I just called my father to wish him happy father's day.

The conversation went something like this.

Me: Happy father's day!
him: Thanks. What are you up to?
Me: nothing much. One of the cats almost died yesterday, but he seems to be getting better.
Him: Oh. How's work?
Me: same old same old. What are you up to?
Him: Sleeping mostly.
Me: Oh. Have you been to any interesting lectures or anything?
Him: Today's was short. Hey, are you going to come out anytime soon?
Me: I hope so. We should plan that.
Him: Yes. You should also think about what you want us to do when one of our doctor's tells [your mother] or I that we are going to die soon. Should we tell you, or ignore you? That's probably going to happen in the next few years you know.
Me: Of course I want you to tell me. Why would I want you to ignore me?
Him: Well, we don't want to be a burden.
Me: ....
Him: Well, think about it. Bye!

Heh. I've had the dying convo.. I told them not to.

ita, print out everydamn thing and stick it in your bag. Steph's stuff too. Carry it with you everywhere.

I go to bed.

Eep, Lee.

Well, I've taken two of the Percocets and I have as much of a headache as I had before, so I just took drugs for no reason. I HATE that shit.

I've had the dying convo.. I told them not to.

But see, if I did that, the surviving parent might well call me and say "so we just buried your [mother/father]'s ashes at sea. It was nice. So how's work?"

ita, print out everydamn thing and stick it in your bag. Steph's stuff too. Carry it with you everywhere.

Seconding this.

There's a Roomba in my room. Here's where I get to test my tidying skills. I know it's going to die under my bed or somesuch.

Seconding this.

Can't I just take my friend everywhere? He's bigger and harder to ignore.

Why not both?

What do you call the thing we use here in the US, that is not the Metric system. English, right? As in, stuff can be in Metric units or English units?

I've heard it called English or Standard.