Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-17T08:54:32-04:00
Hello Ex Prez? Is the baby better now?
Trinkets: You should try switching to dirty martinis after dinner
Doc: How are you doing?
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-17T08:55:13-04:00
I'm honestly surprised people haven't started posting "I'M GONNA SUE YOU IF YOU DON'T GIVE ME MY CARDS NOW!!!!!!"
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-17T09:10:40-04:00
Did you know that someone in my office has a ringtone of a toilet flushing? (I'm not kidding) And they have the volume turned up high so that half the office can hear it.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2015-07-17T09:18:31-04:00
Geist,
1) extra dirty and extra olives.
2) I thought all of the moving/pledge manager/where are my cards comments were annoying. That would be awful dealing with people who turned against the EK team.
3) Sounds pretty juvenile. Now a fart ring tone on the other hand.....
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2015-07-17T09:24:25-04:00
Morning Doc.
Morning TeP.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-17T09:33:47-04:00
Trinkets: Wait until August. That is when we will start to see that. Even though I'm sure more than half of those folks have backed campaigns that are 3 months or more overdue.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-17T09:34:22-04:00
extra dirty and extra olives.
Are we talking about sex or drinks? I'm confused.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-07-17T09:37:24-04:00
Good morning corps!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-07-17T09:38:52-04:00
Great news about my dogs surgery! It went as good as it could have! The surgeon said that they were able to get it all out without damaging any organs or blood vessels! I will be getting an update this morning on his condition, but if everything goes well I'll be able to bring him home today!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-17T09:41:17-04:00
Congratulations BaKhan! I knew your doggy would pull through with flying colors! I'm going to have a drink after work and toast to his/her continued recovery.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-07-17T09:42:20-04:00
@Geist, thanks! I was so ready for the worst news, that I think I'm still in shock to be honest!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-17T09:46:47-04:00
I'm sure your furry family member will be happy to go home. Surrounded by familiar smells and family, puppy will heal in no time.
C.F. "The Ex-President" Heyns 2015-07-17T09:58:45-04:00
Hi Geist!
Kids are healthy.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-17T10:04:54-04:00
Good to hear Ex.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-07-17T10:09:00-04:00
@Geist, oh you know it! I think the hardest challange for him will be calming down long enough to heal from the surgery. He's always been so energetic, you would honestly never know he was 10.5! When I had him fixed when he was two they warned me he would be groggy and a little lethargic, when they brought him out from the back he dragged the vet tech all the way down the hallway to get to me!
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2015-07-17T10:36:22-04:00
@BaKhan, BITCHIN!!!
Awesome news about your dog!!
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2015-07-17T10:36:42-04:00
@Geist......bith?
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2015-07-17T10:37:12-04:00
*both
Wtf? How can autocorrect make both into bith?
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-17T10:37:14-04:00
Bith?
Your auto correct is drunk again.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-17T10:38:44-04:00
What kind of dog do you have BaKhan?
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-07-17T11:39:54-04:00
@Trinkets, thanks! I just got a call I can go get him in a 7 hours! He's coming home tonight!
@Geist, he is the sweetest rotwieller / australian sheppard cross. He has the markings of a rotty, but the longer snout and smaller back end of the aussie. He is super gentle and has never had an aggressive streak towards any other creature. One time we were in the dog park and he was chasing a rabbit (did I mention he's really fast?) and the rabbit froze with fear and stopped running, he went up to it and then looked back at me, as if to say, its broken Dad, fix it!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-17T12:44:46-04:00
LOL@BaKahn. For real? Your dog is fast enough to catch a rabbit? Wow. Must be interesting to play fetch with him. No sooner than the ball leaves your hand then he brings it back to you.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-07-17T12:52:38-04:00
@Geist, I actually have two different devices for that exact purpose! One is just a long arm with a hook on the end to hold the tennis ball, I can normally throw it around 80 -100 feet. The other is like a tennis ball gun, it has 5 different settings that go from short to long range. The best part of both of them is that you don't have to touch the ball whilst playing. As for still fast enough to catch a rabbit, I doubt it, that was 5 years ago. But his favourite game is to chase or be chased! When he's playing with a slower dog, he constantly checks over his shoulder to see where they are and if he's getting too much of a lead he'll slow down! He just loves to play. When he was a puppy I would be totally worn out and he'd still be good to go. Rest for two seconds, ready to play for another hour straight! You should see him with a laser pointer!
