confidante. ( Until Time Has Faded All ) Current Mood:  contemplative |
princessofg
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circuit_four
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6:01p |
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vanillafluffy
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5:12p |
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liddle_oldman
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5:10p |
I Know All There Is About The Crying Game
We might have found a new apartment. We are still in mourning – heartbroken is the word we've been using – about the old one. Now and again one of us (usually first thing in the morning) will go "Go my house", and we'll both burst into tears. Janet, remember, has lived there (with a couple of interruptions) for fifty years, and we've been together there for nearly twenty-five. This shit is hard. I had found a listing for a three-bedroom only three or four blocks from our old place. The picture of the outside looked nice – I suspected it was originally a one-family someone broke into two apartments, and it was somewhat higher-income looking (as of 1895) than the one we're in. We had an appointment to see it @2:00 Sunday. Janet had been working this hard, and had lined up another appointment for tonight, and had a broker working on more possibilities (she actually called back with a couple to see later), but we had hopes for this one. Nice exterior, close to home, and the listing said that it had been the house of "A Famous Boston Author", and we knew Robert Parker doesn't live near here. We picked up Susan (who has been providing moral support) and headed over. Janet said "I am praying we fall in love with this one"; all of the others have been the sort of date where he chews with his mouth open and tries to borrow money to pay the tab. Long story short, we fell in like with it, and ended up writing a check for a month's rent for surety. As it's the first floor of a one-family, the layout is a little eccentric, and there's only, really, one bedroom, unless you're a passel of college students. (The others were the parlor and the dining room). But, there's six rooms, if you include the quite large entrance hall, and they've got nine foot ceilings and nice, original woodwork, and re-furbished hardwood floors (though with a couple of "rug floors"), and the original windows (rather than tiny plastic "replacement windows"), and it was far and away nicer than the others. There are a few problems, of course, and the biggest is that there's no spare room for the sins. Now, we have a back bedroom and half the cellar, and they're all full. There, everything has to be in a public room – though we're declaring the parlor the work room. (The living room, on the other side of the foyer, has a nice if ornamental marble mantle.) But – I can envision us living there. I can picture our furniture, and our lives, fitting in. I don't believe I'll mind waking up there – I was feeling that I'd hate it, every morning, waking up in any of the others. We think we can make this work. (And, as we surmised, they told us that this used to be Dennis Lehane's house. I haven't researched that yet, but wouldn't it be cool?) We wrote a month's rent to hold it. This morning we faxed in our information sheets – work, bank, previous address, references – stuff we'd never had to do before. Did I mention neither of us, really, has ever rented an apartment before? She started out renting from her father, and I'd ended up in my family's apartment taking care of my dying father. The agent just called to say that our credit checks were marvelous (not that we're surprised), and that the landlords (a young black couple with a 9-year-old son) had liked us. It looks as though it might well go through. If it does, even though we still don't want to go, this will be a tremendous weight off of our shoulders. When we get back from vacation on, I think, the first of August, we'll have to start tearing our lives apart and getting rid of about half of our possessions and packing the rest. I'll bet more crying will happen, to tell you the truth, but we may have passed the trough. |
luscious_purple
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5:04p |
News flash!
