Oops

The Credit Union Journal reports that Members First FCU has had a problem with false alarms. The police sent them a letter warning them after there were four false alarms in less than a year. Then there were four more in less than a month! I'm guessing that didn't go over very well.

Why?

I went to see my hematologist today and was surprised to hear my PT/INR is too high again, at 3.4. I'm already on the lowest dose I've ever been on and it's still too high. It's baffling.

In other news this whole week is flying by and I feel like I'm getting absolutely nothing done. I'm not even sure what I should be getting done but whatever it is I'm failing at it. Hope I get it all figured out soon.

Too funny

This letter, and the comments, are ridiculously funny. I laughed so much I got a stitch in my side. I might find it so amusing because it's something my stepmother might send out. I was at her house one time and she was fixing something to eat and she said to me "once you swing your legs under the table and sit properly you can eat." Naturally I said goodbye to my brothers and sisters, who I had been babysitting, and went home.

http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/2009/11/26/awkward-family-story-the-thanksgiving-letter/#comments

Enjoy. And if you have someone like this in your family, bless you.

Fun article about Twilight

I've been bored for at least a year with all the animosity directed at Twilight. It's so repetitive and it pops up in the weirdest places. I could be reading an article about a serial killer in Botswana and someone in the comments will say "I'd rather be killed by him than have to read Twilight." Seriously, I once went a week where I couldn't read a single blog post or article anywhere that didn't bash Twilight either in the story or in the comments. The subject matter had nothing to do with it. I find it extremely interesting that the Harry Potter books, which I've never liked and was unable to finish, garnered tremendous respect despite their lack of decent female characters because they "Got kids reading again" why Twilight, which is selling just as well or better, gets so much contempt. Better not to read than to read something written by a gasp Mormon? Also weirdly Ms. Meyer gets tons of shit for being "fat", despite personal appearance having nothing to do with writing.

Anyway, I was somewhat trepidatious about this article in WaPo called 'Twilight,' the love that dare not speak its shame but ended really enjoying the story. This part in particular really hits home:

this description is utterly, utterly useless because none of it gets at what the "Twilight" series is actually about, which is being 17.

It's a time capsule to the breathless period when the world could literally end depending on whether your lab partner touched your hand, when every conversation was so agonizing and so thrilling (and the border between the two emotions was so thin), and your heart was bigger and more delicate than it is now, and everything was just so much more.

She nails it right there and I think that explains one of the reasons why the books get so much crap; because they are so emotional. Some people don't want to be reminded that they were so passionate when they were younger, either because they miss those feelings and feel locked away from their emotions, or because looking back they're embarrassed at how strongly they felt.

As I've said in other venues I think one reason Bella is so popular is because her readers can feel superior to her when they're having a tough time. Maybe you flunked your algebra class, or got in trouble with your boss or caught your boyfriend with your supposed best friend but by God you're not lying in the forest in a catatonic state. Go you!

Most of all though, they're just a fun read, despite Renesmee's awful name.

Some videos

Today was a bad day. Raspberry, our "blue" rat, the one with lung cancer, suddenly collapsed and went into respiratory distress. We had to take her to be euthanized. It was the only thing to do but man it's hard. Also it must be weird for her cage mates. And weird for her because she's been to the vet and has been carried off to another room before but she always came back again. Going in the car always meant something interesting. Sigh.

On a completely different note here are a couple of fun videos I was linked to today.

http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/12/vintage-prime-computer-ads.html

What are you hearing?

This has been a crazy day for news. I finally heard about Mr. Jones who died in a cave in Utah, after nearly being rescued. The more I read his story the more horrible it was. My heart and sympathies go out to his family and friends. So sorry.

This story is quite mad, in a completely different way. Don't know Shane McGowan? He was the lead singer for the Pogues and sang Good Rats with DropKick Murphies. I read an interview with him where he said he hadn't been sober since he was fourteen. Why in the world is he going to be on reality tv? I can't quite get my head around it.

As for me I hardly did anything today. I wrote about seven hundred words and took a nap. It was nice. Tomorrow I have a bunch of paperwork to take care of. Sigh.

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