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  <title>The Lunatic is in my Head</title>
  <subtitle>nearly a prosthetic memory</subtitle>
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    <name>Azure Jane Lunatic (Azz) 🌺</name>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-03-01:369:7998796</id>
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    <title>Cat ...</title>
    <published>2026-03-21T05:23:38Z</published>
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    <content type="html">... Make better choices. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yellface went into Mila's room, hid under a table, beefed with Mila in some fashion, and was hauled ignominiously out. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for me, my rescheduled retina appointment went fine. Some of the issues have cleared up. Prognosis very good. I had to transfer between power chair and clinic chair three times. As I told them on the final occasion: I have a bad knee and a worse knee. Trying CBD ointment in addition to Voltaren, on the advice of my now-former primary care. (And I know who my new primary care is going to be, yay.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's possible that my retina appointments this year are cursed. On the last attempt, my car was so low on battery that it died at an intersection and there was a whole drama with a guy who scared the whole block and tried to open my car door. This time we got there okay, but Belovedest suffered a flat tire while out with &lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://alexseanchai.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://alexseanchai.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;alexseanchai&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; later in the day. This wrapped up with Thorn having to come rescue that Toaster with a wrench that actually fit the nuts. (Cue penis measuring jokes.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7998796" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-03-01:369:7998649</id>
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    <title>Grouchy, territorial kitten*</title>
    <published>2026-02-11T01:50:06Z</published>
    <updated>2026-02-11T01:50:06Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Yellface (spayed, *16) decided to sit on me last night. Thorn came in and snuggled me. Yellface sniffed their hand politely as we held hands. The first time she'd ever encountered Thorn's hand without some cranky meowing. (Right now Yellface will sniff and rub her face on an extended finger, but will say things about it.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many minutes of stillness later, Thorn said something. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yellface suddenly took notice of an alien hand near her territory, stood up, and gave a snake-strike grazing bite to the nearest hand, followed by a swat. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My hand, naturally. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I uninvited her from the bed and found an alcohol wipe. She broke skin but didn't draw blood. Today only the deepest scrape is visible, if you're looking for it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh, cat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7998649" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-03-01:369:7998456</id>
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    <title>Ahhhhhhh, sweet sweet steroids</title>
    <published>2026-02-08T00:31:03Z</published>
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    <content type="html">I got a steroid shot in my right knee on Wednesday, and miraculously I can almost walk again. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm still spending a lot of time in bed, but I don't have to strategize about bathroom trips. One cane is sufficient.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7998456" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-03-01:369:7997998</id>
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    <title>Ow</title>
    <published>2026-01-20T05:58:29Z</published>
    <updated>2026-01-20T05:58:29Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Two canes can be better than one. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have a battery of tests aimed at me for the leg weakness, in case it's neurological. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And my primary care is leaving (again) within a few months. They said last time that I would be assigned to someone in the same practice. That was inaccurate. They're saying it again this time, so I will prepare for battle. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cats are nice and warm, and extraordinarily heavy on the knees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7997998" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-03-01:369:7997722</id>
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    <title>Miscellaneous holiday and post-holiday scraps</title>
    <published>2026-01-06T00:22:01Z</published>
