yay! and boo!

Yay!

I finished outcastspice's present! I'm very pleased with myself and hope she likes it. Now I just need a chance to give it to her...

This also means that I got to start my new iPod cover today. I expect that while the actual knitting won't take long because it is a small object, I will probably have to start and stop a lot, since I'm making the pattern up, and trying to fit a very complex front. I'm using my pretty blue and pink and purple yarn and my new circular needles! Yay!

Boo!

I'm pretty sure now that my weird throat feeling is a paxil withdrawal symptom. It's similar to what I get during moments of panic, and I do actually occasionally get some of the other physical symptoms of panic along with it. I'm also unusually dizzy right now, and more prone to depression than I've been in ages.

It makes sense too: according to what I've read, withdrawal symptoms take about this long to start showing up after a dosage decrease. So, I've just got to stick it out for another week or three, and then alternate days on and off (which would simulate 5 mg), and then stop entirely. I figure, I'm 1-2 months away from being off them entirely. I can do this!

Anyway, it's past my bed time. G'night, world!

License-y goodness!

I have an Ontario License! Unfortunately I was a teensy bit too slow getting out the door, and so we did not beat the rush. I had to wait quite a while, but that gave me a chance to get some work done on my new iPod cover. I love this yarn!

Anyway, once I got up there, it went very quickly. Now I'm just waiting for the license to arrive in the mail, when it can replace the temporary license they gave me. Hopefully my pic won't look too horrific. :)

*does the happy license dance*

Education conversation

Just to clarify, since there seems to be some question:

To some extent, I do believe that education for the sake of education is valuable. And I absolutely think that we need to train the scientists and engineers of the future, which means high school chemistry, etc.

My hope, with this thread, is to assemble a list of things which must be taught no matter what. It is my expectation that these topics can be taught with enough time to spare in a K-12 education that there will be room for both education for the sake of education, and for training the ______ of the future.

More later on post-secondary education... I will say right now that I think Canada is failing miserably in this category.

Poly meetup

Today is another poly meetup at 7:15 Infusions Coffee House.

I don't know if anyone will show, but I will have to just in case. :)

My mother's broker is here discussing options regarding my trust fund. In some ways its informative, in other ways I think they don't really know anything. Finances are complicated.

He tried to say that the fact that writers don't make much money and there isn't much earning potential in my near future if I change jobs supports his theories about inflation. While I agree with his theories and predictions, the fact that writers and editors are paid shit has nothing to do with that.