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Most of you -- or perhaps all of you -- will understand why I am currently fixated on the last three lines of the Sonya Taaffe poem "The House Snakes: For Nyani Martin":

...our earth will always shake,

our restless scales unfurling to enfold

your arms of wine-dark honey as you come home.



The full poem appears in issue 44 of "Uncanny: A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy".

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Mar. 4th, 2026 01:05 pm
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Having some orange blossom tea and looking forward to several things, listening to somebody play piano tonight, seeing some friends over the weekend and another friend's awesome birthday party on the 22nd.
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Via a post from [personal profile] goss: tragic, shocking news about [personal profile] minoanmiss AKA Rubynye on AO3.

My icon says "sad" but this is way beyond that. I am utterly shocked and crushed. [personal profile] minoanmiss and I met once at a con and I hoped to meet up again...and now never will. We communicated regularly on DW and often sent each other postal mail...and now never will again.

May her memory be a blessing...and an inspiration.

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Mar. 3rd, 2026 10:50 am
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Waiting for the bug guy.

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Mar. 2nd, 2026 08:49 am
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Some idiot pulled the fire alarm at about 5 this morning so I have a headache. Today I have to reestablish my credit card info with my internet and phone accounts, pay my rent, make an appointment regarding the damn rent raise and take out the garbage. It's a little too early right now to do any of that.

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Mar. 1st, 2026 03:41 pm
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Finally got my new credit card!
Had a great time with my friends at dinner last night except when I was trying to leave the restaurant and some man would not move his baby out of the way, it was a very narrow passage between two tables and I do not think he should be letting the baby block it like that.
Apparently at about 5 this morning I was dead asleep when L. texted me asking me to call before going over to their house. I called her a little after one in the afternoon and she never answered the phone so I assumed she was still asleep (I hadn't even known in advance that she was coming back today) and left a message and didn't go to her house. I have not heard back from her.

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Feb. 28th, 2026 11:11 am
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I don't think L.'s coming back.
Still no new credit card.
My friends postponed yesterday.
They're raising my rent.
Now what?

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Feb. 27th, 2026 11:50 am
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They're spraying for roaches in my apt Tuesday. I don't have roaches, this is preventative. I'm glad they let me know in advance, I don't want the bug guy to come barging in when I'm in the bathroom or something.
Looking forward to tonight, I'm going out for dinner with friends.
STILL NO NEW CREDIT CARD YET.

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Feb. 26th, 2026 12:39 pm
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Had some Celebration tea. Not much to do today unless something unusual happens.

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Feb. 25th, 2026 06:39 pm
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This morning my sneakers literally fell apart while I was trying to put them on so I had to go out and get new ones. I had to go to three different stores and I still don't have a new credit card and the shoe store doesn't take checks (do stores still take checks?), luckily the Wells Fargo was right across the street from the shoe store so I had to go in there and get cash. I hope that new credit card shows up soon. One source told me three days, another one told me six.

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Feb. 24th, 2026 11:06 am
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I just got an e mail from my bank saying my new credit card will be showing up in the mail in a week. They originally told me four days. I have no idea what I'm supposed to do till then. I also have a bunch of wet laundry sitting around in my bathroom.

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Feb. 23rd, 2026 10:43 am
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Well, I got the phone bill taken care of, the lady who worked for the phone company was very nice and helpful. I still have to get ahold of the phone company and give them the new numbers when I get my new credit card, and DSL too but my DSL bill isn't due for about a week and a half so I'm not worried about that.
I AM worried about this asshole who works in my apt bldg. I reported a theft (not my credit card) to him and he said he reported it and he didn't. I'm getting real tired of this fucker.
Also I had to do laundry and I only had enough on my card to wash it and not dry it because I have to use my credit card to put more $$ on it. If I could run into one of my neighbors I'm on friendly terms with they might be able to help me out but they seem to be out.

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Feb. 22nd, 2026 06:43 pm
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I miss when I didn't have to worry about this shit. I have autopay on my phone and they usually take the $$$ out on the 23rd. I tried to call their office to warn them about my card having to be shut down and that I will give them the necessary info about the new card when I get it but that office is closed on the weekends. I hope to fuck they won't cut me off, I will try to call them tomorrow.

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Feb. 21st, 2026 12:42 pm
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I can't go out today. Earlier this morning my bank called me, apparently some asshole tried to buy $200 worth of stuff with MY credit card info at best Buy so I had to tell this lady who works at my bank that I haven't bought anything from those guys in over a year. So I had to get my credit card cancelled and wait a week for a new one to show up in the damn mail. Thank fuck the charge did not go through. I don't have the slightest idea how anybody could even get my credit card info in the first place. AND It's going to be a major hassle trying to get ahold of AT&T and DSL to give them the new credit card info. I remember what a pain it was last time I had to do that when my old credit card expired. Only Netflix was easy.

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Feb. 20th, 2026 02:49 pm
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I spent yesterday morning trying to get things straightened out with PG&E because the stupid fucking post office lost my electric bill payment which I mailed out over a week ago. I paid it over the phone and I decided I'm just going to keep doing that. (Last time I did this was shortly before I went into the hospital for my leg surgery because I didn't know how long I'd be in there for and I didn't want the bill hanging over my head).
Then I got some groceries because this Mexican restaurant I really liked took camarones diablo off their menu so I decided to look up the recipe to see if I could make it myself and it turns out it's not a complicated recipe at all and I already had shrimps so I just needed tomatoes, onions and a jalapeno to make the sauce. (I use onions a lot in my cooking so I run low on them regularly.)
Then after I dropped off the groceries at home I went to the Chinese restaurant near the Rockridge bart station for lunch and then I went bookstore hopping and picked up this cool book about Oscar Wilde, he's one of my favorite writers and I already have all his books so I might as well get books about him.
I can't believe how cold it was yesterday. I know some people will look up the temperature for that day and say it was nothing but it was COLD by bay area standards. I wore a coat and a heavy sweater under it and I was still cold, I was glad to hang out at Schmidt's pub because they have a fireplace.