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Item 1: Digital Hub loves my work, and will keep on watching the numbers on the website to see if there is enough interest to increase my output on the blog.

Item 2: Digital Hub would like to run a news bytes type thing in their monthly magazine, culled and edited from the last two weeks of blog posts before the editorial deadline. For editing these into print format, I would get an additional $100, which puts my income at between $350-600/month from this gig. Sweet!

Item 3: I had my review, and it was all positive. While they still feel that my communication skills need work, they feel that I have made progress and improved. They also are happy with the essentials of my work (the writing and editing), and feel that that is getting better all the time. Finally, they've noticed me taking the initiative with projects that improve the bulletin.

Item 3.5: Both the outgoing CEO and one of the longtime employees have acknowledged that my supervisor, Janice, is super slow at editing. And the longtime employee described her as not being good at making things sound better. "She's good with periods and commas." Heh. Sort of. Looks like they're coming around to my assessment of the situation...

Item 4: I got a raise, but it was small. Only 2%, which is actually less than inflation. This is almost half that of my friend's. I'm not sure why that might be. Could be because they prioritize him as more important because he's been there longer, or it could be because it is a raise retroactive to when I'd only been there for 10 months, or it could be simply that they are not as happy with me as they are with him. But, a raise is a raise is a raise.

Item 5: The only bad thing today... "Congratulations, Danae, you're writing/editing the content for a publication to be printed and distributed in June, with 24-32 pages of content, and another with 40+ in December. In addition to your normal duties, of course."

Item 6: I really, truly had my appointment with the PCOS specialist. And she has confirmed the diagnosis: I definitely have PCOS, for any of you who doubted.

( nitty gritty medical details )

Item 7: I dropped by CAYA and returned the vibrator. They refused to sell me another, but instead gave me a store credit, because they don't want to sell anymore Sinnfluts until they can confirm one way or another if they are waterproof, boilable, etc.

Current Mood: busy

I just handed the contract in to the CEO, and he said he would meet with me at 4 p.m. to discuss stuff.

Eeeep! So, my plans for tonight were to head over to Swingin' Out for some Lindy (since I paid for the whole series), but in case I need comfortin' or celebratin', anyone available?

I'm much cheered up from yesterday. Part of it is that my body is starting to go back to normal (two menstrual periods in the span of a few weeks after nearly 3 years with a number of periods I can count on one hand is TOO MUCH). In fact, that's most of it. But also, yesterday evening rocked.

First, I got one of those wacky TTC bus drivers who says and does funny things. For instance, "Our next stop is at Precision Drive. Actually, it's right before Precision Drive, but that's as precise as I'm going to get." He was hilarious! I love that sort of thing!

Then I FINALLY met with

outcast_spice. She baked salmon in my oven and I made sweet potato and apple roast and steamed some broccoli, all while I did my laundry. I showed her my old wedding pictures, we caught up on stuff, and then she showed me Hebrew Hammer. It was awesome! I am so utterly amused... I wonder what my parents would think of it?

The only downer was that the microwave tripped the breaker AGAIN, even though it's no longer on the same outlet as the fridge. So... not sure what next. I may just not be able to use a microwave in this apartment.

As usual, my posts for today are up at www.hubcanada.com. Please check them out, comment on THAT website (not here), and/or click on the ads. Today's posts were about the iPod phone rumours, Vista's delayed release, and Dell buying Alienware. At this point, all of the posts visible on the front page of Digital Hub are mine except the Tetris game review.

I really need to talk to these guys about setting up an RSS feed. :)

Current Mood: anxious/happy/busy

Looks like I'm headed to bi brunch, 12-2 at the brownstone bistro on yonge north of Wellesley.

I have a new purple suede jacket. It took a trip to three different winners and too much moula, but it was worth it.

I also now have five supportive, properly fitting bras (one expensive European, four Wonder Bra), four of which are pretty to varying degrees and one of which is very basic. I also finally have a Cleavage Bra that fits properly! Yay! Bought it with the Secrets From Your Sister credit. The bad news is that they don't make demi-cups in DDD, E, and F, so that window sweater will never work with the bras that fit me right, unless I get a custom bra or wear the wrong size. Tragic!

