I just had surgery on my hip yesterday and will be pretty much immobile for the next few weeks. So anyone who want to email me, go ahead; I'll welcome it in my boredom. I know this is probably not an ITACMB-level emergency, but I'm feeing sorry for myself and am inclined to exaggerrate.

Hmmm, something big is happening this weekend....Serenity opens on Friday! Oh, and I'm getting married on Saturday. I'll be dark gray for the rest of the week and black until October 14. See you when I'm an old married woman!

Aiiieeee! I'm sick to my stomach and excited as hell at the same time. Good thoughts would be very much appreciated starting at 2 pm EDT Saturday.

could i have some belated job-ma? I interviewed for essentially my current job on Monday and some trouble has occurred due to government stupidity (I know, I know - should I really be surprised?). Thanks.

We have a friend who works in the East Bay SPCA. A few weeks ago they took in animals rescued from Katrina. They are currently providing Vet care and fostering and the pets are listed in Petfinder.com. They've had three matches so far and the stories they have are pretty amazing. If you'd care to donate or just to read about the animals (and the oh so cute beagles are my fave), you can at East Bay SPCA.

Buffistas rock like a room full of chairs trying to scare a cat.

Perkins, Nicole, SailAweigh, Beverly, and Katerina Bee came by yesterday with a veritable cornucopia of wonders. I am overwhelmed.

Thank you all so very much. I am touched beyond belief by your kindness and generosity.

Wandering out from the Dark and Lurky place I've been hanging in the last several weeks to request some job slash knowing-the-best-path-ma. I have an interview tomorrow for a job that would be the same field, but looks like more responsibility (therefore, more money to my way of thinking...). I've been increasingly frustrated at my current position because of the lack of use my skills are getting. I've told friends I worried my brain would atrophy, and that the only good thing was the spare time to spend online - then that was lost to even more mindless administrative crap (filing, data entry, scanning sheaves of paper). I tend to fear and resist change, but this one, on the face of it at least, looks good.

So, job-ma, and wisdom-ma, at about 3:30pm board time on Tuesday would be highly appreciated.

Just got the news that the duplex we were renting half of is condemned.

Not a big shock at this point, just another piece of information.

Someday I will post somewhere other than this thread again...

Requesting the all powerful Buffista health~ma for my mother. She is still in the hospital. A recent blood test came back with odd results so they are rerunning it this morning to verify the results.

A touch of sanity~ma for me would not be amiss either.

Mom-Update.

The blood test came back with the same odd results. So, now they are playing trial and error at correcting the problem. Does not give me warm fuzzies. I'm headed off to go visit her.

She knows about my invisible internet friends and was glad I got to spend some time with a few of them last night.

Please keep the ~ma flowing.

I wander thru from lurkiland for another request for -ma. I backed into another car in a very busy, very tiny parking lot today. The other driver was very nice, and totally willing to give me an estimate and try to take care of this ourselves. It's a very small dent to the driver's side door, with a schmear of black from my bumper as an accent. But the car that I hit...a Honda? No. A Ford? No. I hit a damn JAGUAR! (My last accident (6ish yrs ago) was me backing into a Mercedes. I'm not sure why my truck is so bent on taking out cars that I can't afford the replacement parts for).

Therefore, (cheaply)pop-out-able dent, buff-out-able schmear-ma would be greatly appreciated. Gaaah. Thanks.