Could just be a hoax, though. I fake some headaches, everyone gets used to poor helpless Spike. Then one day, no warning, I snap a spine, bend a head back, drain 'em dry. Brilliant.

Spike ,'Potential'


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.


WindSparrow - Sep 12, 2013 8:18:49 am PDT #5023 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

Totally all Webassign's fault, all of it. ita_!'s pain probably can't be blamed on it, but we can try.


Steph L. - Sep 12, 2013 8:19:35 am PDT #5024 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

AND WEBASSIGN IS DOWN. MY LIFE IS A SHAMBLES BECAUSE OF WEBASSIGN.


meara - Sep 12, 2013 8:20:07 am PDT #5025 of 30000

Oh Teppy, you're being way too hard on yourself there. But I'm glad it got fixed up an you are a go for marriage!


Sophia Brooks - Sep 12, 2013 8:23:50 am PDT #5026 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Oh, I hate the "skirt tucked in the back on my underwear" thing. Always super embarrassing! But yay! Wedding Licence!

WebAssign can go to hell. Along with Blackboard. I do not think anyone consulted either a teacher, an assistant, or anyone who has ever worked with students, or even in a building adjacent to students before building any "Learning Management System".


Steph L. - Sep 12, 2013 8:24:19 am PDT #5027 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Oh Teppy, you're being way too hard on yourself there.

Forgetting my wallet and needing to drive back home and then back downtown again? My fault.

Going to the wrong building because I couldn't be bothered to check where to go for a marriage license because I assumed the courthouse issues them? My fault.

Not checking my skirt after going to the bathroom? My fault.

I am a chaos field, and seriously expect the tailor to call and say my dress has been irreparably damaged. Seriously. First my hairstylist has a hip replacement and can't do my wedding hair, then my brother forgets to get registered with the state to legally officiate, then the cupcake place gets our order wrong, then the goddamn fucking venue double-books us with a goddamn fucking historical reenactment tour, then I turn the simple act of getting a marriage license into a ridiculous arduous pain in the ass and make Tim late for work because I am a moron.

SO OVER THIS SHIT.


Amy - Sep 12, 2013 8:24:58 am PDT #5028 of 30000
Because books.

What meara said, Tep. It's done now! You have the license! And you are far from useless.


Zenkitty - Sep 12, 2013 8:26:17 am PDT #5029 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Yeah, Teppy, way too hard on yourself! The more stressed you are, the more things are likely to go wrong. It's a law of the universe. And marriage is stressful! Also, if I had seen big GET'CHA MARRIAGE LICENSE HEAH signs in a building, I too would have assumed that that was where you got your marriage licenses.


Steph L. - Sep 12, 2013 8:26:27 am PDT #5030 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

And you are far from useless.

Unemployed and unemployable and lazy and emotionally needy.

I am not having a good day. And I've got to go over this editing test. I'd really like to get this job. But instead I'm still crying and trying to figure out when I can take Ativan again.


JZ - Sep 12, 2013 8:29:02 am PDT #5031 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Oh, Tep. You are *not* patently stupid. You are emotionally unstable, but that's because you are under a metric fuckton of stress, which tends to completely short-circuit planning and decision making and follow-through on stuff with a billion fidgety details, which is pretty much exactly what a wedding is. And you are extremely useful in not just some fucking way but about a million fucking ways, whether or not you end up doing sexy edits for money.

Also, because WebAssign.


Amy - Sep 12, 2013 8:30:16 am PDT #5032 of 30000
Because books.

You are not unemployable. Believe me.

I know it's a bad day. Maybe give yourself a break, take more Ativan, watch/read something comforting, and finish the test after dinner. Let yourself breathe for a bit.