Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.

Anya ,'Potential'


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.


-t - Sep 23, 2020 11:36:39 am PDT #26559 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yeah, keep resting and elevating it as much as you can, Theo

Flu shot achieved! My office friend who transferred to Vallejo before I did and stayed there when I came back and then got laid off but hired back temporarily and then totally laid off has come back "permanently" over here in her original department. Nice to see her face to face! Masked and distant, of course


-t - Sep 23, 2020 11:41:55 am PDT #26560 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I used to give blood every 8 weeks or whatever, then for a while I couldn't because my husband had risk factors but that has expired for me. I tried getting back to the regular donation a few years ago and they wanted me to do the apheresis plasma donations and that went badly enough (as I recall it was difficulties with getting/keeping the needle in my vein) that a nurse told me maybe donating was not my thing so I just didn't bother for a while but when I went in July it went find other than not getting the full pint and this time even better. I did make sure I was super over hydrated for at least a day before


Toddson - Sep 23, 2020 11:49:24 am PDT #26561 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

oy ... I made an appointment to see a doctor tomorrow morning; I obviously erred when I told the PA that I have a headache and have had one for some time. I think it's my blood pressure - with the stress of moving plus my BP medications running out - and I couldn't get more without seeing a doctor. Only now the doctor won't see me - I have to do ... whatever ... over the phone. Don't know when, but they'll call me. Admittedly, they're pretty good about that but still. And this is for a place that does a temperature check and, I think, a virus check before you can even get into the building proper.


Sheryl - Sep 23, 2020 11:57:19 am PDT #26562 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Theo. sorry about your ankle. Sounds like a less severe sprain than the one I had a few years ago. when I needed a boot cast and crutches.


Toddson - Sep 23, 2020 12:11:30 pm PDT #26563 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I use ace bandages (bad knees, mostly, but an occasional twisted ankle) and I'm aggravated that I have trouble finding one in the drugstore (three different franchises, by the way) that isn't one of the self-stick ones. Those are bad to use anywhere you're going to bend a lot (like a knee). They get all stuck on themselves and get really uncomfortable. I tried multiple washes to try to tone down the stickiness and, well, it wasn't pretty. Or even usable.


askye - Sep 23, 2020 12:19:45 pm PDT #26564 of 30019
Thrive to spite them

I haven't given blood in a long time, the last time I gave blood-- which granted was over 20 years ago-- I ended up managing to get home and then passing out for an indeterminant length of time when my then boyfriend came over to check on me and discovered the front door of my apartment wide open and me in the bedroom completely oblivious.

so Ive been very reluctant to try giving blood again.


Shir - Sep 23, 2020 12:47:21 pm PDT #26565 of 30019
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Theo, I hope you'll feel better soon.

I'm up very late. Since it's been announced that the lockdown will get worse (and no news of governmental support has been announced yet. We figure it'll take them a few weeks to get to it). I'm trying to tell myself not to organize a neighborhood mutual aid. I know how to pull these kind of things. I need another phone with another number and some flyers and some ads on social media and to make some calls and get hands on deck and create some spreadsheets and a network. I can. But there will be a price to pay with grad school and/or my work, and I fought long and hard to get to where I am. And I need the paychecks. But I also can't see the financial disaster that is waiting to happen and do nothing about it.

So here I am, at almost 1:00 am. Thinking.


Sue - Sep 23, 2020 1:23:20 pm PDT #26566 of 30019
hip deep in pie

Hello! I am alive and lurking. Things got a little weird in the spring and I was trying to stay off the internet as much as possible.

I'm currently in the 2nd week of a 1-week vacation to visit my dad. He came down with a UTI, so I've been his 24-hour nurse for the last week. He's 92, so the antibiotics took their time and did a number on his gut. Besides that he's got constant pain from arthritis. He's a little worse every time I come home...I'm heading back home tomorrow, and he's mostly on the mend, and at the end of his anti-Bs.

I'm still working from home, which I love, but I fear it's going to come to an end soon. I think the open office is killing me.

The COVID news is good. The Atlantic Canadian Region has formed a bubble...anyone coming in from outside has to quarantine for two weeks, but locals are free to move around. Masks are mandatory inside public spaces. Schools have opened. Nova Scotia has had only about 20 positive cases since the beginning of July. We thought there would be a spike with the arrival of university students, but I think they only counted for 2-3 cases. We can't figure out why we're doing so well. I guess there's something to be said for being small, remote and the economic centre of absolutely nothing.

I'm reading most of the time and thinking about your guys all the time. I'm mostly over on Instagram, and a bit on Twitter.


chrismg - Sep 23, 2020 1:32:32 pm PDT #26567 of 30019
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

Shir, I totally get that dilemma. Just a thought - can you bounce the idea off a couple neighbors, see if there's anyone who has the time to do the heavy lifting, maybe with you advising from experience if necessary?


Theodosia - Sep 23, 2020 1:49:00 pm PDT #26568 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"

I realized that my ankle is hurting more at home than during the day because I'm using the stairs quite a bit, whereas I was able to take the elevator at work. Moreover, it only hurts descending, I guess because of the muscles et cetera that were strained, so that the 'going up' ones are pretty much fine.

Bodies are so weird, y'all.