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Going Out of Town

I'll be out of town from Thursday, June 3 until the following Monday or Tuesday. I doubt either Alanora (who's here with me this week) or I will have time to post anything before then, as we're busy getting packed. We've spent the past week running errands ranging from car ...

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May 31, 2010

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Furs, Bones, and Teeth, Oh My!

Sheta is asking for donations again, only this time I'm looking for stuff you no longer use or want, or would be willing to part with. I'm going to be doing a bunch of art this summer focused on animal parts. I've been putting this off for a long time. ...

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May 19, 2010

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MediaFail: A Truly Awesome Idea

I receive email updates from Free Press, a group concerned with keeping the Internet free, fair, and accessible to everyone. I'm going to save time and paste their latest to me. I strongly encourage reading this because they've come up with a great idea. You might be familiar with FailBlog ...

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May 19, 2010

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Since I Don’t Have an Assistant

There's a filtered post, for those who can read it. Okay then. I wanted to provide a general notice and disclaimer about my tardiness and my disorganization level. I just found a comment thread on another blog that underlined the need for me to do this. In that thread it was ...

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May 17, 2010

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Ala’s Story Part 5 – Sadness

Another week passed before I could return home to visit again. My back was unbelievably sore.  I couldn't raise my arm up over shoulder level without the stiffness getting to me.  I had to carefully wear my backpack on the other side.  Once I accidentally whacked the sore spot with the ...

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May 15, 2010

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Coming Soon

I just wanted to post and let you all know that Alanora telling her story has inspired me, and I'm working on my own, starting from meeting Meridjet. There is much I've never revealed, and I'm giving serious thought to writing the entire thing down. Right now I'm very busy ...

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April 19, 2010

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A Long Time Away

I have been away too long. We are well on the mend here, coughing still but out of any danger. Kara is feeling better. Things are returning to normal, though I have a lot of catching up to do, and not just on this blog. I've got writing, editing the ...

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April 14, 2010

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Difficulties Continue

We had my daughter back in the emergency room last night because she has steadily gotten worse since leaving the hospital, when she was much better. Her pneumonia is gone, but the allergy situation here (pollen etc) is horrible, ranking "highest possible" every day, so her situation has been exacerbated ...

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April 4, 2010

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All is Well

Kara came home from the hospital today. She's got like 7 prescriptions and a breathing treatment apparatus to get her through the next two weeks. Fun times! We also need to make an appointment for a sleep study, so I'll be calling her doctor tomorrow to let them know. But ...

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March 28, 2010

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My Daughter is in the Hospital

Just a quick update. We're still sick here, though I'm definitely on the road to recovery. We went back to the ER today because my daughter kept getting sicker. We got there at 2:30 and she was finally admitted to the hospital (for her first overnight stay ever) around 9:30. ...

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March 25, 2010

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Sick

I'm on my way to the emergency room, since we have no urgent care facility in this area. I think I might have pneumonia. Wish me luck.

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March 21, 2010

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Time to Refocus

I've had a guest from out of town here for the last week. She left this afternoon, and I've been trying to readjust to the idea of being home with just my daughter again. It's rather like returning from vacation — routines seem strange. While Christina was here, we were ...

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March 18, 2010

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Explanations

So much has been going on! I spent a week cleaning in preparation for a termite inspection — morning to night, every day — and then we had to be exterminated, as I knew we would. There were guys here for three days — one day for the inspection, one ...

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March 8, 2010

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Forum is Ready

The forum is ready, as some of you have already discovered based on the fact that this morning I had 3 guests visiting. :)) You can access the forum here until I get the link up on the main page. I'm still tweaking, but feel free to break the ice ...

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February 21, 2010

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Forum Coming Very Soon

I've been trying to figure out ways to enhance user experience here at this blog, since I can be wordy and many people want to get straight to the good stuff. I've installed a forum, the same type we have in use (so to speak) on Rending the Veil, but ...

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February 20, 2010

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Set to Begin Book Excerpt Series

For those of you intending to sign up for the book excerpt series, I'm ready to begin. If you can't sign up yet but intend to, drop me a line or leave a comment so I'll feel encouraged. :P The first excerpt in this series, following these two, will be ...

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February 8, 2010

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Infinite Potential Award 2010

Back in the day, web awards were a big deal. Not so much anymore, but since I've had this blog I've started to get back into the habit, which I'd left behind during my years on LiveJournal. Last year, I gave out "Blackbird's Favorite Roost" awards (two, I think — ...

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January 25, 2010

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Nightcap

Quickly, then, before bed (yeah, it's dawn here)... Thanks to all who voted in my poll. It's been removed now. I appreciate you taking the time. Also, I made a filtered post earlier, if you're inclined to log in and read it. The icon attached to this post (see the blog; it ...

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January 24, 2010

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An Introduction of Sorts

I saw this mini survey on LJ, and figured I'd fill it out for those just arriving (as there are a few wandering over from Facebook). Feel free to skip if you already know me. :P 1. Name, age, location. My name is already known to anyone coming to see me, but ...

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January 5, 2010

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Wow, Nostalgia

My mood has been all over the place lately. The last couple of hours, I've been damn happy. Mostly lately, I've been blah. I'm savoring this happy time. So I'm working on my book and listening to Winamp. And Rush's "The Trees" comes on, and wow... what a rush. No ...

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December 27, 2009

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OMG A Meme

Something I stole from bunney at LiveJournal... Go to Urban Dictionary and look up your real answers to find the crazy answers! 1.) Your name? Julie Sweet and downy haired girl, changable, and often misunderstood and complex. A fearful creature as well as highly loyal. She will rule your affection and once you ...

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November 20, 2009

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Road Kill Chairs

My friend Susan and I are nearly finished with our Art League Road Kill Chairs contest entry. We're making a dragon chair, and I'll be posting photos after the contest is over on the ... 12th? I think. I'll post work-in-progress photos as well as shots of the competition. I ...

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October 8, 2009

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Top 10 Reasons Why the Blog Layout You Created Sucks

Actually, this is really more of a list of reasons why I personally won't use your layout, but that's not as much of an eyegrabber. ;) I composed this list after signing up for Bebo today and going through 50 pages of skins to find some I liked. Adjust according ...

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July 14, 2009

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Filtered: Map Geekery

No time for an in-depth post, but I promise to make it up to you when this book edit is done. :) Meanwhile, have a peek at my map play of the day. lol        

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February 28, 2009

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Smiley Codes for this Blog

A good while back I promised to post the codes to the smileys I use on this blog. This post contains those codes. You'll notice that most of them have a variety of code options. Those of you who use Yahoo! Messenger will, for the most part, be able to ...

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January 31, 2009

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Art Present and Random News

I have a spiffy new header image up at the top of this page. It's a gift from my friend Mats Holmgren, who has a gallery here. Bless his heart, he lets me beg free art from him on a regular basis, and is going to be illustrating a couple ...

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November 29, 2008

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Updates – A Waste of Time?

I've been working my ass off on the blog, which is probably very naughty of me since I need to be working on moving Rending the Veil. However, I am justifying this indulgence with the rationale that I'm familiarizing myself with the CMS, of which this blog layout is a ...

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November 24, 2008

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Filtered: Just For A Test

RULES: _ Pick your birth month. _ Strike out anything that doesn't apply to you. _ Bold (or italicize) the five-ten that best apply to you. _ Copy to your own journal, with all twelve months under a cut. FEBRUARY (for Meridjet): Abstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract. Intelligent and clever. Changing personality. Attractive. Sexy. ...

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August 12, 2008

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