General life update
Aug. 12th, 2010 01:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alias_sqbrHaving the kind of day where I have to work myself up to making a hot water bottle, and decided I might as do a general update on the state of me for people who have trouble sifting through all the fanart etc. (Those who are only here for the fanart etc are welcome to scroll by :))
So!
Still have chronic fatigue syndrome (people ask, it's worth restating from time to time!) still not working apart from an hour of tutoring every now and then. Most of my time is spent really solidly resting, I've gotten more used to the sense of uselessness and despair this engenders but it's still not fun. (Note to those who do not wish to upset me: do not express envy for being "able" to sit around all day doing nothing. Also do not suggest treatments unless you actually have a significant amount of knowledge about cfs) My health seems to have largely stabilised though I sometimes worry that it's getting worse. From time to time I try various treatments but without much success so far. I mean to have another go after Worldcon.
We're going to Worldcon (the world sf con) in a few weeks in Melbourne which should hopefully be fun. It's my first real trip since getting very ill, so we'll see how that goes. I've set myself very low expectations for a good time: see one or two Melbourne peeps, have at least one good quality Melbourne dinner, go to one or two panels, check out the dealers room. If I have to spend the rest of the time in my hotel room solidly resting, well, we'll have the internet, it will be like being at home but with the cleaning done for me and no cat (she will be with Cam's parents, who will spoil her rotten).
Been doing a lot of drawing and writing, mostly fannish (based on other people's works), which is quite satisfying. The arty part of myself got kind of left to the wayside from the middle of highschool once I started concentrating on science, it's nice to have a chance to explore it a bit more, and I don't get as frustrated with my reduced concentration like I do with maths and science (I can do undergraduate level maths etc well enough to tutor it but...yeah)
Cam is enjoying his job, he's doing pretty well overall though he has an infected tooth which is coming out on Friday.
I'm feeling a bit aimless with reading, I went though a big romance novel phase but I'm a bit sick of them now and have pretty much run out of very promising looking authors, and I'm feeling rather uninspired by most speculative fiction after being very focussed on it for 15 years . Currently working through the tv shows Farscape and Legend of the Seeker, which are both enjoyable if flawed. I'm really looking forward to the new seasons of Doctor Who and Avatar The Last Airbender when they come out next year.
Before I got so ill (late 2008, for those who didn't know me at the time) I was trying to get more involved in social justice (anti-racism, feminism etc) online and off, I have less energy and brains but more time for it now, I've been less focussed on big statements and going out of my way to get involved in stuff and more on small scale personal-level speaking up and inclusiveness in the things I was going to be doing anyway (that's not quite an accurate description, but I am sleepy). It's been very rewarding if a little scary and I've met some fantastic people. I talk about that stuff more on my other blog,sqbr.
Mostly stuck indoors so I don't see people in person as much as I used to but I have the odd movie night and people come over sometimes which is really great (and if any of you want to organise visiting some time, probably after Worldcon (early September), that would be awesome). I have a lot of friends and groups etc I engage with online which is mostly pretty satisfying most of the time but it's a different experience to talking in person. In some ways it's easier since I can think about what I'm saying.
The cat just licked the scanner. It apparently wasn't very tasty, but I guess there's no way to tell without trying.
Family is doing pretty well. My middle siblings are both at uni and the littlest (who is probably taller than me at this point :D) is in highschool. My grandma (mother's mother) died at the end of last year, I'm still forgetting and then remembering again and feeling a bit sad about it. Mum's dad has Alzheimer's and had a stroke, he's really not very well. I haven't seen him for a while, both of us being stuck where we are and my parents living quite a distance from me makes it difficult but mum and I keep trying to organise her picking me up to go visit and at some point it will work out.
HMM. That's all I can think of. Anything I've missed? Anything people want to know more about? My brain is mushy so I'm sure I've forgotten some obvious stuff.
So!
