My top two news feed headlines are Steve Irwin and Andre Agassi. I know Agassi's not dead, but he's another person who is about my age and whose career is over.

At least Irwin being killed in the line of duty was somewhat expected and doesn't really count as irony.

Thanks for the sentiments, guys.

Agassi's career lasted a hell of a long time. He's past his expiration date, and doing quite well, considering. He'll be okay.

Steve Irwin is startling. I have no affection for the guy, but his death-defying was on the scale which made me think he could get away with it forever. Not running into blazing buildings or trick jumping over twenty motorcycles.

eta: Having read articles it seems he died under unlikely circumstances--ironic enough for Alanis, I think.

I'm still awake, darn it.

We began pre-potty training today. Bought a potty and Pull-Ups. I set up the potty and let Em play with it. She can take it anywhere in the house she wants and when she sits on it, she gets lavishly praised. I've also started taking her into the bathroom and having her sit bare bottomed on her potty while I go and telling her everything I do.

For someone who really has no squicks and has no problem being TMI with pretty much anyone, I found this oddly disconcerting.

I went to bed a couple of hours ago - still awake. that is truely odd about steve irwin

Waves southward to beth

waves back.

I think I'll try tv. It often puts me to sleep.

Sonus, is that where you met ND, at the UMKC theatre seminar thingy? You didn’t happen to be at Fred P. Otts a year? Two? Ago when ND was in town?

Yeah, I live in KC, right on the Plaza. I went to UMKC for English and Ed degrees.

I was indeed at Fred P. Ott's when ND was there...

I'm pretty sure he was there. Was that the night we were talking about the Hello Kitty vibrators?

Oh yeah!! Now I remember! Hah!

Anyhow, Erin, for the last year or so in KC, I lived right accross Brush Creek from Ott's, in the St. Regis.

Outside of UMKC and Ott's, did you ever go to Muddy's on 51st Street? That place was practically my office when not at school or home.

Cheers to KCistas!

Okay, I'm back home. S is still there, at least for a day or so. It sounds like mostly a tweak in meds, and maybe another procedure to help relieve the current problem, but that will be tomorrow. She was still waiting for a bed so she could transfer out of the ER, but both S and her ER nurse said I should go home, as much as I wanted to stay until she got said bed, as caregivers need to get sleep and take breaks or else they burn out.

This was much with the sense making, so I came home. No I go fall down for a few hours.

considers the number of posts that have happened while she was out. sighs. skips.

I feel awful for his family. He seemed like he had all this enthusiasm, and would have been a great dad for his kids. And he really cared about stuff.

Yes, this.

(((Sean and S)))

Still loving Thailand. Went for a swim in the pool in my apartment block yesterday - it's indoor, but the roof is glass, so it's still sunlit. Fantastic. Just - wow.

Meanwhile, I seem to be developing a bit of a crush on a (married) coworker. And his wife also is lovely, and I could totally crush on her too. And they are both Canadian. He is uncannily like David Hewlett. If David Hewlett were very tall and very blond and had astonishingly blue eyes. He doesn't think he's related to David Hewlett, but I have decided that he MUST be a distant cousin, because, my God, it is unfuckingCANNY. Gestures, expressions, all of that. Only taller and prettier and blonder. But, OMG, so astonishingly Hewlett-like in terms of expressions and gestures. Crazy.