And I have a very graphic reminder of why I Never Park Next to the Poles at Mission Valley.Hell, I am impressed you park at all at Mission Valley. It's bonkers in those garages.
Just keep walking, preacher-man.
River ,'Jaynestown'
Spike's Bitches 39: Cuppa Tea, Cuppa Tea, Almost Got Shagged, Cuppa Tea...
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Cass - Jan 09, 2008 5:01:38 pm PST #1622 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
meara - Jan 09, 2008 5:16:49 pm PST #1623 of 10001
Yep, after five years of parking on the street in DC, my car definitely has more than its share of dings and scrapes. Including one big dent on the passenger side door that I have no idea how it got there. That one, and the one where someone scraped the side of the car WHILE I WAS IN IT (and drove off) bug me. The "someone was parallel parking and did a little bump and grind", NSM. (And the "I can't maneuver and ran into little weird scrapy yellow things in the parking lot" scrapes, those bug too. Sigh)
But none bug me enough to get fixed. Unless I"m selling the car, it's SO just cosmetic.
Strix - Jan 09, 2008 5:17:03 pm PST #1624 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Hey, all. Taking a few moments to say hey.
I stuck my head in to skim recent posts because I was all backlogged, and I gotta say...y'all are too polite and understanding. I was looking forward to Fay and Laga having this totally huge knock-down hissing catfight over Thai prostitution, and visions of me stepping in and settling the whole thing by throwing them naked, writhing and fighting into a vat of Kahlua-laced chocolate mousse, and shouting "HUG IT OUT, BITCHES!!"
I have to make my own fun. And I kinda think I want some dessert now.
(Why, yes; I DO need to get out more. Why do you ask?)
ION, school is back in session. I am again insanely busy, but teaching poetry, which I love because so many of my kids get SO into it. And having my car back again? The shiny of this driving-again thing is still totally blinding me.
Cass - Jan 09, 2008 5:22:40 pm PST #1625 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
and I gotta say...y'all are too polite and understanding. I was looking forward to Fay and Laga having this totally huge knock-down hissing catfight over Thai prostitution, and visions of me stepping in and settling the whole thing by throwing them naked, writhing and fighting into a vat of Kahlua-laced chocolate mousse, and shouting "HUG IT OUT, BITCHES!!"Kahlua-laced chocolate mousse aside (hunnnnnnnnnnnngry), I am glad we can get past shit.
But I am thinking throwing our Erin into that vat might be good times for all.
sj - Jan 09, 2008 5:25:42 pm PST #1626 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I hate hate hate Alzheimer's disease. It needs to start staying away from the people I love. I saw my great-aunt tonight. She's been diagnosed, and things are not good. She has seriously declined, even since the last time I saw her over the summer. She's the only member of my father's family who has truly made an effort to be a part of my life. She's a kind caring woman who has taken care of everyone her whole life. If anyone deserves a death while asleep at a ripe old age, it is her. Of course, my uncle who saw her last week told me she was doing really well. It never fails to amaze me just how much in denial my father's side of the family can be.
Strix - Jan 09, 2008 5:51:20 pm PST #1627 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
sj, I feel you. I am still not sure what the difference between senile dementia and Alzheimer's is, but my grandma developed it, and it was awful to see what it did to her. It was what she didn't want to happen, and it tore my dad up to watch it. Now that he's getting older, it is his, and now my, worst fear. It's horrible.
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But I am thinking throwing our Erin into that vat might be good times for all.
Mousse is slimming. And always stylish. And, in all seriousness, I AM glad people here don't fight like crows over tinfoil.
But the naked mousse-wrestling would have been fun.
-t - Jan 09, 2008 5:57:36 pm PST #1628 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
visions of me [snip] throwing them naked, writhing [...] into a vat of Kahlua-laced chocolate mousse, and shouting "HUG IT OUT, BITCHES!!"
We can still do this part.
{{sj}} It's a particularly sucky disease and strikes with no justice whatsoever. I hope she has some good days, still.
Glamcookie - Jan 09, 2008 5:58:39 pm PST #1629 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I'm so sorry, sj.
GF is at her parents tonight talking about end-of-life decisions for her dad. He got some bad news at yesterday's doctor visit. He can do traditional chemo and have a 1 in 3 chance of surviving it (his health is declining rapidly) and even if he does survive, it'll only buy him a few extra months. He can choose not to do chemo and be gone in 3-4 months. So far, he wants to go the no chemo route. There are just no good options.
When my time comes, please let it be quick.
-t - Jan 09, 2008 6:02:59 pm PST #1630 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oof, what a hard decision. {{GC, gf, everyone}}
sj - Jan 09, 2008 6:16:35 pm PST #1631 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
{{{GC, GF, and family}}} What an awful choice. I'm so sorry for everyone involved.
sj, I feel you. I am still not sure what the difference between senile dementia and Alzheimer's is, but my grandma developed it, and it was awful to see what it did to her. It was what she didn't want to happen, and it tore my dad up to watch it. Now that he's getting older, it is his, and now my, worst fear. It's horrible.
From what I have read. Alzheimer's is one of possibly many causes of dementia, which is the larger category. You really can't tell for sure if someone had Alzheimer's unless you do an autopsy, so a diagnosis is really just a guess on the part of the doctor that he/she thinks best explains the symptoms. Of course I could be totally wrong about all of that.
My step-grandmother had Alzheimer's, and it was just so awful. It remains a big fear of my mother's and my stepfather's as a result. I can tell they think about it everytime they forget where their keys are, etc.