A Secret History

• 11:35 The brackets are off, and I feel fantastic! #
• 13:06 Cutest pedicure EVAR. #
• 19:11 So pleased w/ my hair! Back to my natural dark brown, w/ gorgeous panels of deep purple and blue. Celebratory dinner in SF w/ @tutordennis. #
• 21:38 Stopped at @borderlands_sf to pet Ash, and most unseemly Sphinx-y purring occurred. Also found copy of "Thirteen O'Clock." ow.ly/dqVL #

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• 17:42 @tutordennis: Boys in utility belts are hawt. #
• 18:15 Lovely breakfast in Palo Alto w/ @Xenarthra and his mum, then brought yummy Satura Cakes to @xthread's brunch. #
• 18:43 *squee* Rosalie the batty bat is en route to me: bit.ly/X8h1M #
• 18:50 RT @slurketta: I am "performing" (doing mah drawing thing) at Art of Restraint, the Erotic Bondage Art Salon, at @FeminaPotens tonite! #
• 19:47 @rhiannonstone: My toes are a dark, disconsolate blue! #

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• 09:36 Happy Birthday to the exquisite Steampunk Home blog! thesteampunkhome.blogspot.com/ #
• 09:49 Dark Roasted Blend's "Vintage" category has some lovely finds: tinyurl.com/2lx7uu #
• 10:06 Expired yogurt is the bane of my existence. #
• 11:54 Oh noes, my fav massage therapist has left the facility, and my alternate fella is a bit dotty. #
• 14:48 Excellent ortho appt. And the brackets come out of my mouth on 10 June! Huzzah! #
• 14:54 @shoutingboy: It's a date. ;) #
• 18:36 In Borderlands Books on Valencia, under a vigorously purring Ripley. Also, I have an ice-bat in my purse. #
• 22:00 Ethiopian foods with @tutordennis and hang outs with a friend in the Mission. #
• 23:33 Roasting marshmallows. #
• 23:40 @carnivillain (RE: Pants status: Fancy.): Chances are your pants are not as fancy as the pair of very fancy pants Mr. Fancypants will wear. #
• 23:58 How could I have forgotten that Dudley Do-Right's nemesis on "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show" is named Snidely Whiplash? #

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• 09:09 Sipping green tea. Wishing for a bit of roasted rice or barley to add to it; I ought to bring some to work with me next week. #
• 09:25 Trying to decide btwn tinyurl.com/TMcuffs and tinyurl.com/TMchoker (Which do you think would suit me best?) #
• 09:30 @bookwoman84: Oooh, now I want a parietal eye. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29776134/ #
• 09:34 Many happy returns of the day to delightful @marcet! #
• 09:49 RT @FarmSanctuary: Eat your veggies! Today is the Great American Meatout www.meatout.org/home.htm #veg #
• 09:52 I would like to un-know that there can be more ice-worms in a single glacier than there are humans on Earth. tinyurl.com/dlu7ro #
• 09:56 RT @cephalopodcast: A smack of jellyfish; a gam of whales; a collection of collective nouns www.rinkworks.com/words/collective.shtml #
• 09:58 RT @nerdist: Patrick Stewart on Sesame Street for your last day 'o the work week: bit.ly/iJNTj [ETA: Doing Hamlet, no less!] #
• 11:38 Last night was wicked fun, but feeling sleepy today. Out and about with Hoi Didymoi to ward off sleepies. #
• 22:38 1st 45m massage was deep tissue, v. similar to being topped in a long scene. 2nd 45m was light head/neck sweeps, during which I fell asleep! #
• 22:41 Then BSG party w/ the Scoobies. Saw the last ten min of the show, which is the most BSG I've ever seen. And the kumquat cake was not a lie. #

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• 10:40 At exotic vet w/ our box turtle Gilgamesh. @shoutingboy posted pic of disgruntled Gili to his LJ. http://shoutingboy.livejournal.com/1112439.html/ :D #
• 14:52 Plinky asked me: When did you realize you were an adult? plinky.com/links/6pM #grownup #
• 15:00 Adorable find @ Paxton Gate's children's store: charcoal grey handknit cap w/ kitty ears. Fits me perfectly; I've hardly taken it off since. #
• 16:31 HSUS launches “Hop to It, North America!" campaign: tinyurl.com/d2f8ou #
• 17:19 From the pirate store, book of epitaphs and "cursed" shirt w/ a Victorian chair on the front. www.826valencia.org/store/index.html #
• 18:35 @choklit: Oh yes indeed; just opened in Dec 08: www.paxtongate.com/kids/Cur4Kids.html It's utterly fantastic. #
• 18:40 @InSectus: Oh, welcome to the flock, my dear! (Looky-loo, everyone: insectus.etsy.com/) #
• 20:01 @unwoman: ♪ I like my town with a little drop of poison... ♪ blip.fm/~2c766 #
• 20:13 Make a duct tape flower corsage (wilt-proof!): tinyurl.com/d45r92 #
• 20:17 RT @steamteam: All you folks who've been waiting, we are accepting NEW applications for membership! tinyurl.com/ESTapp #
• 21:30 @mordicai: Is the Superhero 826 awesome? @pomegranates: I really want to visit the Time Travel one in LA. www.826national.org/stores/ #
• 22:12 "What's wrong, Papa?" "My soul is empty. I am dead to the world." "I'm dead toooo!" www.strindbergandhelium.com/home.html #
• 23:18 Creepy Circus Song performed by ArcAttack w/ singing Tesla coils and robotic drummer: tinyurl.com/68j6ts #
• 00:46 RT @colonelfairfax: Just read that "Amadeus" (the play) premiered on Broadway in 1980 with Ian McKellen as Salieri and Tim Curry as Mozart. #
• 02:40 We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day. #

