Inara: So. Would you like to lecture me on the wickedness of my ways? Book: I brought you some supper, but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped. Sin and hellfire... one has lepers.

'Serenity'


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.


SuziQ - Oct 22, 2013 5:27:23 am PDT #9735 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

May they have a good answer for you, ita.

It is a chilly morning in Salt Lake City. The walk to the office (1,100 steps - I counted) was crisp but nice. Then I got to the office building and the combo of very warm air plus someone's heavy perfume almost out my lungs into lock down mode. I seem to have coaxed them back into functionality before I ran into any of my coworkers. I'm hoping the rest of my day is better than those 10 minutes of panic.


Theodosia - Oct 22, 2013 5:29:52 am PDT #9736 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Consuela, my advice is to get involved with a networking/jobseeking group of some kind, so you can report on your activity, get congratulated, and offer sage advice and encouragement to other job-seekers. I know you're networking pretty steadily through your professional contacts, but casting a slightly wider net might yet pay off, and even if it didn't, getting involved will be good for getting through this phase.


Calli - Oct 22, 2013 5:33:02 am PDT #9737 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I picked up a cold, so I went to the office, picked up my laptop, set my out of office email, and came home. Now I'm watching Lilo and Stitch while the cat takes advantage of my lack of motion.

I hope ou get some useful information from the doctor, ita.


Jesse - Oct 22, 2013 5:33:17 am PDT #9738 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh hee -- the call wasn't today, just some day at 9.

My main unemployment strategy was getting out of the house every day, preferably walking a long way, so a hike seems like a good call. (Walking was good because it used up time AND was active. So I walked the couple of miles to the unemployment center, and that used up half the day!)


§ ita § - Oct 22, 2013 5:35:04 am PDT #9739 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

GLAAD's Where We Are On TV report reveals that overall queer representation is down since last year's all time peak, but is high compared to the other years since tracking started. These numbers aren't high, though. And it would be great if they were tracking Dramatic Series with Leading LGBT Characters on Broadcast Television instead of and/or Supporting, since most of their numbers are going to be made up in the qualification.

But HEY.


§ ita § - Oct 22, 2013 5:42:12 am PDT #9740 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Calli, are you sure you don't have a PRE-cold? TV told me they exist...


Calli - Oct 22, 2013 5:45:16 am PDT #9741 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

No, I'm pretty sure I have the garden variety, friend's-baby-sneezed-all-over-me cold.

Good luck with the doctors, ia.

Consuela, a hike sounds good. (Well, conceptually, to me, at the moment.)


Connie Neil - Oct 22, 2013 5:52:37 am PDT #9742 of 30000
brillig

It's a glorious week here in Utah, chilly mornings, sunny afternoons, no snow outside of the mountains. If I can keep my lungs warm, it's a wonderful time to be alive.


Cashmere - Oct 22, 2013 5:55:14 am PDT #9743 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.

Mixed news from Mom on the cancer--it's a little bit everywhere in her abdomen and a spot on her lungs. But it may still be the type that attacks the organ membranes. So the options are possibly chemo before surgery to try to remove some. Or topical chemo to attack the specific sites rather than iv chemo. Could be a lot worse, I must say.

surgery~ma for Grace.

ita, I hope there are answers for you.


Jesse - Oct 22, 2013 6:07:53 am PDT #9744 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I hope something works, Cashmere.

OK, this is the kind of thing I love about Boston: [link]