Arse. Stupid date-jinxing universe!

It's fine, Jilli; I can't honestly describe myself as a Goth, just an admirer.

He can arch one eyebrow!

Wow, at his tender age? That's DAMN impressive! (I'm quite glad I can raise either one, it makes me happy)

I feel like I haven't gotten enough sleep in *months*

I hear you. Last night I went to bed at about 11PM...and at 7:45AM, my alarm went off, and it took 15 minutes for me to even recognize what the hell the sound meant.

Finding out that the reason your train was running sooper late was because a detonator was found in one of the train stations.

Eek. That's not good.

within a more volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) strategic environment

VUCA! VUCA! VUCA!

The baby is gorgeous, but I did not realize you are also gorgeous.

Raquel is supergorgeous, it's quite true. Sniff. Sadly, she is no longer a DCista. BOO!

Chocolate Huffpuffs are actually just rice crispie cakes

Sounds good--but no marshmallows in your choco-crispie things?

Apparently we will get time-and-a-half after all.

Oh YAY! That's awesome. Here's to racking up the money?

Her clothing company is trying to clear out some of their fabric stash, so they're offering custom-fitted underbust corsets for $50.

DUUUUDE! Where??? (Hmm. Gother-than-thou? Or, than...anyone? I think not)

Behold Raquel from last year's F2F: [link]

If she chose to embrace a life of crime, she could easily put people into thrall with those amazing eyes. Sooooo pretty!

It appears that my mother is not happy with the home schooling decision for our daughter (I'm still kinda unsure about it too but for different reasons). Not liking the idea of being caught between my wife and my mom. Rock, meet hard place.

Damn, Gud. Want me to come over and kick you in the nuts? That'd be less painful.

Sigh. I hate when I get pissy with someone and then find out I'm not 100% right, and have to back off--even though I'm still pissy. (In other words, Meschantes STILL HASN"T SHIPPED MY CORSET, and keeps saying it's "right on schedule" without actually saying when I'll get it. And I got mad, and sent an annoyed email...and then went back and checked ebay, and realized I was remembering the wording slightly wrong, as to when they'd ship it. Provided they ship it TOMORROW, they're still in their promise--I could wish they'd be at the START of their promise rather than the end, and I'm still pissed at their lack of communication, but had to send a "sorry, ignore last email" email)

(((Gud)))

I was offline, but I had a scary thing happen and realized what it will be like livign on my own.

There was a roach. It's disgusting and must be a sign that my room needs a major cleaning.

It was up high and over in the corner above teh shelving so I couldn't get to it. However, I tried. And failed. Then tried again, getting on a rather unstable vanity stool I have. I ended up losing my balance, falling, grabbing at the shelving, and then I went down. It happened fast and slow at the same time.

I think maybe I tried to catch myself or lessen the fall. But I knocked over my computer (so I'm making sure it works), broke the floor fan that I landed on. It was very loud and I laid there for a minute trying to decide if I was okay and thanking god I wasn't dead or nothing hurt very bad.

Bruises are already forming on my arms and legs and my neck feels strained.

Dad, who was in teh next room, didn't come to check it out. I knocked stuff off shelves, there were loud crashing noises and nothing.

And I was very passive aggressive about it, I hobbled around checking out the places that hurt. Then tapped on his door and after getting his attention (he really really needs a hearing aid)I told him the loud falling noise he heard was me.

I'm going to be sore tomorrow.

And I'm pissed at Dad because he didn't come ask what was going on, I think partly he didn't hear the crash and just felt the thud as I hit the floor.

I know I should just realize he's not going to get hearing aids and leave it at that but it pisses me off. He freaked me out several times when he was taking me to work. I forget that he has to look at you to really understand what you are saying, so when we were on the interstate I'd start talking and he'd turn his head to face me and not look at the road.

He got hearing aids before and never wore them and when I asked about getting new ones he doesn't want to and plus they are expensive. My dad isn't wealthy but he's far from poor and he can afford hearing aids.

{{Gud}} I'm sorry.

Hey editorial type people, what might a capitalized and underlined N mean in proofing marks? I'm stumped.