Jayne: You wanna go, little man? Wash: Only if it's someplace with candlelight.

'Objects In Space'


Goodbye and Good Riddance 2011: Maybe the even years are better  

Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. 2011? Room for improvement. Srsly.


Theodosia - Jan 04, 2012 2:56:55 pm PST #348 of 408
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Yow.

2011 downs: worked as a $10.25/hr file clerk, then worked as a $9.50/hr supermarket cashier. Still scared to look at my final grade on the really hideously difficult programming course I took in the spring. I actually did learn a lot and sharpened up my programming skills, but I turned in assignments that only half-worked at best.

More bad 2011: Mom's health took another hit this fall, and she's on 24/7 oxygen now, and is reacting to this with panic attacks and depression and what's called 'medical anorexia. She's 89 and still sharp, so it's hard to watch.

More bad 2011 for my immediate family: one brother continues to have impaired use of his left arm/hand and will go through another surgery to help relieve pressure on nerves this week. Other brother had a persistent sore throat, went to the doctor, was referred to another, who called a top Nose Ear Throat guy and was in surgery within the week for a cancerous tonsil. My 82yo aunt (mom's only sibling) fell and got a concussion two weeks before Christmas.

And my roommate is still struggling with chronic depression and serious health issues, and is supposed to be going to an inpatient program at McLean's in a couple weeks.


Theodosia - Jan 04, 2012 3:08:00 pm PST #349 of 408
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Next rock:

2011 wasn't without some good, though: I finally landed a programming job! It's a temporary contract, that's been extended once already, but a break that I really really needed, which gives me the business hands-on that I needed.

Also, I've been climbing out of the financial credit hole that extended unemployment/under-employment had slowly created. My roommate paid me back for money she owed me by using her university discount to buy me a MacBook Air so I could do my homework for the class I took.

I got to spend time with family a couple of times this year, including time at the beach, and staying with my Mom. Didn't get to go to a F2F or Worldcon or Vividcon or travel anyplace fascinating, but Having A Job trumped all.

2012 -- well, the contract job situation is uncertain. My manager wants me to stay, but his manager, and his manager's manager were reassigned/replaced, and so whether he gets the budget to keep me is a toss up.

I plan to work hard and get my financial house in order, and if the money is there get some long-deferred house repairs (gutters! paint job!) done. Still paying off the furnace replacement from 2010.


msbelle - Jan 04, 2012 4:40:04 pm PST #350 of 408
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I will happy make anyone a buffista calendar and/or poster, but it will not be like Scola's.


smonster - Jan 04, 2012 4:52:32 pm PST #351 of 408
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

I kept forgetting to upload and post this! Here's amyth and I and our Buffista Heart picture - [link]


amyth - Jan 04, 2012 5:13:49 pm PST #352 of 408
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

Hey smonster, could you email me that picture? I don't have a flickr account anymore.


smonster - Jan 04, 2012 5:19:06 pm PST #353 of 408
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Insent!


JenP - Jan 04, 2012 5:23:18 pm PST #354 of 408

LOVE!


msbelle - Jan 04, 2012 5:42:21 pm PST #355 of 408
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

smonster, your flickr name?


smonster - Jan 04, 2012 5:53:21 pm PST #356 of 408
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

sarita33

Also, I changed the settings so anyone can view it.


Burrell - Jan 04, 2012 7:41:54 pm PST #357 of 408
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

How cute are you two? So cute!