http://kindlypogmothoin.com Fri, 03 Jun 2011 03:40:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's not cultural appropriation if it's from your own culture.  Even if your culture has many similarities with other, less advantaged cultures. Ask the Archbishop of Canterbury if he's more or less Catholic. I am sick to death of No True Scotsman.   Your religion is responsible for a whole lot of shit ... http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2011/06/02/just-a-few-thoughts/ In the past year and a half, I have had to cancel/postpone/reschedule three trips that were purely for pleasure: 1. I was scheduled to go to Barcelona in March 2010, but my uncle passed away; 2. I was scheduled to go to Amsterdam in May 2010, but the volcano happened; and 3. I ... http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2011/05/21/dark-forces-are-arrayed-against-me-to-prevent-me-from-travel/ See this look?  This is a look that says, "Keep that fucking Cone of Shame away from me." Junebug's knee surgery (and teeth cleaning!) went very well and came in a couple of hundred bucks below estimate.  She's also surprisingly mobile; I would have thought she'd be limping around for weeks, ... http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2011/05/15/i-do-not-like-the-cone-of-shame/ So, the dehydration? Has fucked up my liver. I was doing okay until Thursday, when I woke up at 4 am in agony.  I felt nauseous and was doubled over in pain; though I got to the brink of vomiting, nothing came out.  I had to take Junebug to the vet ... http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2011/05/15/it-gets-worse/ I had my last long training run before the half marathon, 11 miles, on Saturday.  It went really well, though my mouth was terribly dry the whole time (probably due to taking a Claritin) and my legs started cramping at the end. On Sunday, I woke up feeling fine.  I had ... http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2011/05/08/well-that-was-a-great-way-to-spend-a-sunday/ I got an eviction notice yesterday.  I'm not entirely sure why, since my landlord hasn't called me back. But I suspect it's because the neighbors complain every time Junebug farts.   And every time that the dog next door barks, which is somehow my fault. I spent the month of January ... http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2011/05/04/i-guess-this-is-how-you-know/ You know, not everything is "triggering."   If you're so sensitive that you find disagreement triggering, you should probably stay off the fucking internet.  Because while it behooves us to avoid some of the major triggers, like violent language, rape imagery, abuse, etc., if your triggers are idiosyncratic and esoteric, you ... http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2011/05/01/in-which-my-eyes-roll-out-of-my-head/ Junebug needs surgery.  Her ACL analogue is ruptured, and she needs it fixed.  Of course this has to happen just before I go on vacation (to New York - YAY!). Have I mentioned that I live on the second floor, and she will need to be carried up and down the ... http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2011/04/24/my-poor-baby/ Not "if he's the one," but how do you know when you've given a place enough of a chance and you still don't want to live there? I'll put it out there: I'm homesick for New York.  Really, really homesick.  I miss the noise, and the energy, and the subway, and ... http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2011/04/24/how-do-you-know/ Seriously, it's spring here already.  Daffodils and everything, and it's not even Valentine's Day yet. I am all discombobulated. My training is going well (it certainly doesn't hurt that I can run outside), though I have a small ache in my left foot near the base of the big toe.  I'm hoping ... http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2011/02/10/all-the-world-is-in-tune-on-a-spring-afternoon-when-were-poisoning-pigeons-in-the-park/