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Nov. 12th, 2009
Hello everyone! I just stumbled across this community and couldn't resist. :-) My husband and I have a German Shepherd/Australian Cattle Dog mix who, in our unbiased opinion (haha), is the best dog in the universe! Her name is Sadie and we adopted her from a shelter on April 28th, 2005. Her age at the time was estimated to be about 8 months old, so she is fiveish now. Based on her behavior when we first got her, we are guessing that she was abused as a pup, so we are so grateful to be her family now. Here is a version of her looking like a "good" puppy. :-)
Nov. 11th, 2009
Patricia Kimmi was abducted on Friday night.
Have you seen her?
Do you know anything?
She has blue eyes and brown hair.
She has a lovely smile.
She is a good person.
She never showed up for a shopping trip.
Have you seen her?
I remember reaching out to touch the half gallon carton after pouring milk for cereal as a child. I asked my mother why there was a person’s picture on the container. She told me, hugging me tightly, that they put missing children on milk cartons. I couldn’t understand what the children could be missing, was it their favorite stuffed animal or the bike they rode to school? She explained that some people liked to take children away from their parents. That sometimes they’d keep them and people would have to look for them for years. It was then that the word take sent cold fear through my tiny body. The notion that someone could take me away from my family and I could never see them again was terrifying. It led to me asking about the kids on the cartons, who they were, and what their names were. I’d say a prayer for those kids and hope they made it home safely.
Through the years I have always stopped to listen at reports of missing children, missing adults, and missing elders. I would feel a sense of dread for the family, replace that with a sense of hope, say a little prayer and go about my day. I never thought about what it would feel like to wait for news of a missing loved one. No one in my family has ever gone missing and while I was willing to pray for the people I saw on TV or heard on the radio, I never put much thought or emotion behind it.
Until this past weekend.
Pat Kimmi has been missing since Friday night.
Pat is a long time friend of mine. I met her on the internet. That is a statement that always makes non-internet people turn away. They tell me that I can never know someone that I meet on the net. They say the person can be anyone, they can have big, dark, secrets. I laugh. I probably have my own big, dark secrets.
I have been reading Pat’s messages for years on a horse related e-mail list. Pat is always the first to offer prayers in a bad situation, or give comfort when someone is feeling a little down. She writes endless stories about her wonderful children and grandchildren. There is always a good dose of humor thrown in for good measure and even rough patches can be kissed by sunshine, or lightened by her strong faith. Pat is the kind of grandma that no kid would be embarrassed to be seen with, the kind of person who anyone would like, and the kind of friend everyone would hope to have.
The news stories say that on Friday night she was forcibly taken from her home. They report evidence of a struggle on her front porch. Her purse, cell phone, and car were all found at her home. She is still missing despite days of searching. They have used dogs, helicopters and search parties, only turning up her partial dentures, and perhaps other evidence they are withholding from media attention.
It’s so hard not to speculate. I’ve been told that speculating doesn’t help anyone, and I know this is true but it’s horrible feeling powerless to help a friend. On Sunday night after hearing she was missing, I couldn’t sleep. I wanted to be doing something useful. I wanted to help, but there was nothing I could do but wait, and days later, that is still all I can do, wait and pray. I tried to keep myself from dreaming, wondering if I’d have nightmares of scenarios played out in my head. Last night though I was too tired to do anything but fall into a deep sleep. When I did, instead of dreaming of Pat I dreamt of all sorts of missing people. I dreamt all over the world and in other languages. It was like traveling through a sea of missing people news broadcasts, milk cartons, and search parties. Maybe I was searching for Pat in my dreams.
She is out there somewhere. All of us who know her want her home again. Despite the grim outlook of the situation we must hope for the very best because hope is what she would tell us to do.
I do not know what brings an individual to the evil act of taking someone from their own home. I doubt I will ever understand. All those years, all those missing people I saw on TV, I’m starting to understand how horrible it is to wait for answers. I’m sure my worry is nothing compared to that of her family, and so my prayers go out to them, with all the heartfelt emotion I can give. I won’t say a half felt prayer for a missing person again. No, now I’ll mean it every time.
I hope that those who know something about her disappearance will step forward and give voice. I hope that they will do the right thing. She would do the right thing.
As for Pat, may Creator go with her where ever she may be. May she feel our love and the strength of the prayers from all of us where ever she is. May she come home to the open arms of her loving family and friends. May she survive to shine another smile on all of us. May she be safe and soon free from her captor’s grasp.