Receipts for travel grant in the mail, so $1150 USD heading my way in reimbursements. OHIP and Driver's License changed. Two out of three bookshelves assembled thanks to

will279802, and only one more box of bookshelf stuff to unpack, so I'll have room to expand and get more books (a very dangerous proposition!). Got "business cards" made for my Danaeris identity. On the waiting list for primary care physician at Sherbourne Health Centre, had my first therapy appt, too early to tell how we mesh.

After several mishaps, made coconut black sticky rice with mango at a dinner party last night. Everyone loved it, including the phrase, "This is one of my favourite desserts now." In spite of that, PMDD had struck and I was too depressed to enjoy the wonderful people there, in part triggered by the earlier mishaps, and in part because

knotty_mark is going away and I haven't had a date with him in nearly two weeks (which is part and parcel of him having work now; I guess I just need to get used to it).

Family Skate plans are going well. Plans to get rid of this extra dresser and snag my parents' couch to drop off at

arcardiahome are working out. All in all, things are going well, and progressing. But PMDD sucks, and I'm still really glad I got my period, but not enjoying the PMS.

Over and out!

Current Mood: busy

Two more days of work before I'm on vacation. And the last four days have been utterly fabulous and wonderful, with only a few downers to give the highs more shine. ;)

Tomorrow or Wednesday I hope to find time to write up a blow-by-blow account, because there are some funny stories in my weekend. But for now, the concise update, by life sector.

Job and freelance

Still no word from either job. I've mostly accepted that I got neither and moved on with my life. I'll be VERY surprised to get a job offer from either.

My day job still bores me and I still have issues with my supervisor, but it is a good enough situation that I'm happy to stick around until something Ideal comes along. So, I'll keep my ear to the ground in terms of job ops, but only for really good ones.

Freelancing: Both of the two major magazines I wrote for recently have gotten back to me and apparently are only just now getting around to the final edits. I suppose as long as I get paid and I get my byline eventually, I'm happy... Also, the Star finally paid me. w00t.

Housing

omshu found a place in a friend's basement and decided to go for it, which leaves

femmefatalist and me to our own devices. It's probably for the best...

I'm thinking I need to make a list of buildings I have friends living in, and find out if any of them are in our price range and also have free bedrooms anytime soon. I should call the Dufferin building again and see if they have any Feb. 1 openings, and also see how

femmefatalist feels about the Crossways.

Social and love life

Both of these are going remarkably well. I have friends who I feel I can count on and who seem to think I rock -- and the feeling is mutual. And, I do believe that I have a boyfriend, for some definition of the word.

Volunteer work

Eep. I'm trying really hard to not take too much on. P is handling the search for a new venue for the social... we found out tonight that the venue is closing this location and moving to a location that is no good for us on Jan. 15, which gives us four weeks to find a replacement.

I'm also coordinating the science track for 9ICB like before, and laising between Gaylaxicon and 9ICB. I emailed someone yesterday about the latter... the discount system I was told would be used is broken, and I proposed an alternative I think would work better.

On top of that, I'm apparently being asked to do something with adult programming for Ad Astra. Given the late date, I'll probably just make a poly mixer and a kink mixer, and leave it at that. Hmm, idea: a discussion group where people bring in their favourite SF or fantasy sex scenes and do readings! The trick is that these are, all three, programming events that run themselves to some extent. Less work for me == good.

So, yeah. There are a million sources of dissatisfaction in my life, but right now the only main one, in all honesty, is housing. I think we're really close to a resolution on it, though. *crosses fingers* A Jan. 1 move could still potentially happen, though. So, who knows.

Current Mood: happy

So, my fabulous hostess

lariel and her SO

fifthforce are both graduate students in physics. While I'm super happy to visit them, it is always bittersweet to be reminded of what I've left behind.

