Can't even make that easy, eh? SMH
You were very nearly devoured by a giant demon snake. The words 'let that be a lesson' are a tad redundant at this juncture.
Giles ,'Selfless'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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 - Aug 24, 2022 2:36:31 pm PDT #17070 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Steph L. - Aug 24, 2022 3:01:39 pm PDT #17071 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Can't even make that easy, eh? SMH
Sometimes he's out in the garage working on his truck (allegedly), and sometimes he really is out running errands, but mostly his TV volume is cranked up to an insane level. Like, however loud you're imagining, it's louder than that.* So he doesn't hear the fucking phone when it rings, even when it's right next to him.
My IBS is flaring so goddamn badly right now. I really hate all this.
*(If you have a conversation with him in person, Dad doesn't have any notable hearing loss, so the working theory about why the TV is so loud is that he's trying to drown out the voices of the hallucination people.) (Yes, this whole situation is very sad. He's an asshole, but I don't want him to be mentally ill, or have an organic brain disease, or whatever it is that's causing this. I do feel bad for him, at least about this.)
Sheryl - Aug 24, 2022 3:12:06 pm PDT #17072 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I'm sorry you're having to deal with all this, Steph.
Trudy Booth - Aug 24, 2022 3:27:16 pm PDT #17073 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Sometimes he's out in the garage working on his truck (allegedly), and sometimes he really is out running errands, but mostly his TV volume is cranked up to an insane level. Like, however loud you're imagining, it's louder than that.* So he doesn't hear the fucking phone when it rings, even when it's right next to him.
Its no magical fix of course, but this might be helpful, Tep [link]
Steph L. - Aug 24, 2022 3:35:38 pm PDT #17074 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Its no magical fix of course, but this might be helpful, Tep [link]
We were talking about that! (Also wondering if we could rig up an electric shock whenever the phone rings, because we are also bad kids.)
Trudy Booth - Aug 24, 2022 3:46:10 pm PDT #17075 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Didn't Frasier want to rig up a shock in order to pop his dad out of the barcolounger like toast from a toaster?
Steph L. - Aug 24, 2022 4:17:14 pm PDT #17076 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
My brother has successfully talked to Dad, who thinks that he (Dad) set up the appointment. So we're just going to roll with that, since he's apparently very amenable to going to the appointment. (He told my brother that the hallucinations haven't been as bad lately, and then said he knows they're real and not actually hallucinations because they steal from him. [SPOILER: this is not true. Everything he says was stolen turns up in his apartment, generally in a closet.])
Steph L. - Aug 24, 2022 4:18:56 pm PDT #17077 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
That appointment is going to SUCK and I am going to need to be filled with tacos and Ativan afterward. I'm changing my bet on Dad going directly from the appointment to a psych ward from 50-50 to 65-35 in favor of the psych ward.
-t - Aug 24, 2022 4:28:02 pm PDT #17078 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jeepers, Tep. I hope they can get your dad some kind of help, and I help the tacos and Ativan help you.
Um, he isn't still working, is he?
Steph L. - Aug 24, 2022 4:49:11 pm PDT #17079 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Um, he isn't still working, is he?
He is not. I'm not sure if that's good or bad, because I think the socialization aspect of it was good for him. But it's probably for the best that he's not working.