Love when the feces hits the fan....guys threatening to walk off the job, people constantly harassing multiple people about why they don't have the pay yet...and to top it all off...my neck/shoulder area is flaring up again today. -.-
I'm starting to think that it's stress related most of these bits of pain I get.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-07-17T14:27:40-04:00
@GM, I wouldn't doubt it! One of my sisters works in payroll/accounting and she's always stressed out. Stress is directly related to back pain and headaches. You need to try and find a strategy on how to deal with it as I doubt any of them will do anything to make it any better. Take care of yourself!
I tend to get home, close my mind to anything REMOTELY related to work, and play video games...and depending on how the day went, could be anything from MMOs, to horror shooter games, to Call of Duty(just because those little kids are SO easy to vent frustration on). And every now and then, go out for drinks/movies with friends...well, the two friends outside of work I still have.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-17T14:47:59-04:00
@GM: I tend to log into Netflix and watch movie after movie. It helps me to forget what I'm worried about, at least for a little while.
Oh, I usually have that going as well. Need all the distractions I can get to get the day out of my head most of the time.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-07-17T14:52:25-04:00
When I'm all stressed out I find the thing that helps me the most is to do something for someone else (normally my wife ;) ). I'll stop on the way home, pick up some groceries for special dinner, some flowers (cause she loves 'em) and then we'll have a nice night, maybe watch a movie. I find that the act of doing something for someone else makes me feel better about who I am, and ultimately makes all the bad stuff go away, because I know that I don't deserve to be treated badly, and I know that I can prevent it from keeping me down!
Waybright 2015-07-17T14:52:46-04:00
I just checked the schedule, but has anyone started getting their game yet? For some reason, I stopped getting email updates some time ago, so I just logged in to try to get an update.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-07-17T14:54:01-04:00
@Waybright, they will post an update when shipping commences.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-17T16:17:41-04:00
@BaKhan: Awwwwwwwww. What a lucky woman.
*makes mental note to get DNA from BaKhan while he isn't looking so that I can clone him*
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-17T16:18:53-04:00
@WayBright: Nope. Elan decided that if we wanted to get our cards, we'd all have to make a pledge to hand over our first born and half of our income first.
Smart move. Kids make cheap labor.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-07-17T16:19:51-04:00
One day down, 2 to 2 1/2 weeks purportedly to go. Detasseling sucks, but what sucks more is standing on the end telling them to get in the field. Well, actually, being technically an assistant supervisor and getting to stand on the edge of the field instead of doing actual detasseling is fun and important, but when the sun says, "Meh, let's go heat index of about 110 today. With really, REALLY strong sunlight, just for burns," it's really not as fun as it looks.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-07-17T16:22:00-04:00
Hello Geist, did your day suck like hell?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-07-17T16:49:32-04:00
Did anybody else's? see my first comment to see why I hate life every morning until detasseling FINALLY ENDS!!! But I get some really good money for it.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2015-07-17T18:28:52-04:00
How much corn is that going to be? 2-2 1/2 weeks sounds like a lot.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-07-17T18:46:21-04:00
Especially considering they actually have so much left over from the last several years due to low demand stored up that they really didn't even need to replant this year.
Just think of the money.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-17T22:13:23-04:00
How is it possible for corn to survive my digestive tract?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-07-18T17:57:13-04:00
It has alot of insoluble fiber, so if you have enough, not all of it's digested right.
Aah, after saturday. Tomorrow I'm not detasseling, giving every type of burn, cut, sore, tired, stress, and pain a chance to get better. Why do some jobs have to injure?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-07-18T22:41:18-04:00
What more did I expect from a weekend?
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2015-07-18T22:59:55-04:00
I'm guessing 2 things;
1) less corn
B) less comments
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-19T08:13:27-04:00
Went movie hopping yesterday. Watched Inside Out, Mr. Holmes and Jurassic World.
Inside Out was entertaining and just like nearly every Pixar picture that I've seen (with the exception of the Cars franchise) I cried sometime during the movie.
Mr. Holmes was good if a little slow. I'd watch Ian McKellen in any movie he is in. You get three mysteries solved in the movie and a couple of twist.
Jurassic World. I cannot believe that Steven Spielberg was a part of this jumbled mess. I'm even more surprised that it has made the mountain of cash that it has while in theaters. I'm guessing it's seeing dinosaurs on the big screen. My complaint is with the plot which seemed all over the place. And I'm with everyone else: how was Bryce Howard Dallas able to run so freaking fast in high heels? And why does she have to play another cold shew onscreen? No cameo from Jeff Goldblum?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-07-19T13:25:37-04:00
Ding ding ding! You win, Trinkets!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-19T13:27:16-04:00
My mind is been gone
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-07-19T13:29:44-04:00
Geist, Mr. Holmes is out?!?! I need to watch that. The Holmes books are some of my favorite and I read every single one of the 56 stories and 4 novels. Did the movie involve a death that's very confusing but the guy turns out to have been killed by a lion's mane jellyfish? Because that was the last story, The Adventure of the Lion's Mane, when Holmes was old and retired and living as a bee-keeper, which I think this one is made after, but I don't know if they used that book to make it or made up their own plot.
If it wasn't that story, don't ruin anything, just say it wasn't based off that.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-07-19T13:30:06-04:00
She had... Not sure but above five operations. Last tumor needed leg removal so I decided to not do it. Not worth it as new ones would develop anyway.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-07-19T13:47:44-04:00
Cats always seem to stick around long after their time. Ours is a 17 year old outside cat who we thought was too old to have made it much longer about 4 years ago. Though I think she'll be up on that page soon as well, sadly.
She managed to live up to ten honorable age of fourteen and almost a month. That's the way to do it. Not like my man's rabbit who died in three days because of a constipation.
Rabbits really do find the strangest ways to die. A colleague of mine washed her's butt and it died the next day. Seems they have a general butt-related issue and also extreme stupidness. I keep saying they survive as a species simply by excessive breeding.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-07-19T14:00:06-04:00
Like insects. Make millions so that hundreds of thousands can die with no effect. I'll have to warn my older brother to be careful around Chasm's butt.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-07-19T14:01:39-04:00
Got to go, sorry. Lunch got ready and Mikkel, our former exchange student, is leaving at 2:30 today, so I may possibly not be back on, at least for a long time today. See you all for now.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-19T14:35:17-04:00
You have my condolences on the death of your furry kid. Know that she is at peace now. If there is a heaven/after life, I hope you get to see your kitty again.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-07-19T15:07:00-04:00
Maybe on for like 15 minutes, lucky enough. Did you see my question, Geist?
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-19T16:05:03-04:00
Idle: Of course she won't hate you. The decision you made was a valid one. The surgery would not have stopped the other tumors from growing. 14 is a long time for a feline. She had a good life with you. Always try to remember that.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-19T17:33:06-04:00
I just saw the picture of your kitty Idle. Very pretty.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-07-19T17:53:55-04:00
@Idle, I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. You did the right thing. Its not fair to them to make them suffer for our selfishness. Your kitty is in a better place!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-19T18:24:07-04:00
How is your doggy doing BaKhan?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-07-19T18:34:14-04:00
I'm back for now.
The only thing you can really do is just feel bad for a short time and move on. If you get another kitty, it obviously will never replace it; you'll always miss the old pet, but you do at least have another fun little furball in your life to have fun and make memories with. You'll always feel bad about the ones you lose, but to me a pet is essential to life. Having had up to 17 cats running around at one time (very productive litters having more very productive litters the next year), I guess I'm used to losing them by now. Not all people are like that, but I've found always having a pet and remembering the times with the ones you've lost is a great help.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-07-19T18:35:21-04:00
I still remember almost every single one we've had. We're lucky Marble, the old one, has been here so long. Like, she was the mother, grandma, etc. of about 90% of all the ones we've ever had here, but she's the only one that's survived this long that's stayed with us.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2015-07-20T00:00:18-04:00
Quiet in here.
