Untitled Tentative Blog-Type Thing (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/profile.php/blog/tehuti_88/action/archive I can't help but feel the inevitable is coming as always. Today my entire psychologist appointment was spent with me crying over the fact that they have to cut services. The cuts I myself am facing are no more case management, i. e., the people who are supposed to drive me to and from appointments and maybe take me on outings, and fewer appointment...[Read Full Post] Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:49:31 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/746289 This item is NOT looking for literary critique. I already understand spelling/grammar, and any style choices I make are my own. Likewise, I am NOT seeking publication, so suggestions on how to make this publishable are not being sought. This item IS looking for people who are simply interested in reading, especially in long/multipart stories, and w...[Read Full Post] Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:46:58 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/741524 In the continuing dental drama that is my life... Well, crud. Three dry sockets. So much for all my efforts. They DID clot over, I'm sure of it, but somewhere along the way I guess they washed away. Darn it. Went to the dentist 9/28 to get fillings--finally got the back of that other molar filled so I can stop worrying about it so much, but ew, the fillings ...[Read Full Post] Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:58:26 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/735297 Nutbar! I may have written too soon. I have exposed jawbone below where the teeth were pulled! It's so gross! And it's growing! Apparently my tongue is eroding the gum tissue there because it's really thin, and there are areas of bone...it is beyond gross. I can feel a ridge of jawbone with my tongue right now. It started out as two small patches near ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 24 Sep 2011 21:25:45 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/734909 Well, three more teeth gone. I think these are the last extractions and everything else is fillings; at least, I hope so. It was three molars all on the left bottom in a row, back to front. The very back one was in a situation similar to the one that broke on the other side while I was at the casino--eroding away at the bottom. The one closest the fr...[Read Full Post] Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:33:03 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/734763 Dear Mr. Pat Robertson, If someone in my family comes down with Alzheimer's, may I shoot or otherwise kill them to put them out of their misery? Seeing as, according to you, a person with Alzheimer's is "gone, gone, gone" and this disorder is "a kind of death," hence such a sufferer is pretty much dead, and this is grounds eno...[Read Full Post] Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:35:59 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/734277 Well, here's my pathetic little contribution to 9/11. I worked all evening getting this put up here; didn't quite get it done, but it should be soon. Ah well. [Link To Item #1809503] Nothing says 9/11 anniversary like two guys going at it. Tar and goodnight... Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:52:43 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/733900 Well, apparently, I believe I got dry socket. That's when a blood clot doesn't form or else washes away from the socket of an extracted tooth so it doesn't heal quickly, and leaves a big ugly hole exposing the bare bone of the jaw or whatnot. I kept the gauze in there until it got soaked, changed it, then changed it again, but I was trying to drink and eat, and found I could...[Read Full Post] Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:31:36 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/733724 So, while enjoying the buffet at the casino in St. Ignace Saturday evening, I suddenly feel a pain in my back bottom right molar, and next thing I know I'm missing half a tooth. The last time I saw the dentist, Dr. E., they'd scheduled me to get this removed in late September. I can hardly go a month being unable to chew on EITHER side of my mo...[Read Full Post] Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:57:00 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/732882 I'm wondering if I might have to set this blog to private or restricted for a time. It's gotten over 200 hits today (8/26), which is completely unwarranted and inexplicable, considering that anything over 5 hits per day is a lot. (Me: "Oh, ten hits to my blog today? Somebody must've been bored.") Lots and lots of hits make me leery of eithe...[Read Full Post] Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:30:11 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/732514 Typed up earlier. Now this is odd. 8/9 I returned from Muskegon (a five-hour drive), where I had to go to get two teeth surgically extracted, since the local dentist I've started to see to finally get my hideous, hideous teeth fixed up couldn't handle these two. I haven't looked at my teeth in years--literally. I've just been too scared and ashamed as I hadn't taken care of them we...[Read Full Post] Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:36:40 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/731297 Cont. from previous entry Bright and early one afternoon with my mother out doing the same in the utility room, I set to work finishing up this area, blasting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra plays the hits of Phil Collins and humming along as I picked stuff up off the floor piece by piece. (Within Temptation's The Unforgiving and E...