In the news
http://www.ktka.com/news/2009/nov/10/search-continues-missing-horton-woman/
http://www.kctv5.com/video/21559852/index.html
http://www.hiawathaworldonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=21&ArticleID=3563
http://cjonline.com/news/state/2009-11-11/search_on_for_missing_woman
When your neighbors have been having a band practice for the past hour, the purpose of which you can only suppose is to advertise their existence as the least musically-talented band ever tot he entire world, because they insist on amplifying their practice at 11, and you realize that you have spent the last ten minutes thinking that, if you were a werewolf, you could knock on the front door and when someone answered the door dash inside and rip out everyone's jugular with your fangs, all the while howling your rage and sense of release to the world until finally you were done and it was silent and you could go back to your nice quiet aerye, bathed in still-hot human blood but happy.
Current Music: make the drums stop!!!
I started a series at my Dazed (save ends) gaming blog about Accessibility and Tabletop Gaming -- specifically, roleplaying games such as Dungeons and Dragons. So far I've looked at the accessibility of rulebooks and of dice, and I've got several more posts planned since it's not a small topic.
I'd welcome feedback, insight, and personal experiences from anyone who'd care to comment!
Posted to the NCAM announcement list
The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media at WGBH (NCAM) has written guidelines for content providers who would like to create accessible iTunes U media via captions, subtitles and audio descriptions. This guidelines document provides step-by-step documentation on creating fully accessible media, including:
- Closed captions and audio descriptions that the user can turn on or off as needed.
- Open subtitles and descriptions that are available to everyone watching or listening.
- Closed subtitles for adding multiple language tracks to video files.
- Accessible PDFs.
Also included with the guidelines are links to eight video and audio clips that illustrate the various forms of accessible media discussed in the document. Using these guidelines, iTunes U content providers can create content that all people can learn from including people with vision and
hearing loss.
To access the Creating Accessible iTunes U Content guidelines document and related media, see Creating Accessible iTunes U Content on Apple's iTunes site,
<http://deimos3.apple.com/webobjects/core.woa/browse/wgbh.org.2010579900>.
About NCAM and WGBH
The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media at WGBH is a research, development and advocacy entity that works to make existing and emerging technologies accessible to all audiences. NCAM is part of the Media Access Group at WGBH, which also includes The Caption Center (est. 1972), and Descriptive Video Service® (est. 1990). For more
information, visit http://access.wgbh.org.
WGBH Boston is America's preeminent public broadcasting producer, the source of fully one-third of PBS's prime-time lineup, along with some of public television's best-known lifestyle shows and children's programs and many public radio favorites. For more information, visit http://www.wgbh.org.
1. I just downloaded the free Kindle for PC
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_pc_mkt_lnd?docId=1000426311
and it installed fine but a final window comes up for registering the program, and that step seems to be totally inaccessible, with no links I can locate with a screen reader.
Have other people had a better experience?
And speaking of the Kindle and access:
2. A couple of universities have rejected using the Kindle for textbook use until Amazon improves the accessibility
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jEvsVQEnfo1Y-ibxGgcsCqTzjOJwD9BT4BD81
By RACHEL METZ (AP)
SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon's Kindle can read books aloud, but if you're blind it can be difficult to turn that function on without help. Now two universities say they will shun the device until Amazon changes the setup.
And two more links to articles which reflect the state of accessible education at the university level
3. University's disabled population increasing: Students worry about lack of support staff.
http://www.diamondbackonline.com/news/university-s-disabled-population-increasing-1.863397
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The number of students with disabilities at [U of Maryland] has increased 18 percent over two years, echoing a nation-wide trend, but disabled students worry they may not have sufficient support on the campus.
Enrollment among disabled students nationally jumped 49 percent from 2000 to 2008, compared with a 27 percent increase in total students, according to a Government Accountability Office report. Despite the increases here and nationally, the campus’ Disability Support Services only has four counselors to advocate for and help more than 1,400 students. Of the four, two are part-time graduate students, and one exclusively advises those who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.
4. Higher Education and Disability: Education Needs a Coordinated Approach to Improve Its Assistance to Schools in Supporting Students
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-33
Summary
Research suggests that more students with disabilities are pursuing higher education than in years past, and recent legislative changes, such as those in the Higher Education Opportunity Act and Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008, have the potential to increase the number and diversity of this population. GAO was asked to examine (1) what is known about the population of postsecondary students with disabilities; (2) how postsecondary schools are supporting students with disabilities; (3) what challenges, if any, schools face in supporting these students; and (4) how the Department of Education is assisting schools in supporting these students. [...]