I got talking to them about the Knight Science Journalism Fellowships yesterday, and the more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that this is a necessary step in my evolution towards happiness and success.

The fellowship lasts for the balance of an academic year (9 months). It requires that I forego any professional writing during that time, but gives me the opportunity to audit classes at both MIT and Harvard, and attend a wide range of seminars and boot camps for science writers.

It would give me the opportunity to get closure on my physics career and explore neuroscience more thoroughly.

I WAS concerned about it because I would have to leave my job to do this and refrain from freelancing. But now that I know that the stipend is $55,000 I'm not so worried. That's a 9-month stipend, so I'd have three months afterwards to get my bearings/job search.

There remains two concerns.

Am I eligible?

Knight Fellowships are designed for journalists who have at least three years of experience covering science, technology, medicine or the environment. Such journalists represent our core clientele. Journalists who wish to gain expertise in these fields are also eligible and must have at least five years of experience.

Applicants must demonstrate a high level of journalistic excellence and accomplishment, as well as a long-term commitment to their craft. Applicants may be reporters, writers, editors, producers, illustrators or photographers. They may work for newspapers, magazines, television, radio or the web. We also consider full-time freelance journalists.

I've been doing science journalism since January 2002, which will be four years by the time applications are due in March. Ignoring the freelance work I've done off and on, however, my actual time in newsrooms or employed as a writer will have been 29 months, or just about 2.5 years. By the time the fellowship started, it would be three years.

I'm not sure if they would view the time I spent teaching as a sign that I don't have a long-term commitment to writing. Perhaps the fact that I went back to writing would improve that; I don't know.

And, I'm not sure if they will see my background and writing and consider it to be at a "high level of journalistic excellence and accomplishment."

So, I might be able to apply for this September, but my application would be marginal. I might be much better off applying for NEXT September, and spending the intervening year ramping up my freelancing so that I can better demonstrate my commitment and accomplishment.

Either way, in two weeks when I'm attending the NASW/CASW conference I'm hoping to find the right people to talk to so that I can find out whether I should bother applying this year, and if not, what I should be working on between now and March 2007 so that I can apply effectively.

What about my life plans?

I've spent too much of my life since graduating saying that in Boston things were better. I need to establish for myself that I can have a fulfilling social and love life here in Canada, or I might never return from Boston. And I love Boston, and I love my peeps there, but the United States is not good for me. It isn't where I want to make my home.

At the same time, I don't like the idea of starting to build a life, and then up and leaving for 9 months. My singleness is a major source of sorrow and unhappiness in my life, and I'm not sure how this would affect that.

All this about life plans makes me think that even if I could get the fellowship for this September, maybe I shouldn't. Maybe I need more time to get established in Toronto.

But... but... wah! I don't want to stay at this job for another year! I'd rather eat my shoes. Maybe with better endocrinal control and medical treatment I will hate it there less, and recognize it for the blessing it is.

Current Mood: thoughtful

My brother landed in Bangkok a few days ago. He sent a link to his tribe blog.

Dunno if its the pms, or what, but I think I'm kinda sentimental today. Made me feel all emotional reading about my brother. I love him stupidly but I don't know how to interact with him. Which is pathetic given how much we have in common. Anyway, I admit to having a bad case of little-sister-brother-worship. I just think he rocks.

I haven't bled yet, and it is probably premature to be concerned, but I am anyway, because I'm stupid that way. Oh, it's not possible that I'm pregnant, which is unfortunate. I say unfortunate not because I would want to be pregnant, but because I'd like to get laid. Y'know? Anyway, if my body stopped bleeding even with birth control, that would be a Bad Sign.

It was a marvelous weekend. Friday was gaming. Saturday was Firefly, dinner, and then Serenity. Sunday, I GO'd into Mississauga and spent some QT with the future housemates,

rbowspryte, willsomenumbersidon'tremember, and

tocityguy. I think we will all get along quite well, although I still need to meet one other person who would be joining the household, whose username I don't know. We chatted and chilled and got to know one another, ordered chinese, and then watched Splendor, which is an awesome poly romantic comedy movie. Yes, it is a poly-positive romantic comedy movie, you heard rightly! Very worth watching.

