Tuesday, January 1, 2008

My first post of 2008.

I did get ready after my last post. I met Michael at Rob & Luna's home, where we watched some tv and chatted. Michael & I didn't stay for long. I wanted to make sure I was at the clock tower at midnight, and the snow that had been forecasted was already coming down.

I found my way up to Steve's office without any trouble at all. He'd given me directions to it nearly 2 years ago, but I'd never visited it before, though some of my friends have over the years that I've known him. Christine, Colleen & Bobby showed up later, which was nice. I met some interesting people, and I had a very nice time. Michael & I kissed at midnight, to the sound of the chiming bells, and within a half hour or so we were on our way. I did not want to be snowed in!

The snow was surprisingly deep for not having been there at all an hour or so before. Michael cleaned off the car for me as I was wearing next to nothing, and didn't bring my gloves. I drove him back to his friends' house, kissed him goodnight, cleaned off my car some more, and then drove home.

Mark was happy I made it home ok. He'd been watching Battlestar Galactica for hours, and is very nearly caught up to me, and may actually pass me up, which would be fine really. I could have continued with the show when I got home, but decided to start a new Trek book ("The Battle of Betazed") which I'd started reading once before a few years ago, and then never finished. I read the prologue and first chapter then slept until about 5am.

When I woke up it was still dark, and still snowing. The trees were heavy with the snow, and I was wondering how much they could take, and if this would mean that power lines would be crashing down somewhere. I checked for news online, and read e-mail. I updated the book section of my website to reflect what I'm reding this year, and then I had a snack, and continued with the book. I'm over a quarter of the way through my first book of 2008, which pleases me.

Mollie called while I was writing this to tell me that "They Cybermen aren't nice.". She's watching a 6th Doctor story called "Attck of the Cybermen" and while she didn't give me any spoilers she told me that she thinks they're more disturbing in the older show. She's enjoying the 6th Doctor more than the 5th, and she really likes his first companion, Peri. We talked about last night's party, and the blizzard, and other random stuff. It was nice.

The sun is up now, and the snow has stopped falling. It actually struck me as rather beautiful while driving home last night. Snow can be beautiful; quiet and calming. It's just a pain to drive in...plus it's cold. lol. It always reminds me of the movie "Legend". That and slow kind of sad music like Exile & Evening Falls... by Enya (from "Watermark"), and Winter Marches On by Duran Duran (from "Notorious"). Just my wacky brain I guess.

So now I'm waiting for my prilosec to kick in so I can eat. I'm thinking that Chris probably won't come over today because of all the snow, but maybe the roads will be cleaner later? I'm supposed to call her today and let her know that I'm ok (what with all the drunken blizzard-ness of the night). lol

Ok. I'm off.

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1 year ago tonight I watched the Torchwood finale episodes "Captain Jack Harkness" & "End of Days" and cried a lot. lol I also watched the first of the Sarah Jane Adventures "The Invasion of the Bane" about 8 months before the actual series arrived. At the time, I didn't expect it to be so long between Torchwood episodes, but now a year has gone by, and it's almost time for new ones. Finally. Just 15 more days.

I haven't heard from Chris. I left her a message a little while ago. If we don't hang out today it's not that big of a deal. My stomach is kind of upset anyways...which is why I haven't called Michael to see if he wants to hang out. I might try to take a nap. I really only slept for a few hours last night, and I've been awake since 5am. I beat a video game that I've been playing the last few months. And I'm over half way through the Star Trek book I started this morning.

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   Wednesday, January 2, 2008

I slept some more. I talked to Michael on the phone. I got Mollie's disc ready, though there may be a problem there...I'm not sure. I read some more. I slept some more. And now here I am. I need to finish up some last minute Doctor Who related things, and then I need to start cleaning.

Ooh. 3rd Season 2 Torchwood Trailer. 14 more days.

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I burned some Torchwood stuff, finished my Star Trek book, and started cleaning my room. Go me! :-0)

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   Thursday, January 3, 2008

After the last entry, I finished cleaning my room, and cleaned the condo up a bit. I drove Mark to work. I had a snack. I called Janice & Grandma. I chatted with Grandma a bit and made her laugh, which in retrospect I'm very proud of.