Stop the Intarwebz presses: Cats exploit humans by purring! Film at 11! And the boy toy wants us to go look (tomorrow night) at a young-adult female cat who needs a home. We shall see. Current Mood:  amused |
pepperjackcandy
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3:55p |
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supergee
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4:48p |
Why does the media always insist on pretending that modern conservatism has any serious policy designs? The last eight years and John McCain and Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh tell us all we need to know about the right’s intellect. They are for war for no good reason, covering up said war when it goes bad, torture, tax cuts for the wealthy, economic and educational disparity between the rich and poor, racial and sexual discrimination, immoral smearing of political opponents, speaking in the language of moral superiority while engaging in immoral personal behavior, neglect of government’s role as a watchdog and instead use it to enable corporate crime and the resulting economic malaise, and above all else the elevation of the intellectually uncurious over science and the advancement of knowledge– Oliver Willis |
slythwolf
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4:27p |
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patrickmurfin
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3:04p |
McHenry County Dems to Present Call for Healthcare Reform Now
 The Democratic Party of McHenry County will host a special presentation on organizing to demand comprehensive health care at the regular meeting this Wednesday, July 15 at 7 PM at the McHenry County Farm Bureau, 1102 McConnell Road in Woodstock. “This is an opportunity to learn how to ‘think globally and act locally’ to demand comprehensive health care reform,” said County Chair Kathy Bergan Schmidt. The program will be led by former McHenry County resident and Party member Jessica Palys, now the Federal Issues Organizer for Citizen Action/Illinois. She will outline the campaign by Health Care for America NOW! (HCAN) to organize support for comprehensive health care reform that “will provide coverage we can afford, comprehensive benefits we can count on, choice of a private or public health insurance plan, and equal access to quality care.” There will also be discussion of the crisis in health care in McHenry County as the state budget stalemate threatens community health agencies servicing thousands of clients. The meeting is free and open to the public. For more information contact the party at 815 788-9540 or e-mail info@mchenrydems.org .
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davidkevin
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2:59p |
For the Record
I hate this. ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) orbolus does not speak for me. orbolus is and has been banned from this journal for many months, from the moment her/his intentions became obvious. orbolus is a stalker and troublemaking sockpuppet trying to create Drama between other parties and me of the "let's you and him fight" variety. I don't know what the other parties are saying behind Friend-lock. It's irrelevant. I'm not playing. I dislike intensely having to make this public post, particularly since I doubt I will be believed by those who most need to hear it. orbolus, GO AWAY.. This is all I will be saying on this subject. |
neanahe
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3:07p |
Monday – The Survivor
. . . Four-year-old humans are pieces of work, as well as being works in progress. My son might have his moments, but I can usually put him in his place. On the other hand, life has enabled my stepsister's little boy, Reese, to throw his parents a curveball when he wants to. Shortly after his second birthday, Reese was diagnosed with a rare form of kidney cancer called Wilm's Tumor that only happens in children under the age of 5. He endured a surgery to remove his kidney followed by 6 months of chemotherapy, and these days he is healthy and thriving. If you ask him, he will willingly raise up shirt and show you the scar across his midriff where they took out the diseased kidney and another scar on his chest where they inserted a port to administer the chemo. With his shirt on, though, he looks like any other skinny little kid. He knows something rotten happened to him. His brothers and sisters don't have to have blood work done twice a year to make sure they are cancer free and that their kidney function is normal. He's well aware that he has more hassles to put up with than they do, and that can give a guy an additude. This last week his father was correcting him for some minor infraction when Reeve interrupted him. He sighed, put his hands on his hips, cocked his head and said, "Oh, take it easy, will you Dad? I'm a cancer survivor!" What's a toy or two left on the living room floor when you consider the big picture? Preschoolers have a way of putting things into perspective for you. * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * # * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * Current Mood:  drunkCurrent Music: Saber Dance by Khachaturian |
mamagotcha
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1:31p |
Splash
 Splash
Originally uploaded by mamagotcha.Lincoln at the new (to us) fountain at Powell Gardens. It was supposed
to be under 90 degrees today, so we took advantage of the clouds and ran
out here for a last visit to one of my favorite KC places. Not sure how
long I'll last.. the humidity is brutal... but Linc's loving the wanter,
and we'll at least go through the new Heartland Harvest Garden (shaped
like a quilt! Sorry we can't bring you out here, Lorraine... I think you
would have appreciated this intersection of two of your interests). The
flowers and plants are going nuts out here... definitely worth the drive
if you can handle the heat.