Tonight, there will be laundry. Laundry and TV... for instance, the new season of smallville!

I can't wait until I move into the city. It will be good to live with people like me.

Current Mood: contemplative

Being a light sleeper sucks. My mother stayed up late and got up early, and so I got very little sleep last night. Tired girl!

Sometimes I feel like my life is about inaction.
Don't eat anymore, you already had enough.
Don't date that person, it would be too much drama.
Don't go out, you don't have the energy.
Don't be active, or move, it will cost valuable money.
Don't say anything, you might regret it.

Maybe right now that's all the better part of valour. That doesn't make it any more fun. I feel like an automaton, going to work, going home, "escaping" through TV or book, and then sleeping just to wake up and repeat in the morning. I think I feel guilty when I don't do stuff with my evening time, but when I force myself to be active and productive, I get emotionally exhausted and frustrated with the never-ending to-do list. I can't win, but that's probably just the fatigue talking.

I've been reading Katherine Kurtz' Deryni books. They're fun. Her writing style in these books strikes me as somewhat immature and two-dimensional, but I'm enjoying it nonetheless.

This weekend is busy. Firefly/Serenity Saturday, and then Mississauga with friends Sunday. Gaming tonight, assuming I don't pass out from exhaustion beforehand. And next weekend is DC with

lariel, and then the weekend after that is TO Kink, and then the weekend after that is NASW/CASW, and then the weekend after that is Samhain.

No rest for this wicked girl, or at least, not during October. Yeehaw!

Current Mood: contemplative

So, theoretically the magazine is paying me $300 US for the sleepwatch article. My correspondence with the textbook company I may end up doing work for indicates they will be sending me my payment for the work I did earlier this year -- and they were horrified to hear that I hadn't been paid already. That's another $300 US. My old mutual fund I am cashing out of (which was a Bat Mitzvah present) is valued at about $550 (that's it's value after more than ten years of growth from its initial value of about $300. Pathetic).

Unfortunately, that's not enough to pay off the loan I am hoping to be able to eliminate by the end of this calendar year. In fact that loan is nearly $6000. But, with another thousand dollars, if I emptied out my US funds, I'd be able to do it. Sure, I'd have to pay my other loan's payments from my Canadian funds until I made some more US $$, but perhaps not having that other bill with variable loan rates would be worth it. Oh, and getting out of having to pay all that interest over the years to come. :)

Things are looking good and exciting. I have two story ideas out to editors who might be interested from two new markets. I have one story idea I think is a sure thing for the place where I interned, and that's likely to be another $200 or $300 USD. And I have a few other ideas brewing.

I can't afford more emotional instability, though, if I'm going to keep this up. So, when I go in to see my doctor on the 20th, I'm going to ask her for a prescription for liquid paxil. I'm scared that if I start to decrease my dosage any further with the pills I have to work with, I'll get unstable, and ruin all this.

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Tomorrow I'm being picked up Too Early at 8:30 a.m. so that

sassy_fae and I can go off to a massive joint garage sale on the mountain. At 12:30 we'll be headed to Cottage 13 so that I can get my piercings removed, and then it's off to Ottawa St, primarily to shop for fabric for their wedding present (custom made bedding), but also to visit the yarn store and keep an eye out for fabric to reupholster the sofa I'm inheriting.

That evening if we're not TOO exhausted, we'll go see Brothers Grimm.

Sunday I will be busy, I think. I need to review the research of a particular scientist at Mac, and I need to rewrite my resume and send it to the textbook company folk. I need to go over a document they sent me and send them my comments as to the tasks described in the document and my ability to do them. And I need to compose some questions for the scientist at Mac, and email them to him.

Keep running and eventually you'll fly.

Current Mood: chipper

Was feeling icky earlier today (some achiness, some tiredness in spite of 8+ hours sleep), and then head-based nausea kicked in.