Good night.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-20T00:24:06-04:00
Night Trinkets. I'll be up for another hour or so. I have to iron my hair.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-07-20T00:45:42-04:00
@Geist, he's doing great! I was so worried on Friday how I was going to move him around comfortably, and then the crazy guy just casually jumps up into the back seat! He is way more mobile and active then I had expected. He's learning how to use his bum again so there's some clean up involved, but I certainly don't mind! In 7 days he can get the staples and stiches out! Not bad considering he has a 2in diameter tumour and two enlarged lymph nodes removed! So yeah he's doing real good and now I know that we're going to have more time, which is more than a person could ever ask really.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-20T01:17:23-04:00
That is so good to hear BaKhan! Cherish every moment with him. Take lots of pictures and videos. I wish I had done that for both of my kitties. I just took for granted that I had more time with them.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-20T01:19:19-04:00
I'm off to catch a few Z's. I'll see you kittens in about 7 hours or so.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2015-07-20T07:24:09-04:00
Good morning!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-20T08:31:59-04:00
Morning Trinkets! How was your weekend?
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-20T08:32:12-04:00
How you holding up Idle?
Edward Reddy 2015-07-20T08:34:08-04:00
Still no kittens. WTH.
Powers of Tesla 2015-07-20T08:34:37-04:00
G' morning ya'll.
Idle, sorry to hear about your kitty.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-20T08:55:00-04:00
Morning PoT! How was your weekend?
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-20T09:01:36-04:00
@Edward Reddy: You must be new to KS. The EK team isn't over due with the delivery of the cards. Most campaigns run a little or a lot behind schedule. The difference is that you will probably receive your cards in August. That really isn't much of a delay considering that they have to mail boxes of cards to over 200,000 backers all over the world.
If you have an easier and faster way of doing that, I'm sure the EK team would love to hear from you.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-07-20T09:35:45-04:00
Good morning corps!
You tell him Geist!
Robert S 2015-07-20T09:39:08-04:00
@Geist de la Muerte Gatito
Of course there is a faster way...
1/. Scotty can beam then
2/. Ninja Kittens can stealthily work their way across the globe carefully delivering packs of EK's in the dark of the night.
3/. Santa could take on a part time job with the Kitten team
4/. We could collect them
There are more options, but these are the most likely : )
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-20T09:45:02-04:00
Whoops! Was I a little snarky? Sorry about that. It's Monday and I woke up with a headache. I hate having a headache. Even a little one. I think it's because I'm wearing my contact lenses today. I'm not getting use to mono vision contacts. As soon as I get some benefits, I'm going to see what my doctor can do about this. Otherwise, I'll have to wear glasses all the time.
DAMN OLD AGE!!!!!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-20T09:47:10-04:00
Morning BaKhan! Give the doggy a pat on the head for me.
Robert S 2015-07-20T09:54:08-04:00
@Geist de la Muerte Gatito
Nah, you weren't snarky, I was simply adding a reply to your reply to the earlier comment I cannot now remember : )
I need more coffee
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-07-20T09:58:34-04:00
@Geist, I will do, it will have to wait till I get back home though. Poor guy will be wearing the lamp shade of shame all day! :( Oh well, better than having him ripping out stiches / staples. This morning he just wolfed his food down! Something he hasn't done in months, it was great to see!
Never heard of monovision before. Live and learn. Sounds yucky, and that's from the perspective of a person with strabismus wearing contacts. Meaning the one on the bad eye is with higher diopter than needed to trick the brain that it sees just fine. With -7 to start with.
Holding up is not the word. I'm generally fine most of the time, just feeling really dull. And then I just start crying, and everything goes straight to hell.
