A place for me to work stuff out and to post things that interest me.
Most of us can, if we choose,
make this world either a palace or a prison.
~Lord Avebury
I choose a palace.
~TKF
Do not let your fire go out,
spark by irreplaceable spark,
in the hopeless swamps of the approximate,
the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all.
Do not let the hero in your soul perish,
in lonely frustration for the life you deserved,
but have never been able to reach.
Check your road and the nature of your battle.
The world you desired can be won.
It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.
~Ayn Rand
The democratic society's mythology of equality with its
attendant erasure of difference is an impossibility
in an actual, lived sense.
Therefore, according to this view, this
imaginary erasure cannot achieve an
actual democracy, because a sense of
community can only come with the recognition of difference.
~Slavoj Zizek, as paraphrased by Catherine M. Soussloff
Links!
A brand new link! Check it out!
deviantART
I thought the place was very cool. Oh, and all you Alias fans, you can find a very nice wallpaper there--
or rather, here--and a gorgeous Evanescence one, too!
Watcher's Diary
Slayage; The Online International Journal of Buffy Studies
Convert just about anything
Comes in really handy when you want to convert fahrenheit to celcius and vice versa!
Links to 100s of free calculators online
Everything from your due date to how much a house payment would be to a regular calculator
Reference Guide to Chicago Manual of Style
Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Atlas & Almanac
Quotation Search Engine
Complete HTML True Color Chart
Epicurious Recipes
Inn Recipes; Recipes for all Occasions
JobStar-Resumes & Cover Letters Advice
Overstock.com: Up to 80% off most items
Ediblenature.com
Things My Girlfriend & I Have Argued About
(Trust me--you'll be laughing outloud!)
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Beyond the Invisible
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The tale of the world is like a tree.
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Sturdily rooted in the past, the tale's branches spread out through the days that come. The many stories that make up its substance
unfold from bud to leaf to dry memory and back again, event connecting event like the threadwork of a spider's web, so that each creature of the world plays its part, understanding only aspects of the overall narrative, and perceiving, each with its particular talents, only glimpses
of the Great Mystery that underlies it all.
~Charles de Lint, Moonheart
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Wednesday, August 04, 2004
What I've Accomplished Today
>Take Moiya to the vet for rabies vaccination and prescription for sedatives.
>Stop at bank
*Stop at post office and give change-of-address card so mail will go to Ferg (including the bills)
>Go to high school and give them a copy of the Limited Power of Attorney and the utility bill of the people Nikki will be staying with so that the registrar can officially change her address and such.
>Drop Nikki off at work
>Pick up Daniel's shot records from the Health Department
>Goodbye lunch with LaJuan
>Try to find affordable insurance for Nikki
Well, I found insurance...
>Doctor appointment at the VA
While I was there, I changed my address so that my prescriptions will be sent to my new address; talked to the pill-shrink (and let him prescribe me some Zyban--yes, I'm going to try to quit smoking when I get to Lexington); talked to and said goodbye to my regular shrink; got the address to send a change of address in so that Ferg's disability check will go to him in Kansas.
*Take Nikki to get a checking account
I tried, but they won't let her have one because she's a minor and I can't sign for one for her because I'm leaving the state. So I need to figure out how to send her $200 each month and have her be able to access it because she's only allowed to withdraw money from her savings account twice a month.
>Register her car
*Try to find the titles for the dead cars/call junkyards
Again, I tried, but I can't find the damned things. They aren't in the lock box where they're supposed to be.
>Try to find more boxes
*Try to find storage facility that I can afford for Ferg's stuff.
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So, basically, I got everything done except go to the post office (I just didn't have the time--Nikki's going to do it tomorrow) and find a storage facility for Ferg (I'll do it tomorrow). I still need more boxes, though, and I'm nowhere NEAR done packing.
Mr. Cheng called Ferg and told him I was moving to Kentucky. DAMMIT! Apparently, asking him repeatedly not to say anything translated into "Hey! Call Ferg and ask him for the money and, oh, by the way, do you mind telling him exactly where I'm going after I've made a point of telling everyone to keep it quiet?" I asked him about it and he said he thought Ferg already knew. *sigh* Of course, now I feel like shit because I lied straight out and told Ferg that Mr. Cheng misunderstood me and I never said that. I needed him to send that $400 and I didn't think he'd do it if I said, "Yes, I'm leaving your ass." He finally sent the money, by the way--after I reassured him. I just picked it up an hour ago! I desperately needed it to replenish what I've spent over the past two days to get Nikki her car, get it insured, and get it registered. (She's giving me her paycheck, such as it is, on Friday because I had to pay for her insurance downpayment and her registration.) So now, instead of feeling good and strong, I'm back to feeling weasel-y and guilty. Doesn't change anything, but I still feel bad about it.
9:16 PM
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