Nope. I was only itchy for about a week and a half. The best way to combat the itching is to take a washcloth, run it under VERY VERY HOT water, wring it out thoroughly, and then press it against the tattoo.
Blow dryer. Works wonders.
River: You're not right, Early. You're not righteous. You've got issues. Early: No. Oh, yes, I could have that. You might have me figured out, then. Good job. I'm not 100%.
'Objects In Space'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[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.
brenda m - Aug 27, 2009 12:54:03 pm PDT #21004 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Atropa - Aug 27, 2009 12:54:47 pm PDT #21005 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Blow dryer. Works wonders.
Oooh, good suggestion.
JZ - Aug 27, 2009 12:56:40 pm PDT #21006 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Joining the "suck it up and pay" crowd. It's a nice gesture on the treatee's part to check if drinks are okay, but not required. Unfortunately, sounds like you have to either stop treating or work on your polite gee-no-not-really-bothered-at-all face.
ION, dang. A drug rep's casual question about my plans for the weekend just turned into a 20-minute crash course in Miyazaki, complete with quick tours of Wikipedia, IMDB and Google Images. I think the rep is going to go hunt down Spirited Away or Howl's Moving Castle this weekend. Hee! (I tried to steer him away from Howl, because the end is a little abrupt and weird and possibly not the greatest choice for My First Anime Ever, but he seemed really excited at the thought of Christian Bale doing a cartoon).
Nora Deirdre - Aug 27, 2009 1:04:41 pm PDT #21007 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Yep, dinner includes drinks.
Liese S. - Aug 27, 2009 1:07:48 pm PDT #21008 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Okay, I could probably handle that. It's funny that I'd be more worried about the itch than the needles or pain, but there you have it.
I don't own a blow dryer, though.
I'm saying all this like I have any serious plans, which I don't. But still, good to know.
Yay, anime toaster for JZ.
Polter-Cow - Aug 27, 2009 1:17:53 pm PDT #21009 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yep, dinner includes drinks.
What if you're with a large group, and one side of the table orders quite extravagantly, including a couple bottles of wine, and the other side of the table orders frugally, and then it is decided that the bill should just be split equally? Is that a valid reason to be annoyed or another instance of "just suck it up"? Hasn't the frugal side effectively been asked to subsidize the extravagant side? That's lame.
brenda m - Aug 27, 2009 1:20:19 pm PDT #21010 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
No, that's worth speaking up about.
Scrappy - Aug 27, 2009 1:20:26 pm PDT #21011 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
In a large group you can try suggesting that that you split the bar and food bills according to who consumed, but if that is not a popular suggestion, you suck it up but are free to feel annoyed on the inside.
Laga - Aug 27, 2009 1:24:04 pm PDT #21012 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I always throw in more than I think I owe in case someone else is a bad tipper. Often when my family goes out to dinner we all throw in cash and nobody will take any back. I think we make waiters very happy.
StuntHusband - Aug 27, 2009 1:26:07 pm PDT #21013 of 30000
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
PC, my personal experience has always been vastly different than that: 1) either the whole group is very similar (all extravagant or all frugal), or 2) the frugal sorts just speak up and say, "We need to split out our portion of the bill, we're on a budget" - and I've never run into resistance about that. (Frequently, I'm the one on the budget, more's the pity - I'd rather be extravagant, since that's the way my inner playa rolls.)