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The new cat tower is being used. There is contention and Snow is a bit of a bully. He chases Festis every time she tries to use it. Last night there was an argument and they both fell off as they tried to commit murder on each other.

I moved the older tower in alongside the new one. It’s rather rickety but it provides a view of the back yard where everything is happening. I’m hoping the cats can peacefully coexist if each has a seat at the window.

I play a computer game called “June’s Journey” and about a week ago I started getting a message that there was a ‘security threat’ and it wouldn’t open. Inquieres told me that I wasn’t the only one. It was a new update they did and their website said that they didn’t support Chrome. Well, you have for the last 6/7 years. I don’t know anything about IT but cutting your customer base seems that you’re going in the wrong direction. I miss my game. Once in a survey I did for them I asked if they got their servers at a garage sale. Things have always been chancy with them.

I finished “Agents of Shield”. Whedon is a jerk but he and his family (blood and artistic) turn out good series. I’m going to miss the gang. Coulson is immortal, as it should be.

There is going to be a brief interlude before starting my next set of dvds as I want to rewatch Ghosts (UK) for writing purposes.

I’m getting bored of summer. And there’s still August to get through.

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I made a Substack

I made a Substack to talk about my chronic illness journey if any of y'all are interested in following me there:

https://lorrained558511.substack.com/?r=35wee3&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist

Please, no crossing the streams! Don't refer to me as lunabee34 over there or link to my fandom identity in any way. :)

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I read some stuff!

( House of Mirth, Courtesans, Janisse Ray, medieval poetry )

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This week's questions were suggested by bindyree.

1. Name five favorite movies.
Laura (Casablanca is, of course,a given), The Avengers, The Bourne Legacy, Paddington 2, The next one I see that surprises me.

2. Name four areas of interest you became interested in after you were done with your formal education.
Travel, history, crocheting, cats

3. Name three things you would change about this world.
Everybody gets fed, everybody goes to school, everybody gets to vote.

4. Name two of your favorite childhood toys.
I was just about books and reading.

5. Name one person you could be handcuffed to for a full day.
I don’t think that would be feasible since I have to go to the bathroom so much.

I noticed the other day that the kitty litter I buy went up three dollars.

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I have an announcement to make

I am not old or fat. (Well, I am, but the doctor doesn't care LOL).

Instead I have ankylosing spondylitis and am starting a different anti-inflammatory med than the one I've been taking. If that doesn't work, then I'm switching to a self-injectable biologic. I got the impression that the doc would really rather just start with the biologic, but insurance has to be shown that the cheaper anti-inflammatories are not effective.

I am so relieved. I'm really sick. It's not in my head. I'm not lazy or making it up. A doctor believed me and found out what is wrong. I am being given treatment.

I am so grateful.

I've been so depressed because I thought I was never going to get help, and I haven't been taking care of myself. Doing so didn't feel like it really mattered if that makes sense. I'm going to take this as an opportunity to make some changes that I know will help with my mental and physical wellness because it feels like it matters now.

Thank you all for your support on this journey.

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The other night I stayed up until dawn watching Agents of Shield season 4. It had alternative reality and they know my sweet spot. I couldn’t stop. But I noticed something about my tv. It was so dark that I couldn’t even see who was hitting who.

I moved my smaller tv in from the living room. I don’t watch in there because the electronics are on the floor until I spring for a table. So I hooked it up and yes, my other tv is dying of creeping dark. Testing it involved sorting out about 5 remotes. And then finding the one I needed on the kitchen counter where I randomly put it down as I was to and froing.

I’m debating buying a new, cheap Roku tv.

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OMG I am so tired

1. I have been attending a conference this week that starts at 4:30 in the morning because it's based in the UK. Sunday night, I didn't get any sleep because I knew I was going to have to get up at 3:30 to make that first day welcome, and I did that whole stupid day-before-school thing where you can't sleep in anticipation. Then Monday night, I went to bed at 8:00 and slept like a baby until 4:00. It was wonderful. Last night, though, I woke up at 2:00 with the worst burning pain in my thigh. I've had neuropathy before that feels like burning, but it's always been mild and brief. Y'all, this was excruciating; it literally felt like my leg was blistering up in a horrible burn. Fortunately it quit after a bit, but my leg still feels weird and like it might start doing it again at any moment. :(

2. My appointment is tomorrow with the rheumatologist, and I am so worried I'm not going to get any help. Especially if I'm going to start feeling like I'm burning. I have an incredibly high pain tolerance; I can deal with join and muscle pain. I cannot deal with this burning shit. It hurts so bad in a way I can't handle. :(

3. I gave my paper today and it was well received. The chair of my panel, Andrew King, is one of the foremost Ouida scholars, and he introduced me as a serious Ouida scholars in a worldwide context, and I have a hard time knowing if he really means that or if he is just being his delightful, gracious self (the imposter syndrome is real, y'all), but it was a really nice thing to hear even if it's not exactly true.

4. Weird thing: so one of the online conference attendees had her son with her watching the presentations, which is totally fine; he was attentive, and he asked a couple of questions at two panels and was respectful and observed conference etiquette (even if his questions were not good; he's 11; whatever). But then, she was on my panel, and she involved her son in her presentation. It was on Catherine Wells and her rather fraught marriage to H. G. and how he was kind of a dick, and she had her son read several quotes at different points during the presentation. He had a very tiny Oliver Twist more-gruel-please voice and was wearing a newsboy cap. I can't decide if this was cute and precocious or really inappropriate. It certainly was weird and out of the ordinary. LOL Dylan thinks I'm being judgmental. But like, my academic peeps, this is totally weird right?