Good news, Laura!
Is your son undergoing treatment, or is he willing to undergo treatment, for depression or bipolar? Even if he's only willing to consider medication, that might help him deal with the depressed moods.
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
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.
Fred Pete - Sep 13, 2018 10:08:51 am PDT #29590 of 30002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Jesse - Sep 13, 2018 10:09:41 am PDT #29591 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's great to hear, Laura!
-t - Sep 13, 2018 10:13:02 am PDT #29592 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Reboarding, woohoo!
Gris - Sep 13, 2018 10:25:06 am PDT #29593 of 30002
Hey. New board.
To whoever asked about the Brazilian political situation a while back: it's definitely a little crazy, though my particular situation isolates me in a pretty big bubble from a lot of it. My students are majority Brazilian, but mostly from the wealthiest class, and though their parents lean conservative and are not fans, on the whole, of the Workers Party that has had a lock on Brazilian politics for years until their leader was jailed, they also don't seem to be overwhelmingly in favor of the super militaristic far-right conservative demagogue who currently "leads" in the polls. It's possible there is a militaristic revolution waiting in the wings and I'm not in the right places to feel it, but it doesn't feel that way to me. And my wife (who was in Venezuela when Chavez came to power) doesn't think it feels here like it did there, for what that's worth.
Laura - Sep 13, 2018 10:25:21 am PDT #29594 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Woo! See you soon!
It really was such a huge relief. I didn't know what I was going to find. Fred, we have discussed treatment many times and no luck. He's been tossed into 72 hour hold a couple of times because of bad drug reactions (LSD), but within 24 hours he is fine and best buds with the doctors and gets released. He refuses to consider depression meds.
Laura - Sep 13, 2018 10:27:17 am PDT #29595 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Gris, that is good to hear. We only hear the worst of it so hard to be objective.
Laura - Sep 13, 2018 11:31:57 am PDT #29596 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
What have we heard from the NCistas?
Sheryl - Sep 13, 2018 12:58:24 pm PDT #29597 of 30002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Hope the NCistas stay as safe and dry as possible.
amych - Sep 13, 2018 1:30:06 pm PDT #29598 of 30002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
The NCistas are all well inland, so we're likely to be facing rain/downed trees/power outages but not the really super scary stuff at the coast.
That said, it could still suck a lot, and people are being really inconveniently people at all the gas stations and grocery stores and such.
Speaking only for my own little household, we're battened down and battery-charged and have junk food and alcohol and cat food enough to last us through it all. Work is already cancelled for tomorrow. We actually know where the headlamps are located, for once. So we'll be okay, but in a few days we'll probably mightily bored and wanting a hot shower. I hope everyone else comes through the same or better!
amyth - Sep 13, 2018 1:40:46 pm PDT #29599 of 30002
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
What amych said. Work was canceled for me today as well as tomorrow, and I've been alternating between weather porn and bingeing Call the Midwife. I'm all set, surrounded by good neighbors, and hoping for the best!