I found this essay to be one of the most exciting pieces written on the subject of genre, and I don't just say that because I am one of Henry's former media studies grad students. I can't recall the last time an introductory essay got me so revved to read the rest of the book. Seriously, I think this is an essay that everyone who reads genre fiction should read, and now you can.
http://www.interstitialarts.org/essays/jenkins_on_not_belonging.php
Nov. 10th, 2009
Nixon's guidework was *PHENOMENAL* today!!!! It certainly brings my mood to extremely cheerful and chatty to the point of driving my mother up the wall (LEAVE ME ALONE I AM TRYING TO STUDY!)
I had to go to an unfamiliar place, the city hall, to pick up a document before the next AAC meeting next week, scanning a document, but looks like I will be dealing with a different document instead *grin*
Anyhow, I walked there, and crossed the intersection. This is where the new thing begins. At this point, i was not sure if the construction of the front area of the building had been completed, sure enough it was, as I didn't seem to see any yellow tape in front of me. In new areas, I am considered functionally blind, as all I can see is just basically colours and shapes. I new the building was in front of me, I told Nixon forward. I decided to let him take over from then at that point. We discovvered stairs, that were grey in colour that blended in so much I had no idea if tiwas stairs or some kind of wall. Nixon took his time up since I couldn't reocgnize any possibilities of a handrail for me to grab on. Once we reached the top, I assumed I had reached the main floor, note that we were still outside. I knew we were close. "Nixon, find the door." I just lead him the way. I didn't even know where the doors were, I knew they'd be on my right, but at what point to direct him. I praised him as he cautiously moved me around posts (?) and he did find doors; not windows, but DOORS!!!! He got major praise. Once I got inside past the double-doors, at this point, I knew the reception area was to my left for general questions/enquiries etc, but to my right, I had no idea. This is as far I've ever walked in this building... "Nixon, find the elevator." He took me to the right, up to a glass wall at first, I repeated again, "Find the elevator". He turned me around and stopped right at the elevator doors, which was *BRIGHT RED*. This is the only place in town that I know that has a talking elevator that sounds like it has a British accent... no wait, there is the university, otherwise, everything else it doesn't and I have to rely on the braille or large visual landmarks to tell me where I am. I headed up to the second floor. I looked left once I got off the elevator, only to see a room to the right, that looked like a meeting room, but was not sure, so I told Nixon left, and saw something blue, and told Nixon to find the counter... INCREDIBLE!!!! Retracing my steps back out was very easy, since I had to come back to city hall later as the materials I originally wanted to pick up was out, so they had to photocopy them for me.
*take break to pet kitty sitting on my arm-rest of my chair*
Now, here's where everything went amazing!!! The second time I visited the city hall, I went out to go back to Tim Hortons where Mom was studying for school. We reached the curb, a four-way intersection that is usually particularly quiet and no issues. I saw a vehicle heading in the opposite direction of my parellel, once that vehicle started to move, I said, "Nixon ... Forward". Another vehicle that was parellel to me on my right, must've sped up since at the time of visual and auditory check, he wasn't there, so must've been speeding, since I had only crossed half-way when Nixon *SHOVED* me hard to the left ... so hard, when I saw the truck in my line of vision speeding right in front of me!!!! I thought Nixon was veering for some reason, puddles maybe, but it was a tremendous traffic check. That truck was fairly close to me, that I didn't even hear turning either! Once I approached the curb, i stopped and praised Nixon up quite well. It is extremely rare I encounter such drastic traffic checks in my area since 90% of the time, people are extremely aware of right-of-way, etc.
I thought I was dragging me feet and Nixon waking me up shoving me hard!!!!
My baby saved my life, I can't imagine what could have happened if I used my white cane! I shared mom this story, and dad as well, this occurence, and they were shaking there head!
I *had* to brag about this phenomenal guide-work of his! Even his curb approaches and stairs were absolutely phenomenal.....
What a better dog could I ask for?