[Read Full Post] Mon, 23 May 2011 21:38:57 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/724558 At top of entry form when adding an entry to blog on WDC: "You can enter as long an entry as you'd like below." Message I got when trying to post my entry: "This entry's body was 187.56k. That is bigger than the maximum size per entry of 150.00k!" I wish the site would make up its mind. It cou...[Read Full Post] Mon, 23 May 2011 21:33:41 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/724556 *after watching a Criss Angel/popcorn commercial* Me: "Ma's like, 'Who's Criss Angel?'" Ma: *snickers* Me: "He's the Mindfreak." Dad: "He makes buildings disappear, and airplanes disappear..." Me: "He can levitate and all that crap." Dad: "Rumor has it he's the one who got Bin Laden." ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 07 May 2011 21:17:27 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/723625 Typing this up and posting on my Kindle at Big Boy! Good God is this tedious. ;_; Sat, 22 Jan 2011 14:07:17 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/716157 I've been feeling rather depressed and lonely lately, though that's not why I haven't written in so long, I just haven't had the need or desire to. Most of this stems from yet another failed attempt of my psychologist to hook me up with somebody who said they'd love to meet me but apparently didn't mean it. I can't recall how much I wrot...[Read Full Post] Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:50:07 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/712066 On 8/24 I had the pleasure of visiting Mackinac Island a second time this year, this time in the company of [Link To User sumi] , AKA Tara, and her two sons Trevor and Gavin. Tara claimed my entries lauding how wonderful the island is convinced her to give it a look, and after dropping off her husband in Chicago was going to drive up my way and pay it a visit. Would I like to come as their guide of sorts? This of course freaked ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:05:42 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/705578 Typed up a day or so ago. I managed to get to Mackinac Island 8/18, fortunately enough, since the weather took a nasty turn the night after with rain pouring down all night. My urine hasn't been acting up terribly for weeks, which is a nice and deserved change of pace, but also a worrisome one since that extra fluid has to be accumulating somewhere. I decided to go the week ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:26:02 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/704379 Don't even feel like typing up journal entries anymore but I haven't anywhere or anyone else with whom to talk. My urologist is about to wash his hands of me. The biweekly instills weren't doing anything as far as I could tell, so I asked on the interstitial cystitis forum and the people there were surprised I was waiting so long between th...[Read Full Post] Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:50:55 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/702095 Typed up earlier. Now we have gotten up to three juvenile red squirrels sharing the feeder all at once. I attempted getting pictures of them, though I'm afraid they're blurry, and with the speed at which I upload stuff, they'll likely never see the light of the Internet. That's amazing though. THREE reds in one spot, eating peacefully. I now know for a fact that raccoon (one...[Read Full Post] Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:11:17 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/701125 I had a whole entry typed up regarding a review I recently received, followed by regular entry-type stuff, but a reply from the reviewer in question makes me glad I didn't post the entry when I planned since I think it was mainly a lapse in communication on my part. So, since I'm so horrible at discarding anything I write, no matter how outdated, I couldn't figure out what to do with the entry since I did make some salient points in all my ranting, regarding my opinio...[Read Full Post] Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:59:51 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/700963 Around 1:45PM today as I sat on the couch reading I started to notice a tiny tap-tap-tapping noise coming from near the TV; it sounded like the noise the cat makes when washing himself, so I looked back, but he wasn't there. The noise seemed to emanate from the closed cabinet along the wall. Puzzled, I got up to go listen to it, and tapped it once ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:27:28 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/699965 Typed up over the past week. I've been disconnected twice so far this morning. Sorry for the belatedness, but the Internet connection just gets worse and worse so all I ever feel like doing is hurrying up and getting through my eBay searches (which, on a GOOD day, takes a little over an hour) and my Amazon and whatnot and then logging off before I get too hysterical. God, it just makes me ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:51:04 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/698672 Typed up last night and the previous nights. I haven't had the heart lately to describe how my last visit with the urologist went. I've decided he's useless as a doctor; I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, and think that maybe he just had bad bedside manner, but after the last meeting, I find him a lousy doctor as well, and unable to help me whatsoever. He started out by asking me if the hydro...