A Secret History

Twitterings of the Day

2008-07-25T10:08:43Z

09:24 LoudTwitter seems to have worked last night! Be still my heart. #
09:57 Sweet time w/ @shoutingboy last night, although we slept in a wee bit and had a mad morning rush. #
10:07 @Plantgirl: I am not teeny! I am exactly the Correct Size, thankyouverymuch. (cf "Mary Poppins. Practically Perfect in Every Way.") #
11:12 @Plantgirl: Aw, I bet you say that to all the guys. ;) #
11:19 Enchanted by Les Machines de L’île (blending the invented worlds of Verne and mechanics of da Vinci): tinyurl.com/lesmachines #
13:07 This is getting ridiculous. Even my size 4 pants are big on me. Unrelatedly: www.flickr.com/photos/nullalux/2699513566/ #
15:33 ZombieHarmony.com...because the apocalypse doesn't have to be lonely: www.zombieharmony.com/ (retweet from @rhiannonstone) #
16:15 Looking forward to Ethiopian food with @karenbynight and @tutordennis tonight. #
23:24 @westwardho: Now I have Phil Collins in my head. Ow. #
00:26 Wonderfully fabulous dinner celeb (I got gussied up). @karenbynight wrote me the sweetest note on "Happy Elephant: Sour Sour" stationary. #
00:30 And K, in close consultation w/ @tutordennis, made me an *amazing* gift (pics to come). Turns out they've been plotting this for weeks! ♥ #

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Twitterings of the Day

2008-07-24T10:08:00Z

09:49 Music class with the Grub soon, and six-week surgical post-op this afternoon. #
09:49 Artist Saul Chernick discusses the history of death in the arts up to the present: tinyurl.com/5dgpkr #
11:38 "What's the magic word?" "Um...wang?" #
12:17 I have a bizarre fascination with fake food: tinyurl.com/revom (Warning: Do not ingest.) #
13:01 @tyrsalvia and @metaphorge: Have you considered my EPIC TAIL? tinyurl.com/66vraq #
14:00 Thinking of @Minafae, and sending love and light and strength and comfort. ♥ #
17:38 Just reminded that shirts I made for Classical Studies Assn at UCD said "habesne latinam?" And @tutordennis has "semper ubi sub ubi" boxers. #
19:54 Where would I be without @tutordennis and good old Homer? I'd be in a pretty pickle, I tell you. #

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2008-07-23T16:38:19Z

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/22/2310351.htm

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2008-07-22T16:28:05Z

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http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/

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http://reichmarshall.livejournal.com/419709.html

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2008-07-21T16:23:23Z

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http://www.winterbottomgame.com/

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2008-07-20T20:43:16Z

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http://www.haveaslogan.com/

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2008-07-19T21:50:27Z

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http://www.blenders.se/ebay/me/me.html

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http://www.grimgarden.com/

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http://tinyurl.com/55gpal

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2008-07-18T16:56:37Z

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Twitterings of the Day

2008-07-17T10:08:03Z

10:44 Very very nice lazy morning with @shoutingboy. And I get a Girl tonight. *smug Bengal* #
13:37 Snugs with the most lovable Grub in the whole wide world. #
14:52 Yessiree, what you got there is a bad case of Tree Goats: tinyurl.com/6aqj9c #
15:28 Can hardly wait to get Dr. approval to start exercising properly again. I miss my workouts. #
15:48 Russian steampunk ("stimpank!") mouse mod: tinyurl.com/stimpank #
15:51 Top 10 unusual burglar alarms (I love the gramophone and the clockwork doorstop): tinyurl.com/5pu7ey #
16:25 Making glass eyes at the Institute for Artificial Eyes in Munich, Germany: tinyurl.com/5spc75 #
00:15 Mmm, pie. #

