Found out today that one of my student's parents died suddenly on Monday. And it's horrible and the student is so sweet and lovely and my heart is just breaking for the family.
Easy Bake. Flop-a-palooza. Woosh. Pop. I don't skulk.
Angel ,'Shells'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
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ChiKat - Oct 07, 2009 7:10:52 am PDT #25541 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Barb - Oct 07, 2009 7:14:28 am PDT #25542 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Aw, ChiKat, that's terrible. Much ~ma for your student and family.
omnis_audis - Oct 07, 2009 7:21:29 am PDT #25543 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Y'all are making me blush. That will teach me to read b.org in a meeting. Thanks for the early wishes.
Sparky, that prof is crazy, and a clue enriched embarrasment is in order.
ChiKat, that is heart breaking. Comfort ma for the student and family. Seems bad things happen to good people to show there metal.
ION. Today will be meetings all over Dallas. All day. And first meeting today has already scheduled for another tomorrow. No fair. Not meetings on my Birthday!
javachik - Oct 07, 2009 7:33:32 am PDT #25544 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Sparky, may you be able pump in peace!!
I might be the only person I know who doesn't mind getting called for, or reporting for, jury duty. I can't get over the feeling that I am fortunate to live in a country with juries. One time I served for a couple of weeks for the first prosecuted hate crime in SF. I had to go in to jury duty every morning, do my service, and then drive down to Palo Alto and work 8 hours (I worked at a job where they didn't cover jury duty, so I'd have been out of a paycheck.). I didn't mind.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 07, 2009 7:41:23 am PDT #25545 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Seska, does it "pop" or just slowly return to normal when you put it through a range of motion?
The joint? It can do either. Slowly returning is the least painful way. What's yours doing? Painkillers, ice and lying still sound like a good way to deal with it. If it doesn't get better on its own soon, I'd suggest seeing a doctor if you can. They'll know if you've done anything more complicated than just trapping a nerve.
I've never been invited to do jury service, probably because I live in an extremely overcrowded city so the odds are pretty low. I'd only find the court inaccessible and have to be excused, anyway! But I'd quite like to have the experience sometime.
Shir - Oct 07, 2009 7:42:23 am PDT #25546 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
ChiKat, that's horrible. ~mas to the student. I'm so sorry.
Not meetings on my Birthday!
I hear that in pirate accent.
ION, my dad walked into my room, saying we'll give the Big House Hunt another try this Friday, but that would be it.
Unfortunately, new options just won't come up.
I just wish I could find a fast way to feel better about it, or just indifferent. Or a time machine and reeducation of the past 24 years of my life.
I'm really not after the brackets, I just don't know what to do. I know it has to be done. I just wish it wouldn't hurt so much.
billytea - Oct 07, 2009 7:43:18 am PDT #25547 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I'd be interested to serve on a jury, though I'm pretty sure "my dad's a judge" would see me excluded by one side or the other. I've never been called for jury duty in Australia. Conversely, I received multiple summonses while living in Philly (which, as a non-citizen, I had to decline).
smonster - Oct 07, 2009 7:47:18 am PDT #25548 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
The joint? It can do either. Slowly returning is the least painful way. What's yours doing?
I've regained some range of motion. Tilting my head down still hurts like a bitch. I've tried all my regular neck-popping moves, gingerly, but to no avail. Wishing I had an inversion table handy.
If it doesn't get better on its own soon, I'd suggest seeing a doctor if you can. They'll know if you've done anything more complicated than just trapping a nerve.
Duly noted, and thanks.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 07, 2009 7:54:14 am PDT #25549 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I hope it feels better really soon, smonster. Trapped nerves in neck are an absolute evil bitch.
In not-unrelated news, I am totally unproductive today 'cos pain and tired and all that crap. Am wondering whether dihydrocodeine will help or hinder.
Shir, I'm still sending house~ma, in the hope that your family's final search for a suitable house proves fruitful.
Polter-Cow - Oct 07, 2009 8:21:24 am PDT #25550 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Happy birthday, omnis!
Can I once again reiterate how awesome my little brother is? He had to add something else to the order to get free shipping when he bought me the Manga Guide to Molecular Biology. But Amazon shipped them separately for some reason, meaning my Surprise would come earlier.
He called me yesterday and asked if I'd gotten a package. I told him I was still at work, and he remembered the time difference.
When I finally got home, I found a very heavy package waiting for me. I opened it...and it was Craig Thompson's Blankets. Which I have been wanting to read for a while because it's supposed to be really good, and I always eye in bookstores because it looks so pretty. I had even recently been thinking about it and how it was kind of expensive and I probably wouldn't buy it myself. Except it's not on my Amazon Wishlist, and I have never talked to my brother about it. We always joke about our psychic bond. I love him.