Actually, I was thinking it would be sort of like a pet. You know, we could...we could name her Trixie, or Miss Kitty Fantastico, or something.

Tara ,'Empty Places'


Natter .38 Special  

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 - Sep 12, 2005 11:03:50 am PDT #6765 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, but I just talked to Lilian just then when I posted it.

I often win the bad job contest when I point out that when I was telemarketing, what I was selling was accidental death and dismemberment insurance.


Susan W. - Sep 12, 2005 11:16:44 am PDT #6766 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

And when I took "Oh, I'd love to help, but I'm living off of my Social Security check and can't afford it" as a reasonable "no," I got lectured by my boss on the Rules, which meant I had to ask at least 3 times before I could end a call. Did I mention I only lasted a week?

Ah, so this is why they keep pushing after I nicely explain that I've given in the past, and I'll give again, but only after I find another job. Because all the pushing does is make me think, "Never giving money to y'all again--there's always more than one organization raising money for any given worthy cause, and I'll stick to the ones that don't annoy me."


Laura - Sep 12, 2005 11:19:04 am PDT #6767 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.

Oh dear Dana. Those pictures are upsetting. The rebuilding question depends on how quickly they get the water out. If the area is drained quickly there is more chance for structures to dry out. If toxic mold happens then the buildings have to go. It doesn't look like there is much in the way of structural damage. Just way too much water. I'm so sorry.


sarameg - Sep 12, 2005 11:19:52 am PDT #6768 of 10002

Cashier, museum gift shop. Nice, but boring.

You sold alien memorabilia, didn't you? Admit it! (I know, cheap shot. Even I get teased about Roswell just for being from NM. )

A friend of mine once worked phones for a credit-collection agency. She quit after 4 hours.


Lee - Sep 12, 2005 11:20:51 am PDT #6769 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Well, I finally found pictures of my parents' neighborhood by going to a forum set up by my old grade school.

t boggles

What shrift said. It's just boggling. (eta: Also what Laura said)

I'm also in the hate talking on the phone camp.


DavidS - Sep 12, 2005 11:21:08 am PDT #6770 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Oh dear Dana. Those pictures are upsetting. The rebuilding question depends on how quickly they get the water out.

They're saying end of October now.


bon bon - Sep 12, 2005 11:21:22 am PDT #6771 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I just got to talk to Lillian Vernon HERSELF. V. exciting.

Walked past Mo Rocca this morning...just as Bob was being obnoxious by yelling "BYE [BON BON]!!" to me. I think Bob got embarrassed and kind of ran away.


Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 12, 2005 11:26:13 am PDT #6772 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Ah, so this is why they keep pushing after I nicely explain that I've given in the past, and I'll give again, but only after I find another job. Because all the pushing does is make me think, "Never giving money to y'all again--there's always more than one organization raising money for any given worthy cause, and I'll stick to the ones that don't annoy me."

Susan is me. I've had a telemarketer call me back to bitch me out about not buying crap from his particular dubiously charitable organization. I think I just hung up on him abruptly, but I should have demanded to speak to his boss and done my best to get the guy fired.


P.M. Marc - Sep 12, 2005 11:27:25 am PDT #6773 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Dana, ouch.

I'm trying to figure out who thought "A newspaper boys' strike. That's a great set up for a musical."


Dana - Sep 12, 2005 11:28:22 am PDT #6774 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Those pictures are upsetting.

They are, but they're also reassuring, in a way. I can't say for sure about my parents, but it was driving me nuts not having *specific* information. Yes, areas of Lakeview were under tons of water, but Lakeview covers a bit of ground. Seeing pictures where I can pinpoint things, see landmarks, judge water depth and the like definitely helps.

And really, the news could be a lot worse. St. Dominic, as I said, is where I went to grade school. My mother's office is right next door, on the second floor, up many steep steps. Judging from where the water is, it seems like there's a good chance that her office (and the thousands of pieces of music stored in it) are okay. There was also a picture of a two-story house with water up to the middle of the first story. At this point, we've moved to hoping that the second story of my parents' house is okay, and it seems like there might be a decent chance of that too.

I also found a post on a Yahoo Group from someone who lives a street away from my parents and had a first-hand report on water levels and the like. She said several two-story houses on her street didn't seem to have water in the top story. So. Cautiously optimistic, sort of. But it's still jarring to look at a drugstore I've been in a hundred times and see it wrecked to shit.