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Twitterings of the Day

2008-07-16T10:06:48Z

10:44 Many happy returns of the day to jedusor! #
10:48 @neoliminal: Ancient Greek and Latin, with a smattering of Hebrew and Spanish. #
11:49 "When I understand that the glass is already broken, every moment with it is precious.” tinyurl.com/635cuq #
16:50 I suppose it was inevitable. The Grub accidentally clocked me in the face while we were wrestling/cuddling. Impressive bruise, but I'm fine. #
18:40 Chatting with the Girl and having yummy risotto porridge that @tutordennis made for me. #
22:08 Spooooky movie with @shoutingboy. #

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Twitterings of the Day

2008-07-15T10:08:15Z

10:32 Perfume that makes your home smell like a musty old library: www.cbihateperfume.com/CBinthelibrary.html #
10:35 Searched in vain all over the internet for Steampunk wallpapers? Fret no more: steampunkwallpaper.com/ #
18:23 Running errand, then dinner with the Grub. My new toothbrush has ladybugs on it. #
19:53 "Friends With Benefits" Benefit Summary Prospectus: www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/2669186954/sizes/o/ #
21:11 Trying to find a Catullus poem that's been going through my head recently, but I simply cannot seem to remember which carmina it is. #
21:13 Oh, nevermind. *sheepish* It's carmina 72. Now translating. #
00:06 @shoutingboy: Was this supposed to be a rousing endorsement? #
00:24 Yummy party leftovers. #
01:31 "Well, at least he drives a Prius." tinyurl.com/57bazv #
01:45 Grainnns! Vegan Zombie design on Threadless: tinyurl.com/5a98hy #

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As I walked along the beach and drank with her/I thought about my true love, the one I really need

2008-07-15T05:44:03Z

Carmen 72
Dicebas quondam solum te nosse Catullum,
Lesbia, nec prae me velle tenere Iouem.
dilexi tum te non tantum ut vulgus amicam,
sed pater ut gnatos diligit et generos.
nunc te cognovi: quare etsi impensius uror,
multo mi tamen es vilior et levior.
qui potis est, inquis? quod amantem iniuria talis
cogit amare magis, sed bene velle minus.

Once you used to say that you knew only Catullus,
Lesbia, nor did you wish to hold Jove before me.
I loved you then, not just as a commoner loves his girl,
but as a father loves his sons and sons-in-law.
Now I know you: therefore, even if I burn the more,
to me you are nevertheless much less worthy and more trivial.
How is this possible, you ask? Because a hurt such as this
compels a lover to love more, but to respect less.

I find that my previous translation differs a bit. My strength and balance are returning after the events of the last month, albeit not as quickly as I would prefer. I have yet to return to my workshop, however, and look forward to getting back to my tinkering.

Thus, a meme from labelleizzy:
Your result for The Steampunk Archetype Test...

The Crazy Clockwork Tinkerer

9 Swashbuckling Engineer, 54 Crazy Clockwork Tinkerer, 40 Charming Noble, 8 Roguish Pirate, 0 Mechanical Fian and 25 Aetherist Bodger!

What is life? If something simulates life so well that no one knows that it is simulated and treats it like it were alive, would that be just like life? And if you were the one to create this simulated life, would that make you a god of some sort? Quite possibly, and that may be one of the many motivations behind your projects. Your clockwork mechanisms started off simple and cute, but as you attempted to replicate life in your machines, you created bigger mechanisms, golems of gears, that do your bidding. You are a genius, but a crazy genius.

Take The Steampunk Archetype Test at HelloQuizzy

Twitterings of the Day

2008-07-14T10:05:32Z

16:56 V. busy morning breakfasting and party prep w/ @shoutingboy and @tutordennis. A bit overwhelming for me, BUT the cake is totally cute. #
16:59 Gave Naomi a tush bath this PM (she's in her golden years, you understand). Very little in this world is more pathetic than a wet bunny. #
17:18 I'd like to either rewind the last six months or fast-forward the next six months. This recovery has really turned me inside out. #
23:06 A room full of my favorite people. *glow* #
02:02 Good times w/ @karenbynight, @soof, @Harlequinn, @tinellaq, @dicedork, @teawiththecheat, @princeofwands, @dangerpudding, and @shoutingboy. #
02:10 A lovely birthday celeb for @tutordennis. Peeps brought African stew, tom kha, pita sandwiches, choc bundt cake, snacks, and cocktails. #
02:13 And then a very happy ending to a most eventful day. ♥ #

