Back!

[oyceter]

I am back! My not-awful-but-still-not-great travel luck has held, and my flight back was delayed by about an hour, which meant I missed the BART again. This time around, I figured out why my taxi driver last time acted so oddly -- there's $2 charge added to the fare on the meter that I didn't know about. I still do not understand why my taxi driver last time didn't just say that the fare was higher than I thought though, given that I wasn't even paying the full fare.

Oh well.

I got to watch last night's Heroes on the plane, thanks to JetBlue's TV thingum. I will write it up later. It is probably good I watched on the plane, as I was unable to scream at the TV and therefore compensated for the lack of emotional outlet by making myself care less.

I came home to find Bya stepping onto the open rat cage door and promptly freaked out. I saw Ren run under the table to the couch, and I began checking the wires in the room. Thankfully, Ruki stepped on some things and made noise, otherwise he could have been all the way up the stairs for all I knew. Ren looked somewhat confused by being under the couch and didn't try to get out again. I do not even want to know how long they had been out there! Given that there were no holes chewed in the food bag, it couldn't have been that long.

On the linky side, buymeaclue's got a great post on returning to the things we love, and rachelmanija is posting an excellent series on A User's Guide to PTSD from the POV of a writer and someone who went through it.

Comments

[livinglaurel.livejournal.com]

It is probably good I watched on the plane, as I was unable to scream at the TV and therefore compensated for the lack of emotional outlet by making myself care less.

I avoided it after last week's travesty, which I think loligo described as "two petite blonde girls with superpowers are traded like chess pieces," and then ran across people on LJ discussing it and screamed anyway at (CHARACTER DEATH SPOILER).

sigh.

[oyceter]

Sigh. I know. Just... sigh.

[livinglaurel.livejournal.com]

I really do truly remember when this show first came on the air and I was all, "OMFG cute salarymen! Speaking Japanese! And actual POCs! And women! And a Buffy-like blonde cheerleader!"

Sigh indeed, man. //sighs gustily

[oyceter]

I know! I wish the Hiro and Ando show would continue. I miss it a lot. Ditto with active!Claire.

[livinglaurel.livejournal.com]

Man I said to, I think, rachelmanija after the first 2-3 eps (I know a lot of people were saying it, anyway) "I want the Hiro and Ando show where they just run around in NYC being awesome!"

Man. Not only did we not get that, we got, like, its absolute opposite. sigh.

[ginny-t.livejournal.com]

Your rats are far too clever. I fear them from across the continent. O_o

Glad you're home safe, at least. ^_^

[oyceter]

They are truly scary ;).