--klsabin |
blackthornglade
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2:12p |
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mefuselah
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11:02p |
 просоветское. точнее, непонимающее. отпахать день, вымыться из тазика, придавить часок, съездить отметиться в очереди, придавить часок, чтобы к двум часам ночи ехать отмечаться в списке и уже стоять до утра, чтобы назавтра проторчать полдня в потной агрессивной толпе таких же счастливцев, отпихивать лезущих без очереди, без единого сортира вокруг на 500 м, без единого пункта продажи кофе или воды на 500 м вокруг, терпеть совковое учрежденческое хамство и пустую трату чиновниками времени, заполнять ненужные бумажки, рисковать неприятностями на работе, потому что никаких отгулов по данным обстоятельствам не предусмотрено, а тупое высиживание на месте без особого дела просто необходимо, потом гнать на работу заполошно, то есть стоять в пробке, ползя, потом на работе умыться, расслабиться, придя домой, вымыться из тазика, и дайбох, чтобы при этом имелось за плечами сделанное дело. вопрос в задачке: зачем нужно было устраивать всё это говно в 1985-м? чтобы ко всему прибавились пробки? а свобода слова вашего мне нахер не упала. равно как и цэрьков в останкино, новодворская по радио и суконное мудачьё по телевизору. ну то есть зачем было им - понятно. но почему никто не чувствует, что кроме них, никто не получил ничего? |
princessofg
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1:50p |
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birdzilla
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2:44p |
My version of retail therapy.
Today I got three PS2 games for under $20! \o/ I got Xenosaga Episode II, because I haven't gotten far in Episode I YET but it really fascinates my roommate to watch me play it, so assuming I don't hate it by the end I'll probably be on to Episode II before winter; Escape From Monkey Island, because it was very cheap and I've heard good things about the series, so I thought it was worth the five bucks; and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, because it was $2.50 and at that price, I was willing to find out what the big fuss over these games is all about. I also went to Target and got a bathmat, because our shower is very slippery and I've fallen twice this week. D: It is painful and I don't like pain, so a bathmat seemed wise. I feel much better now that I've gotten some fun shopping in. :D And since today's my day off, the roommate and I are going to hang out tonight. I'm looking forward to that. Current Mood:  okay |
jenny_evergreen
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1:16p |
Indeed.
Yes, I do say damn a lot. Everyone else in my family says shit, I've noticed. The surest way to learn these things is to have little kids around. I'm so out of it today it is not even funny. I have an essay to write on the seagull and the owl. I have, you know, the whole bird oracle to finish...haven't touched it in weeks now. *sigh* We decided to mimic Will's time capsule rather than design a whole new one for Finn. (It wasn't really personalized to Will at all, but concentrated on the time capsule concept.) I noticed this morning though that Finn's can has deeper grooves than Will's, making some of the decorating...awkward. We'll figure it out. I've bribed the children with cheese. Will likes it, but Finn is a complete and utter cheese monkey. :P Soon, we'll go to Mom's to pick up the invites and swim for a bit. (Well, Will will swim. Finn and I may or may not.) Finally remembered why I was going to a store today, so I'll do that before hitting Mom's. (Checking out cushioning options for Will's toddler bed, because he's complained consistently that it's uncomfortable, even the "new" bed didn't change the complaint. Of course, now that we have a twin frame coming, I need to look at getting a cheap twin mattress which would alter things, but...) Train of thought derailed. At least I posted. :P Current Mood:  groggy |
valarltd
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1:02p |
BPAL: Jolly Roger
Jolly Roger (Bewitching Brew) Sea spray with an undercurrent of leather, Bay Rum, and salty, dry woods. Vial: Rum and wood very 80's aftershave. Wet: ocean spray and wood Drydown: Wood and rum and spray. Is giving me a headache, which intensifies every time I sniff Dry: Sweetish, masculine and totally headache making. I like the smell but I can't wear it. Drat. |
davidkevin
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supergee
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amp23
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