I'm sure I don't have stomach flu, but something else is wrong in my body. I think my inner ear is confused.

I'm going to sleep, not as early as I should have, but earlier than usual. When I wake up, I want the nausea to be gone.

Did you hear that, body?

Also, Dear Internet: Please make the stupid people go away. Please make the smart people stop acting stupid. Please make the careless people be more careful. Please give the anal people some laxative, and the cranky people (including me) some valium.

Also, Dear Body: Please stop flushing my system with hormones and making me an irritable, bitchy monster. I can do that well enough on my own without your help.

That is all.

Current Mood: sick

In spite of my brain fart that led to last minute plan changes for the day, I had a fabulous day.

Got up, packed my stuff, showered and shaved, and then got picked up by sassyfae to head off to Casa Van Hiel.

There we ladies spent the afternoon in needlepoint while the men watched bad old scifi movies and the adorable toddlers played with each other. It felt really traditional, except that we're not traditional peoples. Funny that.

I also got to corrupt some of them with my liquor cabinet. Mmm, top shelf girly drinks! :)

Anyway, I'm almost done turning my fuzzy yarn into an ear warmer, and when I'm done with that I want to do something with my dazzle yarn. But, I only have the one ball of it, about 100 m or 109 yards. It looks like this (it's the silvered midnight one):
http://www.wool-tyme.com/wt_usa/catalog136_0.html

Anyway, I'm collecting a list of patterns I could use to do something with it. But, I may just give in and buy another ball to supplement it. I was thinking I'd make some kind of dressy scarf, but we'll see.

This one I can theoretically do with just the one ball I've got.
http://www.estelledesigns.ca/images/FreePaterns/EstellePadPattern.htm

These I could do if I supplemented with other yarns:
http://www.estelledesigns.ca/images/FreePaterns/double_shimmer_and_dazzle_scarf.htm
http://www.estelledesigns.ca/images/FreePaterns/shimmer_and_dazzle_scarf.htm

I'm actually more interested in having a pretty shawl than in having a fuzzy scarf; I'm not a scarf person. So, I'm thinking maybe I could get a complimentary yarn to do a large triangle, and then do an edge using this fancy yarn. Or if I found more of the same yarn, I could do something like this:
http://store1.yimg.com/I/the-knitter_1806_89156080
Or, with some eyelash yarn, something like this:
http://www.theknittinggarden.com/nv-pattern15.htm

Except that requires more yarn. D'oh! I guess a trip to the yarn store is in store, both for this project and for the baby/toddler hats. And for those, btw, I plan to make the dragon hat for the toddler and the ladybug for the baby, though I'll hold off on that one for a while, and start on the dragon first. Dragon!

There's a Lewiscraft in Woodbine, the mall next to my office. Except, I'd rather buy from a knitting store like on Ottawa St... I just won't have the chance to get at those stores until Friday, and even then I might not. But, I'm probably going to Ottawa St. to search for fabric on Saturday with sassyfae, so maybe I should be patient. What needlework will I do while I wait, though? Oh no! :)

Current Mood: creative

I'm in the midst of negotiating a possible household with some nifty folk who I've run into here and there online, but only recently met in person.

Thus far, it appears that we are almost completely compatible; all that remains is for us to spend lots of time hanging out and see how we all get along. Also, I must meet their owner, and see if I'm allergic.

If this works out, we'll be looking to move in together sometime after January. This has the disadvantage of being in 4-5 months, but it has the advantage of giving me a chance to save up more money before I give up the cheap rent-ness that is my parent's place. Also, to get my body back to a stable point, and to lose more weight.

The petulant part of me wants to move sooner, but the practical part of me is very happy with the time frame.

There will be four or five of us. Finding a place that comfortably fits that many people will be tough, but if we're in no rush, it should be possible. And, my impression is that they are more willing to be towards the western end of TO than some other folks I've spoken with, who will go no further west than Dufferin, or in some cases, Christie. That will expand our options a LOT.

If you've rented a 4+ bedroom in TO, or know someone who has, we need your advice!

