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28th-Apr-2013 08:34 pm(no subject)
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i will just read forums by nerds talking to great length about nothing important and not think about anything and everything will be fine.
28th-Apr-2013 08:31 pm(no subject)
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it's always fun when you think you know a situation, and it turns right around and bites you in the ass.
8th-Mar-2013 02:31 pm - ha
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A friend just posted this on Facebook:

How to identify the passive voice in your writing: If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice.

She was killed (by zombies).
Zombies killed (by zombies) her.

John Watson was confused (by zombies).
Sherlock Holmes solved (by zombies) the case. (Solved the case by zombies?)
10th-Feb-2013 11:15 am(no subject)
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"The brain, when it is disembodied from the heart, turns vicious." --Madeleine L'Engle
9th-Feb-2013 12:37 pm - Mystery
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I have about a 15 minute walk from the bus stop to my library (I realized at some point that this was much less annoying than the 25-minute wait I always got stuck with if I took the bus that stops right in front of my library). My library's neighborhood isnt exactly a high-pedestrian area. But today, I noticed a woman walking in front of me in pink pajama pants and a brown hoodie (not unusual. The number of people who come into my library in their pajamas is slightly humorous). I took my eyes off her to pay attention to the cars as I crossed a busy boulevard, and when I was almost across the street I realized that she'd sat down on the corner and was leaning against the light pole. At which point I became a little concerned. I mean, she's less than 100 yards from the library, which is free and warm. Half a block away there's a bus stop she could sit at. On the other side of the library parking lot, there's a grass lawn. This isn't a corner I've ever seen anyone panhandling at--the light doesn't change very often so the traffic doesn't stop often enough. So I was worried she'd fallen over, instead of sat down.

"Are you okay?" I asked.
"Oh yeah, I'm fine," she said. "I just got let out of jail."

This was all the explanation she offered. Didn't ask me for food or money. Didn't seem much interested in talking. I don't know if she was just enjoying the fresh air? If she was expecting me to offer her money or food or a ride? I told her the library was open until 5:00 if she got cold. And left her there. Hopefully she gets everything worked out.

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8th-Feb-2013 12:09 pm(no subject)
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I had a dream last night that I had my dogs from my childhood back. I was staying in a house with two or three other girls who didn't like them there, but put up with them because I wouldn't be there long. I was trying to pack up my things, actually (which, in typical dream fashion, involved me putting something down and having it vaporize or move itself somewhere else the minute I turned my back). At some point, I realized my dogs weren't there, and hadn't been there for awhile. I asked my roommate where they were. She said she's put them outside two days ago, and didn't understand why I was upset. I told her it was unkind to leave dogs outside all night, that they needed to be around people, that she should have told me where they were. I went to get the dogs and they thought I had died.

And then I woke up and I had to go cuddle George, one of the two dogs I live with. I hardly ever have dreams that have actual people (or dogs) that I know in them. Usually the people in my dreams are entirely imaginary. I don't really cope well with dreams with familiar people (or dogs) in them.
5th-Feb-2013 04:29 pm - hrmph.
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No, barista, I didn't actually forget to say that I wanted my coffee iced. You just forgot to hear it.
2nd-Feb-2013 09:23 pm - Bike Ride
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My bike ride to work is about twelve miles, each way. My usual shift is 7:30am to 11:30am, though I've been working late (with the boss' permission, this time), so my ride to work is in the dark every morning, and my ride home in the early or mid afternoon. The ride there is in the dark, and the cold, and I'm not terribly observant because I'm still tired. This new ride takes up significant time, significant life, significant attention on my part. It's fair to say that after the job, I spend the most time on my bike (at least during weeks when I'm able to ride, which has been maybe half or two-thirds of the time so far, and the rest of the time I ride the bus).
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2nd-Feb-2013 07:34 pm - one thing i've never understood
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One of the oppositional talking points that Republicans trotted out during the Obamacare debate was that the government shouldn't get involved in health care because health care decisions should be kept between doctors and their patients (I still remember part of Jon Stewart's rebuttal to this talking point when John McCain brought it up: "He thinks uninsured people have doctors?!").

Which I totally agree with. So what's the government doing trying to get between obstetricians and their patients' uteruses? Why do I have to convince a politician in Arkansas that I was actually raped before I can go to my doctor to do something about it? Why does my doctor have to explain to my governor that if I don't have this medical procedure that unfortunately involves taking a fetus out of my uterus, then I'll die?*


*disclaimer: I haven't been raped and I'm not pregnant, I've just been listening to Rachel Maddow and it makes me a crankypants.
31st-Jan-2013 05:44 am(no subject)
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I'm catching up on reading Neil Gaiman's blog. He wrote this on new year's:

"It's a New Year and with it comes a fresh opportunity to shape our world.

So this is my wish, a wish for me as much as it is a wish for you: in the world to come, let us be brave – let us walk into the dark without fear, and step into the unknown with smiles on our faces, even if we're faking them.

And whatever happens to us, whatever we make, whatever we learn, let us take joy in it. We can find joy in the world if it's joy we're looking for, we can take joy in the act of creation.

So that is my wish for you, and for me. Bravery and joy."

I like that.

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