Ah Robert. Geist is always snarky. And cranky. She's an old lady after all! :P
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-07-20T10:02:49-04:00
The Cone of Shame! Pets look so cute/funny when they wear them. Extra treat for doggy: He gets to sleep in the human bed for the rest of the week. (I loved snuggling with my kitties even though Neko could snore almost as loud as a human)
Now you see? My brother just commented on the photo, and I saw it again, and fuck life. I blame Facebook.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-07-20T10:11:42-04:00
@Idle, its going to take time. Everyone's experience is different, but when you closely bonded with a pet, it isn't easy to let go. When I lost my last cat, he was two months shy of being 20, it was devestating. My manager at work actually lent me a book about how to heal after losing a pet. One of the things that it recomended was getting another pet, not to "replace" the old one, but to help you remember and keep its memory alive. When you feel like you are ready, be brave and take that step, you'll not regret it. Thats what I did, I waited 5 months and then I got my dog. Not exactly the same, but still, he helps remind me off my old cat, whom I still miss, but not with sadness, more fondness. Don't beat yourself up for how you feel, just allow yourself the time you need to go through it. Greiving is normal, natural, and neccessary. I hope you feel a little better soon.
Morning kitties. Sorry I won't be able to chat much today, new girl started, and need to make sure to train her properly.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-07-20T10:13:51-04:00
@Geist, he's never been a sleep on the bed kind of dog. I got him when I was single, but I trained him to sleep on his pillow on the floor. I'm glad I did, because even though my wife loves him, she wouldn't be cool sharing the bed with him! lol! Oh, and there's been lots of "extra" treats! Moar treats!
Hello Ex Prez? Is the baby better now?
Trinkets: You should try switching to dirty martinis after dinner
Doc: How are you doing?
I'm honestly surprised people haven't started posting "I'M GONNA SUE YOU IF YOU DON'T GIVE ME MY CARDS NOW!!!!!!"
Did you know that someone in my office has a ringtone of a toilet flushing? (I'm not kidding) And they have the volume turned up high so that half the office can hear it.
Geist,
1) extra dirty and extra olives.
2) I thought all of the moving/pledge manager/where are my cards comments were annoying. That would be awful dealing with people who turned against the EK team.
3) Sounds pretty juvenile. Now a fart ring tone on the other hand.....
Morning Doc.
Morning TeP.
Trinkets: Wait until August. That is when we will start to see that. Even though I'm sure more than half of those folks have backed campaigns that are 3 months or more overdue.
extra dirty and extra olives.
Are we talking about sex or drinks? I'm confused.
Good morning corps!
Great news about my dogs surgery! It went as good as it could have! The surgeon said that they were able to get it all out without damaging any organs or blood vessels! I will be getting an update this morning on his condition, but if everything goes well I'll be able to bring him home today!
Congratulations BaKhan! I knew your doggy would pull through with flying colors! I'm going to have a drink after work and toast to his/her continued recovery.
@Geist, thanks! I was so ready for the worst news, that I think I'm still in shock to be honest!
I'm sure your furry family member will be happy to go home. Surrounded by familiar smells and family, puppy will heal in no time.
Hi Geist!
Kids are healthy.
Good to hear Ex.
@Geist, oh you know it! I think the hardest challange for him will be calming down long enough to heal from the surgery. He's always been so energetic, you would honestly never know he was 10.5! When I had him fixed when he was two they warned me he would be groggy and a little lethargic, when they brought him out from the back he dragged the vet tech all the way down the hallway to get to me!
@BaKhan, BITCHIN!!!
Awesome news about your dog!!
@Geist......bith?
*both
Wtf? How can autocorrect make both into bith?
Bith?
Your auto correct is drunk again.
What kind of dog do you have BaKhan?
@Trinkets, thanks! I just got a call I can go get him in a 7 hours! He's coming home tonight!
@Geist, he is the sweetest rotwieller / australian sheppard cross. He has the markings of a rotty, but the longer snout and smaller back end of the aussie. He is super gentle and has never had an aggressive streak towards any other creature. One time we were in the dog park and he was chasing a rabbit (did I mention he's really fast?) and the rabbit froze with fear and stopped running, he went up to it and then looked back at me, as if to say, its broken Dad, fix it!
LOL@BaKahn. For real? Your dog is fast enough to catch a rabbit? Wow. Must be interesting to play fetch with him. No sooner than the ball leaves your hand then he brings it back to you.