I tried to take a nap, but it just wasn't happening. I picked my dad up early, then went to Little Caesars and got 2 large, well done cheese pizzas. Janice had told me to get more than one and they'd all have some, and that she'd give me some money for the food; she must have forgotten, cause I got no money. I also bought two big bottles of soda. We made it home exactly at 2pm, which is what we were aiming for.

Dad & I started eating the pizza right off, which was really good. I hadn't had anything major to eat all day, and had taken on my meds on time for the last few days so thankfully it didn't upset my stomach at all. Janice and the kids soon joined us, and the rest of the pizza was devoured. Lots of laughter and fun was had.

Michael joined us later. I had called him earlier and he wasn't sure if he was going to come, but then he did. He looked good. It was a bit confusing for my nephews when I talkeda bout Michael being my boyfriend, as my nephews have apparently believed that Mark & I were still a couple all these years. I explained that Mark & I dated for 4 years, and that we were still very close; that we had been boyfriends and lovers, and then friends, and now we had lived together for many years, and that we take care of each other, and that Mark is a part of our family now. I think they got it, but I'm not sure.

My decorated room proved to be a non-issue. There's a picture with this girl sitting inside someone's giant mouth, which John really liked. lol. John is the youngest, and he's so not shy, and full of energy. Jillian, my niece is getting so big, and her hair is so long. Jordan is 12 going on 13, I think. Justin is nearly 14! It's crazy. We all watched "Howl's Moving Castle" which amused them all, which was fun to watch.

Janice left around 5:30pm. Dad, Michael & I left to get Mark around 5:45, and arrived at his work just after 6pm. He was able to leave right away, and as I was exhausted he said he could drive my father home. Michael and I sat together in back, where the heavy odor of smoke drifting back from my dad made my eyes water terribly. After we dropped dad off, I got in the front seat, and Mark took me to this post office so I could mail out Wendy's & Mollie's new Who discs, but just as we were pulling up to the place my phone rang.

When I get a phone call from my mom, it always means that someone is dying, or hurt, or that something bad has happened. She's never called to tell me that anyone is actually dead; in fact I often don't hear about a family member's death until long after the fact. Her news could have been worse, but it sucked just the same. My grandmother who I'd just made laugh so hard on the phone earlier, had been having a pain in her hip for about 20 hours, and had fallen down some stairs at her home. My mother (my grandmother's oldest daughter and next door neighbor) drove grandma to the hospital. She told me grandma was in a lot of pain and that they'd put her on a morphine drip; they thought it was pinched nerve. Mom promised to call if there was anymore info.

While I got that news, Mark had mailed the packages for me, and I told him the news. I called Janice and left her a message to call mom, and gave a brief recap on Grandma. Janice and I had just had a discussion the day before, about how lucky we are to have this grandmother of ours; how many people don't have them at all; how frail ours is becoming; how like a mother to us she is; and how our father's mother is like nothing to us emotionally. The thought of anything happening to my grandmother is horrible, yet inevitable. My grandmother is the first person I came out to, when I was 5 years old. My grandma is the first person to say they believed I was born gay. My grandmother has told me in private in the past that she envies me and my ability to speak my mind, and that she's proud of me, and that she never worries about me standing up for myself. My grandmother has always accepted me, and is always including my boyfriends in special ways, that other family members don't even think about. She's just the best, and all my friends that have met her have always commented on that, and ask about her, which I've always been proud of.

Mark asked me if I wanted to go to the hospital right away, but I was so beyond exhausted I told him I needed to sleep; I'd been awake for over 18 hours, and I was barely staying awake. I called into work right then and told them I wouldn't be in tomorrow. I was already going to be late to work because I have a doctor's appointment, and my shift wasn't that long to begin with, so I figured I'd just go visit grandma then. The temperature was dropping and Mark drove us home, where the 3 of us got inside where it was warm.

