Huh, turns out I was wrong about the gender of one of the half-grown alleycats that I've been working on befriending; she apparently just had deceptively fluffy nether regions. Pro: she was almost certainly pregnant rather than swollen with worms as I'd worried Con: She's very little and young to be having kittens and hangs around her dad all the time, so she probably either miscarried or has a hidden litter of gross mutant babies at the moment.
And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 08, 2016 10:55:22 am PDT #25744 of 30003
"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
msbelle - Aug 08, 2016 10:58:35 am PDT #25745 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I have a lot of nearby family-life drama and I am working really hard to not let it become my anxiety as none of it is my family.
- friend has separated from spouse of 6 years and moved out.
- friend has a daughter in hospital for 4 days for brain testing wrt epilepsy with no good way of paying what the insurance won't which is most of it (she is fighting them)
- online friend is going through divorce after 14 years and has never been in the workforce, 2 kids
- friend and husband just had a call from their youngest child (14) that he wants to now live with his birthmom (he visits every summer) because she is fun. Birthmom left him, dad and older brother on Christmas Day 11 years ago.
So much stress on these people and pain.
-t - Aug 08, 2016 12:17:12 pm PDT #25746 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, man, msbelle. That is a lot.
Jesse - Aug 08, 2016 1:08:02 pm PDT #25747 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That is a lot for all of those friends.
WindSparrow - Aug 08, 2016 1:32:41 pm PDT #25748 of 30003
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.
Wishing you peace, ms belle, and healing for your friends.
Consuela - Aug 08, 2016 7:07:43 pm PDT #25749 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, msbelle, that's all so sad.
I can only complain about this here. My job is usually not very exciting, although I generally get a nice mix of projects to work on. Today, however, I had to drop everything because Christopher frelling Nolan wants to film on one of our properties and when we said "No," the studio called Senator Boxer. Who then called us.
So now I'm trying to figure out if 3 weeks of shooting on this one property will have any significant adverse environmental effects. And do it immediately, because they want to start working this week! WTH.
And no, I don't know what movie it is. But it's all kind of ridiculous, and can't he just use CGI?
Jesse - Aug 09, 2016 3:46:49 am PDT #25750 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's amazing.
I am back at work today, and it turns out -- and I know this is going to shock some people -- that I prefer vacation.
aurelia - Aug 09, 2016 6:00:46 am PDT #25751 of 30003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I've been home just over 24 hours and have taken both cats to the vet. Today is Rosie's oral surgery and Gilda had a follow up on her ear treatments. Gilda was so very put out with me. I hope Rosie's work doesn't end up being too extensive.
I'm not sure my subconscious is back from vacation yet. I woke several times with images of twisty coastal roads in my head. I did discover on this trip that I'm allergic to Portland. I wonder how likely that is to extend to Seattle or Vancouver.
meara - Aug 09, 2016 6:08:53 am PDT #25752 of 30003
How are you allergic to Portland?
I prefer vacation. I need one.
SuziQ - Aug 09, 2016 6:12:17 am PDT #25753 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Not sure if I mentioned it here, but I finally made an appointment for an ADD assessment for myself. The appointment is a week from Friday and I'm already stressing. I've always suspected I had a low level of ADD. School has been a struggle in concentration. The only reason I don't think it hits me as much with work is because I've learned various coping mechanisms (such as I can pop in here for a few minutes and then get back to work) without it being disruptive.