Le Nubian, that is awesome.
I'm gearing up for a work sprint, as soon as I take my allergy meds. Sniff.
Zombies! Hyena people! Snyder!
Student ,'Touched'
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.
Strix - Oct 03, 2011 7:33:31 am PDT #29726 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Consuela - Oct 03, 2011 7:59:14 am PDT #29727 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I hope everyone had a good weekend! Mine was okay, although we had something of a family crisis.
My cousin's 26-year-old daughter is riding her bike down the Pacific Coast, which is a ride I did in graduate school (nearly 20 years ago now, yikes!). She's been having trouble, apparently because her only bicycling experience up to now was in Louisiana, and her bike doesn't have a granny gear. (The granny gear is the lowest, smallest chain ring on the front, that allows you to climb steep hills.)
So she got to California and the hills got steeper and she was basically just walking her loaded bike up these hills. Which is awful. She called my brother (who rides competitively) and my sister, and we ended up sending my sister & BIL up to meet her with my touring bike and my sister's road bike, both of which have the proper gearing.
The funny thing is, I've never met this girl, but she's my cousin's daughter and now she's riding my bike down the coast. Hopefully everything is working out okay, and we'll see her in a week or so when she arrives in the Bay Area.
I'm really happy to have helped, but kind of astonished that she took on this ride without knowing enough about bikes to know she needed better gearing...
flea - Oct 03, 2011 8:16:56 am PDT #29728 of 30001
information libertarian
Moving van driver (a woman!) is talking on the phone in my earshot and plans to deliver our stuff Friday. Ugh. I was hoping for Wednesday.
She smells so thoroughly of cigarette smoke that the house itself smells like someone's been smoking in it! He husband, who is actually moving things, thinks he is very funny. He is not.
(Did you think I was nice? I am not feeling very nice today.)
Allyson - Oct 03, 2011 8:29:34 am PDT #29729 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
How can I tell if I'm having a nervous breakdown?
§ ita § - Oct 03, 2011 8:31:36 am PDT #29730 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How can I tell if I'm having a nervous breakdown?
If you can ask, you're probably "merely" having a terrible day.
Sorry?
Amy - Oct 03, 2011 8:32:01 am PDT #29731 of 30001
Because books.
Ugh, flea. Much moving~ma.
Allyson, if you have the wherewithal to ask, probably not? But it's a good indication you might need to talk to someone if you're asking.
Consuela - Oct 03, 2011 8:32:09 am PDT #29732 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I don't know. But I don't think there's actually a clinical definition of "nervous breakdown".
So maybe if you think you're having one, you might be?
le nubian - Oct 03, 2011 8:33:23 am PDT #29733 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I love the Catch-22 responses.
Hang in there Allyson. Do you need to take a break and take a walk around the block?
Jesse - Oct 03, 2011 8:38:37 am PDT #29734 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There was a great piece on The Hairpin recently about someone's nervous breakdown. Either way, sorry, and good luck, Allyson.
Burrell - Oct 03, 2011 8:51:58 am PDT #29735 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ugh Allyson, is there a way you can open space in your day to take care of yourself? Whatever that would look like, go home from work early, reach out to someone.