    <updated>2026-01-06T00:22:01Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">* didn't do much for Solstice &lt;br /&gt;* amusingly, both Aunt Tish and V got me the same slipper-socks for Christmas&lt;br /&gt;* pear + green tea perfume was extremely relevant to Thorn's interests, even straight out of the bottle &lt;br /&gt;* got my pill boxes filled for the coming quarter&lt;br /&gt;- started the desk top cleanup for that a little before Just In Time&lt;br /&gt;- did the morning pills first, which always gives me a little grace period to get the evening pills done the subsequent day&lt;br /&gt;- ran out of my joint supplement after the first five weeks were done, but that did allow me to put the first five weeks away and start using them &lt;br /&gt;- Belovedest picked up the missing pills in a very short turn-around, yay&lt;br /&gt;* NYE cat pilling results: Yellface deigned to swallow, finally, after several very polite arguments in favor of spitting the pill out; Mila was too sharp to be pilled&lt;br /&gt;* watched the festivities up at the Space Needle from the comfort of bed, with Belovedest and Thorn and sparkling cider (Belovedest dipped into the Faygo stash also)&lt;br /&gt;* legs still awful&lt;br /&gt;* did not lose the second set of black teardrop beads for the crochet projects &lt;br /&gt;* made an OTC meds order from the usual supplier (Wellspring Meds) despite the sale having expired &lt;br /&gt;- if your household needs industrial quantities of Imodium and you hate blister packs with a passion, consider this vendor: 200 pills in a nice little safety cap bottle, no peeling or shoving required&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7997722" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-03-01:369:7997482</id>
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    <title>Deck the roof with loud repairmen</title>
    <published>2025-12-20T02:55:48Z</published>
    <updated>2025-12-20T02:55:48Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">My hyperfocus does still work to the extent that when I was reading earlier today, I tuned out the various scraping and occasional hammering noises from the roof. I could not, however, sleep through the hammering. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which is perhaps why Belovedest is on the shopping trip without me today. I was too cold and tired to get ready, let alone go out into the cold and dark.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7997482" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-03-01:369:7997382</id>
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    <title>Beads have arrived!</title>
    <published>2025-12-16T02:38:16Z</published>
    <updated>2025-12-16T02:38:16Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">I lost the beads I was going to use for the two crocheted necklaces. (I think it's safe to say in *this* venue that I got commissioned to make a second one, and the second one is going more smoothly than the first one in all respects so far.) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since the replacement beads included ones shipped from Czechoslovakia, I've been nervous that I won't be able to finish on time. (Which I still probably won't, but I can make An Effort now.) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The last of the replacement beads arrived today, and I am very happy with this. Will I get cracking on it? Well, probably not today. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Additionally, it's been a not as terrible as usual leg day. Hooray for physical therapy (and remembering to do it), and hooray for pain meds. (Yesterday I completely spaced my pain meds until bedtime. Surprised Pikachu was surprised at how horrible a leg day it was.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7997382" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-03-01:369:7997080</id>
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    <title>Post-Turkey (well, there are leftovers...)</title>
    <published>2025-11-29T03:30:12Z</published>
    <updated>2025-11-29T03:30:12Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">The new dryer is just fine, except the top is ever so slightly slanted in a way that makes it a bad place to set your dryer balls. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have I mentioned that especially after Colonoscopy Week I've had more trouble than usual walking? I've been using my cane inside the house for the first time in quite a while, and I'm limited in how much I can carry without (more) pain. It sucks. Belovedest has set up the short ramp against the shortest outside stairs, and while going up it is Bad, going up the stairs without it is Worse. (Both outside doors have stairs.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wasn't available to assist with any of the Thanksgiving cooking. Belovedest did it themselves! Including: turkey, the epic tray of dressing, biscuits from the mix, and instant potatoes made the way that erases the taste of Box. (There was also salad available, but there's quite a bit of vegetable in the sausage-cornbread dressing.) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today we had some roof inspectors. The inspection's free; the quote for fixing things up is *sigh* very much not free.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7997080" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <title>Alas, dryer</title>
    <published>2025-11-15T22:41:35Z</published>
    <updated>2025-11-15T22:41:35Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">The washer saga ended a little while ago, with a brand repair tech who corrected something simple. Thursday night (the start of Friday wash day) the dryer gave up. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since the dryer had been leaving unsightly rust streaks on all the lights, I have not been subtle in my campaign for a new one. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Delivery is scheduled for today, of a dryer with a steam cycle but without wifi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7996891" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-03-01:369:7996574</id>
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    <title>"However much candy you want, the answer is yes."</title>
    <published>2025-11-01T05:51:22Z</published>