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• 17:15 More flowers, this time from the Grub! Orchids in a charming antique trunk. And @karenbynight just made me some delicious corn chowder. #
• 19:15 Darling @xthread came during my nap to bring me Edgar Mouse Poe, based on 1858 daguerreotype www.alanfbeck.com/egdarmousepoe.html #

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• 13:41 Surgery was completed successfully! I'm ecstatic and recovering well. There's a bit of a pain management issue, but we're figuring it out. #
• 13:44 Incredible gratitude to @shoutingboy, @karenbynight and @tutordennis, who are utterly amazing. And that's not just the pain meds talking. :) #
• 13:45 And the new Scrabble keyboard by @Datamancer is beautiful: www.datamancer.net/keyboards/scrabble/scrabble.htm #

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I've just discovered that threetimes's Sims character is engaged to some floozy. What does he see in her? I feel so betrayed.

We used to have magnetic words up on the fridge, but they got lost in the move. That particular set had, I believe, a cooking theme (which was, of course, misused in various shocking and creative ways). I've been meaning to pick up the Shakespeare set that I saw somewhere, so that I can create scathing impromptu diatribes with lots of amusing and antiquated words. But this will keep me happy until I do. It's 'found' poetry and a Magic 8-Ball rolled up in one.

I finally found the key to the Kryptonite U-lock on my bike. The Strangecycle has been out of commission since we moved and misplaced the key. But it's back! Ah, the feel of cruiser brakes, the glint of the fenders, and the wind in my hair. Woo hoo! I can bike down to the coffeeshop and Thrift Store, and thus limit my purchases to what will fit in the basket.

I like horror movies, both the creepy but subtle ones and the ones with realistic gore. Recent favorites: Dog Soldiers, Cabin Fever, and El Espinazo del Diablo. But I also adore old horror flicks, and was therefore pleased with the following quiz. Ever wonder what kind of zombie you'd be? Well, wonder no longer.


You are a Craven Zombie. Somebody slipped you some
Zombie Dust and now you think you've died and
been resurrected. You must do the bidding of
your evil master as long as he holds your soul
imprisoned. Since you're not really dead, you
can be killed with a well-placed toothpick!

What kind of Zombie are you?
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Cor blimey, I taste like Tea. I am a subtle flavour, quiet and polite, gentle, almost ambient. My presence in crowds will often go unnoticed. Best not to spill me on your clothes though, I can leave a nasty stain. What Flavour Are You?

Speaking of stains, our new vacuum, the Dyson Animal, came with this godlike cleaner called Dyzolv, which removes all sorts of fesky substances (including a pervasive bongwater stain in our family room). Don't know if it works on tea, though.

We're back from Texas! threetimes met us at the airport with bells on, and we came right home to give everybunny much love and ear scritches. I'm just not the same without daily kitty tummy therapy. Not to mention Geo tummy rubs. I'm really looking forward to spending a weekend without traveling anywhere, except maybe to buy a new fridge and pick up the dining room table. The wedding and reception was lovely. The actual ceremony was a bit stilted (e.g. "Take heed to the sage words of the Buddha..."), but I was gratified that it was short and sans Jesus. One minor issue: who plans an outdoor wedding in Austin during July? It was easily over 100˚ (and humid, of course). I pitied those wearing suits and ties. D and I saw Spiderman 2 the day before we left, mostly to enjoy air-conditioned goodness for a couple of hours. Hotel swan update: apparently, there used to be two (brothers). One consumed a quarter thrown in by an irreverent guest, fell ill, and was violently killed by the other. The tragedian in me appreciates the storyline, but human hubris should be followed by human suffering, not, as is pervasive in our society, that of other animals.

I spend yesterday in bed, and last night at Kaiser, securing antibiotics and codeine-enhanced syrup for this icky illness I've been trying to ignore for a couple of weeks now. I rarely get sick, and I wanted to stave this one off with sheer willpower, as I usually do, but finally succumbed. I went to work today, went swimming and hiked around Lincoln Park, and I feel tons better already.