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Twitterings of the Day

2008-07-13T10:09:06Z

15:40 My heart is at peace. #
23:26 My new corset is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. Many, many thanks to the Boy for such an amazing gift. Only 3 more days! #
23:45 At the milk-bar in SF for blue_estro's A Clockwork Orange shindig. It's real horrorshow. :) #
01:00 Also, hippo birdies to @xthread and @LunaticSX. #

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Twitterings of the Day

2008-07-12T10:08:15Z

09:33 Had to take pain meds yesterday while I was out, and then couldn't drive for a bit. Was forced to stop for a manicure, pedicure, haircut. :) #
09:35 A most splendid birthday to my favoritest person ever, @tutordennis! #
09:41 Delightful evening with @karenbynight and @shoutingboy at the Sanctuary. He and I watched "Secretary." www.imdb.com/title/tt0274812/ #
09:54 Retweet from @Nekokaiju: "Can't believe I overslept till 8:30. I have Zombie painting to do." I <3 my Twitter friends. #
12:27 I have selectively caught up on LiveJournal. If there's something I ought to see, feel free to send a pointer; otherwise, onward and upward. #
15:54 Oppressive dreams. #
18:49 Too good not to retweet (from @byronium): If you put a bunch of food out for rabbits, is it a warren buffet? #
18:50 I keep misplacing people and forgetting where I put them. #
20:49 Birthday dinner w/ my special fella at favorite South Indian restaurant. Finally got to give him his gifties (keeping them secret was hard)! #
23:19 @shoutingboy: What a sweet thing you are... #
23:23 Looking forward to my final custom steampunk corset fitting tomorrow at Dark Garden with fan_boy. *squee* #

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Twitterings of the Day

2008-07-11T10:08:47Z

12:06 *blink* How is it Thursday already? #
16:10 "Villain, I have done thy mother." #
17:10 Haven't read LiveJournal since the surgery. Started selectively reading a few journals today. #
18:11 Picking up prescriptions. #

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Twitterings of the Day

2008-07-10T10:10:11Z

10:12 The Grub and I start our next 10-week music class today. And we're off! #
11:50 Great class. Now lunching @ LuLu's with the Grub. #
13:08 @tutordennis: *does the booty dance* #
13:29 A very jolly morning, but I simply must rest supine for the nonce. #
15:46 Just another Manic Mundi: www.widgetbox.com/widget/manicmundi #
16:55 Retweet from @funkatron: Russian metal band vid made from old zombie movie and Soviet propaganda posters. www.vimeo.com/1223566 #
17:20 Staying a bit late at work. But AC has finally been fixed. Huzzah. #
18:45 Raw food smoothie on the way home. #
19:51 @teawiththecheat: It's the camel back of the week. #
23:26 I totally bought these cute uterus panties: tinyurl.com/68zbj4 (linked by @tenacious_snail) #
23:33 Whooshed through various chores and shopping w/ @shoutingboy. Now movie. Movie good. #

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Twitterings of the Day

2008-07-09T10:06:07Z

13:50 "Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes...which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth." ~Jules Verne #
15:28 Excited about vending at Steampunk Con in October. Now working on Steam Team administrative this-and-that. etsysteamteam.com/ #
15:30 @teawiththecheat: You're giving me ideas, young lady. Most unseemly. #
16:19 Our Steampunk Con was mentioned on Wired: tinyurl.com/5kfuxs #
16:23 $10 off wknd pass for Steampunk Con Tribe members: tinyurl.com/6hejmk #
20:01 Resting with ice and Homer. #
01:03 My ponytail is quite Seussical. #

