First thought of the day: life's like jello. There's a time when you put in ingredients that will cause it to taste a certain way; there's a time when you put it in a mold after which it just won't fit elsewise; and then there's the time when you can't really change it anymore, it is what it is. *sighs*

My cousin commented over the weekend that the lump on my shoulder looks fluid-filled. If so, there's naught an acupuncturist can do, so I'm calling the aerialist-dating doctor later today for an appt bc I think it's gotten large enough to interfere with my shoulder function. Also, not going to the acupuncturist means I can avoid my mother.

I was reading State Dept travel warnings recently, which reminded me that I'm still not comfortable with my safety for wilderness travel by myself. There's a free rape prevention class at a local martial arts school that I figured can't hurt. I assume it's a marketing tool for their 8-week women's self-defense class; the only question is, will it waste my time? It's four hours and they mention they talk about legal aspects - if it's just talking about how soon you need to get to a doctor etc. well, for my purposes it's useless. Also, it's not easy for me to get to, but if there was good information... Well, if it wasn't so difficult to get to, I'd've taken their 8-week course already I s'pose.

Speaking of travel, I find it remarkable that 2 weeks in China, Iceland, and Montana all cost roughly the same amount. Iceland isn't =that= much cheaper these days; it's the car (and the Exum guides) that are expensive in Mt. The plane fare isn't THAT much for China - not sure why it's so pricey.

There were news reports yesterday that my company will be doing a new round of layoffs, getting rid of the same number of people as the last 2.5 layoffs. Can we be done with this already? Esp. since in the last month, 4 big producers in our dept left for competitors. *le sighs*

Edit: This icon is so much more interesting now that we've gotten the sequel.