Also, I just deleted 728 work related emails unread -- it's all AP listserv stuff. It was very liberating.
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Aug 24, 2011 5:45:22 pm PDT #22059 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
sarameg - Aug 24, 2011 5:46:40 pm PDT #22060 of 30001
Noah's gonna blow a gasket that day!
Yeah, no more settling. Please. I'm really relieved that this is the worst of it, but I'm tired of natural disasters. And the hurricane will really test my roof. My roof post-earthquake. Cries.
Strix - Aug 24, 2011 5:58:58 pm PDT #22061 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Bleeding from the eyes is creepy as hell, Suzi -- I hope it easily explained and fixable.
That's all I got -- I have no more spoons today.
Allyson -kick ass and take names. I have faith in your whoop-as fun.
Maria, I am so sorry your YAY jobs aren't panning out, and feel down about it for you and me. I feel like I should have done more, better...something. Let me know if I can help.
Love you all.
SuziQ - Aug 24, 2011 6:32:25 pm PDT #22062 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
The eyes thing happened due to the severity of the bleed and him pinching his nose to try to get it to stop. Ya know how when you cry, you end up sniveling? This was kinda in reverse. Utterly bizarre to see, but the main issue is to make sure he doesn't have something up with bleeding and not clotting. I'm sticking with the one time ONLY freaky event theory until something proves me wrong.
DawnK - Aug 24, 2011 6:44:13 pm PDT #22063 of 30001
giraffe mode
Suzi, I gotta say you are a stronger woman than I am, I would have lost it once the eye thing happened. I vote for a one time only thing too.
So I'm actually making use of my unemployment. So far this week I've cleaned out and revised my filing system and cabinet, tossed a bunch of old school work from the kids, cleaned out a bunch of other junk in storage bins in the garage and began getting rid of all the dust-catchers that my MiL had all around the house. Getting rid of the rest of them plus the creepy pictures she had on the walls will take the rest of the week. I'm not feelin' too bad about this!
Maria, sorry the job didn't pan out (stupid NDA)
Burrell it's nothing ma headed your way
Ginger - Aug 24, 2011 7:16:10 pm PDT #22064 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Absolutely nothing ~ma to Burrell (and it's usually nothing).
beth b - Aug 24, 2011 7:52:33 pm PDT #22065 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
nothing ma~~~ Burrell
Atropa - Aug 24, 2011 7:52:56 pm PDT #22066 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Why have none of you Modcloth-browsing people told me about THESE?!
Pete would not approve of them, I bet.
Allyson - Aug 24, 2011 8:12:46 pm PDT #22067 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I just want to thank all of you so much for your support and twittering and suggestions. It's meant a lot, because I felt like I was going bananas. It's weird how something that seems so small can completely jack your life. OMG, how am I going to get to work? OMG, how am I going to handle this car note and my bills? Over this little $50 thing.
Suddenly my world went ass over ears. Ultimately, I'm not in physical pain, I'm relatively healthy, not in danger of being homeless or going without dinner. I'm so aware of that and how much worse things can be.
I've watched all of you deal with things with way more grace that would snap me like a twig. Most people would tell me to put on my big girl panties and deal (and I'm sure that thought crossed some minds...(OMG ALLYSON YOU ARE NOT FUCKING DYING IT'S A CAR)
I'm aware of it and grateful for the putting up with my daily hysteria. In the end, whatever happens I'm still going to have a roof over my head and be able to order takeout lo mein and put cool shoes on my feet.
What I'm saying is, I have way more than a root.
This is a shitty sitch, and you guys were really helpful by saying, YEAH. SHITTY SITCH. I'LL TWEET ABOUT IT. Which is helping me resolve this in a way I couldn't have alone, and its' all very Vampire People.
So you know, love and shit.
aurelia - Aug 24, 2011 9:10:03 pm PDT #22068 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Allyson, my parents are incensed on your behalf. They may spread your story to a considerably less wired crowd.
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