[Read Full Post] Mon, 24 May 2010 11:47:24 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/697129 Found on the Net: Selections From H.P. Lovecraft's Brief Tenure as a Whitman's Sampler Copywriter Samples: Caramel Chew There is a dimension ruled by a blind caramel God-King who sits on a vast, cyclopean milk-chocolate throne while his mindless, gooey followers dance to the piping of crazed flutes. It is said that th...[Read Full Post] Fri, 14 May 2010 11:01:26 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/696153 Typed up earlier. Oddly, my sudden interest in Gothic literature led me into an interest in early fantastic literature such as Arthur Machen and William Hope Hodgson, which led me right back to my old friend Lovecraft, and now I'm all interested in him again. I've already read just about all of his fiction (i. e., the fiction I'd be interested in reading) and own...[Read Full Post] Sun, 09 May 2010 21:39:33 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/695718 Conversation between my mother and me last night: Ma: (showing me a gemstone pendant) I need some advice on what to do with this. I have no idea why I bought it. It's so ugly. It looks like vomit! What was I thinking when I bought it? Me: (taking the pendant, ready to defend its beauty since I can often see the beauty in even the ugliest ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 04 May 2010 21:07:35 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/695223 I was supposed to go in for a cystoscopy and bladder hydrodistension and ended up getting just one done. I was really, really hoping this would alleviate the symptoms I've been having--when we'd gone shopping for groceries the Saturday before, I'd looked longingly at all the drinks and even considered getting one to celebrate being able to d...[Read Full Post] Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:43:14 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/694498 I'm alive. But the procedure was a failure, and now I feel worse than ever, mentally and physically. -_- More later when I'm not so tired and disappointed, though the latter probably won't diminish much. Probably not the former, either, since decent sleep seems doubtful now. Oh, and my next psychologist appointment was cancelled aga...[Read Full Post] Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:25:55 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/694347 Typed this up hours earlier. Have settled way down and really don't feel like posting it now--I'm just nonconfrontational that way--but it feels like a waste not to. You should see all the ranty stuff I type up just to get it out of me, then never end up posting. I could make a book out of it. A personal opinion entry. Take it or leave it. ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:16:46 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/693882 This was originally going to be mailed privately to a commenter on one of my "3 is average" entries, [Link To User sybaritescribe] ; I hope he doesn't mind me posting his name there but his comment is available to whoever wants to see. I thought it might be unfair for me to send it privately as it could be seen as an attack or something, plus, posting...[Read Full Post] Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:09:26 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/693577 Really nice how when I finally post two entries after months of silence, a whole bunch of members can notice my rant about user handles and ratings, but none of them can notice my more recent entry (posted BEFORE most of them commented) about my health situation. As far as I know, most of these people have never shown any interest in my blog before, and...[Read Full Post] Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:45:12 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/693330 I haven't written in here in so long as I wanted to wait until I'd reached a definite point, and this is as definite as it's going to get for a while. Am not sure where exactly I left off on the whole urinary thing, but here's a basic rundown/update on how things stand: *Started taking Elmiron and generic Atarax in December for a tent...[Read Full Post] Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:13:07 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/693294 I've seen at least two usernames/handles today commenting on the fact that 3 stars equals "average"; one handle even states that average is "okay!" (their exclamation mark, not mine). I have no clue what prompted these user handles but I remember the same mindset prevailed years ago (mostly among higher-ups on the site) whenever I or others woul...[Read Full Post] Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:11:23 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/693248 The appointment I just got cancelled on me without notice and then rescheduled has again been cancelled and rescheduled already, to February. Almost 7 weeks since I last saw her. I don't see the point in this anymore. I'm not meant to talk to anybody. Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:08:47 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/683073 Yet another appointment cancelled at the last minute. I even made sure of it being scheduled (due to them "forgetting" to note it down and then cancelling and rescheduling on me repeatedly the last time) with Psychologist herself and she herself said it was already scheduled for January 7th at 11AM; she made note of no problems being with that d...