http://gentlewit.com personal website of Cyndy Otty — blogging on achromatopsia, guide dogs, rehabilitation counseling and life Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:36:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Called UB today. Basically all my worries are very much founded. The good news, and thankfully there is some, is that (a.) as a non-matric student I am not bound by the regulation that requires I maintain enrollment each semester to maintain my status towards graduation and (b.) UB doesn't ... http://gentlewit.com/2009/01/depressing-decisions/ This week has some potentially huge things going on with regards to school. I forget how much I've blogged about this particular issue, so I apologize if I'm rehashing things said previously. Anyway, it came to my attention shortly after midterms that I hadn't been contacted regarding my status. I'd ... http://gentlewit.com/2009/01/waiting-and-thinking/ Some things that happened today. Watched WALL-E again; it dawned on me there's a magnificently large plot hole in that if Auto was directed to never go back to Earth, why didn't it override the EVE probes being sent? Anyway, it still remains one of the most adorable movies I've ever ... http://gentlewit.com/2009/01/january-2-2008/ I've decided I really loathe Pet Supplies "Plus". I can buy anything there, aside from dog food, and not have an issue. They stock pretty much any treat or toy I could possibly want for my dogs and the people who work there are surprisingly intelligent. At least on any subject ... http://gentlewit.com/2009/01/why-is-nothing-ever-easy/ I'm somewhat remiss to admit that I hardly was used to writing 2008 on things, so I'm rather convinced I'm pretty much screwed in terms of dating things for a long while. Also, it does not escape me that I turn 30 this year. I'm not exactly bothered by this ... http://gentlewit.com/2009/01/oh-nine/ Coupled with work and school, my social interaction has been limited at best. I've hung out with a friend here and there and done the holiday party thing. But for the most part, life is quiet in Albany for Yara and I. So, to say that being thrown into the ... http://gentlewit.com/2008/12/holiday-shenanigans/ I haven't written a movie review/ramble in forever and as I had the misfortune to see The Dark Knight again over the holidays, I thought it'd be a nice way to restart this little blogging tradition even though most everyone's thoughts have been typed for months now. I should warn ... http://gentlewit.com/2008/12/the-dark-knight/ Hoping that you and yours have a most blessed and joyous holiday season! After work today I am one busy me; Yara and I have to make a quick pit stop at the post office and then speed off to the mall to nab some wrapping paper. Then, after dinner with ... http://gentlewit.com/2008/12/merry-christmas-and-happy-holidays/ 1. Received the DVD and soundtrack for Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. The musical commentary kills me. Seriously, go buy this. Now. 2. Yara had her last shot this morning. It went astonishingly fine. No crying. No fussing. Nothing. She just sat right there. I wonder if she knows it's the last ... http://gentlewit.com/2008/12/oh-goodness-look-at-my-wrist/ It's been mentioned a fair few times on this website that Yara likes to watch things: me, people, birds, me, children, snow, me, squirrels, buses, and let's not forget me. Patty described it best in her first letter to me when she called Yara a "supervisor" because that's exactly ... http://gentlewit.com/2008/12/my-special-helper/ Turns out my new Blackberry came with issues all unto itself. So, after a brief stop at the post office to mail gifts, Yara and I headed back to Crossgates. Thankfully, it wasn't nearly as crowded as I'd expected. The rep at the Sprint Store told me that he'd hopefully ... http://gentlewit.com/2008/12/december-20-2008/ My Blackberry up and broke today! Seriously. Out of nowhere it just had a random error and ceased to function. Called Sprint, who were totally not helpful, and the verdict ended up that I'd probably need to do a hard reboot to get it working again. As this would cause ... http://gentlewit.com/2008/12/cell-phones-holiday-cards-and-lots-of-snow/ CBVH press release received from ACBNY-L email list: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York