Aimee - so, how high was the porn flick bill on the room?

4 blocks to the Metro talking about his sinuses. Not one word of support for me.

I'm sorry, Beej. I hate to say it, but the fella seems to be acting like a bit of a schmuck. But it sounds like you've found a good doctor—I hope he can get everything straightened out for you.

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Emeline is indeed a gorgeous (and v. v. funny) girl.

Aimee - so, how high was the porn flick bill on the room?

A BRAZILLION DOLLARS!

What we should have done, was charge for the Porn in the hospitality suite. No paying for any future F2F's. Hell, Joe alone could raked in the bucks!

Cindy, that dress did, indeed match her eyes. I try to get into as much blue as possible. It was a beand new Gymboree silk dress. I got it for $5 on eBay. LOVES me some eBay.

I have a hard time believing that my recent asthma trouble is solely due to living with pets. I just...I can't believe that. God wouldn't hate me that much, would he?

Honestly, vw, I had no problems with pet allergies or asthma until I was 23-24, and living in an apartment and had a pet cat. Growing up, we always had cats, and had dogs on and off, and I had NO problems.

Sometimes allergies -- combined with the smaller space of an apartment versus a house -- can develop/worsen as you get older.

My doctor told me the same thing -- cats are toxic little critters -- and I said "Well, load me up on the good drugs." And they helped, but I kept having asthma exacerbations.

When the roommate who had the cat with me decided to get her own place, she took the cat, and while it was sad-making, literally since the day I stopped sharing the same living space as a cat, I haven't had one single asthma attack.

I'm not telling you what to do -- that's entirely your choice. (After all, I kept the cat and took the drugs. If the roommate hadn't been a total whackjob, we probably would have kept living together, which would have included the cat. So I'm pro-pet, absolutely.)

Just sharing my own experience. It's the reason I won't get a cat now. I love them, but I don't want to mess with asthma again.

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Beej, I was just thinking about you today, because of the post-F2F Ick that so many Buffistas have -- I was thinking about people giving illnesses to each other, etc., which reminded me of you and Fella. I'd like to smack him upside the head, if I may.

Also, you have a very good friend.

My former roomate and I lived with a cat and a dog. No problem in ye olde flea trap, because the cracks under the doors kept the air nice and fresh. But when we moved into a place that actually had weatherstripping and such the roomie developed massive allergies. Eventually she had to give her cat to her sister. The roomie kept the dog (an indoor dog with a whole lot of regularly shedded fur) and her allergy problems still went away. Ten years later she still has the dog and hardly a sniffle.

There's nothing quite like a fire drill when you work on the 8th floor and end up walking down the stairs behind the guy with the broken ankle who's navigating on crutches. Who soon ends up behind the guy who needs 2 canes to walk.