[Read Full Post] Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:05:53 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/682913 I am now the owner of a laptop, and of a strange mechanical toy dog which looks eerily realistic as it just lies there sleeping and...breathes. I feel rather lame in saying that this laptop is the first time I have ever actually used one or even seen one up close while it's actually turned on; I've gazed at them from afar, but the closest I'...[Read Full Post] Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:19:14 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/681512 I sent a short letter to Dianne a while back to try one more time to reopen communication. Received a nice letter from her a while later. Sent a nice longish letter in response. Today received a Christmas card with a short note inside which didn't really reply to anything in my letter, basically just says she hopes I'm doing fine. I reached o...[Read Full Post] Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:44:41 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/680372 Not to belabor the point, but on seeing their website yet again updated, I again have to ask--honestly, what is the point in e-mailing somebody, e-mailing them again several years later to say you didn't hear back from them before but you'd sure like to hear back now and get to know them, replying to their reply to assure them that you really mea...[Read Full Post] Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:32:15 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/680038 I just knew when I saw this scene that somebody was going to get whiny. Bill O'Reilly lashes out at 'Law & Order' executive producer Fri Dec 11, 1:34 pm ET Fox News' Bill O'Reilly lashed out at "Law & Order" franchise creator/executive producer Dick Wolf Thursday night. The bombastic host, upset over how he was rec...[Read Full Post] Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:57:10 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/679631 THANK GOD I am finally done reading Time-Life's "American Indians" series. It only took me, like, a year and a half. Now to get started on the almost 300 other Indian-related books on my shelf. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:31:05 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/679482 So, whereabouts are the mild winter and lower heating bills they were calling for a month or so ago...? *looks around expectantly* *after getting frozen & dumped on by snow & paying a gas bill twice as big as last month* Just a notice, in my next entry I'm going to post a very whiny and woebegone entry I typed up a day or so ago but slept on and...[Read Full Post] Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:18:08 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/679379 Suprisingly, Medicaid covered both medications, Elmiron (the non-generic) and "Atarax" (a generic, hydroxyzine, which is actually an antihistamine/anti-anxiety/sedative). I was honestly kind of hoping it wouldn't cover the Elmiron since "hair loss" is a possible common side effect. If my hair starts falling out there is no way I a...[Read Full Post] Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:32:40 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/678746 I could go the usual route and type up an entry regarding my doctor visit of 12/2, but later that night had a dream that allowed me the perfect opportunity to explain it in enough depth, and it's much easier to just recycle that here from my dream journal rather than expend the time and energy on another entry when I have little energy to spare, so h...[Read Full Post] Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:22:21 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/678664 I'm no watcher of the show--tonight's was the only episode I've ever seen, hence I have no clue what's going on--but-- Is it just me or were those totally MIBs on tonight's episode of Fringe?? I used to have bad dreams that the MIBs were coming to get me. (This was many years before the goofy Will Smith movies.) ZOMG I have not th...[Read Full Post] Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:14:18 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/676948 Good Lord, do the bizarre reviews never end? I will probably regret posting this in haste, but...it must be read to be believed. Today somebody commented on "A Crack Of Light," one of my favorite stories (it's highlighted on my port), telling me they'd sure like to see something new and current, something I "just wrote today," because I am what I do...[Read Full Post] Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:23:19 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/676836 Well that's embarrassing, I was so caught up in posting my previous entry that I neglected to delete the asterisks next to "narcissist" and "vacuum," there to remind me to check their spelling. I guess I need a reminder to remind myself. Psychologist has cancelled again. I really could have talked to her tomorrow, too. *sigh*...[Read Full Post] Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:55:58 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/676795 Typed up last night to vent. This is not in response to anyone currently reading this journal; the people who inspired this probably wouldn't even bother glancing at my journal anyway. I don't understand why people get in touch with me if they don't have the time to actually correspond beyond a trivial "Hi there, bye" every so oft...[Read Full Post] Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:04:25 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/676666 Last night it finally happened. I didn't get to sleep until after 4AM. I'm going back to fasting fluids, taking in at most 2-3 cups a day, and that only after 4PM. Don't know how helpful that'll be since yesterday I only took in 3 cups and look what happened anyway. The medication has my mouth as dry as leather but I still have over...