Steph, sorry about the guest pets. One thing in the lizard's favor - you're probably not allergic to it. (Guest cat is nifty looking - she has a mask!)

Bringing my rant here, 'cause it's a much more herery rant.

Good lord. So I got two tickets to Eddie tonight. Invited best friend before all kinds of crap with her shitty boyfriend hit the fan. Lately, she hasn't seen or talked to most of us a lot or often, so I was kind of afraid she would flake.

So last week I get an email asking if we were still on. "Of Course!" I say.

Didn't hear from her again, so I called last night to make sure she could still go, "Uhm. I don't know. Sorry to be so flaky, but [shitty ass boyfriend] leaves town the next day. Can I call you tomorrow?" (That being today. The day of the show.)

I get a phone call this morning. "Hey! I can go! Email me and we'll work out details." So I say I can probably be out by 6-meet for a drink-then show.

Sounds great-she'd love to have a drink. Now I have an email in my inbox that says, "Hey, can I just meet you at the theater at 7:30-45?" ...for the show that starts at 8. The show that I bought tickets for, the show that's been sold out for weeks. Izzard. In. Dallas.

Dude, sorry for the bother.

Lemme catch a flight - I'll be there by 7:30.

Em has her first dentist appointment today at 5:00. With my childhood dentist. I am excited and yet, kind of nervous. I hope she doesn't freak out. Any one else get their toddler through the dentist ok the first time out?

That's fucking annoying, Daisy.

I would totally take you Aims!

Any one else get their toddler through the dentist ok the first time out?

Aims, I don't have a toddler, but my college roommate is a pediatric dentist. The moral to many of her stories from work is that the parents should just let her do her thing.

Your childhood dentist has probably had a brazillion kiddos in the chair -- follow his lead.

DJ, your best friend seems to have terrible taste in men and she's taking your friendship for granted.

she's taking your friendship for granted.

bears repeating

Thanks Sparky - I'll follow their lead and only intrude when asked.

Well, yeah. I'm not alone though. We all kinda feel like she'll put this guy ahead of us in a heartbeat. It's sad. She's gotten so oblivious that even though we have all expressed reservations, and at least one coworker has gone all "Dude. Really W.T.F" on her, she still acts like everything's fine and nothing is any different.

She's still talking about moving to L.A. with him, and when told she should probably think about it because it wouldn't be as easy as she might think what with really only having him around and she told our mutual friend, "I could probably replace my friends in about a year."

What the hell are you thinking to say something like that. "Make some new friends." Ok. "Have a social network." Probably even better phrasing, but "replace my friends." So. Very. Wrong.

Can you take someone else, Daisy Jane?