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jazzfishThe real problem with being sick is that it's entirely thrown me off my running. I was doing alright for the first week of April. Now I can't even take a deep breath without coughing, or even stand at my desk for several hours without getting light-headed and needing to sit down for a bit. Makes it hard to keep up any kind of pace.
It's been pretty bright out lately, which is nice even if I'm still coming to terms with the sun being up at seven PM. I just got used to it being dark at four-thirty and now they have to go and change it on me. Stupid seasons.
Media... dug into The Cloud Roads a couple of days ago. Even in my somewhat muzzy-headed state it's quite enjoyable. On advice/praise from a wide variety of people including![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
daghain, silmaril, everyone at LG&M, and my friend Kosh from junior high, we watched the first episode of The Wire a couple of weeks ago. I immediately ordered the complete series DVDs. This looks like exactly the kind of in-depth storytelling I'm looking for.
The last of the immigration paperwork is off to the immigration lawyer, so there's that. Now we just wait for some amount of time which will probably be less than a year, and we're permanent residents and can start the much more involved citizenship process.
101 in 1001 update (the list)
Completed:
27) See a concert by an artist I'm unfamiliar with. Veronica Falls, 2013-03-22
28) See a concert by an artist I've listened to for at least five years. Tylan, formerly of Girlyman, 2013-03-17
68) Clear the top of the dresser and pick up that one corner of the bedroom. 2013-04-04
69) Reduce the Last Two Lousy Boxes to a single Last Lousy Box. 2013-03-24
In progress:
17) Stay in touch with Maureen. Begin 2013-04-05, ongoing.
18) Inbox Zero (nothing in the mailbox that wants a response). Flag count: 18.
35) Write, revise, & submit "Blood on Her Hands and a Stone at Her Throat." Halfway plotted.
47) Play or purge all the unplayed boardgames in my collection, except for Italia. (6/13) Played Code 777, a deduction game.
67) Clean the office. Stacked more things into fewer piles. Why is this task such a challenge?
86) Write that one thing I think about writing once a week or so. Started.
90) Read or purge everything currently on the To Be Read shelf. (10/25) Read The Praxis, vol. 1 of Walter Jon Williams's space opera trilogy. Abandoned Vellum by Hal Duncan, as the amazing prologue was not indicative of the rest of the book.
It's been pretty bright out lately, which is nice even if I'm still coming to terms with the sun being up at seven PM. I just got used to it being dark at four-thirty and now they have to go and change it on me. Stupid seasons.
Media... dug into The Cloud Roads a couple of days ago. Even in my somewhat muzzy-headed state it's quite enjoyable. On advice/praise from a wide variety of people including
daghain, silmaril, everyone at LG&M, and my friend Kosh from junior high, we watched the first episode of The Wire a couple of weeks ago. I immediately ordered the complete series DVDs. This looks like exactly the kind of in-depth storytelling I'm looking for.The last of the immigration paperwork is off to the immigration lawyer, so there's that. Now we just wait for some amount of time which will probably be less than a year, and we're permanent residents and can start the much more involved citizenship process.
101 in 1001 update (the list)
Completed:
In progress:
17) Stay in touch with Maureen. Begin 2013-04-05, ongoing.
18) Inbox Zero (nothing in the mailbox that wants a response). Flag count: 18.
35) Write, revise, & submit "Blood on Her Hands and a Stone at Her Throat." Halfway plotted.
47) Play or purge all the unplayed boardgames in my collection, except for Italia. (6/13) Played Code 777, a deduction game.
67) Clean the office. Stacked more things into fewer piles. Why is this task such a challenge?
86) Write that one thing I think about writing once a week or so. Started.
90) Read or purge everything currently on the To Be Read shelf. (10/25) Read The Praxis, vol. 1 of Walter Jon Williams's space opera trilogy. Abandoned Vellum by Hal Duncan, as the amazing prologue was not indicative of the rest of the book.
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Date: 2013-04-18 09:04 pm (UTC)Yeah, I can understand the way he feels but at the same time, really? I've sat by someone's deathbed as their brain was eaten up by cancer, and I would not wish it on anyone, ever, no matter what.