Blame bitterlawngnome , who started a somthing with his interpretation of the IX Swords card in a tarot deck , and now everyone's putting knives to their eyes. I had no knives outside of cutlery or an Exacto knife, so Carl's yari will have to do.

    Buulemya was a horrible planet. No, there was no arguing, Carl had made up his mind. He hated this place. He hated the scorching sun, the dust, the wind that blew the dust every-fucking-where, and the ugly, bare 'trees' that he couldn't decide between comparing with giant raisins or dried up shit logs. It was no wonder the place never shat out any intelligent life; 'cause who, in their right...

So after tonight Carl can't eat or drink, as tomorrow he'll get to have another myriad of tests to find out what's happening to him. "I won't lie," he told me, "I might get admitted immediately." At least knowing is SOMEWHAT better than coming in Friday to find him barely able to breathe with legs bigger around than my waist. He's stable -- certainly not "better" -- and we're still dealing with an...

Man, I'm dragging ass. I got next to no sleep last night. Carl was hospitalized with congestive heart failure. I know he's in bad shape when he's ready and willing to BE hospitalized, and sure enough, last night I got home and he could barely breathe or bend his legs, which were swollen to an enormous size. When we got to the hospital he could barely say his name, he had that much trouble breathing...

Carl and I are planning to be in Atlanta, planning to be around the weekend of the 24th of April. Suggestions? Plans? I'd love to hear from you guys!

...exact same thing, and tell a mixture of information on both tense and aspect. Here are two random sentences that require nonequivalent verb forms to be used in other languages: ENGLISH: While Carl shopped, I read a book. SPANISH: Mientras Carl iba de compras, leí un libro. Here Spanish calls upon the foe of the American Spanish student, the imperfect, which indicates that, though the action...

Carl and I planned to go get brunch with slavetoreznor and Mark W., but when we finally went out and started the car -- big shock, it was so cold the car wouldn't start at all. This is hardly a shock given the number of dead autos we've seen strewn about 74 and War Memorial. This caused Mark to have to backtrack and pick us up. Granite City is popular for their fabulous brunches -- I...

My husband has interest in civil war reenactment. Who knew? We're now looking at confederate officers' outfits. This ... could be interesting ^_^

Carl and I had made this at a local paint-your-pottery place that slavetoreznor is fond of called "Fired Up". Sure, we could have just painted it and been done with it, but my awesome hubby used his sumi-e stylings on the front. I mean, I can't tell you how happy it makes me to see him talking about various brush techniques and then interjecting with, "So ai has the heart radical inbetween...

...up shane. My hands are beginning to tremble as my pen scribbles useless garble along the side of this college ruled notebook paper. Food supplies are low and I worry about the surviving members. Carl hasn’t talked for minutes…and that’s a sign of bad…stuff. Cat lies like some kind of road kill, and her boots are kind of digging into my face. Frank stares coolly ahead of him, as of someone battling...