We talked for a bit, and I got undressed for bed. Michael watched the special mini-episode of Doctor Who, "Time Crash" and then cuddled with me for a bit before leaving me where I fell asleep and woke up around 2am. I figure I got about 6 hours sleep. I had good dreams.

During the family visit, my new Trek book, which had been delayed, finally arrived. This one, "Star Trek Excelsior: Forged In Fire", is a prequel to a previous book ("Star Trek Excelsior: The Sundered"), and also an old favorite DS9 episode called "Blood Oath". I'm considering reading this new book right away, which wasn't my plan at all, but could be fun. I haven't decided yet.

I've also heard that the 3rd Season of Battlestar Galactica which comes out March 25, will feature an extended edition (25 minutes longer!) of an episode called "Unfinished Business" which I've not seen yet, so now I'm considering pacing myself, so I can watch that version the first time around, just as I'll be seeing the special extended versions of Season 2's "Pegasus", and the recent DVD release of "Razor". That's one advantage of waiting to see the series, is getting the whole story the first time around, though this is something I'll most likely not get to do during Season 4, as I'll most likely watch it as it airs.

13 Days until Torchwood. :-0) I just read an interview that says that Rhys will have a larger role in the 2nd Season, and also an article with another reference that suggests that Sarah Jane Smith will return for the upcoming grand finale to Season 4 of Doctor Who; I so hope that's true, what with Martha, Rose, Donna & Jack along for the ride! It would also be cool to have her & Jack there, as it would kind of show all the different shows coming together for this fight, and that's awesome! :-0)

   posted by Bald Jason at 03:05 AM
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I decided to stick with my original book plan, and started reading "Star Trek Voyager - Section 31: Shadow". It should be a quick read, and I've already read two of the 4 Section 31 titles...plus after reading this book I'll have a solid string of 20 books in a row that I've read. lol

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Today sucked.

I drove Mark to work pretty late. Then I didn't have time to go back home, so I went to my doctor's appointment instead, which made me 50 minutes early. While waiting for my doctor, who saw me after I'd waited an hour & 30 minutes, I talked to Janice on the phone who told me that Jamie told her that mom is pissed that I sounded distracted on the phone last night when she'd told me about grandma being in the hospital. I wasn't distracted. I wasn't uncaring. I was in shock after being given terrible news after already being completely exhausted!?! WTF?

The doctor's visit, once it actually happened, went well. Apparently the drug that she'd prescribed before had been completely fucked up by the pharmacy the first time around. She gave me a new prescription for that to ammend that problem, then doubled my dose of another medication, just to make that one isn't working, or if maybe the dosage was just wrong. She also gave me a new prescription for Midrin to go on file for when it's available again.

I dropped off my prescriptions at the Meijer pharmacy, where I had to explain what's really going on the with the Midrin shortage to the pharmacy tech, before she'd put the perscription on file. Then I went to Kroger to get some flowers and a card for my Grandmother. Then I went to visit Grandma in the Saline hospital.

When I got to the hospital, Aunt Marge & Katie were there. Grandma was about to be taken to get X-Rays; she liked the card, and said the flowers were pretty. I waited with Marge & Katie for Grandma to get back. Uncle Mike and Chris Brunt joined us; Chris had brought his dad in for his blood sugar problems. I stayed after Aunt Marge and her family left...until Grandpa got there. They were about to take Grandma over to Saint Jo's to get an MRI. I kissed grandma and told her I loved her. She told me to say hello to Mark & Michael for her.

I called my friend Carrie to see if she wanted to get some food with me, as she's on her school break right now, but she didn't answer, so I left her a message. Later I got a voicemail from her saying she was playing a videogame, but that she had plans today anyways, but maybe we could hang out Friday or Saturday or Sunday evening. I'm pretty sure I close the store on Sunday. I'm watching Torchwood with Chris on Saturday. And I'll probably be dead tired tomorrow night. But maybe something will change.

I ate when I got home, and tried to stay awake so I could pick up Mark from work. I originally thought I'd have Michael over, but I was so exhausted that I figured I wouldn't be any fun. I did jump on yahoo messenger though to see if Michael was on for a chat, but he wasn't...which is rare. Later I checked again, but he still wasn't there...but I left him a message anyways.

