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gwydion* "U.S. Takes a Sharp Drop in World Press Freedom Rankings:" http://www.thewire.com/global/2014/02/us-takes-sharp-drop-world-press-freedom-rankings/357992/
* It's not just the Catholic Church protecting Rapists and Pedophiles in Jesus' name. "Christian School Faulted for Halting Abuse Study:" http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/12/education/christian-school-faulted-for-halting-abuse-study.html?utm_content=bufferda687&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer&_r=3
* "How a Purse Snatching Led to the Legal Justification for NSA Domestic Spying:" http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/10/nsa-smith-purse-snatching/
* "Planet, Oceans Burning Up: There is no “Pause” in Global Warming:" http://www.juancole.com/2014/02/oceans-burning-warming.html
* The are projecting that there will no longer be a sustainable population of wild elephants in 10-15 years.
* "California School Officials Debunk Right-Wing Lies About Transgender Student Law:" http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/02/11/california-school-officials-debunk-right-wing-l/198001
* "TBLG Community, Can't Celebrate Michael Sam As An NFL Player Yet:" http://www.transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/02/tblg-community-cant-celebrate-michael.html
* "Jewlyes Gutierrez Case Update:" http://www.transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/02/jewlyes-gutierrez-case-update.html
* " The 4th Annual TransGriot Black Trans History Quiz :" http://www.transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-4th-annual-transgriot-black-trans.html
* "Nikki Wins Trans Marriage Appeal Case!:" http://www.transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/02/nikki-wins-trans-marriage-appeal-case.html
* Today was a special kind of hard. It was hot enough that I felt like I had a fever, so my sleep was broken and strange. I was only scheduled for a few hours anyway as I needed to be dressed and coherent if the furniture guys hit the beginning instead of end of their window. The phone woke me an hour early and as the buzzer if it’s finally working routes through my phone and if it isn’t, the furniture guys were going to call through it, I answered it. When no one spoke, I went out to see if they were there, but the intercom broken. As it hasn’t worked right even once, I do not trust the buzzer/intercom system. No one was there. I couldn’t get back to sleep for another couple of hours, so I read. I did finally get a light nap in, but the phone and Hector ensured it was not restful or continuous.
The guys did show up, but at the wrong building. I found them fairly quickly. The little bookcases were unwrapped and easy to put in place. It was a massive effort for me to unpack the tall ones, at which point I discovered they had helpfully set them up upside down. I am nowhere near as strong as I was even two years ago, as I’ve had one sort of lung/sinus/ear infection or another for nearly all that time, so swimming hasn’t been a thing I can do. Trying to flip massive wood bookcases by myself nearly did me in.
It was at this point, with the spoons nearly all burned I realized that there was no point in going further without purchasing two new extremely expensive power strips with extra long cords, so off to ACE. (The workers at ACE asked, “What project are you working on today?” I’ve been there so much in the last year between the garden and the move that they know me by name. *facepalm*) Much bookcase wiggling and reorganizing later, I now have the wall ‘o TV and fish tanks set up in a more convenient way, but I’m very close to out of spoons. I sat down to do my lung treatment. Hector “helpfully” ripped down the central living room curtains, exposing me to my neighbors as I was in my underwear. When I went over there to sort that out, he used the distraction to “steal” my tea or the second time that afternoon, knocking it all over the floor, I guess because I hadn’t mopped up enough tea today. I want a nap, but there is no way the endorphins and Hector would let me and I should probably eat so I can have arthritis meds. Also, I haven’t organized my desk to deal with the new short case instead of the long shelf, nor cleared the kitchen counter so I can use the long shelf for more kitchen storage, and I really should move the game books to the new, better sized shelving. I really could use help, but Squirrel came out briefly to take out the boxes and I can’t reasonably wake him up to help me move things.
Steps left in move: 1. Unpack boxes for desk and book shelves. 2. Last cleaning of old apartment once Squirrel moves his stuff out. 3. Raid and reorganize upstairs storage again. 4. Raid off site storage, sort, and move a bunch of it over here. I’d love to move all the storage here, but am no holding my breath. This is a big job requiring at least two people and likely more than one trip.