[Read Full Post] Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:33:34 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/676468 Cripes, now today (aside from a strange 5oz flareup around 10-11AM) I'm as dry as a bone, including my mouth. I guess I'm one of the lucky 3 out of 5 to experience that lovely side effect. Aside from that, I notice nothing from this drug. Since I've barely been putting out anything almost all day, I suppose that means it'll act up toni...[Read Full Post] Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:17:48 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/675950 I honestly do not understand this. I've been on the oxybutynin or whatever for a week now, and I've gone back to drinking semi-regularly--meaning, instead of the 6-7 cups a day I drink during summer, I'm drinking instead the approximately 4 cups I feel like drinking (I'm just not as thirsty when it's cold). And instead of fee...[Read Full Post] Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:27:13 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/675820 ZOMG, I saw this at KMart today and just had to pick it up. From the back cover: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains." So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bo...[Read Full Post] Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:20:22 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/675258 Typed up earlier. Well, perhaps a glimmer of progress, perhaps not. Went for a followup visit to the doctor Wednesday and this time ended up waiting OVER an hour before finally getting in to see him. This is just ridiculous. There were other people there waiting, one guy had been there since four for a 5:30 appointment and was still waiting when we were at last called in probably after six (my...[Read Full Post] Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:21:50 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/673817 Did the 32oz. test a second time at home, got the same results; called the doctor's office and asked the receptionist (as the nurse wasn't available) for advice on what to do as I did not believe I could manage to wait the hour necessary for the renal ultrasound. She advised me to try a half hour, then, as the ultrasound is the easier of the tes...[Read Full Post] Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:46:37 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/672761 Oh my God thank God that's over. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:16:35 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/672683 Got this from UPS today. Z. O. M. G. Arrived in a big huge box. This is quite possibly the biggest honking book I have ever owned. I mean, seriously, if it fell on my cat it would kill him. It's one of the most beautiful and yet bizarre things I've ever seen. I've been aching to see this book since first viewing a few images...[Read Full Post] Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:28:51 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/672509 Typed up last night. Well, I wasn't going to write about it but may as well update. The visit to the urologist was lousy. It wasn't horrific, but it was lousy and made me feel that I'd probably have been better off just living with whatever this is rather than going to all this trouble since I seem to be getting nowhere. The appointment was for 5P...[Read Full Post] Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:05:15 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/672252 Just for reference, and for anyone who might know how to deal with the situation. I discovered a site [Link: 'http://www.angelfire.com/in4/gentlewolf/'] that has posted various of my writings without my knowledge or permission, and without giving me credit; seeing as there are no links or information on the main page given above, there's no ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:06:16 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/671654 So get this, yesterday I get a review on a middle chapter of Return To Manitou Island. The reviewer tells me, "Charmian (they spelled her name and various other things wrong, BTW) talks like a 21st-century person, she doesn't belong with these tribal people. How do you explain that?" How do I explain that? I explained that by replying, &#34...[Read Full Post] Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:29:12 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/671366 Typed up earlier today. Just some brief updates. The grackle migration must have been yesterday as a great deal of noisy birds passed over. I believe I saw an ovenbird some time back, and I'm fairly certain I've seen a group of white-crowned sparrows--it took me a while to identify them as they're immature birds so the stripes on their heads are rusty bro...[Read Full Post] Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:18:24 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/670478 My blog's been getting hits, so in case that's from anyone wondering why I haven't updated, I'm still here, just not doing very well. It's gotten worse since the last entry, including flareups of 12 hours, 19 hours (I broke down and had to call Psychologist just to make it through the weekend after that one), and, yesterday and the p...