I never claimed to make sense

Finalized

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:50:16 GMT

Yep, it's settled. Aug. 1-11 me and Bug are going to be in Denver.
We'll be flying out at omyghodsitsearly on the first, and back in on the 12th.

Now to start researching what there is to do when medical stuff isn't happening.

BWAAAHAAAAHAAA

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:38:27 GMT

I loves me teh intarwebz.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QuX2loxU1MY

I get to see things like this (and spend the *entire* song wondering if I'm going to recognize someone...)

Eagles

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:25:33 GMT

There must be a falconer near my house. More than once, I've seen a bald eagle circling over my block, and once it was circling at street level, a few houses down.
Kinda cool to watch :).
Oh, and we have ravens in our neighborhood. No, not crows, ravens. You can tell by the beak :).

Feeling better now

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:59:53 GMT

Much less panicky, tyvm. I'm also now the proud owner of a hinged knee brace. Lucky me.
Apparently, the pain and buckling my right knee has been doing can be traced back to the MCL (so, I was close). So, brace the knee for a week or two, ibuprofen 3xDaily, and follow up in three weeks.
Oh, and no more walking to the bus. I get to drive the 6 block distance to and from the bus stop :|.

BWAAAHAAAHAAA

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:10:08 GMT

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EM2CORdyv8k

He's Five!

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:50:04 GMT

No More Jeffrey! (explanation)

The birthday party was a hit. The kids splashed in the pool, played a bit in the pavilion, and the cupcakes were a *great* idea. Letting the kids decorate their own was a stroke of genius on Shel's part. Even though Bug decorated his, and then had absolutely no interest in *eating* it.

And, Bug figured out opening presents. I'm very pleased at this. It's been a little... disorienting? having a kid that Couldn't. Care. Less. about opening presents. No interest in wrapped boxes of any kind. Until this weekend, when he figured out that those wrapped boxes had toys in them...

ow

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:22:20 GMT

Took the family to the swimming pool yesterday. Approx. 75 minutes of playing around. Bug *loved* it. What a surprise ;). By the end, he was blue and shivering, and still determined to stay and play.
He adores being in the water (crazedcamel and others who knew me growing up will be oh-so-surprised at that :}), even though he's still not real good at coordinating holding his breath and closing his mouth and going under water. He gets so excited he starts laughing just as he's going under.

Today, my limbs are reminding me that they are not accustomed to this sort of behavior.

And, today, I started the summer schedule of bussing to work. Oooh, yeah, that's a hamstring. Ow.

Weak at the knees

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:15:38 GMT

Historians and archivists have discovered a treasure trove of documentation, stretching back over 400 years, documenting a single family's experience.
Poplar Grove plantation, in Maryland, which has been in the hands of a single family since the 1660s, appears to house every scrap of paper this family ever got their hands on. Military documents, personal letters, household accounts, *everything*.
And Washington University *just* figured out that it's all been up in the attic this whole time.

Wow.

The possibilities are mind-blowing.

I must sternly remind my pack-rat side that this is *not* justification for attempting the same feat. I don't have an attic to hide all that stuff in...

Never thought I'd say this

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:36:59 GMT

Ketchup makes something food. It's entirely possible that ketchup makes *everything* food.

Bug is currently wrapping himself around a couple of eggs, with appropriate application of ketchup.

Years ago, I figured out how a kid could develop a daily fast food habit (if that's the *only* thing they'll eat, and you're not dealing with a standard stubborn toddler reaction, then you'll do whatever it takes to get your kid to eat something).
Now, I have grokked how kids can grow up putting some condiment on *everything*. Hey, ketchup on his eggs isn't near as disturbing as his big brother's insistence that lasagne needs to be doused with soy sauce before it's edible.

Last hoorah of spring

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:08:26 GMT

The cottonwoods are spooging.

This leaves the air in my neighborhood full of fluff, that acts like snow, and throws off my sense of season. I spend a couple of weeks every June in a constant state of "Snow in summer?!?! WTF-Oh, right, cottonwoods."

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:43:18 GMT

I wonder, is it a function of self-selection? I was thinking through the list of friends I have who served in the military, and then started comparing that list to 'friends I have that have started an international incident'.

There's a freakishly high rate of correlation between the two groups.

