A novel is definitely something. I don't think I've written more than a five-paragraph article since 2004.

• Greatly expanded my circle of friends
• Had my apartment repainted, redecorated
• Gone on a bunch of dates, nothing sustainable though

Pretty lame.

In the past 5 years:
I got a new job, and then another new one
I moved to NoCal
Didn't buy a house
Traveled quite a bit, usually with Buffistas or Buffista adjacent people
Ozzie
Got very involved in a new fandom
Ate a lot of sushi, some of it still moving

• Had a grown kid boomerang
• Met Buffistas
• Met Nilly!
• Visited the left coast and was charmed
• Visited the R&R Hall of Fame with more Buffistas
• Weathered another kid's divorce and custody issues
• Visited the left coast again! and met Even More! Buffistas
• Lost a child, and discovered the true breadth and depth of support Buffistas offer without hesitation or condition.
• Visited Seattle and a handful of Buffistas, explored a place H and I had dreamed of living
• Lost my mom
• Took a second look at PNW, pulled up our socks and
• Bought a house, and
• Am packing like an autonomon because we move in less than three weeks!

Pretty lame.

Given the number of dates I've not been on since moving here, I'd say you're doing better than me.

Plus, I know how long it took to get your apartment done, and what an accomplishment that actually is.

What's this date thing y'all are talking about?

ION, my boss just gave me an Atomic Fireball.

ION, my boss just gave me an Atomic Fireball.

How....random.

What are people doing this weekend?

Tonight I am going to visit a kitten to see if he is for me. Tomorrow morning some the new furniture is arriving, so I will be cleaning a lot.

There is this very nice lady who is teaches one of our classes at the school of Nursing who friended me on Facebook. And I friended her back. And she posts some of the most whacked out conservative links and my blood pressure is rising and I need to defriend her or something, but we actually communicate about the class through Facebook (she is really hard to get ahold of and does not answer phone messages or emails.

AND- I don't understand this argument against liberals (which I hear all the time)

I used to be what I thought was a liberal. If, at the time, anyone had asked me to explain myself, I would have said that I opposed Jim Crow laws, that I believed workers were entitled to make a decent wage and work in a safe environment, and that American citizens shouldn’t be discriminated against because of their race, religion or national origin.

I quit being a liberal because I didn’t believe that members of particular minority groups deserved advantages denied to others; that illegal aliens weren’t entitled to anything but a swift kick to the backside; that being a devout Christian didn’t make you a bad person; and that capitalism was a system that worked, while socialism not only didn’t work, but, wherever it was tried, turned into a tyranny.

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