Wesley: We were fighting on opposite sides, but it was the same war. Fred: but you hated her…didn't you? Wesley: It's not always about holding hands.

'Shells'


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.


-t - Sep 08, 2015 3:56:54 am PDT #4955 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

This is why "they" don't like us discussing salaries.


meara - Sep 08, 2015 4:12:50 am PDT #4956 of 30003

Boo, Jesse. (though, yay bump for "acting"?). I gotta leave for the airport momentarily. I hate morning flights but didn't want to fly somewhere on my Labor Day weekend. Grump grump grump.


Gudanov - Sep 08, 2015 4:26:48 am PDT #4957 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping

Ugh, that kinda sucks Jesse.


Jesse - Sep 08, 2015 4:44:07 am PDT #4958 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

This is why "they" don't like us discussing salaries.

Yuuuuup.


Ginger - Sep 08, 2015 5:12:40 am PDT #4959 of 30003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Are people in other countries as coy as we are about salaries?

It is possible that one of my thermometers is down for the count. It suddenly switched to Centigrade and told me my temperature was 33.3. This seemed unlikely and I found another thermometer that reassured me that my fever was normal. I miss mercury thermometers. They either worked or were a puddle of mercury on the floor to play with.


meara - Sep 08, 2015 5:16:32 am PDT #4960 of 30003

Good thing you have an extra thermometer!

I am at the airport. Was afraid I'd be late because I got in my car and suddenly remembered that I needed gas, but had thought I'd fill up yesterday only then I didn't drive anywhere yesterday. Oops. Thankfully, had just enough time to grab a water and get in line.


Gudanov - Sep 08, 2015 5:42:09 am PDT #4961 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping

Are people in other countries as coy as we are about salaries?

I dunno. I think we did a little salary reveal on Natter once and I recall it being very hard to do.

It was a hard and very busy weekend. After the move, my grandmother is back in the hospital and my mother is worried that my grandmother won't every live in her apartment even though there isn't any seriously wrong right now. We'll see how it goes. I'm scheduled to do some cleaning out of her old place a couple of weeks from now.

I'm feeling stressed about work, personal matters, finances, and all the tasks that need to be done around the house. I'm spending zero time on R&R or on working on my book Cog, but I still seem to be failing at all fronts. I just feel like I can't take any more.


Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 08, 2015 5:51:03 am PDT #4962 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

Ooh, good one. I was just looking at that in the huge new comprehensive Art Deco book that came out this year.

Seeing it in person was one of the high points of my recent visit to the Crystal Bridges Museum. It would also be perfect for the fine art component for which I've been scoping out replacement images, if not for the fact that the price tag would be way above our budget.


-t - Sep 08, 2015 6:01:57 am PDT #4963 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I'm sorry, Gud. That's a lot to have to do, and I'm not surprised it's overwhelming, but I wish it didn't feel like you were failing. You are doing an awful lot successfully whether it feels like it or not.


Zenkitty - Sep 08, 2015 6:02:45 am PDT #4964 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Gud, I don't know what to say except you're not failing, you may be treading water right now but you're not failing. And you're not alone. You've got a bunch of friends and a bunch of us know what it feels like to feel that way. We're always here for you. Is there anyone there you can talk to? A therapist, a helpful friend? You sound like you could use someone to talk to.