Mal: You tell me right now, little Kaylee, you really think you can do this? Kaylee: Sure. Yeah. I think so. 'Sides, if I mess up, not like you'll be able to yell at me.

'Bushwhacked'


Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.  

[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.


sj - Jan 21, 2010 2:09:40 pm PST #7464 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

{{{Askye}}} You are genuinely sick, and a day home drinking lots of fluids and resting on the couch would probably go a long way toward getting better quicker. Therefore, bringing you back to full capacity at work sooner.

I baked the brownies, picked up a small gift card for coffee, and wrote a nice thank you note, but the neighbor is not home. I wonder what would be considered too late to try again?


Steph L. - Jan 21, 2010 2:15:32 pm PST #7465 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

askye, a lot of people have to be hospitalized for IV antibiotics, even if they aren't "sick" (showing lots of symptoms, etc). Your office is lucky that you aren't hospitalized and missing a LOT of days -- I think that 1 day off, even if you don't think you're "sick," will do you a world of good.


Sophia Brooks - Jan 21, 2010 2:28:34 pm PST #7466 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

askye- I have to second what everyone else says. Take a sick day. You are sick, as evidenced by the IV antibiotics. Perhaps three days off in a row will help you get well. Also, perhaps you are not thinking clearly because you are sick.


Hil R. - Jan 21, 2010 2:33:07 pm PST #7467 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

askye, what everyone else said. You're sick, you can take a sick day.


Vortex - Jan 21, 2010 2:46:07 pm PST #7468 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Do I need to call someone? You know I will.


Helena Handbasket - Jan 21, 2010 3:07:45 pm PST #7469 of 30000
Smart people can be stupid too

Poking my head out of my safe lurkey-hidey-hole to weigh in with a marginally medical opinion (I'm not a "real nurse" yet but I know stuff, really!).

Stay home, askye! You are sick, even if you feel that you don't look it. Fighting off an infection like yours takes an immense amount of energy and intensive antibiotic therapy is exhausting. You are absolutely justified in staying home.

Signed, Not a Doctor, but you can pretend I am if it helps!


Tom Scola - Jan 21, 2010 3:15:15 pm PST #7470 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Dude, if anyone doubts why you stayed at home, you can say, "The lurkers support me!"


ChiKat - Jan 21, 2010 3:49:16 pm PST #7471 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?

Adding my voice to the chorus: stay home, askye. You *are* sick.


omnis_audis - Jan 21, 2010 4:04:00 pm PST #7472 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

not a doctor here, but have spent my fair share on the recieving end of the medical world. Askye, not to gang up on you, but, if ya got a bag hanging off your arm, you shouldn't go to work. If you are fighting off infection, your body needs to relax and do it's thing. {{{ Askye }}}}


Steph L. - Jan 21, 2010 4:12:19 pm PST #7473 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Randomly: a while ago, when I was pimping Urban Decay's 24/7 eyeliner, someone -- maybe Trudy? -- asked if the black liner had glitter in it (b/c the rest of the liners had glitter [or something shimmery; the eyeliner wasn't just matte]), and the answer was no. The black was the only one of the 24/7 line that had no glitter/shimmer.

HOWEVER! I was just poking around the Sephora site, and apparently Urban Decay DOES now have a black 24/7 eyeliner WITH glitter/shimmer. They still have the matte one also, but now there is glittery black.

This has been your girly-girl public service announcement.

ION, I need a haircut badly. It brushes my shoulders, and it's getting tiresome. I'm thinking ear-length and flippy. If only The Boy was blase about my haircuts.

IOotherN, I'm having a moderate IBS flare-up that I'm tempted to label "severe" only because it won't let up. Normally, with drugs, it eases up after a couple of hours, but it will not ease up today. I hurt so much just walking from my car to the gym that I stopped at the doors to the gym, turned around, and came home.

I always admit when I ate something to make it flare up (ah, sugar, my old nemesis), but this time I really *haven't*! At least, I haven't eaten sugar or any other thing know is a trigger.

I just want to fix it, but it's impossible to do so when I don't know what the cause was. Stupid body. Be more invincible!