@Geist, I actually have two different devices for that exact purpose! One is just a long arm with a hook on the end to hold the tennis ball, I can normally throw it around 80 -100 feet. The other is like a tennis ball gun, it has 5 different settings that go from short to long range. The best part of both of them is that you don't have to touch the ball whilst playing. As for still fast enough to catch a rabbit, I doubt it, that was 5 years ago. But his favourite game is to chase or be chased! When he's playing with a slower dog, he constantly checks over his shoulder to see where they are and if he's getting too much of a lead he'll slow down! He just loves to play. When he was a puppy I would be totally worn out and he'd still be good to go. Rest for two seconds, ready to play for another hour straight! You should see him with a laser pointer!
Love when the feces hits the fan....guys threatening to walk off the job, people constantly harassing multiple people about why they don't have the pay yet...and to top it all off...my neck/shoulder area is flaring up again today. -.-
I'm starting to think that it's stress related most of these bits of pain I get.
@GM, I wouldn't doubt it! One of my sisters works in payroll/accounting and she's always stressed out. Stress is directly related to back pain and headaches. You need to try and find a strategy on how to deal with it as I doubt any of them will do anything to make it any better. Take care of yourself!
I tend to get home, close my mind to anything REMOTELY related to work, and play video games...and depending on how the day went, could be anything from MMOs, to horror shooter games, to Call of Duty(just because those little kids are SO easy to vent frustration on). And every now and then, go out for drinks/movies with friends...well, the two friends outside of work I still have.
@GM: I tend to log into Netflix and watch movie after movie. It helps me to forget what I'm worried about, at least for a little while.
Oh, I usually have that going as well. Need all the distractions I can get to get the day out of my head most of the time.
When I'm all stressed out I find the thing that helps me the most is to do something for someone else (normally my wife ;) ). I'll stop on the way home, pick up some groceries for special dinner, some flowers (cause she loves 'em) and then we'll have a nice night, maybe watch a movie. I find that the act of doing something for someone else makes me feel better about who I am, and ultimately makes all the bad stuff go away, because I know that I don't deserve to be treated badly, and I know that I can prevent it from keeping me down!
I just checked the schedule, but has anyone started getting their game yet? For some reason, I stopped getting email updates some time ago, so I just logged in to try to get an update.
@Waybright, they will post an update when shipping commences.
@BaKhan: Awwwwwwwww. What a lucky woman.
*makes mental note to get DNA from BaKhan while he isn't looking so that I can clone him*
@WayBright: Nope. Elan decided that if we wanted to get our cards, we'd all have to make a pledge to hand over our first born and half of our income first.
Smart move. Kids make cheap labor.
One day down, 2 to 2 1/2 weeks purportedly to go. Detasseling sucks, but what sucks more is standing on the end telling them to get in the field. Well, actually, being technically an assistant supervisor and getting to stand on the edge of the field instead of doing actual detasseling is fun and important, but when the sun says, "Meh, let's go heat index of about 110 today. With really, REALLY strong sunlight, just for burns," it's really not as fun as it looks.
Hello Geist, did your day suck like hell?
Did anybody else's? see my first comment to see why I hate life every morning until detasseling FINALLY ENDS!!! But I get some really good money for it.
How much corn is that going to be? 2-2 1/2 weeks sounds like a lot.
Especially considering they actually have so much left over from the last several years due to low demand stored up that they really didn't even need to replant this year.
Just think of the money.
How is it possible for corn to survive my digestive tract?
It has alot of insoluble fiber, so if you have enough, not all of it's digested right.
Aah, after saturday. Tomorrow I'm not detasseling, giving every type of burn, cut, sore, tired, stress, and pain a chance to get better. Why do some jobs have to injure?
What more did I expect from a weekend?
I'm guessing 2 things;
1) less corn
B) less comments
Went movie hopping yesterday. Watched Inside Out, Mr. Holmes and Jurassic World.
Inside Out was entertaining and just like nearly every Pixar picture that I've seen (with the exception of the Cars franchise) I cried sometime during the movie.
Mr. Holmes was good if a little slow. I'd watch Ian McKellen in any movie he is in. You get three mysteries solved in the movie and a couple of twist.
