Category: Life

Hi everybody, Lyza back in the blog saddle for now. I came home from the hospital today and have made a lot of improvement just in the past twelve hours. They made me stay an extra night because I’ve been having some odd tachycardia (really fast heartbeat) and they wanted to make sure I wasn’t [...]

Here I am in my hospital bed! Not too much pain, things are going pretty well. Just got a wicked dizziness and feel weak (I haven’t eaten since Sunday). My room isn’t too bad, though it isn’t one of the coveted treeside rooms. I’ll be going for a short walk down the hallwauy with a [...]

We’ll be leaving for the hospital in about an hour. Other than having to stop myself every time I start grabbing a glass of water (I’m not allowed to drink anything) and a very slight headache, I feel fine. It’s another nice day out. I’m  nervous, but ready for adventure.

It’s a beautiful, sunny day here in PDX. No complaints. I’m currently prepping for tomorrow’s surgery, which means clear liquids only and some other, nastier things. My procedure will be at St. Vincent Hospital and will take place at about 1pm tomorrow, February 19. It is expected that I will stay in the hospital for [...]

It’s the 13th! Know what that means? It means that, at least until I change the logic again, that it’s the day you’ll see a photograph of a rainbow in Finland (it was an epic rainbow, believe me) in the header of the site. I know most of you don’t actually visit the site itself, [...]

Hi! As some of you may know, I have this peculiar disorder with words, in which they go through my head like bad Christmas music. Mostly this is annoying, but sometimes I don’t mind. For example, I rather like the word “disingenuous” and that which it implies. From answers.com: Not straightforward or candid; insincere or [...]

Brewcaster over at Metroblogging Portland posted something about suckage at Los Baez Mexican restaurant, which is not far from my house, even so far as to give it a rating of EPIC FAIL. I would argue, however, that the even bigger suckulus is Citysearch itself, to which the article linked. Look at this. Apparently Citysearch [...]

I hate to keep denigrating poor ol’ Mr. Corsten, who is a world-renowned trance DJ, and responsible for some things that definitely make me happy, but he continues to crack me up. This installment: doesn’t translate well/dorkiness. He does a weekly show (which I listen to) called “Ferry Corsten’s Countdown”. Said radio show plays “jingles” [...]

And now for something completely different. One day a few years ago, a co-worker came into work with a sort of platter thing covered in Furbies.  This was no mean feat as Furbies are hard to get one’s hands on, at least at the time. And he must have had eight or nine. Strapped on [...]

I have been remiss in updating for a few days. Sometimes it’s easier not to think about it. I met with a surgeon on Thursday. The surgery I have to have is a bit more involved than I had hoped, though the bright side is that they can do it laproscopically. I need to have [...]