Zoe: I thought you wanted to spend more time off-ship this visit. Wash: Out there is seems like it's all fancy parties. I like our party better. The dress code is easier and I know all the steps.

'Shindig'


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.


vw bug - Aug 28, 2010 3:34:21 am PDT #370 of 30000
Mostly lurking...

Pix, I'm so glad you checked in. I've been worried.

It's dilaudid, and it's amazing shit. Just don't ever go into the ER and ask for it, 'cause they'll think you're a drug seeker. I hope they get it figured out soon. Ugh.


flea - Aug 28, 2010 3:50:27 am PDT #371 of 30000
information libertarian

I hope Drew can get a solid diagnosis and fix soon. Bowel obstructions are not good (and if it is that, why the fuck didn't they figure it out last time?)

Our (built 1922) house gets mad spiderwebs. We definitely need to dust or vaccuum ceilings and fans and window frames behind the blinds pretty regularly. I also vaccumm the rugs once a week, and they could stand it more often, but then I have small children whom I allow to eat crackers in the living room. I do not mop nearly often enough; my wood floors are disgusting.


JZ - Aug 28, 2010 3:56:24 am PDT #372 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.

I'm so glad Drew has you and a team of good doctors, Kristin, but oh how terrifying. And it's awful to see someone you love in pain and be unable to do anything but be present (which is no small thing itself, but if you love them, you want to fix it). This has gone on for much too long. I'm vibing hard that they get it right this time.


Pix - Aug 28, 2010 4:00:28 am PDT #373 of 30000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

Thanks everyone. It doesn't help that I stayed up until 2:45 to finishing Mockingjay and therefore haven't slept yet.

P-C, I meant to say earlier that my heart goes out to you and your brother. I can't even fathom being in your situation.


JZ - Aug 28, 2010 4:04:19 am PDT #374 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.

And (it felt like it needed a separate post), ugh, P-C, what a nightmare. And now I'm worried about your sister and how she's doing. You and your brother are out in the world and have easy access to each other for mutual support; he's got his girlfriend and her parents; you have a billion on and offline friends who have your back. Your sister's still living with her parents, and they probably have a fair amount of control over how much she communicates with you and your brother. As brutal as these phone calls are for you guys, I can't imagine what it's like for her to be a kid, living with them 24/7 while they're so wound up and furious.

~Ma to all of you. I wish your parents had even a tiny inkling of just how inadvertently spectacular a job they've done of bringing some deeply splendid human beings into the world. I wish they weren't so angry and threatened and terrified to let themselves actually know you. And I wish they'd leave you in peace for a bit.


Cashmere - Aug 28, 2010 4:12:24 am PDT #375 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.

Pix and Drew, I hope they've figured out what the problem is and can fix it.


Hil R. - Aug 28, 2010 4:18:25 am PDT #376 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Ew ew ew. I was cleaning my kitchen cabinets, and I found a bunch of rodent droppings at the back. Ew. Just took all of my stuff out of that cabinet. I guess I should email my landlord?


Pix - Aug 28, 2010 4:28:36 am PDT #377 of 30000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

Much ma to amyth and Trudy and anyone else who needs it for themselves or their family members.


amyth - Aug 28, 2010 4:29:39 am PDT #378 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

Pix and ND, I hope they can resolve the bowel obstruction thing soon. I'm with flea: that's scary, and nothing to mess around with. I wish that they had caught that last time. I'm so sorry that he's in so much pain (but at least getting some good drugs, now) and sorry that you are having to see him go through this (and have a sleepless night on top of it.

Trudy, I wish that I could be in NYC, for my brother, my SiL, my nephew, and so that we could get a drink near the hospital or something. Much ~ma to you and your family.

May Tuesday be a good day for us all.

ETA: Oh, Trudy, I forgot you were in FL right now. ::smacks forehead:: Well, the ~ma and thoughts are extended to you and yours all the same. Hopefully, Sloan-Kettering will be covered in a protective coating of powerful Buffista ~ma of Tuesday.


Fred Pete - Aug 28, 2010 5:04:17 am PDT #379 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.

((((ND and Pix))))

"If I was nosy, I would have found out about this a long time ago!" Okay, she had a point there. She clearly is not nosy enough.

After she recently broke into her adult son's frequent flyer account....

P-C, every time I think your parents have reached the limit, they prove me wrong.