Also, unless you are crazy like my dad, don't demand for local for pin-setting. He's described it in detail (and he had to have a bone rebroken! With a hammer and chisel!) and it is not for the faint of heart. Or even the strong of heart. Just the batshit-crazy of heart.

Yeah, my ex-GF had to have a pin hammered back in without any anesthesia and it was insanely painful. (An infection was forcing it out and the doctor decided to not wait for surgery. She was 14.)

msbelle, I'm going to just point to what Amy, -t, sara, and Zenkitty said. You don't have a hidden undiagnosed mental illness; you have a huge load of crap heaped on you, and parents only see/remember the worst parts.

Most of the time, I'm fine with eating gluten-free. But sometimes, like right now, I JUST WANT TOAST. There is no substitute for toast.

I'm regretting the crab rangoon (WHERE ARE YOU, P-C???) I had tonight.

Well, no, I'm not. It was goooood. But my belly is not comfortable.

Yeah, ask! My typing ability is limited.

I hope it's not local, now! I don't know yet.

No manicure-- my nails are long and I have unusually white nail tips. But the drugs are indeed, the best.

Mmm, crab rangoon.

That's two broken arms recently. Be careful out there, people!

when you're relaxed with your mouth closed and your jaw open

I am never relaxed enough that my jaw is open, I'm pretty sure. My masseuse, after my last massage, was like "I've done what I can. I want you to go see this chiropractor/homeopath." oi. And, like ita, a lot of my job-related stress comes from developers. My extra problem is that they don't even work for the same company as me. I can't count the number of times I've had to say "Okay, you may not think this is a bug and, technically, it doesn't contradict any requirements but, if you don't fix this issue, the user experience is going to be horrible!" ugh. It's like they have never personally ever used a web application and have no idea of what makes for a pleasant experience. AND this app is going to have thousands of users who are not going to want to use the goddamn thing in the first place. argh!

And the play we went to see tonight was cancelled due to lightening 20 minutes in and before it started my friend got a call from her brother saying someone had called him about her failure to appear in court for something. It turned out to be some kind of phone phishing scam or something, fuck, the stress and upset it caused in the meantime.

anyway, it's all fine and I ate a ton of amazing cheese but, unclenching my jaw? Not going to happen. Impossible.

my nails are long and I have unusually white nail tips.

That's crazy! It's like you're genetically stylish!

Do you have mutant double rows of eyelashes too?

oh, and, msbelle, I understand your parents worry but, really, how did they think that would help? You know what you're up against!

Add to that lisah and I's crossed paths over the years before meeting, my friend down the street who co-taught for years with one of my favorite people in my hall in college....and don't even get started on the astro-incestry.

I'm never surprised anymore, but am always pleased, when unexpected connections emerge! I just love it!

flea, I just started using MyNetDiary Pro. I really think its cool. You can scan in your foods with bar odes and it has a huge library of foods.

From way back:

Would a person be names Maria de Guadalupe Sanchez, or would it be Maria Guadalupe de Sanchez?

Maria Guadalupe de Sanchez is (assuming all but Maria is a last name) a married woman whose father's last name was Guadalupe and whose husband's last name is Sanchez. To me, Maria de Guadalupe sounds more like a first name with a last name of Sanchez. I'm not saying its impossible, but I haven't run across Guadalupe as a last name.

Nope! I'm no Liz!

Good god, bon! Don't you know how to take care of yourself? Jeez. It's like you can't be trusted to be unsupervised...

OMG, magic muffin for dinner is not exactly a nutritious plan, but I love those things. Unfortunately since I had to run around the apartment looking for one of my stupid meds, I'm treating myself to a complimentary mini pie.

Well, I had them anyway. I was gonna eat them eventually.