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Who the Heck Invited John Ashcroft?
Posted Jan 12, 2002
Two days back, already "moderated."
I'd call it getting the shaft. (Moderators: I'm talking about a mine shaft and not John Shaft, 70's pop icon, so please don't moderate this post)
Now I don't want to say the moderaters are facist (Moderators: I said "don't"), but when you don't let PG stuff go, you become less of a "Moderator" and more of a "Puritin."
Free speech is becoming more and more of an issue in my country, with secret service agents and FBI agents sent to art galeries (Source: Christian Science Monitor) by a right-wing government that cheated it's citizens--mostly minorities--to gain power. Heck, by writing "I hope George Bush gets impeached," it is concievable that I could have federal agents at my door tomorrow. (Federal Agents: The quotation marks do not mean that I would ever write such a thing, at least not in public)
This is not a site for children, so why do you limit my vocabulary. I have to consider if every word I write breaks the very loosly defined "House Rules." I don't think that's fair or right. I can understand removing established "curse" words, but moderating innuendo is a tricky and potentially subversive thing.
Having said all this, I'm pretty sure you'll moderate me for trying to start a flame war.
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New Year: Fresh Pine Scent
Posted Jan 9, 2002
They say practice makes perfect, and I need to practice writing. That is why I am back in full effect.
I still hate the swearing ban and my sadly demised journal, but I can work through these. Expect a new page with all the curse substitutes I will use on this page, and expect me not to write anything I really want to keep only in my journal.
I will make personal updates, but I will try to keep it to a minimum. Few of you care about my sob stories, and the truth is I care even less. Comedy is my hobby, and will be my career I hope. This will be my test market.
So hello once more, and this timw I won't be so whiny.
SW
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No one's going to read this but...
Posted Dec 12, 2000
Well it's been a shitty four weeks. It started with my grandmother dying of a heart attack, to the suprise of everyone, and continues with the heart attack, subsequent 2 weeks in ICU, and death of my grandfather, to the surprise of no one.
To be honest, they were both a suprise to us all, but we had expected my grandfather ("Pop") to die for a long time. Mom related stories to me about how her and Dad had been worried on any number of occasions. This had happened at least a decade and a half ago, because that was when my father died of a massive heart attack about a week after his heart transplant.
But wait... there's more. My mom had quadruple bypass surgery this past June at the age of 52 (she hasn't had menopause yet). And my grandfather on my father's side died when my father was 6 of a massive heart attack right at the dinner table. Great Grandmother died of that too while camping some time before I was born.
This can mean only one thing: I'm going to make some cardiologist very happy.
By that I mean that I'm going to take the "go early, go often" approach. I will probably see my heart doctor more often than my dentist, which isn't very often, but is much more often than a 22 year old usually contimplates.
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Updatin' Blues
Posted Dec 4, 2000
Should be doing Optics homework, but oh well.
Just like that, I've started to be seen in public as a woman. Before this weekend. I went out as Sarah a grand total of one time. Now, I've been Sarah twice in two days.
The funny thing is that the fear of living as a woman that has kept my cross-dressing to my apartment vanishes when I actually go out. I really don't care what people think.
Well that's not entirely true, but it doesn't really upset me when people know. I take note and try to figure out why.
Anyway, back to homework.
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Latest reply: Dec 4, 2000
Two weeks without an update...
Posted Jul 6, 2000
And a lot has happened.
I have started my new job at Panera Bread. I enjoy it much more than working at the Deli. The people are much nicer overall, and hard work is appreciated. The job itself is still what I would call "ass," but I can probably stand a few months there, as long as I'm not in the dish room and walking home soaked after work.
Speaking of the dish room, my hands are finally showing visible improvement. During my stint at the Deli, my hands were ravaged. Mfy fingertips felt like plastic and lost their fingerprints. They cracked and peeled from time to time, and now that I haven't done any ten hour shifts with my hands continuously in a sink for a couple of weeks, that appears to be the way it heals. They still have a long way to go, but I'm glad the damage was nothing serious.
Last night, I was saddled with a nasty headache. My sinuses hurt so bad that my teeth ached, so I decided that it was prescription strength Ibuprophen time. You may know ibuprophen as Advil or Motrin. A prescription dose is 600-1000 mg (3-5 non-prescription pills). I took four and shut my eyes; it hurt to look at light.
I've been battling clinical depression for some time now, and yesterday was a particularly bad day. I felt like I was going to cry continuously with no reason, and by the time I got the headache I was seroiusly considering taking anti-depressants again. My mood has been deteriorating for some time, and the last thing I want is to become suicidal again.
When the Advil kicked in, I felt better. Sure the headache was gone, but that wasn't all. I was in good spirits. Really good spirits. This got me thinking. Maybe ibuprophen is an anti-depressant in and of itself. The idea isn't so far fetched. Anyone who has had real clinical depression will tell you that it hurts physically. You ache.
I have become a big advocate of taking Advil whenever you have a cold. Everyone aches a little when they are sick, and most of the time they don't realize it. A little advil will clear the pain and, in doing so, clear your mind as well. I never made the connection with depression until last night.
Maybe it is a placebo, but day 1 of my personal anti-depressant trial is going very well. I take 1 pill every 4 hours (200mg), and I'm feeling pretty good. I might be wrong, but at 5 cents a pill and little to no side effects, I suggest you put down your St. John's Wort and try it.
Well that's all for today. Hopefully more tomorrow.
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