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:20:52 GMT

Working all weekend. Family is off at an event.
decided to work from home, since with the family gone I can actually get something done from home, and have the bonus "don't have to get dressed" factor. Still feeling a touch sorry for myself.
Decided to splurge, and test Amazon's MP3 purchasing, at the same time. Bought myself 'The Wall'. An album I used to listen to at least once through everyday (for something like a year and a half). So, one I know very, very well, but haven't heard in almost ten years.
Download. Play. Start gitching. At first, I think the problem is that the new digital remastering dropped out bits at the end and beginning of each track. Then, I start questioning whether the tracks are playing in the right order. I'm also getting annoyed at the intrusive gap between tracks. Just as I'm at the point of penning a flaming criticism back to Amazon, I decide to try one last thing.

And in the process of trying to figure out how to make WMP blend the tracks together during playback*, I determine that the album is being played Track 1 disc 1, track 1 disc 2, track 2 disc 1, track 2 disc 2, etc. So I renumber the tracks for Disc 2, and it's all better.

*I never did figure out how to do this...

So, hypothetically speaking....

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:52:39 GMT

If one were to be facing a nuke-n-pave of a gaming system, what files would one want to save elsewhere, in order to retain WoW games/characters?

Very cool picture

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:47:09 GMT

This is *definitely* a case of 'right time, right place'

http://pixdaus.com/single.php?id=52237

Memage

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:07:21 GMT

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, even if we don't speak often, please post a comment with a memory of you and me. It can be anything you want — good or bad. When you're finished, post this little paragraph on your blog and be surprised (or mortified) about what people remember about you.

(You should answer even if you only have online memories of me.)

Oooh

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:01:21 GMT

Avenue Q is playing at the Paramount, Tuesday through the 22nd.
Anyone wanna take me? ;)

Period rants FTW!

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:17:19 GMT

It's not often that I *literally* LOL. But this...

http://community.livejournal.com/metaquotes/6706864.html?#cutid1

Oh, these are hilarious!

Thu, 29 May 2008 22:20:46 GMT

http://werealotlikeyou.com/

You really must check out the user submitted profiles.

For the record

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:39:55 GMT

There are good phone calls to receive, and there are bad phone calls to receive.

"Did you know that [school_your_preschooler_is_inside_right_now] is in lock-down, and swarming with cops, and SWAT?" falls FIRMLY into the second category.

Fortunately I have understanding friends, who talked me down until I could get somewhere to check for further updates.

All is well, but MAN that was a bad hour or so.

All better!

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:39:35 GMT

Surgery went well, recovery went about as smoothly as I expected*, and we were home by 4:30.

*why yes, that bit *can*, in fact, be read two different ways.

grumble

Wed, 14 May 2008 21:11:16 GMT

received a 'corrected' electric bill yesterday. Turns out the one from the last billing cycle was an estimate, based on usage from the previous-to-that-one billing cycle. So, four months of electric usage at once. Ouch. Our usage is up. Double ouch. Four months of upped usage at once. Yuck.
And what happened roughly four months ago, that might explain the increased electrical consumption in my little family? Oh, that's right. We completed the wireless set-up, and the teen's computer got online. WoW, baby. *sigh*

I wish I didn't have to throw a tantrum to get my household to SHUT OFF THE COMPUTER when they're not using it, rather than leaving it.

Update on the sniffly Bug

Wed, 14 May 2008 19:40:38 GMT

Sniffles will not interfere with scheduled G-Tube removal tomorrow :D.

Wed, 14 May 2008 17:18:25 GMT

Comment and I will:

1. Tell you why I befriended you.
2. Associate you with something - fandom, a song, a colour, a photo, etc.
3. Tell you something I like about you.
4. Tell you a memory I have of you.
5. Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
6. Tell you my favourite user pic of yours.
7. In return, you must post this in your LJ.

Uh, yeah. Guess school isn't on the agenda today...

Tue, 13 May 2008 19:24:26 GMT

So, apparently my Bug has decided he needs to stay home sick from school today (he's got a snuffly nose). I base this on the report I just received, that completely of his own volition he went into his room, put on a diaper, put on his PJs, and crawled into bed.

I guess school isn't happening today.

BWAAAAHAAAAHAAAAA

Tue, 13 May 2008 19:16:58 GMT

OK, *this* is funny.

http://pixdaus.com/single.php?id=44108