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Twitterings of the Day

2008-07-08T10:10:51Z

12:01 The return of the Grub is an occasion of much joy. ♥ #
17:21 @teawiththecheat: Do NOT encourage him. ;) #
20:17 Cooling off w/ @tutordennis's marvelous cherry smoothie after rather warm but wonderful 1st day back @ work (AC is out there; ah well). #
20:58 I received a most mysterious package today: www.flickr.com/photos/nullalux/tags/mysteriouspackage/ #
00:41 Mashed sweet potatoes w/ fresh-ground pepper and an inexplicable Bollywood movie (w/ the Indian Nathan Fillion: tinyurl.com/6z9frn). #
01:26 Waning. #

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Twitterings of the Day

2008-07-07T18:39:18Z

12:48 Dreaming of Mercy Street. #
18:53 @hobbinator: Oh, I'm so sorry. Snug the other kitlings for me. #
18:58 And then the bridge disappears / and I’m standing on air / with nothing holding me / I hang like a star / fucking glow in the dark / for all those starving eyes to see #
19:00 Oooh, @dicedork and the Girl coming over for some of @tutordennis's yummy guacamole. @shoutingboy is fetching the avocados as I type. #
19:53 Change o' plans: now we get a @karenbynight! Guacamole and balsamic all around. #
00:41 My compass spins, the wilderness remains. #

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Twitterings of the Day

2008-07-06T10:06:56Z

16:37 Craft circle at @teawiththecheat's. #
17:48 The cockatiel, due to his valiant nature, has been named for Hektor, breaker of horses, son of Priam. #
20:17 The Girl and D held my hand during my first Good Vibes purchase! #
21:33 OMG, then they brought me home and gave me a full-body massage together. I die now? *melt* #
01:22 Djihfoisahfkchnjpoadjsh. And you can quote me on that. (I *told* her that putting on a Muppet movie was just *asking* for naughtiness...) #

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Twitterings of the Day

2008-07-05T10:09:20Z

14:57 Happy 4th, all! #
19:24 Off to party at @cortneyofeden's with @shoutingboy. #
23:29 Party yay! Fine folk, and appletinis with homemade caramel. #

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Twitterings of the Day

2008-07-04T10:08:17Z

04:01 Note to self: Update "Things Not to Do at 4 AM" List to reflect recent activity. #
04:50 Just realized I'd attempted to Google: "The Big Poots of Pain by Anne Sexton." I was wondering at the lack of hits until I noticed the typo. #
14:33 Looking forward to seeing the Girl. #
14:33 Quasi-steampunkery at Linens-n-Things: Crosley Broadcaster Entertainment Center (link from @marcet). tinyurl.com/5ahx4u #
17:28 Enjoying "Love! Valour! Compassion!" Boy, were @teawiththecheat's parents progressive. #
19:16 Headed out to CPK w/ the Girl and @tutordennis. I'll be rockin' the baby spoon with my soup. #

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As for the pain...perhaps it is a medicine that will cure the soul of its greed for love.

2008-07-03T11:22:16Z

The Break (A. Sexton)

It was also my violent heart that broke,
falling down the front hall stairs.
It was also a message I never spoke,
calling, riser after riser, who cares

about you, who cares, splintering up
the hip that was merely made of crystal,
the post of it and also the cup.
I exploded in the hallway like a pistol.

So I fell apart. So I came all undone.
Yes. I was like a box of dog bones.
But now they've wrapped me in like a nun.
Burst like firecrackers! Held like stones!

What a feat sailing queerly like Icarus
until the tempest undid me and I broke.
The ambulance drivers made such a fuss.
But when I cried, "Wait for my courage!" they smoked

and then they placed me, tied me up on their plate,
and wheeled me out to their coffin, my nest.
Slowly the siren slowly the hearse, sedate
as a dowager. At the E. W. they cut off my dress.

I cried, "Oh Jesus, help me! Oh Jesus Christ!"
and the nurse replied, "Wrong name. My name
is Barbara," and hung me in an odd device,
a buck's extension and a Balkan overhead frame.