* It's not just the Catholic Church protecting Rapists and Pedophiles in Jesus' name. "Christian School Faulted for Halting Abuse Study:" http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/12/education/christian-school-faulted-for-halting-abuse-study.html?utm_content=bufferda687&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer&_r=3
* "How a Purse Snatching Led to the Legal Justification for NSA Domestic Spying:" http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/10/nsa-smith-purse-snatching/
* "Planet, Oceans Burning Up: There is no “Pause” in Global Warming:" http://www.juancole.com/2014/02/oceans-burning-warming.html
* The are projecting that there will no longer be a sustainable population of wild elephants in 10-15 years.
* "California School Officials Debunk Right-Wing Lies About Transgender Student Law:" http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/02/11/california-school-officials-debunk-right-wing-l/198001
* "TBLG Community, Can't Celebrate Michael Sam As An NFL Player Yet:" http://www.transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/02/tblg-community-cant-celebrate-michael.html
* "Jewlyes Gutierrez Case Update:" http://www.transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/02/jewlyes-gutierrez-case-update.html
* " The 4th Annual TransGriot Black Trans History Quiz :" http://www.transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-4th-annual-transgriot-black-trans.html
* "Nikki Wins Trans Marriage Appeal Case!:" http://www.transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/02/nikki-wins-trans-marriage-appeal-case.html
* Today was a special kind of hard. It was hot enough that I felt like I had a fever, so my sleep was broken and strange. I was only scheduled for a few hours anyway as I needed to be dressed and coherent if the furniture guys hit the beginning instead of end of their window. The phone woke me an hour early and as the buzzer if it’s finally working routes through my phone and if it isn’t, the furniture guys were going to call through it, I answered it. When no one spoke, I went out to see if they were there, but the intercom broken. As it hasn’t worked right even once, I do not trust the buzzer/intercom system. No one was there. I couldn’t get back to sleep for another couple of hours, so I read. I did finally get a light nap in, but the phone and Hector ensured it was not restful or continuous.
The guys did show up, but at the wrong building. I found them fairly quickly. The little bookcases were unwrapped and easy to put in place. It was a massive effort for me to unpack the tall ones, at which point I discovered they had helpfully set them up upside down. I am nowhere near as strong as I was even two years ago, as I’ve had one sort of lung/sinus/ear infection or another for nearly all that time, so swimming hasn’t been a thing I can do. Trying to flip massive wood bookcases by myself nearly did me in.
It was at this point, with the spoons nearly all burned I realized that there was no point in going further without purchasing two new extremely expensive power strips with extra long cords, so off to ACE. (The workers at ACE asked, “What project are you working on today?” I’ve been there so much in the last year between the garden and the move that they know me by name. *facepalm*) Much bookcase wiggling and reorganizing later, I now have the wall ‘o TV and fish tanks set up in a more convenient way, but I’m very close to out of spoons. I sat down to do my lung treatment. Hector “helpfully” ripped down the central living room curtains, exposing me to my neighbors as I was in my underwear. When I went over there to sort that out, he used the distraction to “steal” my tea or the second time that afternoon, knocking it all over the floor, I guess because I hadn’t mopped up enough tea today. I want a nap, but there is no way the endorphins and Hector would let me and I should probably eat so I can have arthritis meds. Also, I haven’t organized my desk to deal with the new short case instead of the long shelf, nor cleared the kitchen counter so I can use the long shelf for more kitchen storage, and I really should move the game books to the new, better sized shelving. I really could use help, but Squirrel came out briefly to take out the boxes and I can’t reasonably wake him up to help me move things.
Steps left in move: 1. Unpack boxes for desk and book shelves. 2. Last cleaning of old apartment once Squirrel moves his stuff out. 3. Raid and reorganize upstairs storage again. 4. Raid off site storage, sort, and move a bunch of it over here. I’d love to move all the storage here, but am no holding my breath. This is a big job requiring at least two people and likely more than one trip.