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I put 1984 on my staff picks shelf and it was almost immediately checked out. What's something else in the same vein I can replace it with?

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I am leaving in about 90 minutes for my grandmother's memorial service. I will either be around here a lot today, or not at all. Depends on how much distraction I need. Sidenote: I ate a bowl of cheesy grits that were supposed to be a treat but made my tumbly feel sick. Today's a downer already.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Still feeling the effects of the eye strain from Thursday. I really messed up my eyes. No more reading a book in a day, I guess.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

What the actual hell, Durbin?!! He's getting a call from me today.

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I'm not doing great this morning. But in other news, I was yesterday years old when I found out that we all have erectile tissue inside our noses. It's why our noses feel stuffed up even when we don't have a ton of snot in them. For example, when crying, which I've been doing this morning.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Spent most of the day with my family, cleaning out my grandmother's room at the nursing home. It was nice being together. Service is Wednesday morning. I'm looking forward to things getting back to normal.

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

I dreamed last night that I was in line to get into the dining hall at college before it opened because they were serving pączki covered in buttercream frosting. The dining hall opened, I got one and ate it, and it was delicious. The end.

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CW: death She left us around noon today. In the end, it was a blessing. I hope i don't linger like that when it's my time.

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

The amount of room Jason Segel's Dispatches from Elsewhere takes up in my brain is considerable.

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Looks like I'll be Sunday librarianing. I feel relieved. I need something to keep my brain busy.

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CW: Death We're still waiting. It's agonizing. My sister saw her on Friday and said that it seemed like her soul was already gone. Right now it's just the body being on autopilot, slowly winding down and turning off.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

CW: death My mother and my aunt have been sitting vigil with my grandmother the past couple of days. It's coming to the end, but she's a fighter. I say this with fondness: She was a difficult, stubborn woman her entire life. There's no reason for her to stop now.

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

I'm so congested and it's so dry that I've been naväging the shit out of my face. I can finally breathe and my nasal passages don't ache. Fuck off, winter.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Few things remind me of home more than this.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Woke up at 2:45 this morning and couldn't go back to sleep. I'm going to crash so hard around 3pm... I need coffee in an IV.

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A few days ago, I opened the front door to find that one of the neighborhood cats had vomited all over our doormat. Very gross. The next morning, someone brought us a tiny toy mouse and put it at our front door. An apology? I choose to think so.

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Need movie suggestions for today's sick day. I'm a big fan of sci fi, especially with religious or health themes. I'm also open to movies that are just straight up excellent.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

@adamkinzinger.bsky.social On a scale from totally f'ed to completely f'd, with this latest expansion of Presidential powers, how f'd are we?

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

I thought I was in the clear, but apparently not. Your girl has the flu.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Hey, I noticed you made a post about a thing. I take issue with a complete different thing, but this seems like an excellent place to leave my hostility.

submitted 11 days ago • 10 comments

My mom called. They've upped my grandma's morphine. She's pretty much just staring into space. She's stopped eating and drinking. They're not sure how much she understands. They give her a week on the outside. I feel numb.

submitted 12 days ago • 9 comments

I feel so pent-up in the house today. I want to get out and do something, but 2/3 of my family has influenza A. Plus...snow. 😞 I feel like driving somewhere and listening to an audiobook, but I've got nowhere to go.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

This is my strategy.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Save money this Valentine's Day by being unlovable

submitted 15 days ago • 20 comments

Today. If I could have found a GIF of someone crying while banging their head on a table, I would have chosen that one.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Valentine's Day always bums me out. No real reason. The only thing I like about it is that it's the second-best candy-related holiday in the U.S.

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Roses are red Violets are blue I’m sick of the bullshit Let’s stop the coup. #ValentinesDay

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Hospice is giving my grandmother about a week. She's getting a hefty nose of morphine for pain, which will hopefully ease her anxiety. It's been excruciating losing this vibrant woman - a true force to be reckoned with - to Alzheimers and dementia.

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Update on my HOA drama: It's all over! The builder said they had no idea how shady the property mgmt company was (sure...) and they pulled the new HOA covenants. We went back to the old ones, which expire in March, when we can disband the HOA entirely.

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Trying to come up with program ideas for adults for National Library Week. Any suggestions? I think I'm going to do a book/movie/CD giveaway each day and a zine program, but beyond that, I'm stumped.

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

Little Big has a new video out, which is always reason to celebrate! Unfortunately, it's not the best, IMHO. So here's my favorite! A great way to start the day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhMY...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Today is my half birthday. Six months until I turn 45. I know it's silly, but I feel like celebrating. I've made it another six months without having some kind of internal crisis.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Yeungling is available at my local bar! Hooray! I'm so glad it finally made the journey to Illinois.

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

Made the decision to stay and show a movie for anyone who shows up for the rescheduled program. Thankfully, it looks like the snow has stopped for the next few hours, and I've seen the salt trucks out.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Program tonight will be rescheduled. Thank goodness. I was not looking forward to driving in the snow after dark.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments