I'm definitely moving into not functioning levels of anxiety.
It's like, in the middle of all this, I'm paranoid that you'll think I don't like poetry.
Buffy ,'Empty Places'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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.
sj - Mar 13, 2020 3:13:04 am PDT #17569 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
DXMachina - Mar 13, 2020 3:31:29 am PDT #17570 of 30019
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
One of my students from last semester, who is anxious in general, was super anxious about avoiding mosquitos for fear of getting eastern equine encephalitis, which was the horrible disease supposedly going around these parts late last summer. I can't imagine what she's thinking about these days.
Tom Scola - Mar 13, 2020 3:34:10 am PDT #17571 of 30019
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
My normal reaction to anxiety is to hole myself up in my apartment, so this time it's kind of working out for me.
Jesse - Mar 13, 2020 3:48:19 am PDT #17572 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Relatedly, I may have picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue smoking.
Toddson - Mar 13, 2020 4:01:49 am PDT #17573 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
My office may be going WFH ... although I can't - don't have and can't get internet access. So ... I may be social distancing myself at the office. I'm packing to move and have unread books and unwatched movies (last night I watched my DVD of Jet Li in League of Gods ... being lazy, I chose the dubbed option). I'd stocked up on food, since the grocery workers were possibly going out on strike, although I've gone through a lot of what I had. I do have TP ... I think, if worst came to worst, I'd snitch some from the office restrooms (if I DO turn out to be the only one here, I can take it from the MEN's room).
Jessica - Mar 13, 2020 4:12:12 am PDT #17574 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My company VPN cuts my internet speeds in half so I'm spending today figuring out what I can do offline so I don't spend half of the next month waiting for things to load.
Theodosia - Mar 13, 2020 4:13:29 am PDT #17575 of 30019
'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"
One thing I learned from therapy is that I'm really very good at handling Actual Emergencies since I have had so much practice calming myself.
DXMachina - Mar 13, 2020 4:17:04 am PDT #17576 of 30019
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
It turned out that the person who set off the closing of our campus yesterday because they were being tested for coronavirus didn't actually have it. Which is good to know, but as long as they had closed the campus anyway, it's not going to reopen anytime soon. The board of regents then closed the rest of the campuses in the state as well. I was supposed to drive down to the community college Monday to meet with my colleagues to figure out how to best coordinate our online teaching efforts, but I guess that'll have to be done online, too.
Jesse - Mar 13, 2020 4:24:15 am PDT #17577 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I somehow blew off the fact that I actually need to know how to set up a Zoom meeting myself. Luckily our IT staff is on point, so they have drop-in sessions all day!
Topic!Cindy - Mar 13, 2020 4:24:57 am PDT #17578 of 30019
What is even happening?
Tom's anxiety and mine are kin.
You should not be going to any public events. They just cancelled Broadway and baseball. That's your clue to not go to a BMX competition.
I'm going to high five you Pushing Daisies style, Hec. That's exactly what I thought when I read Laura's post.
Laura, you stay safe. Son's FIL's BMX competition is not a reason to expose yourself to this virus.
Hi Nilly. I'm sorry to read you had to quarantine yourself and hope you are well. I'm so glad that provided a little time for you to check in here though. I love reading about your Pi-Babies.
Cashmere, I'm so sorry about everything you're going through with your family.