Big Ass Shiny Lawfirm (for which I did a reverse commute for a month and then interviewed for three times and then did not hear from for two months) called this morning and requested my presence for the week.

If this goes well I could be nicely employed by Valentines Day.

Any Nothing-Short-of-Perfection-ma that can be sent to NYC is probably critically necessary (if only to stop me from having a coronary)

::mwah:: and see you all soon

Could I have some unspecific-ma for tomorrow afternoon, Pacific time? Thanks very much, and sorry for the veiled posting.

I really need jobma. There's nothing specific going on, hence the need for ~ma. So if anyone can spare some just send it my way.

I got a pretty from Amyparker! Wheeeeee! Now I just have to figure out when and on what I can wear it...

When it rains it pours.

My left leg started swelling last week and I thought it was too much sitting, so I elevatedit, took a water pill, etc. Over the weekend, it got worse, and on Tuesday it was very eveident that it was infected down on my calf. Being unempoyed and on no health plan, I bit the bullet and went to the doctor.

He almost put me in the hospital as I have a massive infection. He wants me to keepnit elevated and and take time off from job hunting. If it does not get better by Friday? Hospital. He sends me for bloodwork and the like. Takes three vampires to finally find and draw blood.

So I shell out $150 for meds and who knows what I'll pay for the dr's visit? I also stopped by the county and applied for medical assistance.

After I got home, the doctor himself called because some of my bloodwork came back. I may also have diabetes, as a count of 475 is pretty damn high.

More tests Friday.

Please send healthma.

I don't think I've ever posted in Beep Me before, but I need all kinds of -ma. The week that started with my purse getting stolen has just gotten much worse.

This afternoon while driving home from school, I was the middle car in a three car accident. The car in front of me stopped while attempting to merge onto the freeway, and I slammed on my brakes and stopped in time. However, the car behind me hit my rear end at full speed, pushing me into the car in front of me and then my car did a full 180 degree turn off the road and ended up on the shoulder facing the wrong direction.

I appear to be unhurt so far, but my car looks pretty damn bad. The muffler was on the ground, the hood won't open, the radiator is pushed out of place, and I don't know what the underside is like, as it appears the hood of the car behind me actually went under my back end. In short, every panel except the roof and the doors is severely damaged. It's a two year old Jetta, so it takes a lot to total it, but that's what I'm hoping for right now.

Requesting ~ma for a little boy I just saw in the elevator. He and a caseworker got on at a court floor. Poor little guy (3-4 yo) had a bruise and fresh scab under his eye, and looked completely overwhelmed. Caseworker told him they would know what was going to happen in half an hour. Then I think she realized he didn't have a concept of half an hour and just let him play with her watch. She spent the rest of the long ride crouched next to him, telling him she believed him and he didn't have to be afraid.

Have no idea who he is or what's going on, but it can't be good.

My father had Stage III colon cancer last year; he had the malignant part of the colon removed followed by chemotherapy. Shortly after completing the chemotherapy he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. He has not felt completely healthy since the end of the chemotherapy, and in particular has had anemia that the doctors couldn't find a cause for. This week he had an endoscopy, which found another tumor in the small intestine, immediately underneath the stomach. I just got the news that this tumor, too, is malignant.

My parents won't know anything more than this until next Tuesday. More surgery will certainly be required, but we don't know the prognosis and we don't know what sort of tumor it is.

I'd be grateful for prayers. I'm also likely to be mostly dark for awhile (or perhaps present and manic).

Just heard from Daniel Jensen. He's been admitted to the hospital for the infection in his leg. Expected stay: 5 days.

Cards may be addressed to:

D.C. Jensen District One Hospital 631 SE 1st ST room #314 Faribault, MN 55021

I'm sure phone calls would be appreciated, as well, as he has no internet access there. (507) 332-4814 is the direct line.

I'm speechless. Russell is a much-beloved friend of Alicia/Redstreets (my housemate) and a pretty good friend of mine. Victor, you may know him from west coast poetry slams. He's been a very visible activist for better dialogue with and among Muslim-Americans since even before 9/11, and especially after. I met him at an event his San Francisco mosque co-sponsored to open itself to questions from the larger community in the wake of 9/11. If his religion and his activism turn out to be the reasons for this attack, I'm going to be even more shocked and dismayed at the direction this country is going. Prayers, vibes, and email messages of support would be vastly appreciated. (Yes, I know there's a PayPal link on the linked site, but I don't feel good asking Buffistas to donate money to a non-consensus cause. Use your own judgement.)

(on edit: Stompies, if you feel this is an inappropriate use of this thread, I'll be glad to edit out the link.)