I'm wondering how you or your friends found the place in question. I see the occasional listing on Craigslist and on viewit.ca and similar sites, but not very many.

Current Mood: excited

Living situation
There was a brief period of time when I thought I might end up sticking around Hamilton and moving in with some friends who were being forced to move out precipitously. This would have been both good and bad. That isn't happening now, so I am back to my leisurely search for housemates.

I have first and last and moving costs for sure, plus the basic furniture.

My mother has suggested that, given how difficult this particular decrease in Paxil dosage was, that I wait until I'm entirely off the Paxil to move. I have to say that she has a point. The Paxil withdrawal at best makes me irritable, bitchy, catty, and short-tempered. At worst, it turns me into a sniveling whining sobbing mass who hates the world and wants to die because some friends went out without her (or something similarly stupid). I'd hate to poison a new housemate relationship by exposing them to that at the beginning of a new living situation. Of course, in another week I'll be ready to step down from 10 mg to... ?? (the pill is already split in half, so I could try zero, or alternating days on and off, or I could attempt to split the pills in quarters...). So, I could potentially be stabilized for an October 1 move, and certainly for a November 1 move.

I'm still going to search for nifty folk who might want to live together in TO, and meet with them, but for now I'm ONLY going to worry about talking to people who really have no set-in-stone move-date.

PCOS Doctor Foo

The PCOS clinic called me back! I have an appointment for January 23. Given that this doctor may well be the foremost expert in Ontario, and that she only sees patients on Mondays, the wait is not much of a surprise. They DO maintain a cancellation list, however, and they automatically put people on it. Phew. In the meantime, I'll have to keep on chugging away and hope for the best. And, I have an appointment with my current doctor for Sept. 20, so I'll have to keep on getting ongoing care from her. Hopefully we won't kill each other.

Last night

sassy_fae and

etherlad came over and watched Buffy with me. We're starting into the second and third seasons, two seasons I haven't really seen, except an episode here and there. How exciting!

I've also purchased the entirety of Utena and Evangelion from

auros at a bargain price. Squee! Anime-y goodness!

I just had inspiration on what to do for my next home improvement project. Once I've finished stripping and painting the dresser, there's an old sectional couch downstairs upholstered in this nasty mustard yellow corduroy. Ugh. But, I could transform it into a Super Cool Sofa! I could remove the upholstery, add more stuffing to make it into a true ass-eating couch (term coined by

kineticphoenix and

riseorbleed), and then re-upholster it in something attractive and comfy! Yes! It would be expensive but fun.

Current Mood: chipper

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*

Current Mood: accomplished

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!

Current Mood: tired

Happy belated birthdays to

yiab and

pixie_ysral. You both rock, and I hope you had a blast!

I am angsty today. Contributing factors?
(1) I dropped down my dosage of Paxil to 10 mg on Friday night. I'm now below the therapeutic dosage level. Go me. This also may be contributing to my crankiness and angsty-ness
(2) With the decrease in Paxil, my light-sleeper-ness has returned. I slept like teh utter crapola last night, and feel really out of it today.
(3) I've been having this weird sensation in my throat, kind of like asthma, or tightness in throat... sort of the "it hurts my throat to breath" sensation, but not. Possible causes? Paxil withdrawal, Splenda, Aspartame, or Caffeine. In an attempt to make it go away, I'm attempting to cut all three of those out of my system today and see if it goes away. Problem is, I realized too late that my cereal has Splenda and my yogurt has aspartame. But, they have far less than diet beverages, so I'm still sticking to it.

But, I'm not going to angst on LJ. Nope nope. Because I'm not angsty ABOUT those things, I'm just angsty. And, in general, I've found that if I'm already angsty, the reassurance I get on LJ is never enough. My angst is an insatiable monster! Thus, posting in ways designed to help my angst often makes it worse, because I am then dissatisfied with the results, and that also belittles the efforts of those who try to cheer me up. So I am not going to do so. Instead, I will start a brainstorming post on education. Yes, that is what I will do.

