tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-08:22308aseasease2015-05-13T15:39:28Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-08:22308:650654Sad Family News2015-05-13T15:36:19Z2015-05-13T15:39:28Zsadpublic2My grandother, my father's mother, passed away Monday night. She was the last of my grandparents living. We weren't as close as either of us wanted to be, I think, especially after I moved to the West Coast, but she was still an important part of my life. My uncle is handling the arrangements, and I've checked in with him and with my father, so they know I'm on tap if they need something. <br /><br />What makes me most sad today is that whatever's undone will remain undone. I hope she knew she was loved, even when we weren't that great at picking up a phone or a pen.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ase&ditemid=650654" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-08:22308:541091Short Weekend2010-10-11T01:15:49Z2010-10-11T01:15:49Zworkingpublic0Back from my cousin's wedding! She is happily hitched, I happily saw my family, I had a window for <em>every</em> leg of the trip, and my flight home picked up a tailwind, to my delirious joy. The approach was southeast-to-northwest over the Bay, letting me revel in landmarks: the San Mateo bridge, the Bay Bridge, Sutro tower, the Transamerica pyramid and financial district skyline, until Potrero Hill intervened; and thanks to fog doubling as a backdrop, the very pointy tops of the Golden Gate Bridge span.<br /><br />The only stain in my happiness are this week's midterms. The medical microbiology midterm is multiple guess of principles I am comfortable applying; the immunology midterm has me ranting to unsuspecting roommates about fractal knowledge bases and pedagogy. One way or another this class will drive me to drink: before I review the blessed B-cell lineage, or after I BS the blessed cytokine questions.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ase&ditemid=541091" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-08:22308:540791The Last Wedding for a Good Long Time2010-10-08T06:53:07Z2010-10-10T23:54:58Zawakepublic0Off to North Carolina for my cousin's wedding. Waiting for tonight's red-eye flight and my impending 2.5 day separation from the city has been rendered much more pleasant by free wi-fi at SFO. It's hilarious to note that just taking BART to the airport made me <em>so sad</em>: I am missing a huge chunk of Fleet Week, including the Blue Angels air show. I haven't even left, and already I want to be back! <br /><br />(BTW, TSA's "random screening" pulled the woman wearing a dress in a style that screamed home-made and head gear almost, but not entirely like a yarmulke. Random. Riiiight.) <br /><br />Stuff I've been meaning to post on, and yet have not:<br /><br />1.) <em>Aida</em>: soap opera on Italian steroids? Opera as id vortex. Discuss.<br />2.) How awesome my roommates are, and the dynamics of girls-only vs mixed gender housing. <em>Are</em> there significantly different dynamics, or did I just luck out and get a good roommie set? <br />3.) Personal integration of a universal truth: job searching is demoralizing.<br />4.) The struggle to evaluate without judging or criticizing. Your $foo should not impact my equilibrium. (Brought to you by Folsom Street Fair, as well as the random transsexual from a farmer's market event. I'm trying to market stuff to you, and you're trying to tell me about your MTF experience? If that's the life narrative you want to share with someone you met 90 seconds ago, okay, but - is your life about the transition or what you're transitioning to?)<br />4a.) Actually, that last question could tie into Point Three in ways that suggest I need to stop angsting and get something FT. Anything. <br />5.)<em>Hey Atlanta,<br /><br />Here you are looking fine in a fine hat. Hope you had a great time at [event]! Good luck finding that dream [specific type of hat].<br /><br />Best,<br /><br /><span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://ase.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ase.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ase</b></a></span></em><br /><br />Accidental flirting is one of my superpowers. True fact.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ase&ditemid=540791" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-08:22308:535478In Our Thoughts and Hearts2010-08-17T06:25:36Z2010-08-17T06:25:36Zsadpublic0My grandfather passed away last week. He was in his 80's, a WWII vet, so this is saddening but not shocking, and he was fortunately able to spend his last days at home. My grandmother hasn't set a date for a funeral or memorial service, but my sister is spearing through three generations of knotty family relationships in the pursuit of correct action. Or something. My grandfather and I weren't close, so the most significant impact in the short term is the possibility of a short trip East for my grandmother. I may or may not be appealing for dad's frequent flier miles and DC couch-surfing space sometime in the next month as events unfold; it really depends on what help my grandmother asks for.