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Anger: Sins of Omission
November 23rd, 2009
Current Mood:screaming at luggage
Brother P didn't want the unabridged version of Why I Left the Catholic Church, so I didn't bother to explain it further, but... dangit, it isn't just that Bishop M said something I disagreed with. It's that, when the Church needs money for feeding poor people, comforting cancer victims, helping beaten wives and unwed mothers, and (wedged in on the same bill) buying the nuns new rulers to hit kids with...in that case, they pass the hat. An ornate, large hat, but still a pledge drive. Kidding aside, I don't have a problem with funding Catholic schools, so I wrote them a check back in May, for a goodly amount, lump sum, up front, no waiting months to get it in small chunks. ... but when a Hot Button Political Issue rolls into town, suddenly Bishop M has Big National Funders and Money is No Object. (Was this whole Marriage Equality law just a scam by the Legislature to get people to pour money into the state from richer regions and deeper pockets?)
I'm supposed to be packing. Brother P just called to tell me what to pack. It includes shaving cream. First time in years I'll be somewhere where I need to shave, but can't just use...well, some of Dad's shaving cream. Why doesn't P have shaving cream? (I don't want him to feel bad, so I don't ask.) I just want to hit myself in the face with a rock. I read somewhere that the time we spend is pieces of our lives. We fritter it all away on worthless nonsense because we can't tell what's important, what we're going to need later on. I don't know what to put in Dad's casket. I don't even remember what I put in Mom's. Cram everything into a suitcase and run, and hope that it turns out in the end.
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Every Year the Holidays Come Swinging at your Head...
November 3rd, 2009
Current Mood:blah blah
[title courtesy of singer Jonatha Brooke]
Fall back clocks? done.
Make saving throws vs. hibernation instinct.
Put away Jack o' Lantern.
Give Away rest of Halloween Candy before I eat it all. partially done.
Look over Halloween Clearance for useful cosplay / gothy items.
Replace Elvira poster on outside of apt door with a picture of Thanksgiving symbols being given the bum's rush by symbols of Christmas.
Vote tomorrow!
Call brother, find out if I can have Thanksgiving with him this year.
Talk to new manager in charge of my dept, ask for 3-4 days off around Christmas (yes, ma'am, it's important) and another 3 days for New Years (yes, ma'am, it's also important).
Finish Wish List by Thanksgiving.
Finish Christmas shopping by New Year's.
Write / illustrate book.
Do my Christmas lights actually light up? yes.
Buy christmas tree angel and long strand of synthetic pine branches; disguise lamp-post as a Christmas tree: done.
Bemoan how fast time seems to move while sitting between a metal Christmas tree and a plastic jack o' lantern? done.
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attention anyone who may've been expecting my presence up in Home State today or tomorrow: due to the huge snowstorm that moved from grounding the airline's planes on saturday night to covering the whole destination region this morning (including airports for connecting flights), I am still at my sister's place until my flight tomorrow/Tuesday morning/afternoon. While I regret not being in those other places where some of you are now, I do not regret being where I am. It's nice here. Merry Third Day of Christmas to all.
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I forgot to mention that Friend Computer is no longer controlling my work schedules. This means I've been back to Tuesdays and Fridays for my days off for several months now.

However, *this* week I'm working Sat-Sun-Mon-Tues so I can get Weds-Thurs-Fri off to visit friends. (I might try seeing a bit of my family while I'm traveling, but we'll see if that works.)

A friend of mine was explaining to me, a few days ago, her need for me to run a game, but just when the lightbulb was starting to flicker on above my head signifying a glimmer of comprehension of what her situation was...the IM service dropped her and she didn't return. I can't remember what email address is her primary nowadays. (I've got to fix this, somehow.)

In the last week or two, my email service has eaten two important letters people assert that they sent, and let one spam letter through. Bad ISP! bad! no banner click-throughs!

