Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
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11:09 am
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Friday, January 2nd, 2009
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11:05 pm
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I am so damnably tired I'm amazed that I'm still functioning.
There are so many things that I need to complete that it seems that my first New Year's resolution ought simply to be the keeping of lists. I told Mizashima that I'd run a lab report that I haven't yet, suggested to Nguyen that I go over and assist in trying to decipher the mess on those bizarre specimens sitting in the lab, and somewhere in all of this, I suppose I should make that doctor's appointment to replace the appointment that I was supposed to have gone on last week.
Instead, I think I'll lock myself up with a few copies of the New England Journal of Medicine. Some tasks are more important than others.
current music: "when tomorrow hits" : Mudhoney
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Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
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7:33 pm
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Sunday, December 28th, 2008
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10:11 pm
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Saturday, December 27th, 2008
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11:26 pm
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The lab doesn't function well as a medical clinic. Nor do I as a medical doctor. How many times must I tell the new recruits that my skills with surgery are minimal at best? Nor do I have the supplies necessary to do much more than hand over a shot of vodka, a pill, and then make a few crude stitches. I suppose that you all must find scars much more appealing than I, at the very least.
Harper's brought in an interesting specimen for examination. I can't say that I've seen anything of its like. Unfortunately, it's had its head crushed which I'm told was unavoidable, given the circumstance. From what I can see, there's some sort of protruding ridge of bone but I can't determine whether it's spinal or decorative. The edges of said bone are sharp and apparently used to slash.
That brings me to my next quandary. This creature may be responsible for the double murder of two people in Rainier Valley. How do we interact with the authorities to ensure the man charged goes free? Or do we do so at all?
current music: "searching with my good eye closed" : Soundgarden
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11:57 am
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
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10:47 pm
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Friday, December 5th, 2008
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7:34 pm
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Apparently I'm someone's favorite old person. And it's not Gaines I refer to.
Remind me that the next time someone offers me an invisible test subject that it's a very bad idea. Feeding him, her, or it has been an adventure. I finally gave up and started pouring soup on the creature's face until I find a mouth. I suppose that I should consider myself grateful that it's no longer resisting food.
Drawing blood's a real challenge. I'm afraid most of the specimens I've collected have been tainted.
( Private )
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Thursday, November 27th, 2008
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12:25 pm
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Odd. For the first time in decades, Thanksgiving has some meaning. There's something to be thankful for.
And no, Cavanaugh, it's not eyeliner.
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
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9:23 am
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
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3:07 pm
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
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7:50 pm
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They do the country a big disservice by placing Election Day so close to Halloween, don't you think? The masks this year are positively frightening - I liked it much better when Freddy Krueger had less wrinkles than our candidates. Of course, he didn't beat Kerry by much.
I hate to disappoint you all but I'll not be going in costume this year.
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
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9:43 pm
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It would seem the buyer for the condo has backed out. Surprised? Not really.
I'm tempted to move back in. I question the rationale, at times, for selling it in the first place.
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Saturday, October 4th, 2008
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8:33 am
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I've been a non-entity, regrettably, for the past few weeks because of the difficulty inherent in trying to move a condo on Capitol Hill in the current economic climate. It makes my head hurt - trying to think of the position that I'd be in, were I actually needing to sell at this moment.
I do understand that I should be grateful that I have the property to move and that, ultimately, it was Hiro's investment more than it was ever my own, but that's the reason that I want it gone. Strange, though it is - now that I've made the decision to relinquish it, it seems that I can't stand the thought of anything in it. I simply want it disposed of, and now, with little thought or attention paid to the process. Though I suppose, with Melly's help, I've been able to manage that well enough. And when it's wrapped up, as it should be if she can convince the current prospective buyer not to waffle again, she can go back home and quit chasing shadows here.
If these weren't the autumnal years of my life, I think I'd return to Japan. There are times I miss the way the city smelled.
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Saturday, September 13th, 2008
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8:45 pm
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There are some moments in your life too close to be shared and yet too completely a surprise to let them pass without any comment at all.
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Sunday, September 7th, 2008
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9:17 pm
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Saturday, September 6th, 2008
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7:54 pm
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I don't hear snoring, so Melanie must not be home.
Odd, how the simple effect of another human's presence can change things. Oh, I'm not saying that I have a renewed will to live or any of that, but there is something to be said for having someone to continually bitch at.
In other news, one of my old colleagues at Riser called me with a tip. Apparently, they've developed some sort of drug that's had unusual side effects on the test group. No specifications as to what - I assume it's something to do with fetuses or seizures. That was typically the case back when I was a blood jockey for the team. Still, it might be worth looking into. It certainly merits a couple of phone calls.
( Privately encrypted )
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
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7:39 am
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
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9:19 am
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There are times in which one finds one's self being hypocritical. In my life, those moments come on average once an hour and I tend to ignore them blithely. That said, I've been considering the things that I told Breen - that he should get out more often (something that I stand by still).
It's very easy to claim that the reason you don't want to love again, or to be involved with others, is because you've had the one perfect love. I used to say that of Hiro, though again, that was hypocritical, given my behavior after he died. It was easy to say it, because that placed a cast on our relationship that wasn't real, at the end. It wasn't perfect. It wasn't beautiful. There were times when I wished it'd just end and that was a large part of why I wanted to remember it as it wasn't.
But love's something you have to work at. Might be the faint hint of Norwegian in me but I've always believed it. It's like that joke.
Christ. I shouldn't have watched "Sleepless in Seattle" this morning. I hate that movie. Best, I think, to close this line of thought before it pervades the rest of the day and I go to some sad martini bar to drink alone.
current music: "School" : Nirvana
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
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7:07 am
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Another cold. The second time in six weeks. Goddammit.
I brought this upon myself, tromping around out there in the dark. I hate illness with a passion. It's something that's been difficult to adjust with, these past few years. I suppose that I should be grateful that I was rarely sick while Hiro was alive and that the arthritis had yet to emerge. Towards the end, it would have been unbearable. There's simply too much that has to be done to care for someone who's dying.
Obviously, my head is congested and I'm not thinking clearly.
Keep your chicken soup and your sweet talk away from me, all of you. I'm not in the mood.
current music: "Here Comes Sickness" : Mudhoney
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