My Chaotic Realm

The defendant, Linda Guerro, has hereby been charged with 1 count murder and 2 counts attempted murder. On October 23rd, 2010, the defendant knowingly and willfully ran a stop sign near the intersection of southbound Manchaca @ Slaughter, striking Saphira and her two passengers. The defendant then continued driving, leaving the scene of the accident (she was subsequently stopped by onlookers). Saphira, Chaotic and PeaceRev were all taken from the scene; Saphira to her chosen doctor and her two passengers to South Austin Medical Center. While Chaotic and PeaceRev were treated for moderate to severe injuries and released the next day, Saphira suffered extensive injuries and later died as a result of those injuries on November 3rd, 2010. Linda Guerro entered her plea as "Not Guilty" when charged with three counts of attempted murder on October 27th, 2010. When the charges were amended on November 3rd,2010 to one count murder and two counts attempted murder, she changed her plea ...

"Open Your Mind" How come there's so many people willing to suffer So they get up and suffer every day They think they were put on this Earth to suffer And, by God, they're going to suffer Until they suffer their lives away How come so many are willing to say There is no sense There is no plan Yet they will not believe The ancient mysteries Passed down through time into their hands If my choice is despair or wonder On the line between truth and belief Do I just let the tide take me under Or do I let the fascination come on and rain all over me Open your mind 'Cause you have been blind Imagine the answers Or questions will be all you find Open your mind The grooves in my life were unforgiving Over the years I laid them down night after night Work-eat-sleep Work-eat-sleep Work-eat-sleep Work-eat-sleep Work-eat-sleep Work-eat-sleep Suffocating my delight I was dragged into the light Into the stillness Into the white hot flame of my deepest fears And when I came cr...

So, for those of you than have not yet seen Keith Olbermann's video response to the rescinding of Proposition Eight in California, click on title of post (above). Or, read it here... he spoke well and was to the point. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some parameters, as preface. This isn't about yelling, and this isn't about politics, and this isn't really just about Prop-8. And I don't have a personal investment in this: I'm not gay, I had to strain to think of one member of even my very extended family who is, I have no personal stories of close friends or colleagues fighting the prejudice that still pervades their lives. And yet to me this vote is horrible. Horrible. Because this isn't about yelling, and this isn't about politics. This is about the human heart, and if that sounds corny, so be it. If you voted for this Proposition or support those who did or the sentiment they expressed, I have some questions, because, truly, I do not unde...

Granddad knew it was coming... his family had been notified so goodbyes could be said while time waited. Now, Time has quit waiting. Alton Johnson said his final goodbye last night @ 11:15pm, September 28th, 2010. Rest in Peace, knowing that you live on in the hearts of all those whose lives you touched.

So.. for those not reading Facebook.. Dad's appendix burst (unknown to him) on August 30th. He felt pretty crappy but did not land in the ER in San Antonio until Labor Day (9/6). Docs stabilized him and scheduled surgery for next day but ended up doing emergency surgery.. to find? Sepsis (aka septicemia or blood poisoning). Because of the time lapse between rupture & ER, there were multiple complications, including blood pressure dropping, shock, major organs and systems quit working (kidneys, liver, lungs, and central nervous system). After 10 days in ICU being treated with IV fluids & antibitotics and vasopressor medication (because IVs were insufficient to maintain blood pressure) as well as a ventilator and all sorts of fluids, Dad was moved yesterday to a room on 5th floor of St Luke's!! So the song fits Dad's situation as well as my life.. it is a beautifully sunny day here in Central Texas and I have an entire life to live in front of me, glorious day by br...

Lot's of stuff going on with my Dad in St Luke's ICU.. .for now, a song... Is it fate or random chance? How can I decide? Are we victims of circumstance when destinies collide? All the odds are against you but somehow you make it through...You can rationalize it away but it all comes down to you Half our lives we spend waiting for the knock upon the door...When it comes, will it be the one that I've been waiting for? Somebody's out there, somewhere waiting for someone to come their way Somebody's out there, somewhere I will somehow be somebody's someone Someday Standing in the shadows Hiding from the light Reach out in the darkness and hold on for your life All the fear of the future all the loneliness inside When the moment of truth arrive, hey, you can run but you can't hide ...I can feel it inside me; I've been holding on so long Something's tellin' me something's got to give 'Cause the feeling's way too strong, too strong :-) and...

Wow, already the first of September. Amazing how time flew when everything was up in the air (the entire month of August is a blur!). Life SHOULD be settling down any day now and I can get back to the routine of life, work, blog, making some cards, walking daily, etc. For those of you not yet aware... on July 29th I started rehoming most of the rescued critters. Buoy went to SA. Daimon & Agathos went to co-workers. All 3 fish went to neighbor. All 6 lizards went to Lackland AFB/ISD. Then Rebel moved to his own place (with my grandpuppy, not sure which I miss more but it may be the dog.. LOL) and I moved to Austin with Abigale & Callie. Adjustments are being required, but that is life, really-letting go of the past in order to move into the present and be ready for whatever the future holds. And I feel pretty good about this process. Could've been a bit easier on everyone involved but that was not to be. I can't control of how others behave/think/act... all I CAN do i...