    <updated>2025-11-01T05:51:22Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">23 trick-or-treaters this year, likely due to rain and construction. The last four were after we had started picking up and bringing things inside, and in fact after we'd sorted the candy into Keep and Share. (The Share candy stays outside overnight for the late crew, then goes with Belovedest to work. We don't have particularly much trouble with raccoons.) In the last party, the one with the umbrella hat and some sort of Studio Ghibli makeup (white face, red eye triangles) was enchanted with the glow sticks and picked one of the very few blue ones. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year's innovation was doing the Wizard of Oz + Dark Side of the Moon thing with (much less cleverly timed) Chaos Emergency Doof Broadcast (Which is 4 hours of very silly DJ work), some of the Halloween episodes, with Addams Family Values on mute (several times through). We got the inflammable tango to "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and a few other silly confluences. I think this is one of the ones where precise timing doesn't help all that much, but it's great when it happens. By the time the show had run out of explicitly spooky songs, it got a little less entertaining. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Belovedest was Jigglypuff. I was a very tired Dulcie (wearing my own nightgown and some exhaustion makeup). I ordered the wrong crust on 2 out of 3 pizzas, and the 3rd one was gluten free.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7996574" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-03-01:369:7996386</id>
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    <title>Milestone</title>
    <published>2025-10-29T01:30:19Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-29T01:30:19Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Video appointment with chemotherapist today. I'm done with immunotherapy! The scan says I've been stable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I still have: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* bone strengthening (not marrow encouraging) med every 12 weeks, infused&lt;br /&gt;* Scans every 3 months&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So that means a trip or two to the cancer center every 3 months, although if they keep it at 3 months for the one and 12 weeks for the other, they may fall out of sync. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I should probably celebrate this?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7996386" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <title>...p...p-p-PENIS?!!!</title>
    <published>2025-10-22T06:23:01Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-22T06:23:01Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Today Belovedest had to bust the teenagers for playing "the penis game" in the library. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[You say the word increasingly loudly, in turns, until someone loses the game by being told to cut it out or being asked to leave.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The weather's getting colder, but I have evolved myself an outfit to wear outdoors for lounging while the weather's in the high 50s F -- my slightly ratty plush bathrobe underneath my much more windproof corduroy floor length duster. And the ta'al fingerless mgloves Mama knitted for me, in rainbow stripes. They're just the thing for keeping my hands warm while I'm on the phone. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've discovered I do enjoy cauliflower "wings", even though I don't enjoy chicken wings. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The scooter has arrived. I am plotting how best to bedazzle it. It does have its own USB power outlet! It also has head and tail lights. It's better for approaching counters than the wheelchair, since the tiller is so close to me. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://norabombay.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://norabombay.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;norabombay&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; points out that given all the poorly supervised international visitors who have been in and out of the White House, they're going to have to take it down to the studs when they refit it for #48 to use. So the general devastation in the East Wing is small potatoes as far as outrage fodder. And anywhere that the last major update was 1947-ish must really need some yanking out of the century of the fruitbat. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My legs are doing better. In part this is because I stuck ibuprofen in my nightly pill box, since I'd been waking up with aching legs and shouting knees pretty consistently. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medication: the medication definitely has some activity. The main activity seems to be that my appetite has been fading in and out of "did we recently have chemo?!" mode. I'm tempted to give myself a week off every few weeks. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Makeup: currently waiting on a liquid formulation of the eyeshadow that promised to match the eyeliner, because the color is fantastic and I want it in a wide brush. I guess the powder can work for blending it out. (The powder just does not want to cooperate and layer on thick enough to get the color shift effect, even with a wet brush.) My skin continues to behave itself better than my ability to use foundation; there are only a few spots where I want to color correct if I'm doing Full Battle Makeup. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Games: keeping up with all the Gems of War events is sometimes tiring, but it does make winding down my brain at night much easier than other things I could be doing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perfume: went through my massive perfume spreadsheet and filled in the formulation for all the BPAL (which is the same except for that one spray). Cracked myself up at some of the descriptions I've left. One particular exceedingly long-lasting one&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="cut-wrapper"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class="cut-open"&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class="cut-text"&gt;&lt;a href="https://azurelunatic.dreamwidth.org/7995959.html#cutid1"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class="cut-close"&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7995959" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <title>Portable power chair</title>
