Settler words&music in S'ólh Téméxw, (leanpub.com/upsun) living where privilege meets precarity in MST country. she/her/they———– Novels: Midnite Moving Co., Upsun; Sweep Off Those Waves coming soon, Hair Sinister after that. —Restore All Indigenous Lands!
….is a blog, not mine. The rude and rowdy feminist who runs the site quoth she, quoth she:
Did you know that not being happy for people on demand is some sort of crime? It’s true! The minute you aren’t happy for somebody who is making the worst decision of her life, they absolutely have to take you off their speed-dial and snub you in social situations.
This in response to not being thrilled when a friend announces impending nuptials.
Because it’s so crusty, so tasty, so FRIED.
It’s the only thing I can think about right now. I actually got enough last night but now I’m wanting moreomnomsnore.
Half an hour to dress and get to work. I’m moving as fast as a constipated snail.
I counted 8 turtles (okay, Dustin did, but I helped) from the 4th floor balcony of the new office digs. Think I’m gonna like it.
Had lunch at LifeLabs cafeteria with the ever wondrous Tom U., ran into Mare and Dave De. Good lunch, and Tom paid. Got a link to his picatures.
Mike wondered if I wanted to go to the Oliver Twist and I said, come here, it’s cheaper and I’ve got three pork chops thawed. So that’s what we had for dinner, plus green beans, taters and green salad.
Now a shower of power and a blast off to work.
Oh well. They don’t have a majority government except where it counts; in the ability to pass laws. May the great Parent of the universe take suitable notice and apply fire to the ass of the lazy duckwits who didn’t vote.
Some son of a seacook left a looped piece of cordage tied to the front step at church. I stuck my foot through it and then wrenched my right foot and fell heavily on my left elbow and knee. Then I had to open church as Kathleen couldn’t (but my spidey sense had told me to come to church early anyway….) and get ready to perform. Which I did. Went okay.
Woke at 2 am and could not go back to sleep. The move went fairly slick; all the software seems to be doing okay.
Paul cooked barbecue last night. The chicken from the halal place IS DIVINE, and when Paul ‘cues it, it is truly awesome. Then, I collapsed after supper.
Not super energetic today, and my mood is not assisted by the fact that it’s about 30 degrees C in here right now. The HVAC still needs some ‘adjustment’.
This morning I woke up with a joke in my head.
Swami Taykanumba, help me lead a better life!
Visa or Mastercard?
Practiced at Tom and Peggy’s last night.
It was sad to be in that building for the last day. I moved into that building many years before I started this blog, and now a new and exciting chapter starts (and I’m much closer to Brian C, Tom U, and numbers of other former coworkers who are now at a company ‘across the hall’ so to speak).
We packed up the desks about noon and then went to Joey’s Coquitlam for lunch; then I drove Dustin back to the office, picked up some cleanser and a vase that had been left there, wandered back to my old desk to say goodbye, picked up the yogurt that I’d left in the fridge, and felt a surge of unhappiness. Then I got home, struggled with the fucking lawnmower for quite a while, said fuck it and did the weed-whacking instead, and then went back, gave it a mighty heave and got the lawnmower running. Then I finished the lawn. Since the back lawn grass was wet as a baby’s diaper the exercise provided was kind of extreme; mowing the front yard left me exposed to the sun to the point I thought I’d pass out.
Sweating like a pig, I brushed myself down and then went and got my new stickers for the car (having thoughtfully changed my coverage to include the kids), fetched beer as per Jeff’s request, taste tested a new vodka cooler (cranberry lime) and upon making the discovery that unlike every other cooler I’ve ever had, it wasn’t disgustingly sweet, I purchased some.
Then I planted some seedlings and discovered an ant colony in our compost pile.
I was supposed to go to Tom and Peggy’s to practice, but after the exertions of the day I couldn’t move. I eventually recovered to the point of cooking toasted ham’n’eggers and collapsed for good around nine without even looking at my computer.
Jeff and I and the folks had a lovely meal last night. I am so happy to be able to return at least in some small part their hospitality.
Work is intense with the move coming this Friday and then Monday, hopefully all phones will be working. It will probably go a lot better than I think.
I have lots to say but don’t know how to say it without sounding hopelessly self involved or just plain nuts. Since anybody who reads this blog already knows I’m both (in heaping handsful) I can just leave that to one side.
For Tom and Peggy. Just BECAUSE.
Also, I am performing my choon :Freedom: at church on Sunday. It was one of John’s faves and it ties in rather neatly with memorializing the second anniversary of his death and the subject of the sermon, how the way you vote reflects your values.
Canadian scientists plus international cooperation FOR THE WIN.
Hmph. Listening to “The Future’s so Bright I Gotta Wear Shades” on a day like today on the way in…. wrongness, somehowerother.
Lovely time re chicken dinner at the ‘Villeans last night and then singing filk and other stuff. I HEART HEART HEART that 12 string of Tom’s and Peggy expressed surprise that I can actually play a 12 string now. Didn’t mention that my left fumb now feels crabby.
Peter A at work has come back from another vacay with his lady wife, and once again they have brought me a tshirt, this time a flaming dragon from Tintagel. This word will set off a long happy sigh in my parental units….
Mike got a phone interview. He has passed the first gate… will he slay the dragon?
I KNOW TWO PEOPLE IN PERSON who have been omnominated for Hugos. Ay!
In The Correction news…. Aughh.
Now it’s time to head to work.
The flickers were still calling after sunset last night and fired up again at around 4:30 this morning. Noisy birds!
I wish it would stop raining long enough to cut the grass…..