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1. I had an appointment to give blood today, but alas, I was temporarily deferred.
The Red Cross won't take your blood unless you have a hemoglobin level of 12.5g/dL (which I think is grams per deciliter?), and today my hemoglobin was at about 11.9. *sigh* Apparently the normal hemoglobin range for women is 12.1-15.1, so I am actually slightly medically anemic at the moment, though not seriously so.
This has happened to me before, and was one of the reasons I stopped donating blood for many years. It has never had any noticeable effect on my actual energy level or health, and in fact can be easily countered by eating a roast beef sandwich (preferably with spinach instead of lettuce) at lunch for at least three days running before a donation appointment.
Unfortunately, I only scheduled this appointment two days ago, so I didn't have time to do the sandwich trick. *deeper sigh*
I'll try again in a few weeks.
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2. In other news, I did pass my first college class, though not with a particularly good final grade. Ah well. I did learn a lot -- both the actual course material, and more practical things like what I need to do to get course readings done on time, and how to participate in online discussions. My next class will go better. *resolve face*
And on that note... my next class has, in fact, already started! It's divided into six modules. Module one was the intro week, which is finished. Module two lasts three weeks: the first is mostly for reading, and the latter two are for discussion and a project. I've been doing the reading at the public library once again (and also at the grocery store and on the bus to and from Not the IRS) since that worked well for the previous class.
The class topic is the history and culture of Pacific Asia. I am not wildly enamored of the main textbook -- it's seventeen years old, which is okay for history but kind of worrying in cultural studies, especially cultural studies with a contemporary slant -- but I'm trying to treat it as a historical document. We will also have to read a novel (from an approved list of five choices) and watch a film (possibly of our own choice, though there is also a list of suggestions) for various future modules. I decided not to purchase any of the novels, since three of them are readily available through interlibrary loan and really, why spend the money when I don't have to?
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3. I did finish the preliminary edits on the Jade/Dave/Terezi crossdressing porn story (tentatively titled "The Law of Conservation of Mangrit," for lack of any better ideas) and have sent it to a kind volunteer for beta. Hopefully I'll have it back, tidied up, and posted within... oh, let's say two weeks.
In the meantime, I should probably work on some other things. *ponders WIP backlog*
The Red Cross won't take your blood unless you have a hemoglobin level of 12.5g/dL (which I think is grams per deciliter?), and today my hemoglobin was at about 11.9. *sigh* Apparently the normal hemoglobin range for women is 12.1-15.1, so I am actually slightly medically anemic at the moment, though not seriously so.
This has happened to me before, and was one of the reasons I stopped donating blood for many years. It has never had any noticeable effect on my actual energy level or health, and in fact can be easily countered by eating a roast beef sandwich (preferably with spinach instead of lettuce) at lunch for at least three days running before a donation appointment.
Unfortunately, I only scheduled this appointment two days ago, so I didn't have time to do the sandwich trick. *deeper sigh*
I'll try again in a few weeks.
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2. In other news, I did pass my first college class, though not with a particularly good final grade. Ah well. I did learn a lot -- both the actual course material, and more practical things like what I need to do to get course readings done on time, and how to participate in online discussions. My next class will go better. *resolve face*
And on that note... my next class has, in fact, already started! It's divided into six modules. Module one was the intro week, which is finished. Module two lasts three weeks: the first is mostly for reading, and the latter two are for discussion and a project. I've been doing the reading at the public library once again (and also at the grocery store and on the bus to and from Not the IRS) since that worked well for the previous class.
The class topic is the history and culture of Pacific Asia. I am not wildly enamored of the main textbook -- it's seventeen years old, which is okay for history but kind of worrying in cultural studies, especially cultural studies with a contemporary slant -- but I'm trying to treat it as a historical document. We will also have to read a novel (from an approved list of five choices) and watch a film (possibly of our own choice, though there is also a list of suggestions) for various future modules. I decided not to purchase any of the novels, since three of them are readily available through interlibrary loan and really, why spend the money when I don't have to?
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3. I did finish the preliminary edits on the Jade/Dave/Terezi crossdressing porn story (tentatively titled "The Law of Conservation of Mangrit," for lack of any better ideas) and have sent it to a kind volunteer for beta. Hopefully I'll have it back, tidied up, and posted within... oh, let's say two weeks.
In the meantime, I should probably work on some other things. *ponders WIP backlog*