    <published>2025-10-12T04:17:06Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-12T06:26:15Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">There's a new power scooter out, the Golden Buzzaround Carry-On HD. The HD part is important. This is the heavy duty one, which is also first-in-class lithium ion battery scooter. But that's not what this entry is about (and the scheduled arrival date is Tuesday). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since the scooter was backordered and not going to arrive in time for the Michigan trip, I ordered a (not too expensive for the specs) power wheelchair off Amazon. The choice was partly informed by the advertised shipping time: two days. Plenty of time for it to arrive. And then I watched the shipment crawl over what was clearly ground transport, likely because of the battery. Eventually the package arrival date got down to our departure date. Meanwhile, I was paralyzed with anxiety about the trip, and was barely able to pack. At least I was able to make checklists for when I eventually unfroze on the day of departure. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FedEx said my power chair would arrive between 1 and 3. This was inaccurate, and at some point the forecast switched to "end of day". &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When it hadn't arrived by 4, we loaded into the car with my upright (unpowered) walker. At the last minute as we fled out the door, I thought our snack supply looked a little too small and grabbed a random bag to toss a few more things into. As we pulled out of the neighborhood I called the airline accessibility services line to report the change. Which took a little while, as I had to explain that no, I hadn't "changed my mind" about bringing the power wheelchair, the reason I wasn't taking the power wheelchair was because it hadn't arrived yet, so I couldn't take it. At that point I got the appropriate amount of sympathy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Within the MINUTE I told the very nice customer service person goodbye, Alex spotted the FedEx truck. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By that point Silver and I were on I-5, but with a very nice turn off opportunity. (Silver had taken that specific route because it's a pain in the ass to get over another couple lanes that quickly and in traffic.) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So we went back, we thanked &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_the_Five_Gods"&gt;the Bastard&lt;/a&gt; profusely and profanely, with the double thumb-tap to the lips (both of us, simultaneously). Silver offloaded the walker and onloaded the chair while I talked to the airline accessibility department again and tried to figure out what the battery voltage was. The footrests fit into the duffel bag with the extra snacks, just as if I had planned it intentionally. I asked Silver to empty my padded tote bag, so we could use it for the battery. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We got to the airport on time for all of that. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I got the best of both worlds: chair coming with me, but since the battery wasn't charged we checked the main body of the chair at the Special Services counter and got wheelchair service through the airport. Security was less of a zoo than usual because we went through the wheelchair lane instead of the endless maze. I got pornoscanned for the first time. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That got us to the gate an hour earlier than we'd intended. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was very glad to have the power chair with us, as it made some of the bits that would have been excessively strenuous much much better. Silver got used to lifting the thing into the back of their mom's SUV, and eventually we banged our heads on the car less often. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coming back, it wasn't quite as easy going through security since I was still new at steering the chair and we didn't have the professional chair-pusher to finesse security. (No, not the ateva way.) We gate-checked the chair. I checked in with the two wheelchair-pushers who met us at the Seattle end of things, and assured the one who was waiting for me that I had my chair (as Silver cussed gently at the footrests). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And when we eventually got home, Yellface cussed us both out like I've never seen her cuss before. She was Peeved! That we! Had Abandoned! Her!!!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have since decked it out with retroreflective tape, electroluminescent wire, and a miniature disco projector meant for a bike.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7995803" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-03-01:369:7995479</id>
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    <title>Health (good news)</title>