[Read Full Post] Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:38:22 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/669206 My exercise and Kitty's outdoors time were just interrupted by the arrival of a large gangly black Lab puppy. I came around the corner of the house to find both of them in the side yard greeting each other. Ugh. ;_; The puppy gamboled around me spastically while Cozbug just fluffed like a Halloween cat; when the dog got too near him, he hissed and slapped it across t...[Read Full Post] Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:27:51 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/666036 Started EFMI:205 today. BIG IMPORTANT PLOT POINT AT LAST. I'm afraid I can't even vaguely explain what it involves as ANYTHING would be very spoilery. Not that anyone reading this would much care, but anyway. I was thrilled to reach it at last. This is like the really big point that comes before the two climaxes. (Yes, the story has l...[Read Full Post] Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:16:51 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/664053 Although I dislike and have long avoided this site (all-too-frequently, and with weird glee, linked to on writing forums) for its tendency to call EVERY SINGLE THING EVER DONE a "trope" ("OMG!--the characters are searching for something--TROPE!--the protagonist is female--TROPE!!--somebody wakes up one day--TROPE!!!"), I found that this p...[Read Full Post] Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:27:20 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/663715 And now I think it's starting up again. I don't think I can keep taking this. Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:24:46 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/662866 So much for the 24-48-hour cycle. Last night I spent half the night in the bathroom when only about twelve hours before I had just gone through the same thing. So now, not only does it hit almost every day, and hit at any time of the day, and last up to three hours or more, but it can also happen more than once in a day. I thought for sure I'd hav...[Read Full Post] Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:35:45 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/662858 Typed up earlier today. Holy cripes it's a good thing I get rabid when it comes to getting ripped off. Or else that I keep track of things. Today I decided to see if the gas bill was due yet and logged in to find it was $127.82. Almost exactly FOUR TIMES the amount last month ($31.97). I just gawked at the screen. There was NO WAY that could be right--yeah, it's been a cold suc...[Read Full Post] Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:03:33 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/662819 It's coming! It's coming! Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:52:18 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/662368 I just saw THREE FLYING SQUIRRELS in the feeder all at once! They all turned when I shined the flashlight on them and leapt onto the chimney and disappeared! THREE of them! A whole family of flying squirrels! Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:08:09 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/661981 Yesterday a crew came and removed two of our side trees--the half-rotted-out one that's been worrying me for years (it would sway, from base to top, in the smallest breezes), and one beside it that IMO was moderately healthy but had grown in a leany way so it was over our powerlines. So now there is a huge open gap along the road and in the sky where the trees once were, and I believe only seven of the original ten (counting the on...[Read Full Post] Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:18:02 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/661889 I saw a headline at Yahoo! leading to an article on "what women really want" in a relationship. Not the sort of thing I usually look at--I mean, cripes, like I'm ever going to be in a relationship?--but I was curious to see what it said. And it's actually quite a good article. I'd usually copy and paste an entire news article but this is a s...[Read Full Post] Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:55:42 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/661691 Well, today I started EFMI:200. I wish I knew how many chapters this frigging thing is going to have, it seems like it's going on forever. I hate the thought that it might drag or seem boring or pointless to anyone who might read it, especially the westward journey. It's not a good sign when the author themselves worries that the story drags, but I honestly wrote it t...[Read Full Post] Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:23:47 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/661256 So I at last felt like working on my story despite all my busyness with the photos, and so sat down and was just getting into working on the latest part, enjoying myself, when some f**king dumbass decides to ram their car into the power pole down the road, knocking out power not only here but as far away as uptown (where my mother works), well past the j...[Read Full Post] Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:38:58 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/661095 Sorry I haven't been terribly vocal or productive lately...not that I think anyone would much care, but I do. Ever since realizing how many Mackinac Island photos I skipped posting online, I've been redoing every single one of them, from 2000 to 2009 (there is no 2003, alas, and I'm only starting 2006 at the moment), and I plan to post them all to Flickr, though I can do only 100mb a month; as I told Psychologist, I'd like my Mackinac Island photos, as lousy as some of them are, to someday h...