Recently our "little" terrorist puppy started waking us up in a most unpleasant way: By throwing up the contents of her stomach. We feed her at night around 7:30ish, she goes in her crate for 30 minutes after eating to let it settle, and then she hangs out with us in the living room the rest of the night. She will then wake us up anywhere between 6:30 and 8 am by doing that really gross sounding "furball" noise and then she throws up (it smells AWFUL by the way). Her pooping habits are normal (goes the same amount as before, doesnt have the runs), and she doesn't act sick (lethargic, sleeps a lot), even immediately before or immediately after throwing up. If we let her out of her crate and get her outside in time (usually she starts licking her "lips" a lot before she starts furball-noising), she'll devour grass like its steak.
We have fed her only two kinds of food in her just-over-a-year of life: Innova Large Breed Puppy and Innova Large Breed Adult food. She's never had a problem with it. The past two nights we have fed her only white rice, and as far as we know she has not thrown up (we both had to work early yesterday morning so she could have done it after we left, and husband didn't witness any barfage this morning). Which leads me to think that its her food that's making her sick, for some reason.
Any advice or insight you can offer? I'm kind of at a loss and don't really want to take her to the vet if its as simple as changing food.
07:22 pm
Dear classmate,
When we're talking about perception and sensory distortion in philosophy and I bring up the fact that a psychotic episode is more common than diabetes, you might not want to object by saying "Well if you're not a PSYCHO..."
Way to make anyone in the room who's experienced psychosis feel stigmatised.
Yours,
that physically ill chick who doesn't like it when other people with disabilities are attacked.
I think there's a danger inherent in identifying with a group in that the world can then be divided into US (members of the group) and THEM (people who aren't members of the group). This is particularly tempting within groups that have faced oppression by another group. This danger is that the group's identity can center around the oppression from THOSE people instead of centering around characteristics of the group (which would include the oppression, but as ONE characteristic among many instead of as THE defining factor).
For example:
Armenians are a group who suffered a genocide under Ottoman Turkey that has yet to be acknowledged by the current Turkish government.
vs.
Armenians are an ethnic group with roots around a specific area near the Mediterranean, who tend to be predominantly Christian, enjoy a mix of Mediterranean food (hummus) with ethnic food (piazz), enjoy a certain kind of music and speak a certain language, who have a history both as a diaspora ethnic group and a group tied to a specific location, etc.
This is actually a problem I have with many Armenian lobbying groups, whose only focus seems to be formal recognition by Turkey of the Genocide(s).
This can also be a problem within the disabled community, as we can too often lose focus of who we are without focusing on our oppression by able-bodied individuals. Instead of defining our group experience around the oppression we've faced (and note that I am not at all denying that oppression exists), it might be healthier to focus on who we are. In that light, I'd like to explore who we, the disabled, are in terms of where our limits come from, instead of who our oppressors are.
To be disabled means that most of our limits are bodily: whether physical, mental, or emotional.I see two advantages to thinking about disability this way. The first is that it offers us an identity without making able-bodied people into a THEM. The second is that it gives us a way to relate to non-disabled people: they are people whose limits come primarily from without instead of from within (for example, from society, class, gender, finances, etc.). This way of thinking about it also offers a range: those who we would normally think of as able-bodied could have moments in their lives when they experience what it is like to be disabled.
These thoughts come from an email discussion I've been having with a good friend, who asked me some hard questions about my identity as disabled.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/thinking.gif)
contemplative
Artist: Klimek
Album: Movies Is Magic
Label: Anticipate
Country: Germany
Style: Ambient, Electronic, Minimal
Quality: MP3 | 320 kbps (VBR)
Total time: 00:49:42
Size: 100,3 Мб
Link 1: Download|СкачатьLink 2: Download|Скачать
Известный берлинский музыкант-любитель Себастьян Майсснер (Sebastian Meissner) - "Klimek", в октябре 2009 года выпустил свой новый альбом "Movies Is Magic" состоящий из пространственного саунда и инструментального эмбиента..
( Tracklist>>> ) 10:30 pm
I am reading and posting when I feel up to it, many backlogged entries on my FList.
Now off to bed after a exciting day. I have a long day tomorrow for Nixon. I am visiting a friend in the morning and in the afternoon, ASL practice with a friend. Later at night is bowling.
Nixon is going to be tired!
Cold Graey продолжает выкладывать свой бэк-каталог в свободный доступ.
Stpocold - What happened outside
Диск был выпущен лимитированным тиражом в 2007 году, сейчас почти распродан, но мы решили сделать его доступным для большего количества людей.