Jurassic World. I cannot believe that Steven Spielberg was a part of this jumbled mess. I'm even more surprised that it has made the mountain of cash that it has while in theaters. I'm guessing it's seeing dinosaurs on the big screen. My complaint is with the plot which seemed all over the place. And I'm with everyone else: how was Bryce Howard Dallas able to run so freaking fast in high heels? And why does she have to play another cold shew onscreen? No cameo from Jeff Goldblum?
She's gone.
Ding ding ding! You win, Trinkets!
My mind is been gone
Geist, Mr. Holmes is out?!?! I need to watch that. The Holmes books are some of my favorite and I read every single one of the 56 stories and 4 novels. Did the movie involve a death that's very confusing but the guy turns out to have been killed by a lion's mane jellyfish? Because that was the last story, The Adventure of the Lion's Mane, when Holmes was old and retired and living as a bee-keeper, which I think this one is made after, but I don't know if they used that book to make it or made up their own plot.
If it wasn't that story, don't ruin anything, just say it wasn't based off that.
And who's gone, Idle?
My kitty.
Ah, just saw the memorial page thing. Looks like a great cat. That's the worst feeling in the world.
Yup. She could barely walk anymore because of the humongous tumor under her paw and almost stopped eating. And her nose was hot.
Ooh, that doesn't sound good at all. I hate losing a pet at all, much less like that.
The photo is from the day before her first operation, about five years ago. She was a real fighter.
She had... Not sure but above five operations. Last tumor needed leg removal so I decided to not do it. Not worth it as new ones would develop anyway.
Cats always seem to stick around long after their time. Ours is a 17 year old outside cat who we thought was too old to have made it much longer about 4 years ago. Though I think she'll be up on that page soon as well, sadly.
Tumors, that is.
She managed to live up to ten honorable age of fourteen and almost a month. That's the way to do it. Not like my man's rabbit who died in three days because of a constipation.
*the
Really? That's a really strange way to go.
Rabbits really do find the strangest ways to die. A colleague of mine washed her's butt and it died the next day. Seems they have a general butt-related issue and also extreme stupidness. I keep saying they survive as a species simply by excessive breeding.
Like insects. Make millions so that hundreds of thousands can die with no effect. I'll have to warn my older brother to be careful around Chasm's butt.
Got to go, sorry. Lunch got ready and Mikkel, our former exchange student, is leaving at 2:30 today, so I may possibly not be back on, at least for a long time today. See you all for now.
Cya Zem.
You have my condolences on the death of your furry kid. Know that she is at peace now. If there is a heaven/after life, I hope you get to see your kitty again.
Maybe on for like 15 minutes, lucky enough. Did you see my question, Geist?
Hope she doesn't hate me for what I did.
Idle: Of course she won't hate you. The decision you made was a valid one. The surgery would not have stopped the other tumors from growing. 14 is a long time for a feline. She had a good life with you. Always try to remember that.
Thanks :)
I just saw the picture of your kitty Idle. Very pretty.
@Idle, I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. You did the right thing. Its not fair to them to make them suffer for our selfishness. Your kitty is in a better place!
How is your doggy doing BaKhan?
I'm back for now.
The only thing you can really do is just feel bad for a short time and move on. If you get another kitty, it obviously will never replace it; you'll always miss the old pet, but you do at least have another fun little furball in your life to have fun and make memories with. You'll always feel bad about the ones you lose, but to me a pet is essential to life. Having had up to 17 cats running around at one time (very productive litters having more very productive litters the next year), I guess I'm used to losing them by now. Not all people are like that, but I've found always having a pet and remembering the times with the ones you've lost is a great help.
I still remember almost every single one we've had. We're lucky Marble, the old one, has been here so long. Like, she was the mother, grandma, etc. of about 90% of all the ones we've ever had here, but she's the only one that's survived this long that's stayed with us.
Quiet in here.
Good night.
Night Trinkets. I'll be up for another hour or so. I have to iron my hair.
@Geist, he's doing great! I was so worried on Friday how I was going to move him around comfortably, and then the crazy guy just casually jumps up into the back seat! He is way more mobile and active then I had expected. He's learning how to use his bum again so there's some clean up involved, but I certainly don't mind! In 7 days he can get the staples and stiches out! Not bad considering he has a 2in diameter tumour and two enlarged lymph nodes removed! So yeah he's doing real good and now I know that we're going to have more time, which is more than a person could ever ask really.
