Pix - that is awful. I'm glad that C is okay and that ND was able to wipe the devices.

We took our young Irish friend (who came to America to hook up with a guy and is now married and 8 weeks pregnant, but we love her anyway even though we think she's very silly) out today because she doesn't drive here and doesn't have access to a car anyway. We took her to lunch then to a museum up at Brigham Young University. While there, a woman my age (late 40s/50s, more than old enough not to be threatened by 19 year olds anymore)went up to her, gave her a smarmy grin, and said, "You're so cute and thin. I hate you," huffed, glared, and left. Nadine said if she'd been back home, she would have gotten in the woman's face and challenged her, but in Utah she's becoming used to the weird passive/aggressive sweetly phrased insult.

smonster, I agree with erica - don't put the Band-Aid back on. His message sounded very manipulative to me.

Pix, your poor friend. I'm so glad she's okay and you are all there for her. And ND wiping her stolen devices remotely sounds like superheroics to me! I didn't even know that was possible.

Connie, seriously, some woman you don't even know came up and said that to your friend? WTF?

Steph, the little girl dressed as Merida who was too dangerous to get a bow? That's fantastic. Brave may not be a great movie (haven't seen it yet myself) but I'm happy there's a movie heroine role-model for little girls who'd rather shoot things than get married.

Connie, seriously, some woman you don't even know came up and said that to your friend? WTF?

Just waltzed right up, "smiled," and said it, then huffed away. No clue who she was.

Connie, that is messed up.

Thanks for the advice, y'all.

So, one of my neighborfriends is going to try and talk her sister into fostering the kittens! And if not then she might! Cross your digits, people.

I hope C is ok. That is a very scary thing to have happen.

Hil, I hope your pain has gotten more manageable.

Smonster, your name just got autocorrected to "smog steer". People who say things like "I trust my instincts no matter how many times they are wrong" (which I realize is not an exact quote but that is how it sounded to me) are generally one form of idiot or another. It is one thing to say that to your BFF, and another entirely to say it to someone you want to date. Whether he is an idiot who has trained himself to have poor decision making skills or the kind of idiot who thinks that announcing his rejection of common sense makes him a romantic hero - either kind of idiot is a good kind to avoid.

I always trust my instincts. Mine, however, are always right.

How scary, Pix!

And smonster that's good news about the fostering of the kittens. They are very cute, but they look like a handful. Two handfuls.

smog steer

Heh.

"I trust my instincts no matter how many times they are wrong"

Well, he was responded to a similar comment I made about trusting my gut in matters of the heart. But I am slowly and painfully learning that just because I know instantly that I like someone and see potential for a relationship has absolutely no correlation with how they feel about me.

Tom and Nora came over to watch kitten tv. There was successful human/kitten cuddling, and one pooped on me but it wasn't too messy. And they ate and drank water. One might be making friends with Frankie; the other will have fuckall to do with the giant tap-dancing mutant. My cats decided to pretend the kittens didn't exist and turn their cute up to 11 to compensate. It was all very exciting.

Provisional names: Mickle and Musket [link]

I am glad C is ok, Pix