    <published>2025-10-09T03:41:26Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-09T03:41:26Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">My immunotherapy infusion yesterday may have been my last!! I have a scan on Monday that will probably say that. Belovedest celebrated by cracking into the Strategic Redpop Reserve. This will mean much more leeway to leave town and such. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colonoscopy results: mostly normal, one pre (not sure how many pre-s to put here) cancerous "lesion", and all of them removed. Repeat in two years, this time with Extended Prep. (My understanding of "lesion" and the medical definition may not align entirely well.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Started the new injectable after the colonoscopy. I can definitely feel the impact. It remains to be seen exactly what kind. One of my friends has a new injectable too; she's getting some sinus clearance from it. Of all the random effects. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the infusion, Belovedest and I trekked up-city to pick up a package for &lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://alexseanchai.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://alexseanchai.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;alexseanchai&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. All Pampered Chef, and a high proportion of likely goodies vs. likely duds. There were some varying scrub brushes. The utensil/knife scrub brush looks like dentures that are actually a scrub brush, but I can see that coming in handy. There was also a quarter-sheet pan with two eighth-sheet pans. And then we trekked back down when Belovedest realized they'd left their tablet at the cancer center. Freakin' ADHD. We're on &lt;cite&gt;The Assassins of Thasalon&lt;/cite&gt; in our progress through Penric. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have a smallish makeup hobby. Part of that is sometimes going all Weird Barbie on my face with eyeliner or whatever. Tonight I've convinced myself (via iridescent green eyeliner) that some kind of moon phase forehead jewelry might really slap.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7995479" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-03-01:369:7995197</id>
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    <title>New frontiers in conflict resolution</title>
    <published>2025-10-02T05:17:59Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-02T05:18:46Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">As apparently the result of some long-running bad communication (not on Belovedest's side) there's a certain snarl at their work currently. They laid out the situation and the players to me. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regarding the largest part of it -- "You have a leg to stand on there," I said. "Two legs. And my legs. That's four. And Yellface's. That's six. Eight. And when you have eight legs? &lt;span class="cut-wrapper"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class="cut-open"&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class="cut-text"&gt;&lt;a href="https://azurelunatic.dreamwidth.org/7995197.html#cutid1"&gt;creepy AND crawly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class="cut-close"&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7995197" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-03-01:369:7994964</id>
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    <title>They checked it</title>
    <published>2025-09-22T00:44:36Z</published>
    <updated>2025-09-22T00:45:14Z</updated>
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    <dw:music>Tom Cardy - "H.Y.C.Y.B.H"</dw:music>
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    <content type="html">The worst part of colonoscopy prep turned out to be the sheer number of trips to the bathroom, which knotted up my legs something fierce. The second worst part was the taste of the solution, even with added flavorings. It was salty! (I got the huge jug rather than the Miralax version. Miralax at least isn't salty.) Next time, probably either green unsweetened Kool-Aid or lemonade Crystal Lite or whatever. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="cut-wrapper"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class="cut-open"&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class="cut-text"&gt;&lt;a href="https://azurelunatic.dreamwidth.org/7994964.html#cutid1"&gt;Off topic for FFA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class="cut-close"&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did make the planned gallon of orange jello, but since it was a little late for me to actually eat it, I put mandarin orange slices in it. Since that's often part of Belovedest's lunch. Today I packed it into smaller boxes to help with that effort and to decrease the crowding in the fridge. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I got a slight nap after everything was about finished. The split prep schedule meant that I started the second half around 12:30 am. Appointment check in time 6 am. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The distance in the facility wasn't super bad, although we brought my chair just in case. (Speaking of the chair, I have decked it out with retroreflective tape and electroluminescent wire. It looks much safer. The cup holder went on Friday.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="cut-wrapper"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___2" class="cuttag"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class="cut-open"&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class="cut-text"&gt;&lt;a href="https://azurelunatic.dreamwidth.org/7994964.html#cutid2"&gt;The procedure wasn't bad.