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February 24 2012, 15:10:26 UTC 2 months ago
it's gonna be reading week at my university in a week, and i have a shit ton of work i want to get done that week. i just need to really PLAN. i know i'm in my fourth year of university, but really, how do you do it?!
also: one of the cats in my household went into heat recently. her owner can't afford to get her spayed until april. so i said "fuck it all" and went ahead and contacted vets all over town - a bunch of them had ridiculous prices (over $350, one was $500) then i decided i'd call my vet today.... hello, $200+tax. needlessly, the cat's getting spayed on march 7th. i'm covering it all until her owner can pay me back. but honestly. i really don't like female cats, my little zoo of 3 male cats are all neutered and i was very pleasantly surprised that they ignored her.
also also: i live with four other people, right? one is currently on welfare (the job market here SUCKS) and we already covered for his portion of the rent for february... he got his welfare check today - while it is a great thing, it also is a minimal amount, just enough to cover rent. he owes us all $360 in total, and i'm slightly worried that he won't come up with the money to pay us back. and i seriously do need the $180 he owes me back asap. he knows that, but he is very ... what's the word... lagging? with stuff like that. ugh!
okay, my rant's over. i gotta get back to my midterm papers. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND
February 24 2012, 16:19:12 UTC 2 months ago
go you for caring about the kitty!!
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February 24 2012, 15:12:48 UTC 2 months ago
Or maybe it's because in real life I'm more of a Vanguard person than a Soldier person. Yay destruction!
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February 24 2012, 15:54:48 UTC 2 months ago
I've spent the week making accessories for my wheelchair (my first). I've decided my life would be a million times easier with a storage area behind the backrest, and a cupholder upfront. I'm tricking out this thing in the tackiest ways possible, apparently, but FFS it's inconvenient enough to not be able to walk, I might as well make up for it somehow. This is also my first time working with plarn, so it's majorly slow-going because it exhausts my hands way faster than regular crocheting.
February 24 2012, 16:09:04 UTC 2 months ago
I hear you - I've been reading some of your lj posts, and not being able to walk is frustrating. I have a torn muscle in my left foot that just refuses to heal properly for a year and a half, and I have days where I wish I didn't have to walk at all. I know your situation is pretty severe, but it's frustrating. Please do post pics of your wheelchair, it sounds SO AWESOME.
I know how to knit, but I never was able to learn how to crochet. I'm totally lost with crocheting. Plarn looks awesome, I'll have to check it out. :D
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February 24 2012, 16:16:31 UTC 2 months ago
bandcamp is a great site with tons of women musicians.
try twitter -- if there's anyone there who's a big name among the people you're trying to reach, ask them to give a shoutout in your name?
good luck!!
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February 24 2012, 16:13:51 UTC 2 months ago
. i'm about to spend an insane amount of $ to go to a foreign country and try to have my (seventeen-year) chronic pain and trauma addressed by a 10th-generation shaman. i am ... just totally out of other ideas, and so exhausted with the pain and intrusive thoughts and insomnia. (and really, i've had a *lot* of ideas. i have a phd in neuroscience and i've been throwing medications, therapies, and life situations at my problems for almost eighteen years. and nothing works very well. this may not either, but i'm scraping bottom and feel the need to do *something*.)
. i am starting to think the major theme of my life is trusting people who then betray me, often after many years. (i'm 43, it's not like this could seem like a one-time thing.) it kinda sucks.
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February 24 2012, 17:44:16 UTC 2 months ago
At least I got homemade potato soup.
February 24 2012, 17:45:37 UTC 2 months ago Edited: February 24 2012, 17:48:33 UTC
Edit: And missed the memo for everyone being able to edit comments, now. The fail's strong with me today.
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February 24 2012, 18:42:17 UTC 2 months ago
I beat the major dragon campaign in Skyrim.. I have about 180 hours logged onto my Orc. I'm... actually running out of shit to do. Of course there are some empty areas of the map that I know have at least a dozen landmarks for me to find, and 40+ caves and keeps I've found but haven't actually cleared, but aside from Mage College and Dark Brotherhood, I've kind of done everything. Yeesh. I was playing DAII before Skyrim came out and game was so disappointing, I don't want to go back. But Mass Effect 3 coming out makes me think I should finally install the first 2 on Steam (paid for but untouched) and try that.
