I'm sorry you're having such rotten luck with apartments, sj. Fwiw, I would definitely complain.

So, update on Byron. They are definitely tumors, but I won't get results back until Monday about what kind of tumors. The vet said that they felt like they would need to be surgically removed, she just doesn't know how aggressive they are going to have to be with the surgery. Monday seems far away right now.

And I feel horrible, because part of this terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach is thinking about how much money this is going to cost. $150 today was already painful. Thank god for credit cards, I guess.

I'm sorry, GC. It's so hard to lose a pet and y'all have had so much to deal with in the last few years.

Man...

One thing about Michigan that I never noticed as much in California is the bullshit inter-collegiate rivalry.

One of my co-workers recently got accepted to U of M which...good for him. I don't give a shit. Congrats and stop blocking the fucking coffeepot already.

Natch, he has to put some banner or pennant...possibly a shrine to Bo Schembechler...something to proclaim his awesome U of M-ness. And, natch, some asshole has to come by and say "Hey, congrats on getting into U of M...but MSU is better."

Then "friendly" "clever" banter ensues.

Seriously, get over it. Or at least make it not so banal for the rest of us who don't give the tiniest of shits whatsoever.

MSU Guy: Hey, U of M, congratulations... (grabs keyboard and CRACKS it across U of M Guy's face. Then he tips U of M Guy out of his office chair as the poor fucker clutches at his broken jaw and viciously pummels him, ending by jamming a fax machine up U of M Guy's ass) Hail to that shit, "victor valiant"! Ha!

{{{Kristin}}} Kitty~ma for Byron. Don't feel horrible, money is a legitimate concern.

Aimee, that outfit is going to look great on you. Take pictures.

MM, just say, "Go, Buckeyes!" and watch the fun.

{{{Kristin & GC}}} Much kitty~ma.

MM, just say, "Go, Buckeyes!" and watch the fun.

I'm all for fun.

I am not for being lynched by folks who are way too attached to the place wherein they consumed their first beer.

ooh! I forgot to say - I can has Target! (new one opened IN TOWN! I can walk there! go urban living!)

MM, a friend C worked with went to U of M and she used to bring in maize & blue colored buckeye candies in to the department's pot luck during "Beat Michigan Week." (Hand to god this is what it is called.)

Maybe actuaries just have better senses of humor than the office trolls MM has to put up with.

I found out that my prize for the grad student award is $500. I think I'm going to use it to buy a new desk that I've been wanting for a while but held off on buying because it was too expensive. (I seriously dislike my current desk. It's an old Ikea desk made of actual wood, not particle board, which has lasted through about ten years and five owners and will probably last another ten years, but it's way too big for my apartment, and it's light wood, while everything else I own is dark wood. So if anyone in the DC area wants a free desk, big enough for a 17" monitor, in kind of gold-colored wood, let me know.)

Honey, you just never worked at TPG. The USC/UCLA was HUGE there.