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class="cut-close"&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___2" aria-live="assertive"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I got dressed again. I had picked a cute nightgown for the outing, black with flowers and butterflies. Instead of a coat (it's getting chilly at night) I wore my dramatic black velvet robe, the one with lace trim and bell sleeves. I received a compliment. And as soon as I proved I could stand up without excessive wobbling, we were off. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Belovedest gathered breakfast for me on our way home, and I took a much needed nap (interrupted a few times to confirm that I could be made conscious and accept hydration). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And that was that. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We did our usual Friday shopping on Saturday. I was still sore. Today my legs are thankfully feeling normal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7994964" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-03-01:369:7994376</id>
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    <title>Colonoscopy week.</title>
    <published>2025-09-16T08:21:15Z</published>
    <updated>2025-09-16T08:21:15Z</updated>
    <dw:music>Nice Weather for Ducks</dw:music>
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    <content type="html">I'm not looking forward to this. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the other hand, I wasn't thinking with some of the usual parts of my sense of humor when I was picking out my non-&lt;a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@dannykirkhum/video/7139367187755601194"&gt;red jello&lt;/a&gt; for Liquid Diet Day (24 oz food service pack) and rolled the wrong citrus out of three: orange. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I could have had lemon jelly. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/ioudby-xooc"&gt;https://youtu.be/ioudby-xooc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_Jelly"&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_Jelly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7994376" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <title>🍾🥂 About 24⅔ years of good fucking riddance</title>
    <published>2025-09-15T04:49:36Z</published>
    <updated>2025-09-15T04:49:36Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Goodbye to bad rubbish BJ, who could make simple things like Madonna being active in the music industry longer than most people of our generation being aware of, plus she didn't look in her early 40s at the time, into some kind of sinister conspiracy theory situation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You were an absolute jackass, and I honestly don't care if you're alive or not except that I might need to avoid you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to Votania and Darkside, who helped me realize what a bad friend BJ was, never mind as a prospective life partner and spouse. Bleck. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This random thought brought to me by the death of Charles Entertainment Kirk, which would probably have been making BJ's circles flail in panic, and hearing a Madonna song on the Doof. (A back episode, we didn't have a SunDoof that I'm aware of.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7994256" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-03-01:369:7993555</id>
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    <title>Galumph!</title>
    <published>2025-09-03T00:41:03Z</published>
    <updated>2025-09-03T00:41:03Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">It turns out that there is a timeout to the "let's test your equipment" for the browser-based telehealth appointments with my therapist. That timeout is 5 minutes. I had to switch to my phone, which is always vexatious for me. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recently, Belovedest hauled Dad's old machine (dubbed Galumph, after the imaginary draft horse stallion Dad always talked about as his preferred riding beast) out to test it and see if it would run. (The massive monitor that came with it did not run, but I have found a suitably crusty-looking TV and other screen based appliance repair shop to attempt a repair.) Galumph ran. Belovedest looked at the specs. "That's a freaking RACK SERVER masquerading as a desktop!!!" they said, or words to that general effect. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So after we returned from the Michigan trip, I told Belovedest that it was time to take them up on their offer to rebox my poor old suffering machine. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I accidentally gave them the wrong figures for my C: and D: drives, so there was a bit of a flurry at first, but after they switched them, they were able to get to a login screen. I opened my Chrome / User Data / Default / Sessions folder, copied the most recent Tabs_* and Session_* files to a subfolder that I've named "Explicit Distrust" and launched my browser. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All 1,5XX tabs opened. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been trying to decrease them a little bit ever since, starting with my Main window, where the tabs tend to proliferate with abandon. (Trying to do this on the old hardware took forever, in addition to me getting distracted by shiny things.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7993555" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-03-01:369:7993273</id>
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    <title>United Healthcare is at it again</title>
    <published>2025-09-03T00:24:08Z</published>
