get well soon, please

Found out via facebook that Val, Acevedo, and daughter KL have mono, and the first comment (from somebody I dont know) was "on the plus side, best diet ever!! [smiley face smiley face]". Val and KL have both had trouble keeping weight on this year, to the extent that it was really worrying Val even before now, and Acevedo has celiac disease, which means eating enough/well is difficult without complicating matters further. Yeah, I'm sure they're thrilled by the great new diet option that is starvation.

Per fairly firm standing instructions from Ciro that it's bad social form to use my vast base of knowledge to burn other people's acquaintances like ants without at least trying first to be gentle, I only went out of my way to make that person feel bad a little bit, as a sort of side trip while I accomplished the more important errand of checking on Val.

Had Sylvana over for coffee and poundcake during a break at work. Nice way to spend a few minutes.

Been playing a lot of Dragon Age II (where "a lot of" means an hour right before bed for the last few days), which Ciro checked out from the library. I don't care about the combat, but I really enjoy the character interactions. Good voice talent, good writing. As always, I'm playing a rogue who talks big. As always, Ciro is playing a wizard who shoots lightning.