Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
The play versions of Wolf Hall/Bringing up the Bodies, with Ben Miles as Cromwell, have extended their London run and will be playing when I am there in September. So I booked tickets. Whee. I am a little trepidatious. That's a lot of money on a lot of theatre...I hope I actually like it!
I got myself so wound up about booking tickets/hotels I have given myself a headache. Apparently I am six.
Well, I can't believe I'm saying it but the weekend sucked. Ok, activities and such were fine but the face pain was back with a vengence. This morning, I haven't had it fully spasm, but there have been a couple of medium sized episodes.
I'm supposed to be in SLC Wednesday and Thursday for meetings that I lead. I had hoped the Lyrica would have kicked in more by now. If I have a full spasm, mid-meetings, I'll basically have to excuse myself from the room. I don't want to cancel the trip and yet I'm wondering if I should.
I didn't get the impression that the Brontosaurus thing was color coded.
I think if you asked a black guy to lean 1cm more into the space of someone non-white he wanted something to, he'd tell you it wasn't worth it and would not gain him anything.
I've been KBed by guys, say, between 13-28 and it was horrible. Fight, flight, or give in, At work it would probably cause me to give in then, but be stubborn elsewhere.
There were two guys at my last job I KBed. One because I felt so bad asking him stuff, since he was three positions away from it anyway. He took it well, but his problem was that he seemed to take everything well, so I at least wanted to ease into it.
The other guy did eventually give me what I wanted every time (even the time I played Stompy Away Brontosaurus in frustration), but he also kept asking me to go for beer.
So no, not going to be a standard part of my repertoire.
Sue, that's exciting. Have fun in London.
{{{Suzi}}} I'm sorry you've been in so much pain. I hope you get some relief soon.
Anyone ever had a ruptured eardrum?
Ginger, what have you done?
Suzi, I'm so sorry about the pain. I hope you get some real resolution, fast.
sara, I hope the cold gets better fast.
I have had a ruptured eardrum- Ginger.
I am so sorry about the pain, Suzi.
If feel like kindly brontosauri would make me get them what they want as slow as possible. I think I have KBd customers however, when they were trying to scam me.
I left my anti-depressants at work over the weekend and I am still recovering. If there was a zombie apocalypse and I ran out, I think I would be dead, because the withdrawal is horrible to me. I was/am out of commission for 2 days after not having it for 2 days. That is the first day is OK, but the day (today) I start taking them again, it takes awhile to build back up in my blood stream and I am still nauseous, have a headache, tired, anxious, dizzy, have brain zaps, and basically feel like I have had a stroke.
May all Buffistas stop being sick and hurty now, please, Universe.
I didn't read the article, I'm assuming Kindly Brontosauruses are those people who don't make a fuss but just stand there, a little too close, and watch you, until you give in, right? Those persons irritate me and I am unlikely to do anything for them that I wasn't going to do anyway and/or I do not absolutely have to do. You can stand there all day, buddy. Being stared at does not faze me. I've been stared at naked.
They smile and look sweetly at you too--it's basically grooming the person you want stuff from, instead of just leaping in (politely) and getting to business.