Музыка представляет собой вариации на тему power electronics. Как недавно сказал один из слушателей: "Нойз сделанный живым человеком, а не приборами."
Обзор на Radiodrone
На страницу загрузки
Можно прослушать, для скачки доступны FLAC и mp3 VBR.
Nov. 9th, 2009
As I have mentioned in
A previous entry
I will be heading off to the hotel where i will train eventually with the
Guidedog
This is just to get me familiar with the layout of the hotel, so that I have one less thing to worry about when i go to train. I will be going from Wednesday 11, to Friday 12 November. That's this week!!!!!!!!!
Well for the past few days i've been shitting it, because i'm still worrying about the gait.
Today my rehab worker came round to make sure i was comfortable with the whole idea, and to sort out any last minute worries. Well i discussed the gait, and what the Guidedog mobility instructors would say. My rehab worker says that it is not an assessment or anything, and that it is just to get me familiar with the hotel, and so that i am prepared and am used to being in a hotel for when i get the dog. This put my mind at rest a bit, and i'm glad that I will get to talk to the Guidedog mobility instructor about the gait. We both agree that i have blown the gait way out of proportion in my mind.
After sorting that out, i asked about what the skedule would be. I am going to be piicked up between 9.30 and 10 o'clock on the Wednesday morning. We will get to the hotel at about 11 o'cloc, where we will do orientation around our rooms. After that, it's lunch.
After lunch will be orientation around the rest of the hotel. Then possibly going through the route around the hotel, then dinner.
Thursday morning will be mobility around the grounds of the hotel again, lunch, then a walk with the Short handle. After that it's dinner again.
Friday morning will possibly be a walk with a dog, then lunch, then probably home.
That's about all i know for now.
I have a small delema though. My rehab worker wants me to bring my laptop, as he wants it to feel like home. I was going to bring it only on the three weeks of actual dog training, but i don't know. Should i bring it on these days? I am not sure what i will be doing at night, so i'm not sure if i should bring the laptop. What do you all reckon? My sister says yes, but i don't know. Maybe i'll sleep on it and see in the morning.
I am actually getting quite excited now. Now that i know what's going to happen, i'm not as worried. I'm still slightly worried, but not that worried now.
If you get a post from me on Wednesday then i'll have brought the laptop. I just hope it goes okay.
I may write in here after all the work is done on Wednesday, or else i'll just write when i come back. After i'm settled in my room, i might write a short entry too. Who knows. This is not dog training. It's just to get me used to the hotel.
Whatever happens, i'll post sometime. Just thought i'd let you all know what was happening, and to keep you all up to date on my progress.
Current Mood: still anxious, but excited too
Not mine, but this one will haunt me for a while:
pubic transportation.
And this showed up in a very pubic announcement e-mail.
Artist: Kettel
Album: Myam James. 2 Parts
Year: 2008-2009
Stile: IDM, Downtempo, Ambient, Electronic
Bitrate: 320
Size, Мб: 236
( links, info )
Dead Air 2: The Genre on the Doorstep by Nicholas Kaufmann
http://irosf.com/q/zine/article/10599 ,
the second part of his interview/discussion with Jack M. (Haringa LJ user mssrcrankypants), is now online at The Internet Review of Science Fiction Web site.
My own thoughts: while I often rant about my loathing of such phrases as "literary horror" and "psychological horror," I have to reluctantly agree that some phrase that distinguishes the more intellectually-challenging variety of horror might be necessary, as the images which have come to be frequently associated with horror as a genre do service to neither the genre nor its more discerning fans. The increasing prevalence of torture, gratuitous gore, sadistic and ever-less-likely methods of slaughter, and (an element which was not mentioned in the article but which I maintain has become more rampant in the genre) the victimization of women and children: these are the features of contemporary horror which I spend a lot of time and effort attempting to sift through in order to get to "the good stuff," namely, horror stories which use the tropes and conventions of horror to reflect upon the shadowy spaces of our modern world, our sense of reality, our own psyches.
One thing which strikes me is that, unlike fans of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and other such genres, many horror fans such as myself seem to be expressing a certain ambivalence toward the very name used to signify the genre. How can I resent the reluctance on the part of publishers to put the word "horror" on a book when I have to agree with them that it is likely to turn off a large number of potential readers who are not interested in the level of gore and violence which currently runs through the genre? (Refer to Deb LeBlanc's comments about describing her books as "horror" to potential readers in this interview
http://jonathanmaberry.com/still-scary-after-all-these-years ).
