I don't have any work to do that doesn't require motivation to do so I'm not doing any.

oops

Right with you, Perkins.

A member of my writing group and I signed up for a two-day seminar in Charlotte, with guest speakers Lee Young-Li, Joseph Baranti, a local poet and professor, sessions on university presses and literary journals, an afternoon of Native American dancers and storytellers, and Anne Lamott.

Annie spoke about writing for Salon, so I checked it out, found my way to TT, and to Agnes Bertiz. I've rarely been as happy and grateful as when I found you guys.

Congratulations Kathy on the weight loss! You're so inspiring.

I feel like I'm walking around in a weird bubble these days. Things are changing just a bit too fast for me and I can't keep on top of it all. Weird.

Sinus headaches are actually migraines? Really? Who knew? (OK bon bon evidently, but not me.)

Man, TT. I used to lurk occasionally, getting there because of the Buffy articles.

But then with layoffs and stuff, I lost people when the migration happened, until in Nov or so of 2001, Jilli (whom I barely knew--we'd been on a Goth Thrifting expo together) replied to my mournful complaint about the lack of Buffy content on Salon with the fateful words "World Crossing."

The rest is history.

Hee. I found the original article here from 1998. Yes, that is my stupid handle. I was a fantasy gamer, okay? You'll probably recognize my speaking style, though. And funnily enough, I'm talking about gaming as community.

Anyway, that player interview changed my life. I found you guys. The gaming company hired me. I learned programming. The extra part-time income, worked remotely, gave me the cushion and confidence I needed to move to Kansas, where I got a better job since I now could program, which paid off my debts, which allowed me to move to Arizona to start my own company doing what I'm passionate about.

Did you guys know that sinus headaches are actually migraines?

Fuck yes I did.

Unsurprisingly, I also knew.

I did all the work I could, so I am now doing personal stuff.

While I am happy to have this part-time work and actually enjoy most things about it, the other person in the office has a couple of personality trait that would get old really fast, especially with it just being the two of us. 1) she's really scattered, like really really
2) she's easily confused and can kinda only see things from one point - like to the point of never understanding how other people do things if they do not take the sames exact steps as her. 3) I think #1 & #2 combine a lot and result in her kinda assuming that everyone is not doing a good enough job. I cannot tell you how many times she has told me people are a pain or they didn't do a job well, or they were hard to work with or or or.

And she really is a nice lady, but her glass is absolutely half empty.

OMG, I've had to lead a meeting and I just can't keep my voice up, and I have to put the phone on mute to sneeze.