Holy shit Suela, what a bitch! A petty, petty bitch.

I just got a very nice carrot at work, promotion to run a writing conference. But why do work carrots have to require me to do more work?

I hope whoever your nemesis said that to, replied with, "good, more for me! It's delicious!"

The storm is making me nervous.

Suela, that is both hilarious and really, really sad. WTF is her problem?

I am so glad that most of my workplaces have not involved adults who act like high schoolers. And I could use a pumpkin bread recipe; I have to make something for a Girl Scout bake sale, and I'm feeling like I need something seasonal and new.

Also, I am drinking. There's wine in the beef stew and wine in my glass. Since I spent most of the day holding an extremely feverish, at one scary point nearly delirious, six year old, I have earned it. Although possibly red wine and candy corn is not the best mixture.

My father is still sick, the power is out in Jamaica, my head hurts so much I cried through my dermatologist's appointment (none of my variegation is suspicious) and I just need to get stuff accomplished at work and I can't make decisions and I can't get information (don't send me emails asking for stuff if you then tell me you don' read email--I can call and check up on you, but I don't like nagging up the org chart) (and don't tell me it sounds like I have stuff "in my head" when you refuse to let me send you the document I'm reading from)

Eesh, scary. Get better, kiddo!

I am not drinking, although I should be. Heading out for the weekend retreat. Next time, remind me to say no to these nebulous calls for help.

Headache has slammed in full force. Gonna try a nap. K-Bug and her boyfriend are going to take CJ to his Halloween party tonight. Unfortunately CJ's girlfriend (!!!) won't be at the part.

Now that my kids are both attached, it is my turn? Hello? Bueller?

I took five bags worth of Stuff to Goodwill. Unfortunately, that's so I can make more room for my Mom's Stuff. Still, feeling a bit more accomplished here....

Hivemind - I need t-shirt site recommendations. I currently cruise teefury, woot, and thinkgeek but am looking for more. I traditionally load CJ up with a bunch of geeky/pop-culture/literary/science t-shirts each Christmas.

The Chief Diversity Officer at Gallaudet was put on administrative leave a few weeks ago, when someone found out that she had signed a petition to make same-sex marriage illegal in Maryland. People on campus have been pretty surprised by this, because part of her job was organizing the LGBT student groups, and generally being an advocate for minorities on campus, including LGBT students, and according to pretty much everybody, she was excellent at her job and a great ally. Today, two different black church groups organized protests at the Gallaudet campus over this issue. One group was for marriage equality, the other was against marriage equality, but they were both calling for McCaskill to be reinstated. (From what I can tell from blogs and stuff, the general feeling on campus is that she should be reinstated later, but right now people want time to process and discuss and let things cool down a little.) They also seem to have not really thought through "How do we get our message across to a Deaf university?" since their protest involved chanting and megaphones. [link]