Sending the ~ma not only for Trudy but a bit for her mom, too. No matter how many good reasons there are for a long wait, it's never fun.
Yes, this.
No studying? Damn! Next thing they'll tell me is I'll have to eat jelly doughnuts or sleep with a supermodel to get things done around here. I ask you, how much can one man give?
Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[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 - Mar 01, 2011 3:32:45 pm PST #16493 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
meara - Mar 01, 2011 3:36:03 pm PST #16494 of 30000
Sadly, this is totally the case for many transpeople I know, too...at least at first. Overcompensating indeed. Certainly not all, and a lot of them then chill out when they're more assimilated, and get awesome about it...but a few end up staying there.
meara - Mar 01, 2011 3:36:03 pm PST #16495 of 30000
Sadly, this is totally the case for many transpeople I know, too...at least at first. Overcompensating indeed. Certainly not all, and a lot of them then chill out when they're more assimilated, and get awesome about it...but a few end up staying there.
Steph L. - Mar 01, 2011 5:47:46 pm PST #16496 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
You guys! My brother is a FUCKING ROCKSTAR.
His brewpub has been planning to expand, to a second facility where they would brew and can one (only one right now) of their beers. It's going to be a 15-barrel facility (not, obviously anything like the ginormous breweries like Budweiser -- this is one of their barrels [and my brother]: [link] It's going to have a store there, where they'll sell that beer in 4-packs (each can is 16 oz., which is larger than the typical beer can), and other stuff like t-shirts. It's going to be big enough that they're planning on having TOURS, like, well, like Budweiser does.
This is a big deal. (Here's more info if anyone really cares about the details: [link]
So, my brother called me tonight to tell me that after 7 years as executive chef of the brewpub, he's no longer going to be cooking. At all.
Because he's going to be the operations manager for the whole thing, both locations, brewpub and new brewery. Which is why he is a FUCKING ROCKSTAR. I am so goddamned proud of him. I think him not cooking is a loss for the people who eat at the brewpub, but it's not as though he was the only chef there.
I know you guys don't know him, but I'm just bursting with sisterly pride and wanted to share it.
Typo Boy - Mar 01, 2011 5:52:28 pm PST #16497 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
justified sisterly pride.
Cass - Mar 01, 2011 6:03:21 pm PST #16498 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Rock. Star. Totally rock star, Steph. Congrats to him.
WindSparrow - Mar 01, 2011 6:30:24 pm PST #16499 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Ooooh, that is awesome news for your brother, Teppy. May he have continued success in his new role as operations manager of that awesome brewery.
Cass - Mar 01, 2011 6:33:16 pm PST #16500 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Trudy's home. Surgery started late, went long but it went well.
Burrell - Mar 01, 2011 6:34:14 pm PST #16501 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Congrats to your brother Steph. That's very cool news.
Glad to hear Trudy is out of surgery.
erin_obscure - Mar 01, 2011 6:40:12 pm PST #16502 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Windsparrow-thank you so much for that posting about wellness cat food. that's what i feed my (slightly special needs) younger cat and he's been acting extra weird lately - leaving turd surprises all over the house in unusual places and randomly yowling for attention. Behaviors that have in the past indicated UTIs. At least now i know WHY and it's a far easier fix than going to the vet, trying to get a pee sample, and banana-flavoured antibiotics *shudder*
starting tomorrow morning i will be feeding him some backup cans of different vintage, and i should be able to stop by the petstore after work to restock. i'll sleep better knowing that tomorrow he'll start getting his B1 again. (but with the bedroom door shut, he pooped on my comforter last night. boo. hiss.)