Oh, yeah, it's not my job that makes me cry. It's just about everything else. I'd be crying wherever I was. It's just that at work I need to re-enter civilisation shortly afterwards.
Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
§ ita § - May 14, 2012 8:09:35 am PDT #13251 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Burrell - May 14, 2012 8:24:09 am PDT #13252 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ugh, I'm sorry to hear about all the crying in cars that's been happening. I wish I could magic all the pain and frustration away.
Now that the rubble of the past semester is starting to clear, I have realized that I just barely pulled through things. Really. I f*ed up a bunch of deadlines and responsibilities and let my house descend into chaos. What gives? I haven't been feeling depressed but I sure as hell must have been out of it these past few months. Weird.
erikaj - May 14, 2012 9:15:03 am PDT #13253 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
My mom quit cold turkey like 30 years ago. I still remember it, because that was the closest she ever got to a Betty Draper period. I don't think she has cravings anymore, but she does say when she finds out she's dying, she may just say "fuck it," and light up. I think it's a nostalgia thing now. Like elephant bells, but deadly.
§ ita § - May 14, 2012 9:17:39 am PDT #13254 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My mother "tapered" using cigars.
Many years later, the closest I've ever come to being a smoker was cigars. I really like them. As long as I'm smoking them, that is. Other people smoking them, and after I've smoked one--pretty fucking nasty. I can see how it would be a step towards quitting.
SuziQ - May 14, 2012 9:28:54 am PDT #13255 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
My mom quit cold turkey after some hypnosis. It is kinda amazing, considering how much she had smoked, that none of her late life health issues were related to her smoking.
Noodle is on my lap, licking the heck out of my blanket. This cat will lick anything and everything.
smonster - May 14, 2012 9:29:27 am PDT #13256 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I hate hate hate cigars. I wonder if I'd like a pipe, I do like the way they smell. I've thought about e-cigarettes, but I don't know how much safer they really are.
So, workplace drama (whee! not). L runs his own crew. H works for my boss (the company owner). M technically works for L, but usually works with H. All three and the rest of L's crew are Honduran. The more I learn about L, the less impressed with him I am. I had a long conversation with M on Friday, about how he hates working for L and had quit but my boss convinced him to come back, and how he wants to work directly for my boss. And then today I find out that L complained to my boss that I don't clean up after myself. Excuse me?!?! I not only clean up after myself, I work neatly so I don't make much of a mess AND I help clean up after his crew as well. Kiss my ass, dude. Fortunately, my boss knows it's crap, he sees me cleaning up all the time
Eventually, I'm going to be dictating work procedures to L and his crew for lead safety purposes, and I can tell already it ain't gonna be pretty. I bet I'll hear some "puta" then.
I'm working from home the rest of the day - my back keeps wanting to go out and I've still got admin stuff I can do. Seriously, this has been a really bad round of PMS both emotionally and physically.
Zenkitty - May 14, 2012 9:32:23 am PDT #13257 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
My mom smoked all her life, up until she went into assisted living, where she wasn't allowed. Yet at the end, her lungs were fine. My BFF smokes, and it worries me. She's under tremendous stress right now, so I understand why she's giving up on quitting for now, but it still worries me. I have never smoked, and yet I have asthma. Possibly from secondhand smoke, from my family and then from working in bars in the 80s.
flea - May 14, 2012 9:33:23 am PDT #13258 of 30001
information libertarian
e-cigarettes
This makes me think you smoke them online or something. Like a virtual pet. Seems like it would be pretty safe!
Zenkitty - May 14, 2012 9:34:10 am PDT #13259 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
e-cigarettes
What are those?
Strix - May 14, 2012 9:36:24 am PDT #13260 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Steph, that's huge news about your brother. How staggering, that it came so quickly on the heels of your big convo with him. Wow.
ita !, it is GOOD to see you back.
I will soon be secluding myself in copyediting purdah for much of the week, so I may just come in for occasional gasps of air. Two deadlines on Friday, I have 2 houseguests Wednesday night, and organizing a shindig for out out-of-town friends Friday night. I will not have a lot of time to breathe this week.
As soon as I get this...something sticky off my touch pad. WTF? THAT wouldn't be conducive to smooth editing. (Secret Confession: I think it's Heath Toffee Ice Cream. Oops.)