Still have chronic fatigue syndrome (people ask, it's worth restating from time to time!) still not working apart from an hour of tutoring every now and then. Most of my time is spent really solidly resting, I've gotten more used to the sense of uselessness and despair this engenders but it's still not fun. (Note to those who do not wish to upset me: do not express envy for being "able" to sit around all day doing nothing. Also do not suggest treatments unless you actually have a significant amount of knowledge about cfs) My health seems to have largely stabilised though I sometimes worry that it's getting worse. From time to time I try various treatments but without much success so far. I mean to have another go after Worldcon.
We're going to Worldcon (the world sf con) in a few weeks in Melbourne which should hopefully be fun. It's my first real trip since getting very ill, so we'll see how that goes. I've set myself very low expectations for a good time: see one or two Melbourne peeps, have at least one good quality Melbourne dinner, go to one or two panels, check out the dealers room. If I have to spend the rest of the time in my hotel room solidly resting, well, we'll have the internet, it will be like being at home but with the cleaning done for me and no cat (she will be with Cam's parents, who will spoil her rotten).
Been doing a lot of drawing and writing, mostly fannish (based on other people's works), which is quite satisfying. The arty part of myself got kind of left to the wayside from the middle of highschool once I started concentrating on science, it's nice to have a chance to explore it a bit more, and I don't get as frustrated with my reduced concentration like I do with maths and science (I can do undergraduate level maths etc well enough to tutor it but...yeah)
Cam is enjoying his job, he's doing pretty well overall though he has an infected tooth which is coming out on Friday.
I'm feeling a bit aimless with reading, I went though a big romance novel phase but I'm a bit sick of them now and have pretty much run out of very promising looking authors, and I'm feeling rather uninspired by most speculative fiction after being very focussed on it for 15 years . Currently working through the tv shows Farscape and Legend of the Seeker, which are both enjoyable if flawed. I'm really looking forward to the new seasons of Doctor Who and Avatar The Last Airbender when they come out next year.
Before I got so ill (late 2008, for those who didn't know me at the time) I was trying to get more involved in social justice (anti-racism, feminism etc) online and off, I have less energy and brains but more time for it now, I've been less focussed on big statements and going out of my way to get involved in stuff and more on small scale personal-level speaking up and inclusiveness in the things I was going to be doing anyway (that's not quite an accurate description, but I am sleepy). It's been very rewarding if a little scary and I've met some fantastic people. I talk about that stuff more on my other blog,
sqbr.Mostly stuck indoors so I don't see people in person as much as I used to but I have the odd movie night and people come over sometimes which is really great (and if any of you want to organise visiting some time, probably after Worldcon (early September), that would be awesome). I have a lot of friends and groups etc I engage with online which is mostly pretty satisfying most of the time but it's a different experience to talking in person. In some ways it's easier since I can think about what I'm saying.
The cat just licked the scanner. It apparently wasn't very tasty, but I guess there's no way to tell without trying.
Family is doing pretty well. My middle siblings are both at uni and the littlest (who is probably taller than me at this point :D) is in highschool. My grandma (mother's mother) died at the end of last year, I'm still forgetting and then remembering again and feeling a bit sad about it. Mum's dad has Alzheimer's and had a stroke, he's really not very well. I haven't seen him for a while, both of us being stuck where we are and my parents living quite a distance from me makes it difficult but mum and I keep trying to organise her picking me up to go visit and at some point it will work out.
HMM. That's all I can think of. Anything I've missed? Anything people want to know more about? My brain is mushy so I'm sure I've forgotten some obvious stuff.
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Date: 2010-08-12 07:06 am (UTC)That's a very good point . . . and now I have the urge to lick my scanner. (Seriously! What does this say about me?!)
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Date: 2010-08-12 07:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-14 07:23 am (UTC)I'm planning on doing a "When are people free" organisation post in the near future, and you are definitely one of the people I hope to have a chance to meet up with.