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Re: Whatever, Let's Have A Goddamn Blog Thread, But Try And Keep It Reasonable, pt B

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Jimmy the Squid:
I'm starting to miss home a little bit. I've only been in Boston a little under a week but this is basically the longest I've ever gone without seeing my brother and my girlfriend. On the other hand I'm having a really good time here so I guess it balances out.

Elizzybeth:
Okay, so now this was several pages ago, but a sincere thanks to everyone for the condolences re: my grandmother's suicide.

It was a sad, crazy weekend: my parents picked my boyfriend and I up Thursday night, and we got into the Sacramento area at about 5 a.m.  We spent the weekend with my grandfather and neighbors, supporting each other through the first throes of the grieving process.  It was bizarre to be in the house where she did it, to walk through every room but one (which we all wordlessly avoided).

Now that I'm no longer constantly on the verge of sobbing, I've become worried about depression.  My mother, brother, and father--my entire immediate family--all have diagnosed bipolar disorder; there have been two suicide-attempt hospitalizations (my mother and my uncle) in my family in the past two years; and now there's this.  I feel like I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop, as though it's not a matter of if I will begin suffering from clinical depression but when.

Today, I started back at work and school.  I knew that this afternoon would be the first more-than-fifteen-minute period I've spent alone since I heard about her death, so I decided to check out the gym at school because exercise is really good at keeping me from giving into depressive thoughts.  It felt really good.

So the silver lining to this cloud is that I think it's going to encourage me to get back into shape.

Patrick:
Dear blog thread,

We have a replacement drummer. His name is Endri. We have three days left to practice, but they are 3-hour sessions each time. Oh well. At least now we have a drummer again, which means the keyboard guy isn't going to bail.

I am also really pleased at the cool stuff in D.C. today. Cool that they used the same Bible that Lincoln used.

Love,
Me!

Tom:
Guys, I have tiny, thick elastic bands either side of my maxillary second molars and on either side of my mandibular first molars (I'm getting braces later this week). So, am I baby because I find this slightly painful?

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Barmymoo:
Ouch no, those things do hurt! You get used to it pretty fast though. The first week with a brace is the worst, you get blisters and feel embarassed that your mouth is a mass of steel and it just seems constantly to be digging in. And then the next week you forget it's even there.

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