RIP, Byron. You have been in my thoughts all day, Pix & Drew. I hope you are being kind to yourselves tonight.
Jayne: What're you gonna tell the others? Mal: About what? Jayne: About why I'm dead. Mal: Hadn't thought about it. Jayne: Make something up. Don't tell 'em what I did.
'Ariel'
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.
Laura - Dec 14, 2011 1:28:56 pm PST #4212 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Anne W. - Dec 14, 2011 1:50:34 pm PST #4213 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Pix and ND, I am so sorry about Byron. It's never enough time.
smonster - Dec 14, 2011 2:48:05 pm PST #4214 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I think we're going to have to fire Puppy Boy. ::sigh:: He probably averages at least one fireable offense a day. But the kicker is, he just doesn't get it. I've spent HOURS trying to figure out how to help him, typing stuff up, giving him resources, and I just don't see the effort I want to see. Instead I hear that he's complaining about our meetings. Firing him might even be doing him a favor, showing him some actual consequences, but there's no guarantee - he could well spin it as us being out to get him, or something.
On a brighter note, I had a meltdown over money last night (as some of you may have seen before I deleted the post). I'm still kind of hosed, but the good thing is that I laughed about it, cried a bit, worked on it some, and then went to bed. Just a couple of years ago I think it would have sent me into a very nasty depression and self-hating spiral. So yay for productivity over self-flagellation!
askye - Dec 14, 2011 3:40:25 pm PST #4215 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
Pix and Drew I'm so sorry about Byron, I know how hard it is.
quester - Dec 14, 2011 3:46:04 pm PST #4216 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
That's some serious progress, smonster. Seriously.
Nora Deirdre - Dec 14, 2011 3:50:21 pm PST #4217 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Yay, smonster! I am sorry that you're going through this money crap. Let me know if you need anything.
Ugh, something I ate today did not agree with me and whatever it was very violently exited my system. Do Not Want.
Typo Boy - Dec 14, 2011 3:56:00 pm PST #4218 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
smonster really sorry about the money thing, though glad you are dealing with it.
As to Puppy Boy. Consequences are all you can do. Up to him if he learns from it or not. Firing him is at least giving him a chance to learn. You have to do it for y'all, but it is the best thing for him as well.
JenP - Dec 14, 2011 4:02:44 pm PST #4219 of 30001
smonster, that's awesome. I mean, yes, the money part sucks, and I feel your pain. BUT! Dealing and moving forward anyway is, as I said, awesome... and an inspiration.
Hil R. - Dec 14, 2011 4:07:24 pm PST #4220 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
It's the end of the semester, so I'm getting the usual bunch of emails from students begging for higher grades. I supposed that, from their perspective, it doesn't hurt to try, but it just annoys me to have to answer all of these. (There's one person who I kind of think does deserve a higher grade, but there are department rules about the situation she's in, and I have to follow them. The rest of them, I've really got nothing but "This is your semester average. This is the grade you earned," but I've got to reply to all of them.
Pix - Dec 14, 2011 4:15:48 pm PST #4221 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
Thank you so much, everyone, for all your kind words this week. Losing Byron was incredibly difficult, and I know it’s going to take time to recover. I feel very lucky to have ND, my friends, and my other three furballs close right now. I donated to the Humane Society in his honor today and posted a thank you to the specific branch where I adopted him in 1994. I’m going to miss him a lot.