Local news is reporting a high school in Holden will be closed tomorrow because of a bomb threat. what is this world coming to?

Oh, and I'm glad none of your friends were the shot cop, aurelia

I'm apparently still bitter about my earlier fuckup. Funny, that. I'm still cranky. Need to get over it.

Dad and I just discussed mortality. And cats' mortality (they lost 2 this year and it hurt.) Weird. Bottom line, he isn't allowed until he's 90 (too soon! I'll only be 57!) and has to do it doing something interesting. Like s&r and falling off a cliff. I so decree.

FWIW, all my friends are ok. No one was there. Looks like 3 dead, including shooter, 2 injuries, one gunshot, one shoulderdive outta the way.

Le sigh.

My dad talks about mortality too. I don't respond. Luckily my mother would mostly rather pretend she'll never die. Oh, she's old and she'll keep reminding you (well, of course she's old--I'm her daughter and I'm old), but death is verboten conversationally.

I should make a will. My mother's always been my life insurance beneficiary, but even though I have so little, it's probably tidiest.

My brother is my main beneficiary,I think. I don't recall the paperwork, which is insane. I'd want him and the kids to benefit. He'd be the best choice. Actually, my main concern is where my cats go. Which is pathetic, in a way. (to my parents, for the record.)

I don't like taking death with my parents, but we do. Usually in the most joshing manner possible. "Yeah, I want the library table, mom. After you die at 100 in your sleep." "OK, you can only die if you are on a s&r and having fun, otherwise, you ain't dead, dad. And I get the tschoskes."

My grandparents have put slips of paper with names with all the items they think are worth anything. It's like the Easter Egg version of a will.

Thanks Cindy!

If I'm ever in a position to force Jamie Bamber to do anything, I doubt cheesecake will be the first thing that leaps to mind. But I'll mark your post just in case...

The cheesecake feeding can be the second thing, once he's too worn out to resist.

There's a Bamber workout?

Just a few tips he gave Men's Health about how he keeps cardio workouts interesting. I can vouch that the frequent sporadic sprint thing keeps your heart rate elevated.

Ah, yes. I had that sprint thing suggested for me when I was trying to bump up my cardio for krav.

I feel sluggish and obscenely out of shape (in shape, out of shape--why are these terms for fitness couched in form?) but I suspect it's because of the neck and shoulder pain.

I guess I have to go see a doctor about it as well as my favourite masseuse. I already have chronic migraines and consider my life borderline ruined because of it. I can't lose my neck and shoulder health too. This is remarkably remarkably painful. I'm on the biggest drugs I know how to take safely and I'm scared to turn my head. The informal massage helped, and dramatically. I just hoped it could get me to bedtime.

I've had enough experience now with chronic pain to state that if you've not experienced itself, you won't really understand just how sucky it really is. It's far easier to "suck it up" with a finite injury or temporary condition. Even a mild chronic pain can be like 400 1-lb canaries landing on your back.

Yes, I'm aching a lot this morning, as it happens. :-(

Well, that was incredibly frustrating. I am not at lisah's show. Why? I couldn't find the place. Why? I wrote down the wrong address. I'm feeling really stupid and irritated right now.

If it makes you feel any better, we all missed it. Lisah told me to arrive early 'cause of the lines, but did I listen? No. So, although we got there about six, we spent the next half hour in the "will call" line. Very frustrating. At least we got to see other buffistas. And roller derby. Which was all I hoped it would be, and more.