JoeOutside

Merry Christmas. I sit in the shambles of a room (backlash from a last-minute cleaning binge--why does cleaning only make it worse for me?) waiting either for the need to sleep or the sun to rise (on this day only, either is acceptable behavior with my family)and ponder.  And as I ponder, thought turn away from my aches and pains and problems and the world is still and I allow myself to actually wish the best for others. Throughout the year I am a jackass to other people—partly because of my Autism Spectrum issues, partly because it's required of me for various reasons, to various people.  I'm a jackass to my family because it's the only way

Infected by falingard (https://www.deviantart.com/falingard) RULES A. For each of the 20 first people answering this journal, I will put their avatar and the three deviations I like most from their gallery on the list! B. If you answer, you have to do the same in your journal, putting the tagger on the first place. The idea of this is not to get a free feature, it is to spread art around for everyone! 1:  ~falingard (https://www.deviantart.com/falingard) Sooo many awesome characters! I've been in awe of Falingard's character designs for years, ever since my first discovery of Flaky Pastry.

Inside the head of a madman Still rolling natural ones... My life and times, such as they are So, apparently, kidneys are considered something nice. I went to a specialist about my high blood pressure, and he immediately ordered a couple batteries of tests.  Eleven vials of blood, two unmentionable cups and an ultrasound later, he tells me there's an excess of protein bleeding from my kidneys.  Like 360 time as much as there's supposed to be.  So now I'm getting ready for a kidney biopsy.  On the bright side, the biopsy should tell us exactly what's wrong and exactly how it needs to be treated (according to the Doc), with the added bonus