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[quesarah]

1. I started catching up with last season's BSG. Oh so good. I really like the understated tension, particularly in scenes with the Old Man. It has its flaws, true, but it's enjoyable genre television.



2. I need to take a hiatus from news. I feel like a total pussy for doing so, but reading all this bs day after day is taking a toll on me. Fortunately there are batting cages in which I can vent my supreme frustration with the universe.



3. My Buckeyes lost a tough game to Texas this weekend. It's taken me a while to come to grips, but the fact is their offense just stalled out. I think the offensive line needs some tweaking, they just couldn't protect either Smith or Zwick in the pocket and were shut down. Oh well, it's early in the season. Let's hope adjustments can be made.



4. Every trip I take back to Ohio illuminates for me how my parents are slowly becoming less able to take care of their home. My sisters do what they can to take care of Mom and Dad; my brother works in the yard every trip he makes to Cleveland. I spent most of my time in Ohio weeding Dad's rose garden. There were thistles nearly 4.5 feet tall and morning glories choking out all the rose bushes. It was pretty sad. I'm coming to the realization that I only have my parents for a finite time, and that I want to spend more of that time with them. In the short term that means more trips to Ohio. In the mid-term (ie next couple years) that will mean a move back to the east coast. I'm having trouble wrapping my brain around it but I feel in my gut it's the right thing to do.

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[kimberlychapman.livejournal.com]

2. Yup. You should take a break. I know I feel bad when I do it too, but like the complete hypocrite that I am, I will tell you that YOU shouldn't feel bad about it at all. :)

The bullshit level has just gotten way, way, way too high lately. There comes a point where there's no point in listening to it if you know what they're going to say anyway.

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

It isn't actually news anymore, it's just heated rhetoric coming from both sides.