That is so good to hear BaKhan! Cherish every moment with him. Take lots of pictures and videos. I wish I had done that for both of my kitties. I just took for granted that I had more time with them.
I'm off to catch a few Z's. I'll see you kittens in about 7 hours or so.
Three hours of sleep left.
Good morning!
Morning Trinkets! How was your weekend?
How you holding up Idle?
Still no kittens. WTH.
G' morning ya'll.
Idle, sorry to hear about your kitty.
Morning PoT! How was your weekend?
@Edward Reddy: You must be new to KS. The EK team isn't over due with the delivery of the cards. Most campaigns run a little or a lot behind schedule. The difference is that you will probably receive your cards in August. That really isn't much of a delay considering that they have to mail boxes of cards to over 200,000 backers all over the world.
If you have an easier and faster way of doing that, I'm sure the EK team would love to hear from you.
Good morning corps!
You tell him Geist!
@Geist de la Muerte Gatito
Of course there is a faster way...
1/. Scotty can beam then
2/. Ninja Kittens can stealthily work their way across the globe carefully delivering packs of EK's in the dark of the night.
3/. Santa could take on a part time job with the Kitten team
4/. We could collect them
There are more options, but these are the most likely : )
Whoops! Was I a little snarky? Sorry about that. It's Monday and I woke up with a headache. I hate having a headache. Even a little one. I think it's because I'm wearing my contact lenses today. I'm not getting use to mono vision contacts. As soon as I get some benefits, I'm going to see what my doctor can do about this. Otherwise, I'll have to wear glasses all the time.
DAMN OLD AGE!!!!!
Morning BaKhan! Give the doggy a pat on the head for me.
@Geist de la Muerte Gatito
Nah, you weren't snarky, I was simply adding a reply to your reply to the earlier comment I cannot now remember : )
I need more coffee
@Geist, I will do, it will have to wait till I get back home though. Poor guy will be wearing the lamp shade of shame all day! :( Oh well, better than having him ripping out stiches / staples. This morning he just wolfed his food down! Something he hasn't done in months, it was great to see!
Never heard of monovision before. Live and learn. Sounds yucky, and that's from the perspective of a person with strabismus wearing contacts. Meaning the one on the bad eye is with higher diopter than needed to trick the brain that it sees just fine. With -7 to start with.
Holding up is not the word. I'm generally fine most of the time, just feeling really dull. And then I just start crying, and everything goes straight to hell.
Ah Robert. Geist is always snarky. And cranky. She's an old lady after all! :P
The Cone of Shame! Pets look so cute/funny when they wear them. Extra treat for doggy: He gets to sleep in the human bed for the rest of the week. (I loved snuggling with my kitties even though Neko could snore almost as loud as a human)
Now you see? My brother just commented on the photo, and I saw it again, and fuck life. I blame Facebook.
@Idle, its going to take time. Everyone's experience is different, but when you closely bonded with a pet, it isn't easy to let go. When I lost my last cat, he was two months shy of being 20, it was devestating. My manager at work actually lent me a book about how to heal after losing a pet. One of the things that it recomended was getting another pet, not to "replace" the old one, but to help you remember and keep its memory alive. When you feel like you are ready, be brave and take that step, you'll not regret it. Thats what I did, I waited 5 months and then I got my dog. Not exactly the same, but still, he helps remind me off my old cat, whom I still miss, but not with sadness, more fondness. Don't beat yourself up for how you feel, just allow yourself the time you need to go through it. Greiving is normal, natural, and neccessary. I hope you feel a little better soon.
Morning kitties. Sorry I won't be able to chat much today, new girl started, and need to make sure to train her properly.
@Geist, he's never been a sleep on the bed kind of dog. I got him when I was single, but I trained him to sleep on his pillow on the floor. I'm glad I did, because even though my wife loves him, she wouldn't be cool sharing the bed with him! lol! Oh, and there's been lots of "extra" treats! Moar treats!