She said don't ride motorcycles two feet off the ground

[sovay]

I don't feel like I have a lot to report about my life lately, but I am trying not to disappear. The first half of today was primarily characterized by being terrible and the second half included stressful financial errands, but also a really good bagel (chased with a donut, so that it took me until dinner to eat something that was not toroidal), driving a car for the first time in nearly ten years (around a parking lot, because I didn't want anybody to die, but it was surprising and reassuring how much I had not forgotten), making a double batch of brownies with a heavy concentration of chocolate chips and sour cherries, and curling up with spatch to watch Howard Hawks' Only Angels Have Wings (1939), a late birthday present courtesy of Criterion's half-off sale last week. I truly love that movie and need to write about it one of these days. I need to do a lot of things, like sleep more and not be in so much pain.

Comments

[asakiyume]

Good for you for testing out driving.

A bagel chased with a donut sounds like wakanomori's idea of perfect comfort food. Note the world: if a character ever exists who eats only toroidal food, let them be named either sovay or wakanomori!

I pray for your relief from all stresses and pains: financial, mental, physical, and in any other categories.

[ethelmay]

Cheerios and Lifesavers might also work.

[sovay]

Cheerios and Lifesavers might also work.

Oh, man, I had a Lifesaver later that afternoon. For the first time in months, if not years. It was clearly a theme.

[asakiyume]

Yes! And tortellini?

[sovay]

And tortellini?

Any cake baked in a Bundt pan!

[asakiyume]

I think your well-being is now assured

[ethelmay]

If you get short of protein, you can have whitings with their tails in their mouths.

[sovay]

If you get short of protein, you can have whitings with their tails in their mouths.

That sounds so adorable/delicious, I might have to do it anyway.

[sovay]

Good for you for testing out driving.

I don't want a car, but I need the ability back: it is generally ridiculous that I can't offer to drive for people when needed. More specifically, with the days getting shorter and the weather getting worse, I want to be able to drive my mother places. She grew up in the Midwest and has been comfortable behind the wheel since she was a teenager, but that doesn't mean she always has to be.

Note the world: if a character ever exists who eats only toroidal food, let them be named either sovay or wakanomori!

Hee. I would miss some things that come in other shapes, but it's good to know I wouldn't starve.

I pray for your relief from all stresses and pains: financial, mental, physical, and in any other categories.

Thank you.

[thistleingrey]

Best wishes for improved sleep, and sympathy for the pain.

[sovay]

Best wishes for improved sleep, and sympathy for the pain.

Thank you.

[gwynnega]

I wish you better sleep and a lot less pain.

Those brownies sound delicious.

[sovay]

I wish you better sleep and a lot less pain.

Thank you!

Those brownies sound delicious.

I feel strongly that sour cherries improve most things.

[thisbluespirit]

I need to do a lot of things, like sleep more and not be in so much pain.

Well, here's to that! <3

[sovay]

Well, here's to that!

Thank you!

[isis]

I'm super amused by the toroidal food trend. Also, I'm now nostalgic for living in a place where you can (mostly) get by without driving. I drive far less than most, out here in the wild west, but it's still a necessary skill.

We all need to sleep more. Here's hoping.

[sovay]

I drive far less than most, out here in the wild west, but it's still a necessary skill.

Public transit in Boston is kind of legendarily a disaster, but it's still true that I can get most places by walking and/or taking buses and/or the T.

We all need to sleep more. Here's hoping.

Thank you. Likewise.

[alexxkay]

I'm currently working on the new Steven Brust novel, _Vallista_. It contains a piece of dialogue that resonated strongly with me, and I think might with you:

“The problem isn't the pain, you see. It's the not dancing. I hate not dancing.”

[alatefeline]

Well. Toruses are good, at least.

[sovay]

Toruses are good, at least.

Certainly tasty!

[nineweaving]

Slabs are also good.

...a double batch of brownies with a heavy concentration of chocolate chips and sour cherries

Nine

[heliopausa]

I'm very sorry to hear about the pain - and also sleeplessness. Thank you for not disappearing (and now saying that I think but don't put any pressure on someone to write things when what's important is the sleeping and the stopping of the pain - so while I'm very glad you haven't disappeared, if you need to take a break for your well-being's sake, of course do.)
The chocolate and sour cherry brownies sound wonderful.
Best wishes for sleep tonight and for the pain to ebb away.

[sovay]

Thank you for not disappearing (and now saying that I think but don't put any pressure on someone to write things when what's important is the sleeping and the stopping of the pain - so while I'm very glad you haven't disappeared, if you need to take a break for your well-being's sake, of course do.)

I appreciate all of that, including the qualifiers.

The chocolate and sour cherry brownies sound wonderful.

I highly recommend them! I think any brownie recipe will do to start with; we have a very plain one.

Best wishes for sleep tonight and for the pain to ebb away.

Thank you.