Current Mood: moody

I'm feeling somewhat less psycho, but I suppose it could come back at any moment. Fear the psychoness!

Anyhow, good news:
(1) I got a call today. They were in the process of faxing my referral to the PCOS clinic! Yay! PCOS clinic for MEEEEEE!
(2)

pyat has graciously offered to drive me to the MTO on Friday so that I can get my Ontario Driver's License! Yay!
(3) Someone from the poly list who I was chatting with back when

polybear and I were looking together popped back up and is still interested. Yay!
(4) Progress is being made on the sleepwatch article. More slowly than I thought, but elegantly presenting this much information concisely is no simple task, as it turns out.
(5) I'm down to 15 mg of Paxil, and have been for several days. So far, so good. No particular signs of withdrawal except possibly my continued anxiety and irritability. w00t.
(6) In general, I'm more functional, more consistently, these days, than I have been in, possibly, years. Really, I'm getting things done at an unusual rate for myself. It's pretty cool! I have more energy, emotionally speaking. I attribute this to my change in diet.
(7) There's this cute girl, and I kinda like her, and she likes me back, and... and... I'm blushing! (note: to everyone except

truthspeaker, this is a direct reference to a character I played at an Intercon)

Mixed news:
-I called Telus to finish switching my cellphone into my name, since my mother called them the other day and gave them the go ahead. They had no record of her call, and so couldn't help me. The bad news is I got upset and was not as nice as I usually am to customer representatives. The good news is that I was still nicer than my mother usually is. The better news is that supposedly, he is going to call my mother and get the confirmation, and then call me back and follow through, since she and I already made our calls and shouldn't have to keep on calling back when they are the screw ups. Of course, last time a customer service representative told me they'd do something like this, it never happened, so big grain of salt. But soon, the phone account will be solely in my name. Yay! And, if he doesn't do it like I asked, I may ask for a manager and try to squeeze something out of them discount-wise to make up for it.
-I'm still not exercising, except some resistance band exercise at work when I'm fidgety (bicep curls and leg extensions, mostly), and walking a lot on weekends. But I could change that at any time.
-I have a French lesson tonight with

velvetpage. Yay! I'm touchy today, and I have some emotional issues surrounding French (read: I have ego), so I'm really hoping I don't bite her head off at any point and that things go smoothly. Boo!

Bad news:
-I wrote some crappy poetry last night. Fear the crappy poetry, for it WILL eat your brain! rararararararrr! No, I will not be sharing it with you. It's crappy, remember?
-I'm Miss Posty today! Fear my posts. FEAR!

Other news:
-The leather worker who fixed my collar is working a booth at the Ren Faire. And he's really cute. Strike that. Really hot! And in discussions it is now clear to him that I'm (1) not getting any play and (2) kinky and poly. When we were discussing delivery of my collar at the faire, he sort of followed me out of his booth a ways to continue talking, and I had to politely disengage to end the conversation. At the time I was just thinking about catching up with my friends, but now I'm wondering, in traditional obsessive angsty girl fashion, if he was trying to prolong the conversation and if that was a sign of interest. Probably not. But, yum! Cute tallthin long-haired boys in ren garb who know their leather! I'll take two!

Current Mood: crazy

Friday I looked at two places. The century house, I determined, is further from both Runnymede and High Park than I'd really like. The bedrooms, with one exception, are in the 10x10 range, but then the basement is HUGE and the yard is as well. If enough housemates popped up who wanted to give it a try, I might, but I'm not going to bust my butt trying to make it happen for a suboptimal commute.

The other place was one of those "yeah, its four bedrooms, with no common space." The bedrooms were tiny, to boot, and the neighbourhood not so fabulous.

Househunting was followed by tasty indian with

knotty_mark and

ladygiggles, socializing, sleep, and more socializing. Saturday, I got dropped off at the 519, and walked to Union Station.

