Yeah, at the root of this for me is that I, personally, have a huge fear of old age. Death, not so much. Old age, horrified.
They're doing it backwards; walking up the down slide.
River ,'Ariel'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Liese S. - Mar 22, 2011 10:24:33 am PDT #29612 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Ginger - Mar 22, 2011 10:27:26 am PDT #29613 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I would like to complain about a much less fraught irritation.
Why the hell is everything videos these days? The only instruction for something I'm trying to do is on a damn video, which will take 4 minutes to watch and I might have to watch it again. It takes me seconds to read instructions.
Consuela - Mar 22, 2011 10:33:06 am PDT #29614 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
It takes me seconds to read instructions.
ITA.
Not to mention the fact that streaming video is blocked at my workplace, anyway. Very annoying.
A friend of mine, who just got divorced and has little surviving family and no kids, is talking about something like senior co-housing, with independence but also a lot of community. I have to admit it sounds like it'd be a good way to go.
Jesse - Mar 22, 2011 10:37:09 am PDT #29615 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think office morale would improve if there were weekly baby visits.
And/or hookers and blow.
TOTALLY. Although maybe not the babies and blow at the same time.
sarameg - Mar 22, 2011 10:39:36 am PDT #29616 of 30001
This [link] being built in my neighborhood, which is already home to a senior independent living complex.
Sparky1 - Mar 22, 2011 10:39:47 am PDT #29617 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
Although maybe not the babies and blow at the same time.
HOOKERS AND BABIES!
Zenkitty - Mar 22, 2011 10:40:47 am PDT #29618 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I think office morale would improve if there were weekly baby visits. And/or hookers and blow.
Productivity seems to suffer in all cases, though.
After going through what she has with her mom, my mother is pretty much just, "If it gets bad, hold a pillow over my face, please."
Oh yeah. My sister and I have had that conversation. Neither of us wants to be in the situation our mom was, in her last couple years. My sister's 14 years older than me, and I can't even stand to think about what I'd do without her. I dread that someday I'll have to take care of her, without anyone to help me. Her daughters are useless in any kind of crisis, alas.
Why the hell is everything videos these days? The only instruction for something I'm trying to do is on a damn video, which will take 4 minutes to watch and I might have to watch it again. It takes me seconds to read instructions.
I am you in this regard. I can read faster than most anyone can talk.
Connie Neil - Mar 22, 2011 10:41:35 am PDT #29619 of 30001
brillig
HOOKERS AND BABIES!
It seems to work for Charlie.
brenda m - Mar 22, 2011 10:41:48 am PDT #29620 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I'd move into assisted living right now if I could.
Why the hell is everything videos these days? The only instruction for something I'm trying to do is on a damn video, which will take 4 minutes to watch and I might have to watch it again. It takes me seconds to read instructions.
God, that drives me batshit. Also, vblogs (video blogs). I read blogs for a reason - if I wanted to watch instead of read I'd turn on the tv.
Jesse - Mar 22, 2011 10:45:10 am PDT #29621 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'd move into assisted living right now if I could.
When I first moved to New York, and worked for a place that had case management services for people with HIV, I was SO JEALOUS when I was overhearing one of the case managers dealing with a super or landlord or something -- I could totally have used something like that. But yeah, not so much the HIV....