Five

[sienamystic]

1. Have contacted the local crisis center and hope to be getting Bemo into a program that will give him some stability, especially as the med changes continue to hit him so badly. He'll be calling one of his drs. for a referral to the program today. The place also has meetings for me on Wednesdays, and I plan to attend one next week.

2. The weather is gorgeous. I want to put on my bathing suit and frolic in the sculpture garden like a baby deer on speed. Tomorrow will apparently be even better.

3. I've been contemplating a tattoo for a long time now, but it wasn't really high on my priority list for a range of reasons (money, concerns about the fact that I scar easily and maybe am not a good candidate for one, where I wanted it to go, how big, what exactly I wanted...I knew I wanted a Green Man but what kind?) My friend Jess kindly agreed to design one for me. In this blog post, she shows the two designs she's worked on for me, and talks about them a bit. They're based on the one you see in my icon, from a stained glass window. I think I'm leaning strongly towards the medallion-type version. Will have to see how much money it'll cost, though, things being so tight.

4. My mom seems to have agreed to some actual planning for this whole wedding thing.

5. Have been reading a lot of books, some great, some bad, some indifferent, many through the magic of ILL. Am currently reading a bio of Dodie Smith (I Capture The Castle, 101 Dalmatians, The Town In Bloom, Dear Octopus) called Dear Dodie: The Life of Dodie Smith, which I'm enjoying very much. I sort of know the details from reading some of her more autobiographical work and her actual memoirs, but it's fun to get this view on them as well. Also read a Kage Baker novella, The Women of Nell Gwynne's, and enjoyed it very much, although it was a very quick, not very substantial work. Still, it was a lovely bonbon since I love her writing style so much. Next up in the queue, I have Miss Buncle's Book, The Decorative Floors of Venice, and Feather Crowns.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I really love the designs! Very exciting! Just do your homework when looking for someone to do the work. Reputable, experienced and clean = good! Color will cost more. Personally, if I ever get another, I would ask for the ink that truly is a black-gray instead of the standard black-that-is-actually-blue. I wish I had known when I got mine. I scar easily too, but nothing funky happened with my skin. My brother got a bad rash from red ink, which was odd.

~Kate-h

[stephanieburgis.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you guys have found a promising program for Bemo. That's such good news.

And I really enjoyed Dear Dodie. After I read it, all I wanted to do for a while was write 1920s flapper adventures starring her and her friends. ;)

[antisoppist.livejournal.com]

It is fascinating to go back and read Dodie Smith's "Look Back With..." autobiographies after having read Dear Dodie to see where she is misleading you. I think at one point she talks about her boss Ambrose Heal and her un-named lover on the same page and it was only the biography that told me they were in fact the same person.

[dickgloucester.livejournal.com]

I do hope the program you have found will help both of you. *hugs*