On the way, I stopped off at the Church St. Baskin Robbins, and had an unfortunate experience. A straight girl was chatting with her friends in there about this guy who "claims he's bisexual" but only dates drag queens, and keeps on asking her out. And her (presumably gay) male friends, including the person working the counter, were advising her not to date him because he'd just use her for sex whenever he wanted to convince himself that he was straight.

I really wanted to say something. I didn't. I wasn't sure if I'd be jumping down their throats and then have it turn out that while they have no question that bisexuality exists, they are pretty damn sure that this particular acquaintance is having identity issues and is not bisexual after all. Such people DO exist, at times. Unfortunately.

Still, the whole thing left a bad taste in my mouth that no amount of no-sugar-added chocolate cookie crumble ice cream could erase. Good thing I stopped in at the doodads store on a nearby side street for some paraphernalia (I got a leather pride flag and a queer canadian flag patch). I got to have a great conversation with the shop owner about living in SF, coming out to parents and not pushing them too hard by hanging a giant bi pride flag in my room, and living in Toronto. He was really nice.

Sure, there are assholes in any queer community that deny bisexuality. But I have to keep reminding myself that they are not the majority.

Anyhow, since I got home yesterday I've been successfully going down my to-do list. I'm now at the very critical point of trying to write my sleepwatch article over again, but in a narrative style. And god damn if I don't have writer's block! Almost everything I write feels stupid to me. :( I'll just have to keep trying, since I think I really ought to get this back to the editor soon.

I've got an invite to the Ren Faire this afternoon. I'd like to go, but I'd also like to continue making progress on my massive to-do list. Whenever I'm not looking, it pulsates, glows, and grows. Scary stuff! :) I'd love to see my friends enjoy a ren faire for the first time, and spend some time with them. So, we'll see. I should give them a call or something. :)

Back to work!

Current Mood: busy

See the Danae do the Happy Dance.

Dance, Danae, Dance!

Why does Danae dance?

Is it because it's an alliteration?

No!

Danae is doing the happy dance of professional accomplishment.
Danae is doing the happy dance of being Totally On Top Of Her Work at the office.
Danae is doing the happy dance of not doing the absolute minimum.
Danae is doing the happy dance of having a whole week of a work ethic she can be proud of!
Danae is doing the happy dance of having a whole week of a mood good enough to HAVE a work ethic!
Danae is doing the happy dance of pants being too baggy.
Danae is doing the happy dance of the week ending and the fun beginning!
Danae is doing the happy dance of stable moods, which cometh when she eateth regularly (ie. every two hours) in small quantities — even now that she's down to 15 mg of Paxil.

Yes, Danae is dancing.

Dance, Danae, Dance.

Do the happy dance of happy!

Current Mood: silly

Email change

Sometime in the next few days, I will be switching over to use this username at the same domain name as usual, as opposed to the prior ID from my MIT days. The old address will still forward to me, in theory.

In prep for that I'd also like to start a separate business account on gmail. I'm assuming I still need an invite, so, anyone have one they can toss my way?

That's all folks! I'm off to Las Vegas aka Sin City tomorrow. I'm bringing my laptop but hardly expect connectivity while I'm there; the closest free hotspot is about a mile from the hotel we're staying at. Relaxation shall be mine. Yay! *bounces happily*

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An eventful day: Actually relevant, important news in my life
Eeeeeep!
VERY quick update
Update: Life is good
Speculations on my future plans: Knight fellowship
Sentimental much?
Ramblings
money money money!
Not so cool
Awesome weekend, and more knitting geeking
Housing update: 2006 move
Update
License-y goodness!
yay! and boo!
Update, and angsty
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The weekend, and writer's block
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An eventful day: Actually relevant, important news in my life

Eeeeeep!

VERY quick update

Update: Life is good

Speculations on my future plans: Knight fellowship

Sentimental much?

Ramblings

money money money!

Not so cool

Awesome weekend, and more knitting geeking

Housing update: 2006 move

Update

License-y goodness!

yay! and boo!

Update, and angsty

Mostly Positive Update

The weekend, and writer's block

Updatey

Change of email and request for GMail invite