    <updated>2025-09-03T00:24:08Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">United Healthcare sent me a letter, dated August 26, to tell me that they were taking away my primary care of record (not actually my real primary care) -- retroactively not covered since May 16. And assigning me to someone whose UHC profile shows that he only takes 0-17 year old patients.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"If you have any questions" I could call in. Where I learned that there were a lot of those letters sent out in error. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I requested that the UHC phone agent quote me with any creative profanity she'd like to attribute to me when conveying my displeasure to her supervisors. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I called the schedulers listed for my "new primary care", who instructed me to call UHC back to say that I wanted to keep my actual primary care doctor (who I've had since my former nurse-practitioner went into Infectious Diseases. And gave me the "MPI" number of my current doctor, and further instructions on how to make this happen. (But it can't continue happening until tomorrow, because both of them close down their phones at 5.) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kudos to that agent, who was on the phone with me past her scheduled departure time. I thanked her for that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7993273" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-03-01:369:7993032</id>
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    <title>Returned from Mitchagain</title>
    <published>2025-09-01T21:32:51Z</published>
    <updated>2025-09-01T21:34:02Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">I picked a hotel based on price and reviews, and I think I picked poorly. Housekeeping was by request only, but they communicated that exactly bloody nowhere. The staff were universally friendly and courteous, but the lack of communication about that vital issue was overwhelming. I had to request housekeeping on Sunday twice, and the second time the person who arrived with fresh towels and to take away the garbage said something peculiar, about having us on the housekeeping list the next morning. I inquired, and learned that it is a lingering Covid safety policy. I would rather have universal masking as the lingering Covid safety policy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spicy mango frozen margaritas are delicious. We went to a local brewery, I think on Friday after the parish hall setup for the party. S &amp; Z went for the frozen margarita "flight" and we passed the little goblets around for tasting. I tried the raspberry daiquiri (non frozen) and found it too sour. But I was able to enjoy the hot rim on the mango margarita, to the extent that I looked up recipes and got a bottle of Tajín after we got home. We played Sushi Go (except for Mums) and Wizard (except for me). There was no duckie in the big fishbowl drink as they were out. Alas. Hot Rim is our new band, and all the titles of the songs are double entendres, each followed by a B-side entitled "... Vociferously!" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pips' partner H came for Saturday and Sunday, and it was very good to meet them. Belovedest has a sticker on their water bottle reading "I'm the enby sheep", and H is another such enby sheep. And Goth. We took to each other immediately. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The anniversary party was a hit. I even convinced Belovedest to dance with me to "I Will Survive", which I named as "our song" — not incorrect, but it's my song from nerd camp, and I believe their song by way of yeeting the evil ex, rather than our song together. &lt;br /&gt;Cleanup on site was very swift, and we didn't actually have to stack all the chairs. Afterwards at home (the parental home), V and Mums put away leftovers and sorted the salad (cucumber and tomato separate from the lettuce) while the rest of the kid generation gossiped and played games and I carefully pulled the photos off the science fair board and sorted them back into their ziplock bags. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was Sunday brunch, and I think we may not go there again — both of us and perhaps more of the party had mild food poisoning symptoms that afternoon. It didn't ruin our days fully, but I was glad to have my fully stocked medical kit on hand. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Squaredle is one of the family preoccupations. It's a NYT game that resembles Boggle, except it's a composed game rather than random, and the boards vary in size and shape. (One recent one was a 5x5 doughnut, with the middlemost letter missing.) There were also games of Boggle. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did have the new folding power chair for the trip, which saved my strength for the important things. The acquisition is its own story, with the Bastard &amp; Our Lady's own lucks. (This is a distinct entity from the folding scooter, which should arrive later this month.) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Crochet updates:&lt;br /&gt;My #10 crochet cotton super Goth beaded choker is finished with the structural crochet work and needs the final outside beading. I'm waiting on more of the beads. &lt;br /&gt;The self-striping granny triangle shawl has the first triangle complete, and I could wear it like that if I wanted to. Now that I know how it's sized, I've started the second triangle of three to make it a trapezoid. &lt;br /&gt;Secret #10 crochet cotton project with a due date: I need to make a crucial measurement, but I found the perfect button in my collection. Awaiting the first chain. And I am pleased beyond measure to have been commissioned it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yellface is extremely glad we're home. She lectured us at length about having left, in tones I've never heard from her before. That was the extent of her displeasure, fortunately. