Hey, it's Erika's birthday today!
Happy Birthday!
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I just had my second annual post-surgery mammogram, and got told "see you next year".
I was kind of sweating this one too, so it is extra YAY
Jayne: There's times I think you don't take me seriously. I think that ought to change. Mal: Do you think it's likely to?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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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.
Lee - Sep 18, 2012 7:58:52 am PDT #22562 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Jesse - Sep 18, 2012 8:00:25 am PDT #22563 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yay, Lee!!
Did I say happy birthday, erika (here)? Happy birthday, erika!
Liese S. - Sep 18, 2012 8:04:10 am PDT #22564 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, social programs from which I benefit or would expect to benefit (Gen Xer cynicism aside): school loans & grants for the SO, mortgage credit, the recent interest free loan (woulda been a gift if I'd built a year later), social security, medicare, medicaid (no unemployment or workmans comp, though), payroll tax reductions, food pantry (they get government cheese kinda food, and I get undistributed nearly out of date stuff from them.
Earlier in our career, when we were living under the poverty line, there was a bunch more that we qualified for, but didn't take, more or less on the principle that we were voluntarily under the poverty line, and other people needed the help more than we did since we had a lot of other private resources at our disposal.
Privately, we live entirely off other people's largesse, plus we use resources like a church run medical facility, food boxes, clothing donations, game donations, counseling. We get periodic free labor for the house building, maintenance, etc.
So yeah, I use my bootstraps to put on my boots. I rely on the generosity of many people to survive, and I'm damn grateful.
Liese S. - Sep 18, 2012 8:04:44 am PDT #22565 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yay for Lee!
Steph L. - Sep 18, 2012 8:04:56 am PDT #22566 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Happy Birthday, erika!
I just had my second annual post-surgery mammogram, and got told "see you next year".
Well now, that's a fantastic belated birthday present!
Burrell - Sep 18, 2012 8:05:47 am PDT #22567 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Yay Lee! That's great news.
Steph L. - Sep 18, 2012 8:06:05 am PDT #22568 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Also:
Post-lunch food coma. I can haz nap plz?
ChiKat - Sep 18, 2012 8:09:08 am PDT #22569 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Yay, Lee!!!!
Post-lunch food coma. I can haz nap plz?
See? This is why people shouldn't be given food assistance. Eating makes them even lazier.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 18, 2012 8:10:05 am PDT #22570 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Birthday Happies, erika!
le nubian - Sep 18, 2012 8:11:46 am PDT #22571 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Good news Lee!