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the_lj_herald is now my savior. Summarizing recent LJ news (even without the snark) so I can keep up? Awesome.

Am feeling more than a little droopy and overwhelmed lately. Was half-tempted to make a long, involved post about the reasons why and speculation and so forth, but decided against it. Doesn't really fit with the tone of my journal. I will say two things, though: one, I am very thankful to be seeing my psychologist again, as I am sure to feel a lot better about life in general with a little work; and two, my prozac dosage is probably going to go up soon. This worried me a little, since the last time we tried raising my med dosage was when I was still on paxil (this was before they found out it had some addictive properties and stopped giving it to kids under eighteen), and I got really aggressive. Going to try again with prozac, since it does better for me in general, and because I have been way too stressed lately. ...Am also possibly going to find out what I got on that IQ test from five years ago on Friday, and will be taking some other tests as well. I've been assured that I'm very smart (and that the numbers don't mean much, since it's very dependant on setting and so forth, and it doesn't exactly test all kinds of intellegence and all that), but it would still be nice to have a number to wave around.

My psychologist also tried to shift me from getting rats onto something else fuzzy that I could bond with (part of her excuse being the social stigma against rats, pets or no), though the most it's done is make me re-think getting rats. I mean, I know they seem cute and cool now, but will I really think that in two or three years? I like to think I've learned my lesson from green iguanas. Still, I don't know that I'm ready or willing to go for something much larger, and a lot of the smaller pets don't seem like they're up my alley. Mice and gerbils and such are supposed to be really independant, and a dog would end up being more of a family pet (if we could even sneak it in past Dad). Maybe I should start looking into rabbits again. Still not eliminating rats from the possibility list, though. Anyone else have any opinions? Suggestions of relatively-easy-to-care-for pets that bond easily with humans? (Cheap is also nice, though I may forgo it.)

Cable is now back in the house, though the TV in the kitchen no longer works, which kinda cuts down on my ability to watch what I want. May have to rely on reading for a while. (Picked up Wintersmith, the new Tiffany Aching book, at Prarie Lights yesterday, but finished it too quickly for it to be much help today. Going to try attacking Conrad's Fate again instead, possibly to be followed by another go at Moby Dick.)

I also now have about thirty days to make a costume for Hallowe'en. Will have to start sketching patterns and go buy cloth sometime soon. And also thred, because not running out of thred is good.

Finally, Lyzz (or anyone who can answer, really), did anything particularly significant happen in Friday's episode of Avatar? Particularly to Jet or Zuko? I kinda doubt I'll be able to see it before late tomorrow night (at the earliest), and I do have an idea that I wanna write if it's not yet been disproven. So, uh, assistance plz.

(Oh, also, am kicking myself into working on Communications again after my latest stall. Still need to decide whether I'm going to re-write the entire first half or not. I have an idea to make it more interesting (or something), but it might cost me some information that Heiji needs to figure stuff out. Will have to think about it.)

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re: friday's avatar; "Tales of Ba Sing Se"

[lyzzle.livejournal.com]

Actually, it's basically filler. It's called Tales of Ba Sing Se, and it has individual, unrelated stories about our beloved main characters' adventures in the city.

While it does include Toph and Katara kicking ass, Iroh being awesome and a tribute to Mako, Aang and crazy animal hijinks, Sokka free-style haiku-ing, Zuko being a dork with absolutely no social skills, and Momo grooving, there is next to nothing of relavence to the actual plotline. But you still have to see it.

You'll laugh. You might cry. You might say, "Oh, Zuko" and headdesk a lot. I know I did. ♥

[lyzzle.livejournal.com]

ps: i need an idea for a halloween costume D:

[ysabet.livejournal.com]

Pet suggestions: Ferrets! Most places have ferret-rescue societies (since they normally run anywhere from $80 to $150 each) that have carpet-sharks who need new homes; if you can, get more than one-- a single ferret is a very, very lonely animal indeed (they're colony animals) and can get pretty desperate for attention. But they're loving, playful, both dependent and independent, silly trickster-critters... and beautiful, at least to me. They're NOT rodents as some people believe; they're closest relatives are otters and weasles. I love my three ferrets enormously, and they love me too-- with mine, I *know* they're glad to see me-- I come home from work and let them out of their room; they rush past, dance around, and then run BACK to me to be greeted. They all want to be picked up and petted, and they very enthusiastically wash my face in return.

I've been raising ferrets for nearly 20 years now; the longest one has lived was 11 years, but they can live longer (I knew one who died of old age at nearly 15). You do find ferrets that are biters, usually from being isolated in a cage and from other ferrets-- anything can turn mean with provocation. If you want to know more about 'em, email me and I'll tell you what I can. I know, they're not for everyone... but then, I'm *not* everyone and neither are you, are you? ^__^