Oh Maria. Ack.
The Hyperbole and a Half was not funny, but there is one part of it that made me do a dark chuckle while shaking my head: when the figure went from the end of the couch to the corner of the room. So evocative and painful and dead on.
I got stabbed, you know, right here.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
le nubian - Oct 27, 2011 4:37:37 pm PDT #3589 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jesse - Oct 27, 2011 4:39:50 pm PDT #3590 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I can't believe how much emotion she gets out of what look like scribbles.
sarameg - Oct 27, 2011 4:40:21 pm PDT #3591 of 30001
Nope, you both are riding a nasty monster right now. Basically, both of you are running out of spoons; he just ran out first and (lucky him?) is trying to use your last one (lucky you?)
After my mom spent an hour thinking dad had fallen off a cliff at Machu Picchu, when he came down helping to carry the litter of the guy who did, she totally bawled him out. For not being dead and having the temerity to die but not be dead. She ran out of spoons, she was trying to steal his cause he had them.
JenP - Oct 27, 2011 4:41:56 pm PDT #3592 of 30001
Definitely not, Maria.
Strix - Oct 27, 2011 4:42:16 pm PDT #3593 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Adding onto the "not total bitch" vote -- you guys are both stressed and worried, but that doesn't mean he gets to be a jackass to you right now. Understandable, but not cool.
Y'all should be lovin' on each other right now, or at least worried-neutral.
All the best calm -ma and everything's cool-ma to you both.
Maria - Oct 27, 2011 4:42:59 pm PDT #3594 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I mean, I know I'm not the one with cancer, and I can't possibly understand what he's going through, but do not start pulling stuff out of your ass that has no basis in reality.
You are not going to end up like my uncle--he was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer--and yes, Dr. L said there's no cure for melanoma. Well, there's no cure for cancer. Remission is not a cure, but it's not a fucking death sentence either. You deal, take it day by day, and move on. Hopefully not alone.
Sorry. This is infinitely better than saying it to him right now. I'm tired of being the punching bag.
Amy - Oct 27, 2011 4:43:44 pm PDT #3595 of 30001
Because books.
Maria, if you have to walk away for a little while this evening, do it. Not a bitch at all.
Maria - Oct 27, 2011 4:50:38 pm PDT #3596 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I'm upstairs, he's downstairs. I'm just boggled.
Spoons? There are none left in the damned HOUSE.
sarameg - Oct 27, 2011 4:51:33 pm PDT #3597 of 30001
It's perfectly reasonable that he's lashing out. Not fair, but it's totally wounded tiger behavior. It really sucks to share the cage with that tiger.
You've got us. Say what you need to us to avoid a total cage match of wounded tigers.
Amy - Oct 27, 2011 4:52:42 pm PDT #3598 of 30001
Because books.
Spoons? There are none left in the damned HOUSE.
I wish I could send you some. You could have all of mine.