JenP I am insanely jealous about your new city (not to mention dinner with lisah).
Hil may your advisor wake up this morning with something new on his mind, like a brain.
Fish-top mermaids will be sticking with me all day tyvm, as will the Elric filk.
My project is closing on completion, only a month late due to client PEBKAC errors. I am very glad.
And late last night I had the kind of argument with my mom that I know better than to engage in, but I was tired of the sniping and the bitter - her side, fueled by Fox News, consistently referring to the Government as 'them' and talking about 'big brother' scenarios; me getting more and more upset even as my brain screamed "do.not.engage!" So I wake to a letter this morning that contains a good deal more of the same, as well as disappointment that she has raised a daughter who cannot empathize with others or have a rational discussion.
Because I am obviously deficient in my logic, I am crowdsourcing my response on Google Docs with a few members of my family who have better web-fu and more calm than I do. (Sparky, insent) Anyone who wants to add in points about why one might feel that Fox News is not a reliable news source, and/or why the current government is not a Big Brother state, please do - either here or at my profile addy.
yay.
I was up with the chills last night so I'm thinking that the sore throat is not allergies. Although, I feel better this morning.
{{{Hil}}} I'm sorry you have to deal with such bs. I have no advice other than to say that you should listen to the wise people here.
Hil may your advisor wake up this morning with something new on his mind, like a brain.
I was thinking having woken up to discover a plague of frogs had peed on his head.
This guy offends every teaching instinct I have, but then again-- higher level academics. I know it was already pointed out that these folks don't get to where they're at because of their teaching abilities but rather what they can bring in academic ability to the institution.
I still remember that Lewis' honors advisor as an undergrad had all the people skills of a pissed-off cobra, but she was very, very good at her discipline. (Ironic when you consider it was psychology.) He at least learned from her, though because he was able to work around her lack of interpersonal skills.
Thanks, Calli. The way she was talking about thinking about options and "making decisions" and whatnot makes me think that she is considering not undergoing extreme treatment.
She sees her surgeon on Friday, I guess we'll all know more then.
Nora, that's terrible about your great-aunt. Hoping for best outcome for her and your family.
Not gonna ask.
Wow, if *you* don't get it, I'm not even going to worry.
Timelies. I am still in a horrible, grouchy mood. I was exhausted and grumpy last night and KBD was slightly manic and kept trying to cheer me up by telling me how cute I am and smooshing my cheeks. I know he was trying to help, but damn it was hard not to smack him. The lack of Glee did not help.
I don't know what's up with me this week, but it doesn't bode well for my current AD, or at least the current dose. I did figure out that I was getting a little too obsessive about Halloween (cue interjections of disbelief) so I'm trying to let go of things like making a room number for Agent Cooper's hotel room.
Wow, if *you* don't get it, I'm not even going to worry.
More often than not, MM and I get each other's wierd, random, noone-else-gets-it stuff.
That? I don't know about. He woke up and said, "Where's the filk thread? I need to get this out of my head."
Ha ha!! I looked it up - Michael Moorcock (really? that's his last name?) books which is what he's reading right now. Ok - not crazy.
t cancels phone call to nice young men in their clean white coats
So that would be a no to the Pez?
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