The Scratching Post

I've been working seasonal retail at a neighborhood book shop for the last 2 months, and it will come to an end on January 1st.
I have to admit that one of the few bright sides of this has been the perverse pleasure I derive from greeting my law school professors with "Here I am, putting my [school name] law degree to good use. How's life on the hill?"

1 pint of forsen berries + almost 1 glass of whisky + immersion blender = boozy smoothie.

I am very pleased.

So apparently my partner is convinced that mis Russian prof knows my first language better than I do, and I am not getting the silent treatment for daring to assert that she was wrong in claiming that there is no plural form of занавескa, which is bullshit. The plural is занавески, it has never gone out of use and is listed as such in the Oxford. But because his cheapo dictionary and the prof say otherwise I am being disrespectful by asserting the truth.

I dont even know how to begin dealing with this.

I rarely do this, but a good friend of mine is a co-owner of an awesome comic book shop in Massachusetts.
The economy is shit, and they fell on really hard times.
In order to avoid closing, they've started a fundraiser and there's some pretty sweet stuff on offer.

Here's the link http://www.gofundme.com/4t5tbo

Please help them out if you can, and boost the signal.

Fuck the GOP.
Seriously.
Fuck them with that rusty pineapple that gets up Hitler's arse in Little Nicky.

They're holding the country hostage because they lost every battle over the Affordable Care Act.
They lost the in the legislature, they lost the presidential election, they lost in the courts. So now they've shut down the government.

Fuck them.
This is economic terrorism.
We don't negotiate with terrorists.

Was just talking to R, and it look like since buying Tumblr, Yahoo has set about fucking it up. Specifically, not communicating with users, and in a very shady looking move inserting ads disguised as posts directly into people's dash...

Smells like the shit that went down when 6Apart bought LJ...

I just finished my last exam of law school. Unless I've flunked something, which I doubt, I'm done with lasw school. And all I feel is exhausted.

There are days you thank the universe your MiL is not crazy.
And then there are days you learn that you share a fandom with her.

I feel like unreconstructed death.
The fever broke for a bit around midnight, and R and I shared a sparkling cider toast which was lovely.
Now though I'm congested as all hell, the Sudafed ain't working, the chills and headache are back to boot. I think I may have to miss work tomorrow, despite how we can't afford the loss of income.

In short being sick sucks .