I think the eye patch is a nice touch.

Damn, I totally effed up my birthday manicure. I went to try on some Chuck Taylors and my thumbnails are now completely buggered. *sigh* And I can't remember the name of the varnish to get it fixed.

That said, I, like MM, hate bringing in a sick kid to the doctor only to find there's nothing they can do for her that I couldn't have done at home. It's a PITA.

Yeah, that's mainly what I was doing: grousing.

Resting all day hasn't helped the pain. If it's not better tomorrow, I should probably go to the doctors.

The bed is cleared, and I'll change the sheets in a few minutes, get a cup of tea, and then will take a shower. In the meantime of getting my bed clear and get some floor surface to step on, I even packed another box.

About an hour ago a friend sent me the site in memoriam of the friend I lost a year ago to cancer [link] [Hebrew, but there's a nice pic of her. For me, btw, that's her: [link] ] I spent there about 30 minutes, reading about her and of her, looking at her photographs. The last 10 minutes I spent smiling, and with "Cracker" on as a soundtrack (she loved them.) And I was reminded of something I wanted to share with you a while ago, and I can't remember if I linked to it before; if not, it's probably because until now it felt like it's hers to own, not mine to share. It's a series about her disease, and I think it was done wonderfully. [link]

I'm so glad I've had her in my life. I can't believe that now I'm older than her: that just doesn't seem right.

And much health~ma to all sick Buffistas and Buffista sprogs.

Ok, what's the first thing that comes to people's minds for a knife thrower's assistant's costume?

Kevlar.

Michelin Man.

Shir, your friend's artwork is beautiful (and oh, she had such a great smile!).

I bet Tep looks as adorable in the new cut as anyone not named Pete can possibly look.

Huh. I was just snacking on delicious but obviously horribly bad-for-you candy corn from the sweets bucket in the nurses' office, and then googling around for organic candy corn, and found this recipe:

Homemade candy corn

And, just for Hil, Homemade vegan candy corn.

If I can assemble all the ingredients, I may have found the next rainy Saturday Zmayhem sprog activity.

And, just for Hil, Homemade vegan candy corn.

I'm going to a vegan potluck on Halloween. That is perfect.

I've never gotten into candy corn, but now I'm interested in picking up the stuff for almond bark! Easy to make (melt in the microwave, mix almonds into the white chocolate, pour over waxed paper, let cool, break apart) and oh, so yummy.

(JZ, did you see the Mucha-Sarah Bernhardt patterns I posted in Natter?)

Ok, what's the first thing that comes to people's minds for a knife thrower's assistant's costume?

Actually, Kevlar is a bad thing. Kevlar stops high speed small projectiles, but ya get jabbed in a knife fight. Something to think about when the riot police come at ya.

Just spent 15 minutes scritching the shop cat. He has a rear paw in a cast, and is trapped in the carpenters office for another couple weeks, poor bugger. He jumped down from his perch by the window that looks into the shop, onto the desk, into my lap, stayed there for a bit getting scritched, purring, then slowly crawled up my torso, onto my shoulder, with his weight it tipped the chair back some, and hopped onto the cat tower thingie. Very funny. Now off to Fry's to see if they have a video quad display thingie and some IR panels. Weeeee!

{{{ Shir }}} just because. It's not an easy time for you in many ways, but we all love you here, and have your back.

Healing~ma to all and their sprog that need it. if it makes you feel better, our head of Development (i.e. fund raising) has Swine Flu! Just in time for the grand opening of the new theater. Fun, right?