Update of not very much import (even comparatively)

I just got past the bit in Cryptonomicon where Randy talks about the sort of Business Plans that Avi drafts... I need to send that to kittenpants and saffronhare for Nine Fires Press' reference. It includes valuation schemes like living in the Gobi desert, where real estate is so cheap that they will pay you to occupy the space, and spreadsheet adjustments for devastating asteroid strike and other equally likely business occurences. This remains one of the best novels I have ever read.

Also, I am starting to record health data in a separate journal. I am having some recurring issues that I think are related to my meds (Synthroid) and I'd like to have some data available for when I next see a doctor, who will ask me the sort of questions that doctors ask and patients respond to with blank stares. I just got my new health insurance card in the mail yesterday, so I am predicting some doctor visits in the near future. This causes me some anxiety, but as I outlined yesterday for kittenpants, there's a hierarchy of medical anxiety that works in my life. In terms of anxiety produced, it goes something like this:
percieved minor medical issues < going to the doctor < percieved serious medical issues < thinking I'm going to die or give birth
I need more data to determine which category (minor or serious) the current issues belong in, so that I can make the doctor decision accordingly.

In other news, chronarchy has volunteered his services as intermittent pretend boyfriend. How fun is that? There's a danger here, though, which is this: if he meets my mom, she may adopt him on the spot. He's so, you know, nice, wholesome, well-educated and clean-cut. She's been waiting a long time for me to date a boy like that.

Also, triadruid made me a new icon. Is it not nifty?

Update of not very much import (even comparatively)

I just got past the bit in Cryptonomicon where Randy talks about the sort of Business Plans that Avi drafts... I need to send that to kittenpants and saffronhare for Nine Fires Press' reference. It includes valuation schemes like living in the Gobi desert, where real estate is so cheap that they will pay you to occupy the space, and spreadsheet adjustments for devastating asteroid strike and other equally likely business occurences. This remains one of the best novels I have ever read.

Also, I am starting to record health data in a separate journal. I am having some recurring issues that I think are related to my meds (Synthroid) and I'd like to have some data available for when I next see a doctor, who will ask me the sort of questions that doctors ask and patients respond to with blank stares. I just got my new health insurance card in the mail yesterday, so I am predicting some doctor visits in the near future. This causes me some anxiety, but as I outlined yesterday for kittenpants, there's a hierarchy of medical anxiety that works in my life. In terms of anxiety produced, it goes something like this:
percieved minor medical issues < going to the doctor < percieved serious medical issues < thinking I'm going to die or give birth
I need more data to determine which category (minor or serious) the current issues belong in, so that I can make the doctor decision accordingly.

In other news, chronarchy has volunteered his services as intermittent pretend boyfriend. How fun is that? There's a danger here, though, which is this: if he meets my mom, she may adopt him on the spot. He's so, you know, nice, wholesome, well-educated and clean-cut. She's been waiting a long time for me to date a boy like that.

Also, triadruid made me a new icon. Is it not nifty?

Also, having been forgotten in the earlier post

Can I talk any of you local people into going to see Kingdom of Heaven with me? I mean, are there any of you whose fetish for reconstructionism is minor enough to allow you to see and possibly even enjoy this film? Cause I dig epics, and I dig Templars, and I understand that nothing about the Crusades is true anyway, and I'd like to go. But I'm pretty sure that my other two thirds are gonna want to take a miss on this one.

Also, having been forgotten in the earlier post

Can I talk any of you local people into going to see Kingdom of Heaven with me? I mean, are there any of you whose fetish for reconstructionism is minor enough to allow you to see and possibly even enjoy this film? Cause I dig epics, and I dig Templars, and I understand that nothing about the Crusades is true anyway, and I'd like to go. But I'm pretty sure that my other two thirds are gonna want to take a miss on this one.

Unexpectedly, I think I need a new job.

The Director of Finance just walked past my desk carrying a long-handled axe.

I'm pretty sure that, like walls dripping blood, swarms of insects where no insects should be, and inexplicable demonic voices instructing you to leave, this is a sign that Right Here is not the place to be Right Now.

Unexpectedly, I think I need a new job.

The Director of Finance just walked past my desk carrying a long-handled axe.

I'm pretty sure that, like walls dripping blood, swarms of insects where no insects should be, and inexplicable demonic voices instructing you to leave, this is a sign that Right Here is not the place to be Right Now.