The orthopedic man declared,
"You'll be down for a year." His scoop. His news.
He opened the skin. He scraped. He pared
and drilled through bone for his four-inch screws.

That takes brute strength like pushing a cow
up hill. I tell you, it takes skill
and bedside charm and all that know how.
The body is a damn hard thing to kill.

But please don't touch or jiggle my bed.
I'm Ethan Frome's wife. I'll move when I'm able.
The T.V. hangs from the wall like a moose head.
I hide a pint of bourbon in my bedside table.

A bird full of bones, now I'm held by a sand bag.
The fracture was twice. The fracture was double.
The days are horizontal. The days are a drag.
All of the skeleton in me is in trouble.

Across the hall is the bedpan station.
The urine and stools pass hourly by my head
in silver bowls. They flush in unison
in the autoclave. My one dozen roses are dead.

The have ceased to menstruate. They hang
there like little dried up blood clots.
And the heart too, that cripple, how it sang
once. How it thought it could call the shots!

Understand what happened the day I fell.
My heart had stammered and hungered at
a marriage feast until the angel of hell
turned me into the punisher, the acrobat.

My bones are loose as clothespins,
as abandoned as dolls in a toy shop
and my heart, old hunger motor, with its sins
revved up like an engine that would not stop.

And now I spend all day taking care
of my body, that baby. Its cargo is scarred.
I anoint the bedpan. I brush my hair,
waiting in the pain machine for my bones to get hard,

for the soft, soft bones that were laid apart
and were screwed together. They will knit.
And the other corpse, the fractured heart,
I feed it piecemeal, little chalice. I'm good to it.

Yet like a fire alarm it waits to be known.
It is wired. In it many colors are stored.
While my body's in prison, heart cells alone
have multiplied. My bones are merely bored

with all this waiting around. But the heart,
this child of myself that resides in the flesh,
this ultimate signature of the me, the start
of my blindness and sleep, builds a death crèche.

The figures are placed at the grave of my bones.
All figures knowing it is the other death
they came for. Each figure standing alone.
The heart burst with love and lost its breath.

This little town, this little country is real
and thus it is so of the post and the cup
and thus of the violent heart. The zeal
of my house doth eat me up.

So here's what happened with the surgery on 9 June. We completed everything on my to-do-before-the-surgery list by the previous night, and I went into the hospital with tutordennis in the wee hours of that Monday morning. I was excited and a bit apprehensive, but ready. Staff at the hospital were friendly and helpful, and the pre-op procedures were smooth. Smiling and waving, I let go of his hand as they wheeled me into the operating room. Stereotypically, the last things I remember seeing were my main surgeon, my anesthesiologist, and a half-dozen other masked faces over me, and the bright lights above the table.

Apparently, my mandible (lower jaw) is very slight (i.e. not very thick). In addition, the bone is quite dense (i.e. there's no marrow or spongy middle). Both of these issues, not ascertained during pre-op scans, caused surgical complications so that the left side of my jaw shattered into three pieces during the osteotomy. Rather than risk something similar on the right side as well (and possible permanent nerve damage), the surgical team chose to screw the bone back together without moving the jaw forward. The main surgeon even called in two reconstructive maxillofacial surgeons to make sure the double fracture would not have additional adverse effects. It took them several hours to wrap that up and then complete the osteotomy and bone graft in my chin. Unfortunately, this means that I am having to undergo the same long recovery process as we had anticipated even though the mandibular advancement was unsuccessful. The surgeon explained the situation to tutordennis and my grandparents while I was still under general anesthesia in the PACU. When I awoke, my surgeon was there to tell me that they had been unable to complete the surgery, but I wasn't really clear on what had occurred or what that meant. Staff took me to my hospital room, where my family was waiting, and after a while the main surgeon arrived. When she explained that the mandibular osteotomy had failed in a spectacular fashion, and that there was no chance of trying again, I had no energy to do anything but close my eyes and cry. We've been preparing for this surgery for almost nine years, and I've been undergoing various invasive pre-op treatments for almost a year now, at an out-of-pocket cost of nearly 10K. I had been aware of possible negative outcomes like permanent nerve damage, scarring, or eventual regression, but we were completely unprepared for something like this.

