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There is stress and not stress. Like, stressful things are going on, but they will all be fine. I'll be getting my back pay (and current pay) on Tuesday at the latest, and the financial woe at this job will finally be over, thanks to our new contract.

Meanwhile I am still waiting on a check from my other job, a background work check, and a check from a commercial I did ages ago. I at least know when to expect the first two.

Megan and I are looking at an apartment today -- I want this to be the one.

I didn't get a role in something I auditioned for. I was relieved, for logistical reasons, if nothing else, so it was annoying to have to spend so much time on the phone with the director who was desperately trying to make me feel better -- I was busy and serene, but I suppose it was sweet.

Dress, dress, dress.

Scanty Particulars is amazing and chilling and freaking me out entirely. It's a biography of a pioneering Regency-era doctor who was eventually tried for sodomoy -- HOWEVER, he was considered a woman at birth (and raised as such in childhood), lived as a man thereafter (claiming to be a cousin of the girl he was) and may have been a hermaphrodite. Also, he was a notorious dandy from the moment the word first entered British consciousness (1813) and had a series of pet dogs, all named Psyche -- the first being a gift from a lover. He travelled the world and found himself constantly embroiled in great historical and social moments. I am so riveted.

Last night I wrote letters with fine ink and used sealing wax.

Also, Marrilyn has returned from Oz, and called me from Utah.

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spiralflames health update

[humandays.livejournal.com]

hello, you. this is the en-masse version - second sentence slightly untrue: we talked in '96 about mary maclane, and off and on since then.

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greetings. you don't know me, but i'm a friend of spiralflames. she's been off lj for months, and i just talked to her on the phone and promised i'd let everyone on her friends list know, personally, how she was doing.

first, the bad news: her declining health of this year was due to undiagnosed ovarian cancer. it was finally properly diagnosed, and last week she had two tumors removed in an 11-hour operation, and one of them was gigantic.

the good news: the doctors feel that they got it all out, and with a course of chemo the prospects are bright.

now the fantastic news: spiralflames is beating all expectations with the rapidity of her recovery: within 2 days her blood chemistry was back to normal, and an expected stay of a week in ICU turned out to be one day.

she's kicking some serious ass. :)

if you'd like to send her a message of any kind, feel free to reply to this or to write me at foosi@comcast.net. if you need a phone number or address, write me and i'll get the info from her when i talk to her next. i'm sure she can use all the positive encouragement possible.

keep her in your thoughts. she's cherishing every minute of life right now and i'm sure she wants you to do the same.

Re: spiralflames health update

[rm.livejournal.com]

OH my god. Thank you for letting me know. It really does sound like she's kicking this things ass, and that's great. I shall gather my thoughts and compose something far less scattered.