February 24 2012, 18:44:30 UTC 2 months ago
The book itself is gorgeous, I highly recommend it to anyone who's into that sort of thing. The one weird thing is that none of the individual artists are credited. I know that technically under contract Bioware/EA owns all the art, but I was under the impression that it was kind of jerkish to not even name them? All of my other artbooks discreetly name the artist for each individual work, but those are all Lucasfilm/Lucasarts, so that might be an individual company policy. Anyone know what the standard for this is or have a bunch of artbooks for comparison?
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February 24 2012, 23:01:34 UTC 2 months ago
I know I don't post here much but...
A recent experience and then a recent conversation on another LJ community has made me seriously consider putting together a couple ebook charity anthologies. I want to read about fantasy heroines who haven't been raped, who haven't been physically abused by husbands or fathers or brothers, who haven't been sexually abused in any way. So the first anthology would be fantasy. If it does well, or even if it just does ok but putting it together doesn't kill me, I was thinking it would be nice to release a horror edition next February for Women in Horror Month.
I'm still working on putting the details together and won't be announcing anything for a while but I SUCK at naming things. ... Anyone want to help me brainstorm? I don't need an exact name but I could use a push in the right direction :P
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February 24 2012, 23:53:30 UTC 2 months ago
But I hate it. I spend most of each day internally raging. It's flattering to be the favorite tech of so many users... until they start using your direct line or email or IM instead of using the help desk phone line or email. Because all of that adds a ton to my workload without getting tracked properly.
It's obnoxious to have to grin and bear it through the fake-flirtations of this guy who thinks he's so charming, just because he thinks it will make me drop everything and work harder on his problem. "Call me if your boyfriend isn't treating you right." How about not.
It's enraging to have a week where there are only three of you working the phones... and one of them decides to take a two hour lunch.
It's lonely being the youngest person in my department, and female, and a geek. The nearest person to my age is ten years older, and he's a gigantic jerk. The closest thing to a geek is my boss, the only two women are decades older, and one is my grandboss. It's impossible to have any real camraderie here.
It's frustrating to have to deal with the same kind of issues every day, to have to ask "Did you restart yet?" or "What does the error say," and hear "I don't remember, something about it not working." Really? Your complaint is that you're getting an error, and you didn't think I'd care to know what the error says? I just... really?
And don't get me started on the casual racism in the office, that I'm not allowed to talk about because I'm white so why should I care if Bob is making "ching chong" noises while our Vietnamese coworker laughs and chimes in? If he thinks it's ok, what right do I have to be offended, right? Ugh.
I need a new job. I don't just need a new job, I need a new career. I don't want to do tech support anymore. But I can't think of anything that I enjoy that someone would be willing to pay me a living wage for.
February 25 2012, 00:05:42 UTC 2 months ago
And therein lies the problem :/ What ARE you interested in though?
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February 25 2012, 01:35:45 UTC 2 months ago
And my anxiety over grad school is beyond awful. I haven't been able to find anyone to talk to about it who could be positive, most people want to talk about how awful it is and I just end up feeling more and more hopeless.
Also my mom has gotten into a really weird, appropriation-y diet where she exalts Asian, specifically Japanese, foods (everything in miso, lots of rice, lots of fermented stuff), and she eats with chopsticks despite having no idea how to use them and OH GOD IT JUST MAKES ME SO ANGRY. Also she gave me all this guilt about not eating wheat and made me stress to finally come up with the motivation to tell her I'm not celiac and I love wheat and then she went back to eating my bread without a word.
February 27 2012, 01:08:49 UTC 2 months ago
if you've previously responded well to an anti-depressant, your chances of responding well to another are improved. good luck with that!
my graduate school experience was difficult because of some issues i had with the community, but the *graduate school* part of it was great. i enjoyed most of my classes, was engrossed by my research, and worked with some truly awesome people. not everything was perfect -- it took me awhile to find the excellent advisor with whom i finally graduated -- but the education was amazing. plus, now i get to be faculty ;)