What Sparky, said, babe. Temporary setback. I promise everything will be ok.
There's something about a food that moves all by itself that gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Joyce ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Aims - Feb 27, 2009 5:56:24 am PST #8520 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
sarameg - Feb 27, 2009 6:10:28 am PST #8521 of 30000
You will get through this and it will be ok in the future.
Cashmere - Feb 27, 2009 6:12:56 am PST #8522 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
It will be alright, Allyson. You're talented and smart and good people got your back.
Jesse - Feb 27, 2009 6:19:15 am PST #8523 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You will absolutely be OK, Allyson -- better than OK!
Laura - Feb 27, 2009 6:24:40 am PST #8524 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
It will all be good, Allyson. Trust me on this.
Liese S. - Feb 27, 2009 6:35:06 am PST #8525 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yup. You are fabulous and smart and savvy and there are going to be *more* people that appreciate you for who you are in your future.
You have support and you know how to use it. You have friends and family behind you. You have a ton of resources at your behest. Give yourself time to feel whatever you need to feel, but you are going to get through this.
Kat - Feb 27, 2009 6:41:26 am PST #8526 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Allyson, I'm not going to give you the BS about how all things happen for a reason, because that shit is bananas.
But things will be okayish. Can you go back to JPL as a worst-case scenario?
Kathy A - Feb 27, 2009 6:41:36 am PST #8527 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
What they said, Allyson.
From upthread:
It's my view most cats are toddlers, some more than most.
Mine is a demanding three-year-old, meowing at the top of her lungs at every opportunity for me to "Entertain me! Feed me!! Pet me!!!!!" when she's not sprawled out on the floor fast asleep.
tommyrot - Feb 27, 2009 7:51:00 am PST #8528 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ummm... is this the best response to a man who's set himself on fire?
Chinese Police Allegedly Gun Down Tibetan Monk On Fire
A Tibetan monk, Tabey, was gunned down by Chinese police after he set himself on fire today in the Ngaba region of Tibet, reports Phayul. Tabey apparently set himself ablaze to protest the government's restrictions a Tibetan New Year's prayer festival, it reports.
"I was told the monk had gasoline spilled onto his body, and as soon as he reached the main road of the town he set himself on fire. Bystanders said he held high a picture of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and chanted something but couldn't be heard," Tsering said, adding that he might be calling for the return to Tibet of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and independence for Tibet.
According to Tsering, bystanders saw him collapse on the ground after they heard three gunshots. The monk was reportedly taken in a vehicle to a nearby hospital, said Tsering, but it is not known if he is alive or dead at the time of this report going online.
Calli - Feb 27, 2009 7:52:56 am PST #8529 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
It's my view most cats are toddlers, some more than most.
After a month of totally ignoring the house-plants, mine has decided to try and kill off the poor, struggling Christmas cactus I rescued from Dad's apartment. I had to pull out the spray bottle for the first time this morning.
I wonder if I'll come home to some form of retaliation? Liefur seemed to have forgiven me when I left. Oh well. If he hasn't then that's one less thing to water.