State Office of Children & Family Services Contact: Edward Borges, Director of Communications 518-473-7793 Dec. 17, 2008 NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES ANNOUNCES INCREASE IN JOB PLACEMENTS FOR THE LEGALLY BLIND Commission for Blind & Visually Handicapped Placed 402 ... http://gentlewit.com/2008/12/increase-in-job-placement-for-nys-blind/ Had dinner with Rachel at Peaches wherein I ate Chicken Florentine and it was good. Also went to the post office to get stamps and boxes, stood in the longest line of my life outside of an amusement park or midnight movie showing, and somehow spent $30 without even sending ... http://gentlewit.com/2008/12/and-a-smile-means-friendship-to-everyone/ Today was Yara's second to last B-12 shot and she was a typical dramatic GSD about the affair. I wouldn't even classify it as crying; she was downright screaming. Thankfully, she didn't move around too much so it was short-lived, but I'm still convinced Christina and Casey are going to ... http://gentlewit.com/2008/12/december-15-2008/ From the NY Post [original article]: Gov. Paterson didn't see the humor in a "Saturday Night Live" bit that mocked his blindness. During the "Weekend Update" segment of NBC's irreverent comedy show, actor Fred Armisen played Paterson, imitating his wandering eye, gravelly voice and blunt, self-effacing demeanor. But Paterson and advocates for ... http://gentlewit.com/2008/12/patterson-in-a-snit-over-snl-skit/ Growing up the holidays were always a bit of a conflict for me. I love seeing my friends and family open their gifts, singing carols, baking cookies, and decorating the tree. To this day I still get giddy when the tree turns on for the first time after being decorated ... http://gentlewit.com/2008/12/the-saga-of-the-christmas-tree/ Wordbook doesn't seem to be working, but I've tweaked a few things and wanted to quickly see if that fixed anything. Apologies for the spam. EDIT: Yay, seems to be fixed now. Carry on with your day. :-) http://gentlewit.com/2008/12/testing-testing/ Howdy there good readers! It has come to my attention that there's been much talk and photograph taking of a certain canine. I'm hardly pleased. We all know that I'm the prettiest black Labrador retriever there is and of course that should mean that many a picture should be taken ... http://gentlewit.com/2008/12/hello-dolly/ Apparently I have been especially good because my very generous partner went out and bought all these wonderful toys and treats! She was mumbling something about "Christmas" and "postage" but I'm not really up on all that human lingo. I hope eating all this doesn't give me a stomach ... http://gentlewit.com/2008/12/all-the-dog-treats-are-belong-to-me/ I'm trying to push the stress-related posts off my front page, can you tell? Anyway this one's from Jess . . . and probably other places, too: What we have here is the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing?s users. As in, they sit on the shelf ... http://gentlewit.com/2008/12/book-meme/ 1. Gentle Wit has been upgraded to WordPress 2.7, which is awesome and I love it. Probably I broke things. For now I don't care, but if you do notice broken things and you do care best to let me know. Oh, one thing that's new is threaded comments on ... http://gentlewit.com/2008/12/wordpress-27-other-stuff/ Well, probably just Yara's famous, but let's not be too particular. Anyway, as you can see off to the right Jean finally put up the portraits she selected. The one pictured isn't one I purchased, but is a multi-shot collage of this photo, this photo and a third one I ... http://gentlewit.com/2008/12/were-famous/ Things are still terribly stressful, but kind of settling down. I've managed to deal with all the bills for the month, which is somewhat a relief. Fidelco informed me yesterday they'll be sending me a month's supply of Yara's enzyme supplement free of charge. Of course, this is after I ... http://gentlewit.com/2008/12/december-10-2008/ At our last visit to the visit to the vet's Dr. Gundersen and I discussed the dosage of Viokase-V that I've been giving Yara. According to her, the bottle I'd been given was a two month supply; however, it seemed we were depleting this far too quickly. Per her orders, ... http://gentlewit.com/2008/12/things-as-they-are/