Erin, I hope you feel better really soon, and in the meanwhile, do some obedience training on that big, old Black Dog. A good 'Down, Stay!' can do wonders.

msbelle, I love the cool people tumblr. The picture of Pearl Bailey and Truman Capote reminded me of a great story where Pearl dressed TC up as a woman to help him slip the cops who were poised to arrest him for indecency. She was hardcore, that one.

In re: compromise in relationships...I used a word too open to interpretation. The truth is, I'm content with the content of my life right now and am not willing to become anyone's care-lover. It's been a pattern of mine to attract fellows who aren't particularly self aware. They sought guidance, I gave it. It became a mothering thing and I lost interest.

I would rather be with my dog than take on that task again.

Please don't read any cynicism, commentary on men or anything of the sort, I'm just retired from that pattern. Being with someone is not worth repeating it.

accelerated the SUV and was projected out of the car and beheaded.

I second Jessica's HOLY CRAP.

That really _is_ genius, in terms of a pain-free way to go. But, oy. Other people could have been seriously hurt.

I'm betting the trailer contained possessions, or remembrances of the ex. Why else drive it past her house on your way to oblivion.

I'm betting the trailer contained possessions, or remembrances of the ex. Why else drive it past her house on your way to oblivion.

ooh, good call. I bet you're right.

Just for the record, I am giving a lot of credit to Natter for the fact that I got dressed and left the house today.

I am not happy with my life. I don't think adding a guy will make me less unhappy with my life, and might make him less happy about his. So it dampens down the temptation

Plus, of course, my complete lack of comprehension of relationships.

Back from a long lunch. We went to say farewell to a distant team member, and he ended up paying for us all, which is not how it's supposed to go.

However? Yummy chicken marsala and some interesting trash talking.

he ended up paying for us all, which is not how it's supposed to go.

No, but that's really nice of him. And perhaps he's moving on to something where he gets paid a lot better.

Erin, I hope you get the Black Dog under control. I hope that it helps that we're here and supportive (as much as we can, being invisible people inside your computer).

Please don't read any cynicism, commentary on men or anything of the sort, I'm just retired from that pattern. Being with someone is not worth repeating it.

It's a good pattern to be aware of and not repeat, and it's good to be happily solo, but I just want to state the obvious here that being with someone shouldn't require repeating it.

I have no stress about not wanting kids. My parents might have stress.

I can't focus on what I need to focus on. I have to finish editing this proposal. I promised I would. I did every other thing in the world I could do...it just...the whole thing needs to be rewritten.

So this afternoon I was supposed to go have a crown removed so they could poke and prod and maybe cut a little of the gum, but when I got there, the dentist said "you know, I don't think we should do any of that except maybe the gum cutting (or as they called it crown lengthening)", and then she tried to send me to the in house periodontist who was supposed to do that part, but he kept back talking what the dentist had just said, so I said "you know, you two have done absolutely nothing to bolster my confidence in you, and I'm not letting you near my gums today, so I'm leaving" and then I left, and then I decided since I had already taken the afternoon off, I would go pick up my new glasses, but when I got there, the clip-ons I ordered to go with them don't actually work with my new glasses, so they had to keep them and my new glasses to try and fix them, so then I came back into the office instead of going home, in part so I could work on a project that requires the use of the NDCal Pacer, which as it turns out, isn't working right now.

In other words, MOTHERFUCKER

Also, HOOKERS AND BLOW