Sometimes when I'm sitting in class... You know, I'm not thinking about class, 'cause that would never happen. I think about kissing you. And it's like everything stops. It's like, it's like freeze frame. Willow kissage.

Oz ,'First Date'


Natter 32 Flavors and Then Some  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jesse - Feb 11, 2005 4:37:36 am PST #6175 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

lalala people aren't really as bad as they seem la la la

But it would mean that I would then have an obligation during the only weekend I have free in Feb.

Do you have weekend-specific things you want to be doing? That would be my deciding factor. Because you have free time generally.


sarameg - Feb 11, 2005 4:55:02 am PST #6176 of 10002

I shudder to think of the process of determining precisely who is eligible for this menstrual leave.

Erg. That's what sick leave is for. Cause if you are passing out on the floor of the bathroom or you can't muscle through the pain, YOU ARE SICK, regardless of cause.

Robin, what kind of dog?! Pictures!


§ ita § - Feb 11, 2005 5:03:44 am PST #6177 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Sara, how much sick leave do you get? For many people with regular hard-hitting periods, they can't afford to get a cold on top of that.


sarameg - Feb 11, 2005 5:10:20 am PST #6178 of 10002

I do get a fair amount. 2 or 3 weeks a year, with rollover. If it is a chronic problem, I think it should be treated like a chronic medical problem by the employer. Which, I know, they aren't so generous about. And then there is the whole issue of no-sick leave employers.

I am one who finds myself in a cold sweat on the bathroom floor about 50% of the time. I'm "lucky" in that, while I'm pretty miserable, I can pretty much count on it to be completely debilitating for roughly 8 hours. Then it goes back to merely uncomfortable.


Lyra Jane - Feb 11, 2005 5:12:22 am PST #6179 of 10002
Up with the sun

For many people with regular hard-hitting periods, they can't afford to get a cold on top of that.

Yeah --- it would be easy to eat up 10 days sick leave, which is pretty standard, if you have a day or so a month when you just can't work.

Also, re: The OC: I'm also pretty annoyed with everyone except Ryan and Summer this season. Sandy was being a (goodhearted, but still) jerk not to tell Kirsten about Rebecca. Caleb has had 18 months to get over his Ryan issues, and should promptly do so. Seth needs to shut up and get over himself. Zach is bland. And Marissa is ... Marissa.

Maybe they'll get their groove back for S3.


Vortex - Feb 11, 2005 5:17:23 am PST #6180 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I'm "lucky" in that, while I'm pretty miserable, I can pretty much count on it to be completely debilitating for roughly 8 hours. Then it goes back to merely uncomfortable.

I used to have that. Then, I got on the Pill. worked wonders. I used to be in so much pain that I couldn't sit/lie still. I would pace back and forth, because the concentration required to put one foot in front of the other took my mind of the pain. sort of.


msbelle - Feb 11, 2005 5:26:40 am PST #6181 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I think I get 3 sick days a year.


Gudanov - Feb 11, 2005 5:27:21 am PST #6182 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping

The Bitches and Natter threads seem reversed this morning. My world is all mixed up.


Lee - Feb 11, 2005 5:47:36 am PST #6183 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Why is it raining here? It should stop.


aurelia - Feb 11, 2005 5:50:34 am PST #6184 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

The news here seems to go back to the tossed baby every 20-30 minutes or so.