I'm not talking about being transgressive here, something which I have always loved about horror--I'm talking about the way most horror at this point seems to merely go for the gross-out and the buckets of gore. If I read one more story where the big surprise is supposed to be that the protagonist is a cannibal *yawn*. Or twins *yawn*. Or cannibal twins (okay, I haven't actually read one of those stories yet).
The point of many of these stories seems not to be to present things like a moral, a theme, or even a new and interesting insight into the human psyche and its sense of reality , no, the big idea of many of these stories seems merely to be able to shock, to go one step further than previous incarnations of the same story, and basically, I believe the true sensation of shock requires making an intellectual, emotional, or psychological connection. People whose sole aim is to be intentionally offensive or shocking are, in my mind, rarely creative, just good at pressing all the buttons until they get a reaction. Do they have anything new or interesting to say? No. Do they have any point in what they're doing, other than their own vicarious amusement? No. Are they transgressive in the sense of changing or challenging the status quo? No. So what's the point?
My point is: I want my horror fiction to have a point. I want to get to the end and have the desire to go back and examine how the good parts fit together, how it says something about human nature, how it provides commentary and/or variation on what's come before. Basically, how it takes for granted that I, as a reader, am an intelligent and curious reader who is knowledgeable about the genre and is expecting--or at least hoping for--something original.
A post
http://followthereader.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/the-day-it-all-changed/
about Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive Founder and Chief Librarian, and his
“BookServer” project
http://www.archive.org/bookserver
Notable quotes:
1.
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• Next he announced that not only were these files available in ePub form, but that they were available in the “Daisy” format as well. Daisy is the format
used to create Braille and Text to Speech software interpretations of the work.
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and
2.
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• Next up, Mike McCabe of IA, came up and demonstrated how files in the Daisy format could be downloaded to a PC then downloaded to a device from Humana,
specifically designed for the reading impaired. The device used Text-to-speech technology to deliver the content, but what was most amazing about this
device was the unprecedented ease at which a sight impaired person could navigate around a book, moving from chapter to chapter, or to specific pages in
the text.
• Brewster took a break from the demonstrations to elaborate a couple of facts, the most significant of which was the fact the books in the worlds libraries
fall into 3 categories. The first category is public domain, which accounts for 20% of the total titles out there – these are the titles being scanned
by IA. The second category is books that are in print and still commercially viable, these account for 10% of the volumes in the world’s libraries. The
last category are books that are “out of print” but still in copyright. These account for 70% of the titles, and Brewster called this massive amount of
information the “dead zone” of publishing. Many of these are the orphan titles that we’ve heard so much about related to the Google Book Settlement –
where no one even knows how to contact the copyright holder.
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Today I didn't cry! Whoo!
Seriously, thank you to everyone who sent links to music, or recipes, or commented with news of babies walking, or puppy-cam-of-unbelievable-adorableness, or fannish news. These were most excellent things.
Last week started improving by Friday, but I was feeling pretty darn wiped out at that point. I had an orgo test on Friday afternoon, and most of my studying time had been used up for, you know, sniveling instead, so I made the executive decision to a) stop trying to study on Thursday night and opt, instead, to go to bed early and get plenty of sleep so I could b) wake up early on Friday, skip all my morning classes, and use the time to study. I basically showed up to take the test, and then went home again. (He emailed grades last night: 92%. Booyah)
I only left the house twice more all weekend: once to drop my roommate off at the airport, and once to have lunch w/ the two students who dropped out of the program. Otherwise I spent a lazyass weekend idly poking at my physics homework. It was nice.
And now we're on to the lather, rinse, repeat portion of our program. Although, holy shit, I have less than a month left of the semester, don't I? Thanksgiving is in *two fucking weeks*, omg, and then there's probably 2 more weeks of school and finals. Holy crap.
Note to self: get yer ass in gear with the writing of the personal statement.
Now, I like you. Really, I do. No, not like that - you're more than old enough to be my Dad. But you're funny, you're friendly, and when you're not busy proving that it IS in fact possible to PMS with only one X chromosome, you're actually a really nice guy. But good grief, you can be an ass sometimes.