I arrived at Mark's work exactly on time, but he had some work to do, and we didn't get to leave until about 40 minutes later, which sucked. Then when we went to Meijer to pick up my prescriptions the pharmacy had fucked that one prescription up AGAIN. Then this other guy behind the counter was rude to me. And then they said they needed to call the insurance company to fix the problem, but they were closed. I stormed out of the store, rather than say exactly what I wanted to say. I'm tired, and pissed off, and I just want to erase this entire day from my brain.

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   Friday, January 4, 2008

I went right to bed after the last entry, and while I woke up a few times in the night, I went right back to sleep. I got out of bed around 4am, so I got about 8 hours of sleep, which is cool. I'm gonna be dead tired again tonight though.

I'm chatting with Michael online. I haven't gotten to spend much quality time with him lately, and it's starting to become an issue. It's not something he's demanding; it's just something that we both want that we haven't had lately. Hopefully I'll see him soon.

Before he messaged me, I was laying in bed thinking about my little sister's behavior towards me. No matter what angle I come at it from I just don't understand it...or her. I don't know what happened to her to make her treat me this way. And it pisses me off...and it hurts me. She's hurting me. And I don't know why.

I'm snacking on these sour cream & onion baked rice krispy things that Mark got me ages ago when my stomach was doing evil things. They're supposed to be better for my stomach than chips. He got me 2 flavors at the time, and the other one, which was chedder cheese I think, was the foulest thing I'd ever had in my mouth - Mark tried one and spit it out - but these are ones are growing on me. It would be nice to like more foods that won't hurt me. Thanks Mark. ;-0)

I work today. I'm hoping to take a nap just before so that I don't start crashing around 6:30pm. Someone is coming to look at our stove today, which hasn't been working for a couple months now I think. Mark is working from home in the morning so he can let the work guy in. Then I'll drop Mark off at work, and go to my job. After that I'll go to the Meijer pharmacy and get my drugs (hopefully) and also pick up some stuff for Mark, before going to pick him up, and going home. That's the plan anyways.

Chris & I are planning a Torchwood day on Saturday; she hasn't seen anymore episodes in 2 or 3 weeks, so the sooner we get to that the better. Maybe Mark & I can visit my grandmother on Saturday morning if we're both up. He's going to his work's holiday party that evening. I'm fairly certain that I close the store on Sunday, but beyond that I don't know my schedule, as I havn't been in to Hollywood to see it.

There's no exciting news online at the moment. 12 days until new Torchwood. I still haven't watched anymore Battlestar Galactica, or read anymore of the Voyager book I started a couple days ago.

And that's all for now.

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I chatted with Michael a while longer after the last entry. He might visit me after I get some sleep tonight. Then I settled in and watched the final 5 1st Season episodes of Battlestar Galactica. I'm still enjoying the series, and hopefully I'll enjoy it for it's entire run. I'm a bit worried about Season 3 though. One of the things I love about the show is it's continuity and serialized nature, but I've read that the network and studio really disliked that and had the creators produce stand alone stories in Season 3, which caused negative reviews from critics and fans alike; hopefully this means that Season 4 will be back to the old way of telling the stories - especially since it's the last season. We'll see.

I was going to take a nap before work, but my stomach is a bit unhappy, so I'll just have to make do with the sleep that I got, which thankfully was more than I've been getting lately. Hopefully the rest of the day goes well. :-0)

   posted by Bald Jason at 09:58 AM
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So...these pills I'm taking for tension headaches, which I don't have all the time, but I do sometimes have, are mildly addictive. I don't take enough of them for this to have an impact. But Meijer Pharmacy won't fill my perscription as written by my doctor...because I still have pills from my last refill, only that one was the wrong dosage - which the pharmacy fucked up in the first place, and now they're doing it again - even though they have a perscription written by my doctor? I don't have a headache right now, but if I did I'd be screwed. I called my doc's office and they're going to see what they can do. Until then I'm pissed off. Blah.

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   Saturday, January 5, 2008

The perscription problem was never worked out. I'll try again on Monday. I'm still disgusted by the whole thing, but I'm not gonna worry about it.

I haven't heard any updates on my grandmother. I haven't spoken to my mother, so I don't know if she was ever really upset with me over her interpretation of my responses to my grandmother's injury - or is she's still mad at me. I'm kind of out of the loop on that one today.

Work on Friday was fun. Worked with DJ, Mike, Ruki, Pat, Alex, & Bill. Bryan stopped in for a bit. I got to talk to Pat about Doctor Who, as he & Cara are now completely finished with Season 3. Pat really likes it and says he wishes that Season 4 was starting right now, and he talked it up to DJ, while Mike said that Pat & Cara were telling him that he'd really like the show too. I did some awesome guest service; made a few people very happy under very odd circumstances. I got to talk to DJ about Battlestar Galactica; I'm slightly ahead of him in the series, as he mostly watches it at work on his breaks, while I watch them in larger doses at home. I watch 30 Rock on my breaks.

After work I wasn't as tired as I have been lately. Mark & I went to Meijer to pick up a few things and then came home. I watched the first episode of Battlestar Season 2, and part of the 2nd one before going to bed. I woke up around 3:30am. Checked my e-mail, and wrote this.

I'm going to check something out with my books, update my webpage, and then get in touch with Michael to see if he wants to come over and hang out - possibly watch the Doctor Who Christmas Special. I have to call Chris later and see if she wants to come over to watch Torchwood later. Bryan told me she skipped ahead on Who so I've altered are viewing order, which should work out fine.

11 days until new Torchwood.

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Michael's either on his way over, or soon will be. I just had a snack. I'm about to take a shower.

And I've decided to stop reading the Voyager book I was reading, and set that aside - I'm going back and reading the new Excelsior book and then the Lost Era novels. That seems to make more sense to me at the moment. ;-0) Talk to me a few moments from now and I might have a different opinion though. lol

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Michael came over and watched the Doctor Who Christmas special, which I think he liked. Just after he got here, I noticed that I'd just missed a call from Mollie so I called her back and had a short chat. After the Christmas Special things got hot & heavy. I wasn't sure they would as I'd had a snack and my stomach was kind of upset, but it had calmed down by then. Things were progressing as they usually do...and I was way into it, but then we had to stop for awhile, and when we'd usually dive right back in (lol) I wasn't in the mood anymore. I just felt...exhausted. I dozed, assuming we'd continue was the sleepy phase passed, but Michael left. He had pointed out that it was hot & dry in my room, and I'm thinking that's what made me feel kind of like we were trapped in the desert! lol. It was strange. Oh well. I'm sure we can pick up where we left off in a few hours, or if not...I've got hands.

Chris is coming over for Torchwood viewing around 7pm, which means I'll have to stay awake later then I was planning on. I'll work it out somehow. I have to go to whole foods, and maybe I'll stop at the book store while I'm over there. I have some gift cards for Target & Meijer and I was thinking I'd use the Target ones for razors, and the Meijer one for Boost. Stuff that I have to get on a regular basis, but stuff that I don't like paying for. lol.

Maybe I should get dressed and go to the store now? I'll check and see what time Mark needs the car and decide based on that info. I might work on my room a bit today. I want to get some reading done.

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I got some reading done, then I went to Barnes & Nobel where I picked up a Who magazine & a Harry Potter calendar. I went to Whole Foods and got some more rice treats. I went to Borders and got another magazine, with a wicked cool picture of Pinhead on the cover, and a really neat Doctor Who timeline kind-of book. I went to Target and bought razors and tic-tacs. I got Boost at Meijer. I got some groceries at Kroger. And finally came home.

Jennifer called me while I was shopping; the first time I've heard from her in months. We chatted about our Michaels and caught up a bit. It was nice. Hopefully we'll talk again soon.

I played a video game while I had a snack. Now I'm tired. I might try to take a nap before Chris comes over for Torchwood. 3 episodes and then I'm going to bed. ;-0)

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