The immediate situation was further complicated by difficulties with pain medication. Thankfully, there was very little nerve damage, but this also meant that I could feel everything. First, I was given ketorolac (Toradol, a muscle relaxant) by IV, and then oral hydrocodone (Vicodin). Nothing, and by that point I really needed enough relief so that I could sleep for a few hours. Sleeping pills are contraindicated with this type of procedure, since, in conjunction with the swelling of the respiratory passages, there's a danger of suffocation. So they administered dextropropoxyphene (Darvocet) and Promethazine (Phenergan, a sedative) via IV, promising that this combo would knock me out. No such luck. The next step was morphine, and surely, I thought, Morpheus of the Oneiroi, son of Hypnos, would smile on me then. But even after multiple doses through the IV, I was still awake (and in pain) hours later. Finally, after the cumulative effect of all these as well as oxycodone (Percocet) and diazepam (Valium), I was able to rest on Tuesday. Because of the complications, my hospital stay was extended through Wednesday. These were a couple of dark days, and a few more followed. Although we had a great deal of support from our friends and families during this time, one face was missing. A friend had let us down. As my room filled with flowers and cards, and we received frequent visits and assistance from loved ones, however, I realized that I needed to let go of these disappointments and focus on the physical healing before me. There would be time enough to discuss other treatment options and to forgive mistakes.

Still, this is easier said than done, and it is a process, not something I can do once and for all. I couldn't bring myself to post about what had happened with the procedure, here or in my orthognathic surgery community, for some time. But even as I trembled in mind and body, many things brought me joy. Much gratitude, of course, to tutordennis, who has rarely left my side. Visits from shoutingboy, teawiththecheat, fan_boy, karenbynight, and shaix continue to buoy my spirits immensely, and many others are sending notes and expressions of care. I had absolutely no post-surgery nausea, a common complication we'd been hoping to avoid. My jaw is healing rapidly, and I'm not wired shut (although I must still adhere to the six-week liquid diet). The osteotomy and bone graft in my chin were successful, and I have a more balanced profile. I look just fine; the bruising faded quickly, and the little bit of swelling that remains should fade completely over the next month or so, and isn't really noticeable now unless one knows my face. I only have one teeny place where I feel a bit numb (on the right side of my chin), and it will likely not be permanent. My incisions healed cleanly, and I've been able to do an excellent job brushing with my infant toothbrush (I chose the popular 'duckies' theme, although the 'ladybugs' were also a strong contender). I've unfortunately lost 10 lbs in the last three weeks (which my doctor isn't thrilled about), but my meals have been varied and healthful. Several relationships have strengthened during this time, and in particular, the cats have been more than happy to minister to me during my convalescence. Looking back over the past month, I am pleased with my progress, both physically and mentally. I shall save discussion of my treatment options for another post, but I know they're there. My surgeon required me to take a fourth week off work, but I look forward to returning on Monday, 7 July.

Also, I now have awesome-looking x-rays.

Twitterings of the Day

2008-07-03T10:01:47Z

10:19 Chocolate pudding, meds, and a bit o' Homeric gore make for a fine breakfast. #
13:29 @tutordennis: Always glad to oblige. #
14:29 Settled in to watch Gladiator only to find that disk 1 (you know, the one with the *movie*) has mysteriously vanished. Humpf. #
16:20 Warm Tuscan soup is now coursing through my veins. (Not literally.) #
17:45 @xthread: It was probably those damn barbarian hordes. Such gonifs! #
18:08 @soof: adored. supported. #
19:13 Hatching plots. #
21:08 @winterredwood: You've inspired me to take the StrangeCycle downtown for a tune-up. Such lovely weather for a spin! #
23:32 Chatting with my peeps. #
01:59 I have a really fine frood. I pity the fool who don't got no frood. Also, Mr. T likes double espressos: tinyurl.com/a5mmm #

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