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Ballooning.
So my MELD score dropped from 22 to 18. Apparently, according to my lab work, I’m getting healthier. Yeah, right. All I’m getting at the moment is more bloated; I gained four and a half pounds over the last two days alone, and I suspect all of it is fluid. My elastic-waist slacks now serve…
SNAFU
SNAFU: Systems Normal – All Fouled Up. Yes, I know most of you know another, better breakdown for this acronym. Keep in mind this journal is rated “PG” and we don’t use “fucked up” in here. I got my echocardiogram a few hours ago. In the spirit of “It’s a Small World After All,” my…
Continuing Tales of the One-Legged AT-ST
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A New Record
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A beach free of footprints
I’m a little lost this weekend. It’s the same old New Year blues that hits me as predictably as the battery on my camera running out just before the cats do something that absolutely needs to be captured for posterity. This time of year is a beach fresh at low tide. The water has gone…
Finally an accurate quiz result!
"JAR JAR BINKS
You are the most annoying person on the face of this earth. People want to bitch slap you when you open your mouth. And why shouldn’t they? You talk like a stupid bastard. You follow everybody around. You’re a dork. Put a muzzle on your beak and shut up."
Tomboy.