Now, it is no big secret in the lab that you have pre-diabetes and high blood pressure, and you're deaf in one ear, and your hearing really kinda sucks in the other. We all know this. I even know why you have bad hearing, and it's not age or the fact that you're a Vietnam vet - you mentioned that you got caught in a lab explosion some years back. Ouch, man - you have my sympathy, you really do. However, the fact that you have bad hearing, are a vet (incidentally, thank you for that. No, really, no sarcasm - thank you), and OMG get diability from the VA... does not give you a monopoly on TEH DISABLED in the lab. Not everyone at work realizes that I have Asperger's Syndrome, but courtesy of a random discussion one night on why I sweep the lab when everyone else prefers the shop vac, you are one of the ones who does. I have sensory integration disorder, and vacuum cleaners set it off. I'd sooner use the broom, thanks.
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Still love, but frustrated nonetheless,
Allison
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aggravated
Current Music: Meet The Elements - They Might Be Giants
Nov. 8th, 2009
Hi Everyone,
I am a blind sociology major looking for people to interview for a study. I want to look at patterns of bloggers with disabilities, why you blog, benefits of blogging, reasons to write ETC. Your names and identifying information are kept confidential. I can do instant messaging or phone interviews which are 0.5-1 hour. If you are interested, my email is latinanewschic@hotmail.com or you can send an LJ message.
Thanks for your help!
A new release from Mister Vapor. Here are two mid- to- longform pieces on the familiar subject of deep space. They are compositions, true, and they are also minimal and melodic, verging on sheer atmospheria. Good for peripheral listening; excellent with headphones.
'Slipping The Bonds' at Archive.org
So i wonder will Matt go back from Costereeka? It's getting really interesting!!!!! Remember don't read if you don't want to know what happens.
Tasters
While Adam plans to re-route his footpath, the villagers of Ambridge continue plodding along the path of life… Susan marches forth, red in the face and furious about recent events at the Village Shop; her path is definitely the warpath, strewn with rocky rebukes and flinty frustration. The doom-laden Matt meanwhile is practically in chains and, in his mind at least, treading the weary path to prison. While Lilian itches to fly above it all and move forward to confront the future, Matt’s going nowhere fast. Ed is flying high, although his bitter brother obstructs the path of progress and impedes his course. Will the boys ever build a bridge? I wouldn’t hold your breath. Helen’s feet haven’t touched the ground since she embarked on a relationship with Leon; let’s just hope she doesn’t come to earth with a bang as he charms the female population of Ambridge… It’s The Archers!
Don’t miss Wednesday when it’s crunch time for Matt; will he or won’t he head home for the trial?
Sunday: Brian gets bossy
Monday: Susan’s on the warpath
Tuesday: Will gets in the way
Wednesday: Lilian heads home
Thursday: Matt faces the music
Friday: Helen’s so happy
Enjoy!!!! More next week!!!
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Hi,
I'm chris, a spastic diplegic from vienna, austria.
I just started looking into qigong and tai chi. It seems to me there is vast potential there for dealing with CP.
So, if anyone around here has any experience in that matter, I'll be delighted to hear from you!
A few points and a real update later.
- paper is still unwritten
- at NIU until tomorrow.
- found another amazing apartment that is on campus.
- watched a play.
- it hasn't rained while i've been here.
- i'm hoping that all works out in the end.
- have to make decisions regarding school and such
- have yet to meet with Beatrice about DRS
- determined to move out in january
- have other plans if barb and josh decide they don't want to move out.
- Transvac (Dekalb's Paratransit) is being cut... <insert bad words>
- need to do homework
- jim needs a bath.
- still deciding on a ukelele that I want to buy.
- lots of things happening.
So yeah - I'll elaborate later. *grin*
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Current Music: Lifehouse - Storm
hello, my name is shelby, but that is besides the point
does anyone know someone who has BCH? Kinda stupid question, but im looking for someone to talk to
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lonely
Current Music: Uprising- Muse
In the past week, I have finished three books. I posted their reviews to an email list I'm on, but figured I would crosspost them here, since I haven't put anything up here as of late.
Book 1: Dayworld
Library of Congress Annotation:
Dayworld
Farmer, Philip Jose. Read by Roy Avers. .
Science Fiction
It is 3414 A.D. The world has become so crowded that the New
Era government has decreed a vertical calendar during which each person is
allowed to live
one day each week. The rest of the time the person is in a
state of suspended animation. Jeff Caird is a "daybreaker," a
criminal; he lives every day of
the week. Caird is pursuing the mad genius Chang Castor, and
is being pursued by government investigators. Some strong language.
I think I discovered this book when looking on the Bard site
at the Recently-added Books I forget how long ago - not recently. Anyway, I
hadn’t ever read anything like this before, and so figured I would try it. I
very much enjoyed the read. It was interesting to me how Farmer crafted the main
character in that he had seven different identities--even multiple wives--to try
and keep straight. The plot was very easy to follow, and not overly complicated,
in my opinion. Not reading anything similar to this, I can’t really compare it
to anything else I’ve read as of yet. If you like suspense and good guys
chasing bad guys, I would recommend reading it.
Book 2: The Time Traveler’s Wife
Library of Congress Annotation:
The Time Traveler's Wife
Niffenegger, Audrey. Read by Annie Wauters. Reading time 17
hours 31 minutes.
Romance
Librarian Henry DeTamble first meets his future wife, Clare,
when he is twenty-eight and Clare is twenty--but Clare has actually known Henry
since she was
six. Henry suffers from Chrono-Impairment, a disorder that
catapults him sporadically through time, complicating the couple's enduring
love. Some explicit
descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2003.
I’m not usually one for romance, but I very much enjoyed
this book. It wasn’t all mushy and sappy, which is probably why I liked it; I’m
not really into that kind of thing. I don’t think there was one character in
that book that I didn’t like. There were times when one in particular, (Gomez),
really irked me, but overall, Niffenegger makes the characters out to be nice
guys. The plot in this book is very simple; Henry, Clare’s boyfriend and then
husband, time travels at random, and she is left to deal with the present, wondering
when he will again reappear. If you’re looking for a easy, light read, I would
recommend this book.
Book 3: Dear Valued Customer: You are a Loser
Library of Congress Annotation:
Dear Valued Customer, You Are a Loser: And Over One Hundred
Other Embarrassing and Funny Stories of Technology Gone Mad
Broadhead, Rick. Read by Roy Avers. Reading time 6 hours 37
minutes.
Science
Author, literary agent, and entrepreneur presents a
selection of more than one hundred anecdotes documenting humorous, bizarre, or
unfortunate incidents
enabled by technology. He recounts e-mail gags and gaffes,
banking blunders, high-tech hoaxes, telecom snafus, media mistakes, and
government glitches.
2004.
The title of this book is self-explanatory. It’s another
very light and funny read. The fact that all of the anecdotes are true makes it
even more humorous. The book covers everything from customer service glitches
to media mistakes to computer errors. I recommend this book to anyone looking
for some comic relief.
I am in the middle of Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult. I'm finding it pretty predictable, and not really original. I recognize certain aspects of the book from other books/authors. I still intend to finish it, however. I'm not sure I'll read anything else from her, at least for awhile.
SEPTA, (Philly's public transit system), is on strike, and so goalball practice was canceled today. As such, I've been pretty lazy for all of it, but that's okay with me. I finished book 3, (listed above), and drifted in and out of sleep for an hour or so this afternoon. I'm not sure what else to write about, so this is when I call it an entry and post. Moore soon.
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okay
I am considering attempting to trade my Yamaha PSR530 in and see how much credit it gives me toward purchase of a weighted keyboard. I have been so out of the keyboard loop for a long time. Does anyone have thoughts on this process? I primarily use my keyboard as a MIDI controller and let Cakewalk Sonar do the real work. What are my options?, preferably to keep costs as low as possible?
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Nov. 7th, 2009
Hi everyone.
I thought it might be nice to have a community for blindness conventions. Seeing as there are two consumer groups, I have created two communities: ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif)
acb_con and nfb_con.
In these communities, you can discuss upcoming conventions, state and national. I thought it might be nice to be able to network in communities having to do with each group so we wouldn't have to flood this community as convention times draw nearer.
Feel free to join and start talking about any upcoming cons.
Tif
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"Fill this out & take it upstairs."
Buh?
"We also have an elevator, if you'd like to use that."
Buh?"
Fill out paper. Stand there looking around, twiddling my thumbs.
"Did you want to use the elevator?"
Again. Buh?
"Yeah... Obviously. I was just about to carry my 13 pound walker up the stairs."
Look, lady.. Even if I had the ability to carry my 13 pound walker up the stairs, it would seriously hurt my back. These things don't just disappear.
Исполнитель: Адо
Альбом - Останови меня ночь
Год - 1990
Жанр - рок
Продолжительность - 34:15
Битрейт - 192
Размер - 34 Мв
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