I just spent half an hour finishing up some training that I needed to catch up with at work that I can access from home. I'm not sure if I feel grown-up or beat-down.
The next time you decide to stab me in the back... have the guts to do it to my face.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Oct 11, 2014 12:23:11 pm PDT #8032 of 30000
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Strix - Oct 11, 2014 12:46:37 pm PDT #8033 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I'm not sure if I feel grown-up or beat-down.
NATLBSB -- I should have this tattooed on my other wrist!
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 11, 2014 1:51:42 pm PDT #8034 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'm living dangerously tonight - watching Buffy reruns on Pivot and having grocery store sushi for dinner.
Connie Neil - Oct 11, 2014 3:07:20 pm PDT #8035 of 30000
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Has anyone seen a Brit show called Lovejoy? It's available on Acorn and looks intriguing, but I'd like to know how people like it before paying for it.
shrift - Oct 11, 2014 3:09:29 pm PDT #8036 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I have split pea soup that's been in the slow cooker for about six hours now and still needs to go a bit longer. I'm drinking IPA and watching hockey -- currently Penguins, but I'll switch over to the Blackhawks in a bit.
dcp - Oct 11, 2014 3:16:19 pm PDT #8037 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Lovejoy
I remember watching it on PBS in the late 1980s or early 1990s, liking it, regretting that more wasn't available. I think it was the first thing I had ever seen Ian McShane in.
Jesse - Oct 11, 2014 3:17:13 pm PDT #8038 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Tried to go see Gone Girl, but it was sold out! So we got some popcorn anyway, listened to some brass bands [link] and came home.
Sheryl - Oct 11, 2014 4:19:58 pm PDT #8039 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Taking advantage of free Wi-Fi. Access is kind of random here.
Burrell - Oct 11, 2014 5:00:53 pm PDT #8040 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Took a harbor cruise and watched the Blue Angels today. Wow, that was amazing!
sarameg - Oct 11, 2014 5:01:53 pm PDT #8041 of 30000
I did project-per-post-it list. Some will take a mere hour. Some...well, the goal is to keep busy. And have hardware stores own me (and each postit has a supplies list.) I'm up to 17.
Julie, you did the right thing. Not your job to make everyone feel all rosy about what sound like a horrid situation. Your job is to make you comfortable and safe. I'll be first to admit I've never had a high tolerance for drama and bullshit, but I've gotten more impatient with it over the years. In some ways, it's made me more selfish, I guess, but it's also made me happier and healthier.
Also, I don't really think of hormone reactions as irrational-just amplified. They are emotions I would have anyway, but would get mitigated by other coping mechanisms. Shunted, ignored, dismissed. It's like I don't have a volume knob. So that which would mildly annoy me but I'd blow it off? It's blaring at 11 in my ear. I'm cognizant that my sensitivity is amped, but it doesn't make the feels go away. And it doesn't mean that irritant is not annoying- just my ability to cope with it is altered. And so I'll cope with whatever I've got. And that's fine and doesn't make me irrational. It feels wildly out of control sometimes, especially in retrospect, but, well, I'm still me, just with different tolerances and tools than I'm used to. And that's sometimes uncomfortable.