It's been a while since we've done one of these (and msbelle isn't here).
Tell me something that's made you smile recently.
You're a bloody puppet! You're a wee little puppet man!
Spike ,'Smile Time'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
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.
Lee - Jan 11, 2006 10:43:40 am PST #9244 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
§ ita § - Jan 11, 2006 10:51:50 am PST #9245 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Cindy, I haven't had hormones checked in a few years. I hope it's not...well, I don't want any more tests, but I do want this to stop.
Last thing that made me smile, Perkins, was a co-worker giving me the go-ahead to log into the server and poke into the application software myself. Because "ita was the first here with Product X. She knows what she's doing." I needed that after this morning.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 11, 2006 10:56:19 am PST #9246 of 10002
What is even happening?
I do want this to stopYeah. It's a wonder you're not completely depressed all of the time (I understand your distinction--that these particular headaches bring on a particularly soul-sucking depressive episode, I just mean in general, it's a wonder).
§ ita § - Jan 11, 2006 10:58:51 am PST #9247 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's a wonder you're not completely depressed all of the time
Let's just say that the inside of my head is not a pretty place to visit these days, but I'm pretty controlled (in discrete bursts) about managing the outside world.
Fucking exhausting, and I wish I were introverted enough to become a hermit.
I have just been informed that this might also be a migraine -- so I'ma hit up the triptans just in case.
shrift - Jan 11, 2006 11:02:39 am PST #9248 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
God, that sounds nice. At least you have something to compensate for the insane amounts of work.
Well, I do share it with my boss, but we're separated by half a wall, several large cabinets holding digital tapes, and all sound is muffled by server white noise. And he's not here half the time. But I totally prefer to be barricaded in here with my computers to being out in the open.
billytea - Jan 11, 2006 11:03:41 am PST #9249 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I thought billytea might be a good contact for this question. Maybe I should just email him. Hmmm....
Yes! Email me.
In Australia, pardons are granted by the Governor-General by the authority granted by the Queen. Requests for pardon are put to the G-G by the Minister for Justice and Customs, so this would be the Dept. to which you would apply, I would think. (The G-G is a bit of a rubber stamp here; it's really the Minister you'd need to convince.) Note that a pardon does not equal an acquittal or quashing of the conviction; though under Australian law, it means you are not required to disclose the conviction. A pardon is generally only recommended to the G-G where the Minister is satisfied the person is morally and technically innocent of the crime in question and has no more avenues of appeal. I'm not sure if that's exactly what you're looking for there.
I can check this with my dad too if you like.
Lee - Jan 11, 2006 11:03:42 am PST #9250 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Last thing that made me smile, Perkins, was a co-worker giving me the go-ahead to log into the server and poke into the application software myself. Because "ita was the first here with Product X. She knows what she's doing." I needed that after this morning.
Yay for co-workers smart enough to see the obvious.
I think the migraine meds are a good idea, ita.
erikaj - Jan 11, 2006 11:03:46 am PST #9251 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I got something in my e-mail, just now. Something that made me feel connected to the person that sent it as well as other people that care about stuff I care about. A small smile, but I'll take it, you know? And I passed it on, and that'll be nice.ita, I'm sorry you are struggling so much and hope you don't have to use your energy to kick a doctor in the crotch. But if you do, have somebody send me a photo...no, wait, that would cheer *me* up. Sorry. Forget I said that last part.
sj - Jan 11, 2006 11:04:17 am PST #9252 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
ita, I find it amazing that you are functioning at all with all the pain your are in.
Beverly - Jan 11, 2006 11:07:53 am PST #9253 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
After conferring with the fam, we've decided to TiFaux Bones and Lost, and I shall watch VM in the bedroom. Unless I'm going to be out, in which case I'll tape VM in the bedroom. And since the dvr will only allow two channels at a time--record both, watch one of those, or record one, watch another, then if anyone wants to watch Bones or Lost, they can while it's recording. I'm the only VM watcher, so I don't need it recorded if I can watch live.