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2004-05-10
11:05 p.m.
Masochism at its finest

It's a sad day...

The castle, a historic Landmark just between Lexington and Versailles, has burned down.

Okay, admittedly, one of the saddest things about this is the fact that we were supposed to hold next year's Beaux Arts Ball there. But still. It's sad.

I went to visit with my parents this past weekend, which included a whirlwind romp through Ohio to see the grandparents. Remember the mother-daughter banquet I talked about? Leave it to the Baptists to use this as an excuse for fundraising. Right after dinner, rather than sharing special things about our families, or singing or something, we had to sit through a long-ass video about some missionaries in China. Now, I'm all over showing love and giving money where it is due. But is it at all possible that our efforts might be focused within places of extreme poverty? So what if these people don't have "the joy of Jesus." Some people don't have "the joy of eating more than once a week." I turned to my mother about halfway through this propaganda bullshit and announced that if they passed around the offering plate, I was leaving.

I digress.

I also learned that my grandpa is exhibiting what I kind of view as the first real indication of his Alzheimer's. Apparently, it's been going on for months, but alas, I am always the very last person in the family to find out ANYTHING (you'd think I was living in Iceland), and whenever Mom tells me stuff, it's so matter-of-fact. I'm totally shocked and upset and appalled and devastated, and she can just kind say anything and appear unmoved. I know that isn't the case...I geuss part of this is because it's so new to me.

Anyway, basically, he's been buying and watching pay-per-view pornography, and when my grandma tries to take it away from him (mostly because they can't afford to pay for it), he gets hostile.

I also got to meet dad's fiance and her daughter, although technically I already know them. They're nice people. I'm waiting to see how long it takes before the mother realizes that my father is a raging idiot.

There is a comically large mosquito in my apartment. Normally, I would rush to kill it, but my cat is just too damn cute...he's chasing after it.

I'm reviewing my schedule for the summer. I think I'm some sort of masochist. They don't tell you when you apply to work in the clinic that you will be expected to do a bunch of office duties also. And I'm taking classes. And seeing clients. And working. And I'm going to join the GLBT research team within the department.

Yowza.

Special birthday wishes go out to my lesbian girlfriend, since she's finally legal. I would sing, but you wouldn't hear me anyway.

I'm going to go look for my sanity now.

Fin.



My apologies and a farewell??? - 2005-10-20
It should be Friday somewhere. - 2005-10-03
It's Friday again! - 2005-10-01
Amendment to previous entry... - 2005-09-26
Longer than I intended. It's to tide you over for another week. - 2005-09-23