:::deep breath:::
I have officially submitted for the permanent position for the job I have been doing on an interim basis since last August. I really love this job, and I'm hoping I get this. I remembered to add some important infor on a prior job, so yay for that!
Bahahahahahahah! Yeah. Same thing happened to me.
When describing it to my husband I told him it was the most wholesome, charming fantasy/horror novel I'd ever read. And then highly recommended it to him.
Cover of The Great Maple Mistake
Cover of Some Assembly Required
Trans Rights Readathon Progress Update
Completed: The Great Maple Mistake by Beck Grey
In Progress: Some Assembly Required by Noah Bodie
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I mean, I'm old enough to remember that he was a registered Democrat for quite a while, and I didn't like him then, either. It's not about the party. It's about who he is and that he represents the worst of humanity.
It might be at least partially an ADHD thing. I've done the same with fabric. I have the fabric. I have the pattern. I even have the thread... somewhere. But what I lack right now is the force of will to actually cut the fabric to create the costume.
Cover of I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner
Cover of The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Cover of Some Assembly Required by Noah Bodie
Coverof The Great Maple Mistake by Beck Grey
Here are the books I'll be reading for the Trans Rights Readathon. If you'd like to throw in your support, you can click on the links below.
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5) I'm reading a lot, because it's one of my favorite pastimes, and since this is a cause near and dear to my heart I've picked up some books for the Trans Rights Readathon (posted separately). I'll update about the books I'll be reading as well.
4) We went to see Dungeons & Shakespeare up in LA. Kiddo got to participate! He was so, so excited! It's an incredibly fun interactive show. Check out their page here: www.dungeonsandshakespeare.com
3) Girl Scout Cookie season is over for our region and I am grateful. It takes a ton of time and emotional labor to make this happen every year. With kiddo doing Color Guard competitions, too, it's been a lot.
I get it, the timing of these announcements isn't ideal, but I still believe Huerta and all the other women who are speaking out. I'm gonna need to talk with my therapist about this next week, because it's clearly a huge trigger for me.
Her experiences and those of all the other women he assaulted are tearing at me from the inside. I am a survivor of childhod SA. This is a nightmare, and seeing friends try to minimize that because "oh, the timing is so supicious," is hurting my soul. What happened to beliving the victims?
2) I work for an institution and community that is deeply impacted by the allegations against Cesar Chavez. My great grandparents were itinerant farm workers in the same areas that Chavez and Dolores Huerta worked. Some of my family *knew* Dolores Huerta...
Probably not so quick update:
1) I'm super disappointed in some friends and have stepped away from that other platform that begins with F... it's still where most of my friends are, but damn if I need a break because...
I just took action with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: 2026 Trans Rights Readathon (March 17 - 31). Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/2026-t...
Thank you for that. I appreciate having safe books.
I'll address the hip thing eventually. Not right away. I have a procedure coming up for my back that takes precedence. Once that's done and working in my favor, I'll focus on my hip. And therapy. While also sorting out a low-carb/low-fat diet. All of those are long overdue. No advice please.
But now I've added a follow up with my PCP and my gastroenterologist. Good times, right? I know what I need to do on the diet front. I don't love it, but I know the drill. My biggest concern is my liver. And getting more active when I have a possible labral tear in my hip.
I've been feeling a bit better since Tuesday. I'm not as close to tears, and I'm tolerating frustration a bit better. But I'm also now dealing with bad news medically... probable diabetes and liver damage... so gee, that's fun. I'd still see the therapist next week even without that.
Crying? Sure. Deep, almost gutteral sobs complete with copious tears and snot? Not so much. And all over a TV show.
So yeah, I have an appointment with a therapist so I can start dealing with a bunch of trauma (not just the cancer) that I have stuffed down for decades, like a good Gen X kid.
Two days ago, we watched an episode of The Pitt in which a woman with cancer is trying to pull away from her caretaker/husband... because she sees what it's doing to him. I wound up ugly crying in my husband's arms while our son looked on in horror. He's never seen me get *that* emotional.
To be clear, since he pulled through, I developed fibromyalgia, and my anxiety and stress levels have never really gone down enough for me to feel like everything can ever remotely be okay. Current events aren't helping in the slightest.
So hey, I was my husband's caretaker when he had cancer... so basically 2014-2015. He survived, thankfully. Our child was 4 years old when it all went down.
Anyhow, I never really dealt with the trauma. But now, I realize that isn't a viable strategy. So it's time for therapy.
One of the VPs just started humming "La Negra." Like Pavlov's dogs, my fee tt started tapping out the opening steps.
I miss dancing. I am in no shape to dance like that. But certain dances will forever remain in my muscle memory... not just my feet, either. They are embedded into all of me.
Mark Kelly represents something he can never be: somebody who served in actual combat. Kegsbreath served in civil affairs operations, an important task to be sure, but it's not combat and Kegsbreath is jealous. He wants to pretend to be a tough guy, but doesn't have the credentials to back that up.
Do the people who run the USA Hockey site even realize the Women's Team also won gold? It isn't even mentioned on their home page, but the men sure do get the spotlight. Yeah, yeah, first time in however many years. Whoopee. And the women, who consistently medal... crickets.
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Aw. Wee lambs.
Equally minor: I was rushing around, helping out at a friend's wedding. It was raining buckets. I skidded around a corner and nearly crashed into Norm Macdonald, who was touring the venue. He was super nice about it and apologized for being in our way.
Working at the ren faire in Devore many years ago, we (castmates & I) were hanging out near, right near the walkway, playing a game where we tried to spit cherry pits into a bowl. A lady dressed like a barbarian came up and asked if she could join. I said "sure!" Turns out it was Claudia Christian.
Today, in shit we could have told him before he put that out in public... Ugh.
Oh wow! I need to find that episode and watch it! That's awesome!
And yeah, as much as the 80s teen movies were part of my tween and teen years, there are a lot that I just can't watch anymore because they give me the ick.