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(heartbreak) Hotel

Must... stop... watching... wildlife cams... can't... leave... computer...

That's right... he's going to have the penguin zoo someday, that you won't be allowed in!

My favorite Gun Club song: http://www.youtube.c...h?v=R79tU6hRWqg I saw them at the Erickson Kiva at MSU back around '82 or so... I remember being struck by Jeffery Pierce's sweaty puffy Judy Garland pills-and-booze appearance... I thought "jeez, I better cut back on one or the other!"

I never knew geckos could have nightmares!

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My friend Vicki taking me out for sushi lunch!

Never been... sounds interesting just for people-watching and networking value... but... meh... However, Tryp has informed me that I WILL be going this year, come hell or high water

My baseline happiness level this morning was too high for my day to be "ruined". But (a) more bullshit with the Ingham County Poor Folks Health Plan and (b) tonight's photo shoot being cancelled have definitely taken off some of the bloom.

Treasure

Spending an awesome evening with a special person

Satisfied. (HH- Firefox has a handy Clear History option... a must for using work computers!)

(Lucky) Swastikas

Basking in the afterglow and eating delicious chicken alfredo pizza from Cottage Inn.

I first read the thread title as "New SYBIAN demos"... shows where my mind is LOL

Like my unexplained back/shoulder pain has migrated to unexplained shoulder/neck pain.

I will likely be making a birthday appearance!

Fantastic Planet- French-Czech animated sci fi from the early '70s. Gorgeous trippy art, holds up amazingly well for its age. Onibaba- Japanese weirdness with plenty of deceit, lust, madness and murder. Querelle- Fassbinder does Jean Genet. Sailors and French thugs do each other.

Birthday Blessings!

The two "true" haiku were written at my volunteer gig last week. The "Nkyinkyu" (coined by a FB friend after my name there, Hille Nkyinkyin) was written in my hotel room in Grand Rapids last week. Predator Gecko lifts her tail Small dragon stalking cricket Licks her eye, content. Cornsnake My Ophelia Five feet of orange serpent Decorates my neck Hotel Poem Sun westers over highway Every passing semi makes the room go dim

Skeert. 'Cos I really like this guy.

Congratulations on your milestone! It feels awesome, doesn't it? I have about 8 years heroin-free and it is the defining accomplishment of my life thus far. I know it sounds cheesy but I wake up mornings feeling deep gratitude that whatever the day may bring, I won't have to spend half of it trying to run down dope money and dealing with all the attendant bullshit.

I have deep issues with the whole Western dichotomist thing. Why do we have to view the world as a series of polar opposites? I will never understand how concepts like science/belief came to be viewed as mutually exclusive... we need to leave some of this 19th c. thinking behind. It is much more productive... and true to the nature of reality... to see things as yin/yang complements rather than good/evil opposites. As spectra or continua rather than rigid categories. And yeah, the English language needs a major reboot. It's telling that learning disabilities are WAY more common in English-speaking countries. I think a lot of brains just rebel at the absurdity of the language. But I'm still overcome with lust when Calix talks grammar & linguistics. Being a kinkster nerd is hard sometimes.

(a compendium from the past three days) Crocuses poking up their beautiful little green heads in my yard! Paying off all the long-overdue bills and debts Buying some of Freydis's hair coils... because they're super-sweetl and also 'cos it feels good to be able to support a friend's business endeavor. Strapya World! Unemployment extension and food stamps coming through. Anyone who doesn't think I deserve/need either can kiss my lush and lovely black ass. Not directed at anyone specific, but... yeah. Watching Lily and Hope on DenCam

I need a massage... my back/shoulder has been killing me since I woke up. Damn, that student loan loot went fast... but it's sooo nice to have the bills paid! I should really, really eat something. I am officially way too heavy. The winter weight starts coming off NOW.