Happy Birthday D!!!!!!!

Sean, you know you can call me to vent or talk any time.

"Chaos! Anarchy! I don't know what it means but I like it!" If it makes you feel better, amyth, I've still got a suitcase sitting on my floor from when I stayed at my parents for my job interview a month ago.

Catherders of the hivemind, I need your help. One of my cats has suddenly decided to try and pry the front door open repeatedly in the middle of the night. It's annoying as shit and wakes me up every time. I tried putting my yoga mat against the door, b/c she hates that, but that didn't work. Any ideas?

As a bonus, Frankie shredded a slipper while I slept in, but I hated those slippers anyway.

Sean, she was an evil bitch, but really, most people aren't. They may hurt you through indifference, thoughtlessness or not knowing what the right thing to do is, and that may be the case with your other theater friends. You are a smart, funny person. Do not let her win.

I just spent three hours on the phone with my cousin's wife's granddaughter, who has been doing an absolute yeoman's job dealing with two terminally ill people. I told her when the time came to put my cousin in a nursing home, I would do it.

Kill me now.

Then we talked about how completely our respective families had fucked us up. Why is family a good thing, again?

Why is family a good thing, again?

Because we aren't hatched from eggs wrapped up in $100 bills.

ION, amych is on her way to my fair city for a fencing tournament! And if I'm lucky, I will at the very least be able to hook up with her (and her DH, I hope) and get some pumpkin Graeater's!

I'm having sharp stabby pukey pains in my stomach, however, which didn't go away after a trip to the gym (which was maybe ill-advised, but I didn't puke there). They need to go away NOW so that my weekend can proceed as planned.

smonster, depending on your cat's aversion to such things, you could try aluminum foil in front of the door or plastic bags or even double-sided tape. You don't have to leave any of them down during the day if night is the issue.

Why is family a good thing, again?

Well, my family's fun, but that may be because we're all willing to watch Invader Zim, and indulge in all-out stuffed animal pelting battles.

The family I grew up in had exciting alcoholism and periodic rage events involving choking, broken bones and/or smashing.

From this I conclude that we needed more Invader Zim in my childhood.

Also, Mr. Peabody is better off for his current family.

Putting the cat carrier in front of the door would work on Persey.

Because we aren't hatched from eggs wrapped up in $100 bills.

That would be a great idea, though.

Stomach~ma to you, Teppy. My IBS was Pissed Off All The Time Bowel this week.

Why is family a good thing, again?

They feed me every now and then, and pay the cable bills so I can watch TV. I'm grateful for that.

I need to finish a bunch of papers (my weekend paper reading: How I Survived University So Far), for I have serious plans to slip some brandy into my cocoa (dear God, this was NOT a euphemism) before my shower and then Mad Men-Rescue-Me-before-bed sequence.

Tomorrow I have to finish a five digits budget proposal (in Euros), so it can't be too much brandy, sadly. Also, wow, they actually trust me with serious shit and stuff. Neat! Scary! Exciting!

I just need to leave the interwebs at some point, to get on phase one, which is finish that bunch of papers. Yay?

Stomach~ma to you, Teppy. My IBS was Pissed Off All The Time Bowel this week.

This is not Angry IBS; this is I KEEL YOU STAB STAB ARE YOU PUKING YET? Very different. I don't know whence it came and I don't know why it won't bugger off and leave me alone.

But it had better bugger off so I can have pumpkin Graeter's funtimes with amych.