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ase&ditemid=535478" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-08:22308:531207Other People's Activities2010-07-26T16:35:55Z2010-07-26T16:35:55Zawakepublic0I have to give a huge shoutout about my sister, who ran a half-marathon this weekend, and is awesome. Hearing about her plans makes me want a guest bedroom, so I can tell her to mosey up to SF for any running events up here. With this and a possible sit-down dinner in the works, I feel like I'm starting to work on that grown-up thing. Looking at <a href="http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/22/15-yoga/">yoga</a> intros doesn't hurt. I already stretch when I get out of bed, right? (Yes, that's highly flippant.)<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ase&ditemid=531207" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-08:22308:496787If I See One More Piece of Chocolate I May Lose My Lunch. Which Was Also Chocolate.2009-12-25T18:33:46Z2009-12-25T18:33:46Zmellowpublic1My father has never heard of Celine Dion.<br /><br />"Celine Dion?", I said, over blueberry pancakes and all natural pomegranate juice. "Celine 'My Heart Will Go On' Dion? 'It's All Coming Back To Me Now'? Queen of the '80s and '90s power ballad?" <br /><br />Now dad's accusing me of making him look like a blithering idiot on the internet. He is pulling up a Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young documentary on the HD as an example of "real music". Apparently, liking CSNY is proof you are not an idiot. This would be a lot more convincing if he weren't reminiscing about what he got up to when he saw CSNY in '74; also if I hadn't seen people try to use Coldplay and the Decemberists as evidence against the same charges. Bless you, dad: 30 years is the only thing separating you from the hipsters. <br /><br />Next up: double-chocolate cookies in the oven. Dad and I agree the recipe is suspect, but that's okay: I know where to find a triple-ginger cookie recipe for backup desert.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ase&ditemid=496787" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-08:22308:496633At the Homestead2009-12-25T03:43:36Z2009-12-25T03:43:53Zrelaxedpublic0I got out of work on time today. I still haven't recovered from the shock. However, Chinese buffet with dad and Second Wife helped a lot.<br /><br />It's good to see dad, and it's great to veg out and mooch delicious food (tomorrow may be Experiments With Baking day), but I am mildly creeped out because there are no bookcases in the house. I finished one book on the metro, so I am down to a collection of best fantasy short stories of 2006. And the internet, of course. Send help. Send nonfiction. Send my bookcases. I go home Saturday to my to-do list. <br /><br />To those who celebrate, have a happy Christmas Eve, and a merry Christmas. Everyone else, enjoy your Friday.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ase&ditemid=496633" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-08:22308:491688Holiday Bonding Through HD TV2009-11-28T01:26:44Z2009-11-28T01:26:44Zfullpublic2Me: "Alaska State Troopers"?<br />Dad: Uh-huh.<br />Me: You're kidding me.<br />Dad: Ha ha, no.<br />Me: It's not a parody?<br />Dad: Nope.<br />Me: Not "Reno 9-1-1, Alaska Edition"?<br />Dad: I think it's pie time.<br /><br />Apparently, pie includes brown sugar ice cream.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ase&ditemid=491688" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-08:22308:491325High Concentrations of Tryptophan and Potatoes2009-11-27T02:30:07Z2009-11-27T02:30:07Zhappypublic0Happy American Thanksgiving! For the rest of you, have a nice Thursday evening. Today I am grateful for dads who cook. Tonight I am noodling on <em>Perl For Bioinformatics</em> and generating about 20 lines of error message with a single extra backslash. Troubleshooting is hilarious, especially when pecan pie is on tap.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ase&ditemid=491325" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-08:22308:482007Name That Song2009-09-20T07:53:08Z2009-09-20T07:53:08Zhappypublic0What could possibly be more beautiful than driving down freeway 80 at sunset, clouds piling and breaking against San Francisco's hills and a lemon-yellow sky? Only driving back up the 80 toward those same hills, black against black, sodium-lit streets climbing toward the heavens, with your sister demanding "Life in Technicolor" for a soundtrack. This vacation thing is awesome.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ase&ditemid=482007" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments