Lots of ~ma for Tom.
Zoe: Is there any way I'm gonna get out of this with honor and dignity? Wash: You're pretty much down to ritual suicide, lambie-toes.
'War Stories'
Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
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.
juliana - Mar 14, 2007 10:43:02 am PDT #7036 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
lisah - Mar 14, 2007 10:43:54 am PDT #7037 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Tom, hope your path gets much smoother very soon.
Burrell - Mar 14, 2007 10:48:16 am PDT #7038 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ugh, I watched that Robot Chicken Calvin and Hobbes and now I wish I didn't. It just bugs me, I guess it pushes one of my buttons, I mean, I know it pushes one of my buttons. Whereas the Peanuts one I was okay with.
Ailleann - Mar 14, 2007 10:48:39 am PDT #7039 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
while Matilda stands in your lap and pats your face
This sounds like it would be made of awesome.
{} and a gentle *poke* for Tom. Unbelievably, it can and very often does get better.
§ ita § - Mar 14, 2007 10:50:16 am PDT #7040 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I liked the Calvin and Hobbes one more because it did push my buttons. I have no particular emotional response to the Peanuts one, despite having been raised on their personalities.
The C&H was awful and sad. So maybe "like" isn't the right word and "appreciated" is somewhat closer.
Jesse - Mar 14, 2007 10:52:27 am PDT #7041 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The C&H was awful and sad.
Oh dear. At least I can now check that off my list of things to remember to do when I get home.
I am weirdly calm right now. I guess I should use it to continue to do work, but I'm not so inclined to.
Burrell - Mar 14, 2007 10:53:03 am PDT #7042 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Whereas I found it awful and angry-making. I had a very visceral, I'm sure irrational, reaction to it.
Atropa - Mar 14, 2007 10:55:04 am PDT #7043 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Whereas I found it awful and angry-making. I had a very visceral, I'm sure irrational, reaction to it.
So not watching it. It sounds like it would just put me in a very bad mood.
Lots of ~ma to you, Tom.
JZ - Mar 14, 2007 10:55:15 am PDT #7044 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I have a job interview in half an hour. I should probably go brush my teeth or something, since I have hot chocolate breath, I guess.
I do really want this new job because of the better pay scale and all, but, damn, baby-having has afflicted me with permanent office-job ennui.
Steph L. - Mar 14, 2007 11:00:10 am PDT #7045 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Oh, Tom. It sucks, doesn't it? It totally sucks and who in their right mind wants to even DEAL with the rough patches anyway, because it's ugly and messy and might just rip your guts out and then stomp on them.
The rough patches suck, honey, and the worst thing about them is that they HAVE to suck so badly. If they didn't, you wouldn't be making any progress. If they didn't suck so horrifically, that wouldn't be called "therapy," it would be called "denial." Or my favorite, "repression."
But getting through the rough patches is what gets you to a point where you realize, "Hey! I'm not as fucked-up as I used to be!" or possibly "Yeah, I'm fucked-up, but now I know how to deal with it in a manner that involves almost no bloodshed!"
Getting though the rough patches = getting "better."
All I can say is to promise you that it's worth it. It is SO worth every bit of the hell you're going through.
Actually, that's NOT all I can say -- I can say this, too, with 100% certainty: you CAN handle this. You absolutely can. You may not WANT to, which is totally understandable, but I know that you CAN.