I had a fun day of bureaucracy yesterday. I was trying to fill out the forms to change a student's grade. (Legitimately -- I screwed up in calculating it.) They wouldn't give me the forms, because my ID says "student." They could have looked up the course in the listing and compared my ID number to the "instructor" ID number, but the card said "student," so no form. Got sent around to a bunch of different offices before finally getting to one that would give me the form.
And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?
Xander ,'End of Days'
Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.
[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.
Hil R. - May 16, 2008 7:48:03 am PDT #9390 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
-t - May 16, 2008 7:51:59 am PDT #9391 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Happy moving day, sj! No problems~ma!
I am growing to love this "Phone" character of MM's.
Score, Vortex, that's like the ur-Lifetime-movie movie!
Feel better, vw.
No rabies~ma for Fay (but go to the doctor, anyway).
Sean K - May 16, 2008 8:32:41 am PDT #9392 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Fay -- Doctor. Now. Because even the hope held out by Sean involves four-plus years of recovery. Which is Not Good.
Oh yes. It's only succeeded the once, so that's not great odds. Fay go to the hospital.
See, every single person who has died of rabies didn't actually die from the virus itself, but from their own nervous systems' reaction to the virus. The nerve and respiratory reactions kill you before your immune system can fight off the virus.
One could say a similar thing about AIDS, but it remains the root cause.
Well, you're not so much killed by your body's reaction to AIDS, as the diseases you catch because of your compromised immune system, so there's a slight difference. And in Jenna's case, it was vital.
Sean K - May 16, 2008 8:35:14 am PDT #9393 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
But its only worked the one time (and its been tried since) so I don't know if we can accept their analysis as absolute fact.
I think the analysis seems sound, but that the protocol is no guarantee of survival.
Apparently, in the article the head doctor wrote up for a medical journal. Other attempts at using the protocol in which the patients did not survive, the drug cocktails were not the same as the one used in Milwaukee.
sj - May 16, 2008 8:48:10 am PDT #9394 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Moving day is going incredibly smoothly. The movers were nice and fast, and they didn't have any trouble with the couches. The cable guy showed up 5 minutes early and didn't have any trouble hooking up the cable, phone, and computer.
Jessica - May 16, 2008 8:50:07 am PDT #9395 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The movers were nice and fast, and they didn't have any trouble with the couches. The cable guy showed up 5 minutes early and didn't have any trouble hooking up the cable, phone, and computer.
Awesome!
Frankenbuddha - May 16, 2008 8:51:00 am PDT #9396 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Good to hear, sj.
sj - May 16, 2008 8:51:59 am PDT #9397 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Oh, and everyone kept praising us for being so organized. Ha! If only they knew.
Daisy Jane - May 16, 2008 8:53:50 am PDT #9398 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Sort of irritated with my friends right now and I can't really figure out why.
Laga - May 16, 2008 9:26:56 am PDT #9399 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I think, perhaps, the scale is broken.
Kristin my brother hasn't been in your bathroom, has he? He used to change the base setting on the scale to tease my sister.
In a choice of Dangers I would definitely sleep with DM. Sexy accent! Eye patch! The height difference might be a problem though...
ION I wish I didn't think of Terrence Howard every time I wipe my bottom.