Random Thoughts #36

--Good news from Texas: It looks as though my Mom's heart is significantly improving. After more tests, they now believe her low pumping power was due to damage from her defibrillator implant. She's now pumping at 40% rather than 12%, and they've moved her to a level 7, which is essentially "on hold until further notice."

--Bad news from Texas: Now that both Mom and Dad are feeling better, they've decided they're going to come to Kansas City for a visit. While in general this is good news, I'm going to have to figure out what to do with the motorcycle so that I can continue to perpetuate the lie that their son is safe and responsible.

--Speaking of exciting weekend events, I got my garage door installed on Friday. On Saturday morning as I was about to paint it, the motorized opener (which they did not replace) made a loud pop and stopped working. Just my luck. They're suggesting it was simply coincidence; I'm suggesting they owe me a new opener due to improper installation. I'll keep you posted on the outcome.

--Internet find of the month: XTube. It's basically YouTube, but for slightly less virtuous videos. Don't even THINK about going there during work. Fun times for straight, gay and everyone in between.

--I've lost what I thought was a good friend. My buddy (that moved here from NY) and I have stopped talking. It's a long story, but the Lifetime movie goes like this: "Will you pay the deposit on my apartment?" "No." "I don't understand why not, you're so unreasonable. Waaaaa!" He stops returning my calls. Oh well, you think you know people.

--One of my worst character traits is my ability to completely erase my feelings for other people. It's like a faucet, either off or on. I fully appreciate the fact that disassociation as a coping mechanism isn't the greatest strategy for maintaining long-term relationships, but I've used it pretty effectively in the past. In the aforementioned case, I have subsequently exercised these pathologies to their fullest extent.