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I experimented, and got us a first class upgrade on our way out. There was almost enough foot room for Belovedest, and enough elbow room for me. I even napped some. There was a cheese plate, and I felt secure enough in my prophylactic meds to partake. The only problem was the combination of my swoopy sleeves with armrest cup holders, so my right sleeve became saturated with ginger ale for a while. &lt;br /&gt;Coming back was very crammed, even though we were in the premium seats with some extra foot room. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm glad I went.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7993032" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-03-01:369:7992691</id>
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    <title>Michigan, again</title>
    <published>2025-08-21T12:36:07Z</published>
    <updated>2025-08-21T12:36:07Z</updated>
    <dw:music>The Talking Heads</dw:music>
    <dw:mood>silly</dw:mood>
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    <content type="html">Visiting the out-laws with Belovedest. Last night we had dinner out at the Dirty Bird (chicken bar &amp; grill) so this morning's breakfast is leftovers. Which I had in bed, due to the scarcity of tables in the hotel room, and my general unwillingness to get out of bed before nine. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately, breakfast was crispy chicken Caesar salad, with buffalo sauce on the side. And after I finished that, I was dipping baby carrots in the sauce. And there was a spill. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;I can't seem to face up to the facts&lt;br /&gt;I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax&lt;br /&gt;I can't sleep, 'cause my bed's on fire&lt;br /&gt;Don't touch me, I'm a real live wire&lt;br /&gt;Spicy pillow, qu'est-ce que c'est?&lt;br /&gt;Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa, far better&lt;br /&gt;Run-run, run-run-run away&lt;br /&gt;Oh-oh-oh&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7992691" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <title>Extreme amounts of "fun"</title>
    <published>2025-08-16T20:23:20Z</published>
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    <content type="html">Thursday's appointment was one that I knew was going to stir up trauma. The doctor ended up listing that aspect of it as PTSD, which I guess is fair. I always have thought of it as "trauma" rather than PTSD, which is kind of odd in retrospect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wound up taking a small dose of my "street cred" when I realized I was starting to have a trauma response. That turned out to be a good idea. There's a follow up in a few months, and I should pre-medicate for it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Afterwards I got the 32 oz reverse mocha from a local coffee shack. (Not one of the bikini coffee shacks.) With chocolate whipped cream, thank you very much. My first time encountering white coffee espresso in a drink. Interesting and almost floral. I had Belovedest (a bitter supertaster) try it. Still coffee tasting, but not as strongly. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although that's also possibly due to me only having 3 shots of espresso in the drink instead of the usual 6. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would much rather discuss the coffee than the source of the trauma and the appointment, in any event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7992520" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <title>Appointment Week</title>
    <published>2025-08-12T10:09:09Z</published>
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    <content type="html">I have:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* 3 appointments tomorrow, all remote (for later today versions of "tomorrow", because I rarely get to sleep before midnight)&lt;br /&gt;* 2 appointments Wednesday &lt;br /&gt;* Only one appointment Thursday, but it looks like a doozy&lt;br /&gt;* The morning primary care adjacent appointment on Wednesday got scheduled today (Monday) by using the magic combination of phrases "my oncologist said" and "new lump" &lt;br /&gt;* (it's probably a ganglion cyst, since I have a history of those going back to the 1980s)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then I managed to drive myself to Pained Noises &amp; a complete lack of energy today by:&lt;br /&gt;* &lt;span class="cut-wrapper"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class="cut-open"&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class="cut-text"&gt;&lt;a href="https://azurelunatic.dreamwidth.org/7992268.html#cutid1"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class="cut-close"&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7992268" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <title>....!!!</title>
    <published>2025-08-11T02:46:57Z</published>
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    <content type="html">&lt;a href="https://comicbook.com/anime/news/homestuck-animated-series-hazbin-hotel-creators/"&gt;https://comicbook.com/anime/news/homestuck-animated-series-hazbin-hotel-creators/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From the little I've absorbed about Hazbin Hotel, the creators might just be the correct kind of disturbed to do justice to Homestuck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurelunatic&amp;ditemid=7991994" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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