I took, again, too f-- long to send a letter to the amazing Miss N... and she hasn't written back. five days or so, maybe more... faith...must have faith (I'm such an idiot.)....faith! have faith! (I've blown this somehow.) that's what you thought a month ago. Faith!!

(She's wonderful, you know. Miss N. I asked her about talking on the phone. Maybe I shouldn't have. My voice isn't a selling point. I don't know what she looks like and I'm not going to ask until I have to...I don't want her to think I'm shallow. I'm guessing that, like every American female over 90 pounds, she's insecure about her weight. I have no evidence of this whatsoever, but it wouldn't be surprising. Anyway, constantly changing my mental image of her is supposed to keep me from getting ahead of myself and forgetting how tentative this whole thing really still is. That's my plan, anyway. Her smile always looks the same in every mental image...her eyes are always the same...I've never done this successfully. Failing abysmally at it over and over has hopefully given some useful experience.)

Roommate S has suggested I practice walking differently so I'll make less noise on the floor that might agitate our emotionally-unstable (IMHO) downstairs neighbor. This neighbor hasn't yelled gibberish at me or called me a "retard" in at least a week, so I suppose this is an improvement.

I saw "Superman Returns". I thought the part with the--oh, you haven't seen it yet? Nevermind, I won't spoil it. However, allow me to point out as important that "Superman Returns" is meant to pick up continuity after "Superman II", ignoring Supermans III and IV completely. [Thus says "Entertainment Weekly".] It doesn't matter in order to watch/enjoy the movie, it's barely even implied within the movie, but it puts certain things in perspective in a way I personally find important, being who and what I am.

Roommate S says my priorities are out of whack: watching movies, checking email...what about sleep? Panda, when was the last time you got two full nights of sleep in a row?

Summertime...and the living ain't easy. I want fresh air, but it keeps raining. I want ice cream. daily. I want to see my friends. all of them. I want to know when game descriptions are due. (Does anyone know??) I want to get everything done, and that just ain't gonna happen. (I owe three people emails from two months ago... *sigh*)

be well, my dear ones.

Near Easter

Apr. 1st, 2006 11:37 pm
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By the way, my boss is again in charge of my schedules, so they've resumed being basically Tuesdays and Fridays off...but I'm working Good Friday the 14th to get Thursday the 13th off for personal reasons, and (I was surprised to find out) we get Easter as an unpaid holiday so I have Easter Sunday off but then must work four days in a row immediately thereafter to get my full paycheck for that week (not that I'm complaining that he was thoughtful enough to ensure I got all my hours, because I want to work and support myself and I like my job). Generally, though, Tuesdays and Fridays.

hmmmm...maybe I should communicate with my brother before making any Easter plans (not that I need to plan anything...I could just go to Easter mass, have a brunch, and do housework all day and get caught up...oh, and eat candy. I saw white chocolate bunnies today. Mmmmm.)

This entry is poorly written but I haven't time to fix it. (I should make that my sig. file, or get a rubbber stamp made up. )
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Scheduling at my workplace is now being done by a computer. Note: not *with* a computer, but allegedly *by* a computer. Most of you are tech-savvy enough to know that computers make management decisions about as well as a trained chicken. My days off for each week are now variable in position, hopefully not in weekly quantity. Next week and the week after I'm been given Sunday and Monday off, but that doesn't mean I can rely on that for future weeks. Constant change requiring constant adjustment of my carefully-constructed life-skill task-accomplishment patterns. Joy.
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For anyone who did not get the notice: UMF-Con Spring 2006 is to be held March 10th, 11th, and 12th, with the assistance of the UMF Otaku.
Game descriptions are due by January 30th. Nonstudent volunteers to man the registrations &/or concessions tables would be greatly appreciated; contact Amy C if interested.
They say, [GMs], "if you need something unusual, don't be afraid to ask, almost anything can be worked out." Man, but someday I'm going to take them up on that.
Also, the Game Complexity Rating system has again been revamped, so we have a new version to ignore almost completely and do it however we want.

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