[Read Full Post] Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:07:20 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/660954 Time to update the next chapter link on my MI site to direct any readers it still has (nobody has contacted me to ask where they can continue to read the story, and only one person total has e-mailed me about any of my sites (the Kemet one), so I guess people don't visit it anymore) to Google, I guess. Today Ma and I went to eat at Yeck's, a drive-in restaurant. I read about...[Read Full Post] Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:22:33 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/659454 I suppose I better type this up or I'll never get it done! I've just been so dreadfully busy lately. As a result I'm probably forgetting some bits. The trip wasn't terribly eventful but I enjoyed myself. Anyway, on June 26 I went to the island, relatively early in the year, but I always have hopes of going a second time. I never seem to GET to, but I always hope to. When Psychologist asked why this is, I told her it's because I always get this horrible FEAR every time I plan to...[Read Full Post] Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:35:56 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/658941 Ew. Just a moment ago while browsing my message center at DA a big glowy colorful ad started displaying on the side of the page. "You are not your name, your job, or the clothes you wear," it proclaimed, "so who are you?" This was followed by a large glowing "Scientology.org." I hope everyone does what most people usually ...[Read Full Post] Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:17:36 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/658564 Today the official notice came from Yahoo! regarding the GeoCities shutdown in October. Recall how earlier, on the GeoCities page, they claimed to offer a link where users could easily and automatically download their entire sites? Well, there's a way offered to save your sites in the e-mail, and that way is... To visit your site, right-click on every single ...[Read Full Post] Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:01:16 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/658515 Today Ma and I were paying for purchases at the Fort Michilimackinac gift shop when Ma started murmuring to me, "Look behind you. Look behind you." I thought perhaps I was in someone's way. I at last looked behind myself to find--an Indian dressed in full warrior regalia, deerskins and animal-hair roach and warpaint and all, just standing waiting h...[Read Full Post] Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:49:44 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/658471 I watched a butterfly licking our front door window today. It left little tiny spit trails and everything. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:57:03 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/657891 Something dug up the mummified squirrel that I buried. There was nothing left to eat, of course, which extra-peeves me; this thing was lying out for ages, why wasn't it eaten before? Stupid raccoon or skunk or whatever. I'll have to bury it again. What's more disturbing is that I also found another mummified rodent not that far from where I'd foun...[Read Full Post] Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:17:40 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/657816 I just must be cursed in regards to the mental health clinic or something. The last time, when Psychologist made the next four appointments, she wrote them down on the back of a card and the next was for July 2. I wrote it down and everything. Come July 2, I call them around 9:30 to make sure it's still on and all I get is the answering machine saying they're closed yet their opening hours a...[Read Full Post] Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:34:08 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/657598 After waking Ma up for work this morning: Ma (sleepily): "Did you feel it?" Me: "Feel what?" Ma: "I was just swatting a big fat cartoon bumblebee with your hand." Me: "Nope." Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:40:32 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/657316 Well, I guess it's good I manually (read--copied and pasted EVERY SINGLE LITTLE THING BY HAND) downloaded/saved all the contents of my GeoCities sites a while back in preparation for the site shutdown on October 26, because Yahoo! has yet AGAIN messed up monumentally. I went to the GeoCities page to see if a shutdown date had been announced yet and if they&#...[Read Full Post] Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:35:07 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/656494 Went to the island today! Took almost 700 pictures! More later when I've recovered. My arms are on fire. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:29:01 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/656415 Well, it finally happened. I had to kill an animal. -_- Today I spotted a chipmunk lying on the porch step at the front door. It hadn't been there when I'd been out just a little while before, so it had just arrived. It was just lying there with its eyes shut. I went out to see if it was dead or alive since a couple of large flies were w...[Read Full Post] Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:32:12 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/656234 That person who got so pissy with me over TAC returned to send a reply to my reply to their last "review." The size of the e-mail I last sent them, which included both the review and my reply, is 1.68kb according to WDC. The length of this person's reply to my reply is 16.62kb. Needless to say I'm not going to bother reading it, since,...