Ugh I’m so sorry, Jessica. So short sighted!!
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
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.
lisah - Sep 16, 2024 3:03:10 pm PDT #2589 of 4166
Punishingly Intricate
JenP - Sep 16, 2024 3:09:01 pm PDT #2590 of 4166
Ugh, Jessica. That's crappy.
Steph L. - Sep 16, 2024 4:59:55 pm PDT #2591 of 4166
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Jess, that sucks.
I had amazing pho with the best broth ever. No ice cream, though.
meara - Sep 16, 2024 5:44:43 pm PDT #2592 of 4166
Super dumb. Like, I get wanting some in office. But five days a week is Bs.
Calli - Sep 16, 2024 5:46:28 pm PDT #2593 of 4166
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
That sucks, Jessica.
My day wasn’t quite as crappy, but it did have its moments. Last week I was invited to a meeting on a tool I “own” (train people on, administer, poke tech support on behalf of, etc.). Eh, fine. An hour before the meeting the organizer sent around the agenda which was basically: 1. How has this tool failed you? 2. Name every way this tool has done you wrong. 3. Did this tool insult your momma? How about your dog? 4. Setting this tool on fire as a warning to others—thoughts?
The meeting itself wasn’t quite that bad. People actually said nice things about training and support, which were my main areas. But damn, when I saw that agenda I thought it would be a ritual murder, starring me.
It was the last thing today, and I’ve since soothed my soul in emergency carbs. But damn, that’s not how I wanted to start the week.
askye - Sep 16, 2024 6:34:45 pm PDT #2594 of 4166
Thrive to spite them
That sucks Calli
And Jessica.
Getting 3 vaccinations at once was possibly a mistake. I feel like crap. However I don't feel as bad as if I had the flu, covid or shingles. This is just the 3rd "weekend" (My 2 days off) in a row that's been less than relaxing.
dcp - Sep 16, 2024 6:53:52 pm PDT #2595 of 4166
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Y'all are much more ambitious with your shots than I am.
My 1st Shingrix shot hit me harder than I expected, although not as hard as I feared. My arm was very sore for a full week -- sore enough that I couldn't sleep on that side, and didn't want to move the arm at all if I could possibly help it.
My 2nd Shingrix shot is scheduled for Thursday the 26th. I'm hoping it won't be that bad.
Then my plan is to wait two or three weeks before I get my annual 'flu shot, wait another two or three weeks to get a Covid shot, and wait another two or three weeks before I get my first annual pneumonia shot.
Well, it's a plan. It might even work.
Jesse - Sep 16, 2024 7:06:33 pm PDT #2596 of 4166
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I still have the hot arm from Shingrix on Friday, so I'm thinking I might do covid and flu together in the other arm this Friday.
YAY SHOTS
Hil R. - Sep 16, 2024 8:00:36 pm PDT #2597 of 4166
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
That sucks, Jess. I don't get why companies are being so insistent on getting people back to five days a week in-person, when it's clearly not necessary.
I need to schedule my flu and Covid shots. Maybe this coming weekend, I guess. I'm trying to figure out if there's a good reason to pick either the mRNA shot or the Novavax one, or just get whatever's available.
Cass - Sep 16, 2024 10:41:26 pm PDT #2598 of 4166
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I scheduled my appt last night but I clearly missed a final click because I never got a single text reminder. And Rite Aid loves to text me. I'll reschedule soon. There were a lot of appointments available. I'm getting both flu and Covid in the same arm. I know the combo shot they were working on was a disappointment (in that it failed to prevent either flu a or b I can't recall which) but hoping that next year it'll be a reality.