[Read Full Post] Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:45:38 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/655987 Well, may as well write an entry while I'm uploading photos to Flickr (ZOMG, it's actually working, at the moment at least). My appointment actually didn't end up cancelled for a change, though for some reason it took forever for them to pick up the phone when I called to make sure it was still on. I was reluctant to talk to Psychologist at first beca...[Read Full Post] Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:59:27 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/655847 What the hell?? Today at Wal-Mart, TWO different people thought that I worked there. Firstly, when I was in the clothing section with my mother, I glanced at a young black kid walking by; he stopped and asked if I worked there. "Oh, no," I said. Then later, near the pet section, two women approached me, showed me a GPS system, and one asked, "I'm thinking of ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:18:06 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/655476 RANTY ENTRY. Big surprise. I belonged to a website called the Experience Project for a brief time before giving it up because, like every single other social networking site, despite their protestations to the contrary, it's all about adding as many people to your friends list as you possibly can without putting in any effort whatsoever to get to actually BEFRIEND the...[Read Full Post] Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:51:56 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/655363 So, how is it that you buy a book from a seller on Amazon, two days after purchase they inform you they're processing the order and it should soon be on its way, two days after THAT they refund you and tell you the book is out of stock, then several days later they relist that book because suddenly, for some bizarre reason, it's available again? *^*Angry*...[Read Full Post] Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:01:16 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/654778 Yesterday as soon as I set foot outside to put food on the porch, I heard an awful THUMP, and saw a possum roll to the side of the road as a pickup truck sped by. The jerk didn't even slow down to see what he'd hit. I don't know if it was already dead or still alive, but I hope it died immediately, because I hadn't the heart to go and make su...[Read Full Post] Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:15:21 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/653888 Today was Damien's 40th birthday. He'll always be in his mid-twenties to me. Happy B-Day, Dami. Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:26:24 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/653488 My GOD I am SO F**KING PISSED OFF! I just got a notice in the mail today cancelling my 6/18 appointment and rescheduling it for the 22nd--a MONDAY, when I CAN'T F**KING GO IN! 28th--cancelled by them, rescheduled for 29th 29th--cancelled by us, rescheduled for 11th but they forget to inform Psychologist 11th--cancelled by them, rescheduled for ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:53:55 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/653408 Last night was pretty shitty and today's not looking too hot either but I just wanted to say I just saw the male rose-breasted grosbeak! He was big and black and white with a cherry-red breast! He ate a few seeds, scratched his head with his foot like a cat, then flew away. This is first and only time I've ever seen him, though I believe I saw the ...[Read Full Post] Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:48:35 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/653177 PS: Recently found out Yahoo! is now shutting down Yahoo! 360. Good Lord, they never even got that damn thing out of beta stage and already they're closing it. Glad I didn't get too settled in there (though I did spend a good deal of time customizing and setting up my page and blog, and wanted someday to do some reviews, so much for th...[Read Full Post] Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:15:36 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/652870 (Typed this up a few days ago, didn't get to post it. Here you go. I'm fine! Seriously. Especially now that I thought these points over. Just getting it out of my system.) The more I think it over, the more it seems to me the person referenced could not have possibly read as much of TAC as they claimed. Their reviews made it seem clear they'd read possibly up to Part 26, where they first compla...[Read Full Post] Wed, 27 May 2009 21:45:10 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/651931 Today I got a 1.5, a 1, and a 1 on three parts of TAC because apparently, according to the reader who got halfway through it, I the writer seem to just kill off characters for no reason, don't put any thought into the realism or necessity of situations, make my characters do things that's totally out of character for them, and none of the things I have them do have any bearing on the rest of the plot. The ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 23 May 2009 12:32:30 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/651234 I GOT PICTURES OF IT!!! *screams like a little girl* Wed, 13 May 2009 13:59:06 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/649560 ZOMG ZOMG JUST SAW A LITTLE BABY RED SQUIRREL GO CRAWLING DOWN THE CHIMNEY ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG!!! Wed, 13 May 2009 10:51:11 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/649534