Some people must have more money than they know what to do with if they decide not to hand in timecard from when they were first hired(12/12/2016 was the hire date). I finally just got them from the site admin, who finally got them from the guy.
Lord Zombitten 2017-01-26T14:03:59-05:00
Then there's the lady who thinks it's her job to make mountains out of mole hills and "explain" things in the worst, most round-about manner possible...
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-26T14:43:23-05:00
Dang it, LZ, you got me thinking about music, then said Roundabout! Now I'm going to have Roundabout in my head all day, with appearances from Judas Priest and Rachmaninoff!
...
Hell, that sounds like a great concert to me! As Moby once said, "Yeah, I would stand in line for this."
Aaaaand now that's in my head as well!
Lord Zombitten 2017-01-26T15:12:13-05:00
Roundabout? I haven't heard of that. Is that a song or a band?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-26T15:22:22-05:00
I somehow find it VERY hard to believe you've never heard this song, or even heard of this band!
https://www.youtube.com/watch…
Lord Zombitten 2017-01-26T15:56:01-05:00
Okay, I've heard of Yes, but I've never been a very big fan
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-01-26T16:09:07-05:00
Afternoon kittens.
I heard some great gossip today. The supervisor at that was a complete asshat to me and many other people is leaving. He says it's to take care of his wife but I think it's because relations between him and the hire ups got really bad.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-26T16:21:50-05:00
That might be good, Geist! Let's hope that clears up the atmosphere in the office a bit. Now to just get rid of that sometimes annoying coworker that made that entire week terrible awhile back...
(still the agreed on price? It's getting hard to make them look like accidents)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-01-26T18:05:14-05:00
For clarification: The crappy supervisor was at the temp job I had about a year ago. He could have been a great mentor but treated nearly everyone poorly. Even people on the same supervisor level as himself.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-26T19:45:29-05:00
Hey, Creeper! How've you been?
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Geist, that was a year ago?! Jeez, last year went by in record time! Which is odd, considering it's a leap year, so it had a full extra day on most years, but I keep thinking, "That was a full year ago already?! That first batch of bemoaned celebrity deaths is already a year old? It's almost the EK anniversary again?!"
Lord Zombitten 2017-01-26T19:47:20-05:00
The first three quarters of last year flew by in record time. The last quarter lasted for at least a year
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-26T20:25:24-05:00
I don't know, like the turtle robbed by 2 snails said, "It all happened so fast."
For me, really the entire year flew straight by. Though I think I can understand why for you the last year of the year took a full year in its going. All good signs though now?
I know. Some big changes might be coming soon for my business, so i've been insanely focused on that. If all goes well, I'll hopefully be able to announce it soonish!
But I've been thinking about you guys and following along when I can. Hope everyone is doing well here. I'm so sad I don't get to host a BvB party- but it just wasn't feasible for me with everything else going on.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-27T01:36:51-05:00
Ooh, that sounds exciting! Best of luck with your businessy things and cupcakes!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-27T09:08:15-05:00
Morning kittens!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-27T09:08:41-05:00
@Creeper, Heya! Good luck with your business dealy!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-27T09:09:04-05:00
@Geist, yay! Finally maybe some good news eh? ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-27T09:46:43-05:00
I'm willing to concede that it is an okay morning, not quite good, as mornings go, but that's only because it belongs to a Friday, and you wouldn't quite say a dog is good because of the owner to whom it belongs.
There, you happy, morning? I begrudgingly accepted your existence.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-27T09:50:09-05:00
That's all mornings really want, you know, is attention. If you ignore them, they'll leave you alone. Most of the time. I seem to have found a rather pernicious and stubborn batch of mornings in my life. Can mornings form gangs?
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-27T09:50:13-05:00
@Zem, its a fake it till you make it thing, and well wishes all at the same time. Its not that I believe its a good morning ( and all dogs are good a heart, less can be said for their owners...), its that I believe it could be, and I would like you to have one. So, could you please, for me, have a good morning? ;) Good boy!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-27T14:36:19-05:00
BaKhan, Bark!
And every time someone talks about mornings, I think of the first chapter of The Hobbit, where Gandalf makes such a big deal about what "Good Morning" means or connotes. It's so funny!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-27T14:38:31-05:00
GM, I'll chug some more coffee for you so you don't hit that midday slump.
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How'dy'all. How'y'all doin'?
(man, southerners know how to contract words!)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-01-27T15:09:43-05:00
Howdy Creeper! Good to hear that your baking is taking off!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-27T16:24:26-05:00
Baking taking off? Does that mean you're getting baked, because that also means high, or that your baking will now be featured in some airplane meals?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-27T17:35:27-05:00
Oh yeah, it's the weekend. Probably not so many people will check back in now. Just as we were getting a great conversation going for the first time in a long time!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-01-28T11:54:18-05:00
John Hurt passed away. This saddens me more than you know. He was such a good actor. One of my favourites.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-28T13:39:27-05:00
John Hurt?! Nooo! I loved his voice and he was such an amazing actor! And that makes him the first Doctor of the new series to die.
Lord Zombitten 2017-01-28T18:14:17-05:00
That feeling when you go from nothing to meeting your $3k deductible in one day...
...by filling one prescription...
...consisting of 15 pills...
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-01-28T23:07:16-05:00
@LZ: those must be some really, really, really good pills. Like send you to another universe good.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-29T02:14:30-05:00
Yeah, are you sure you weren't prescribed pure heroine or something? I mean, I know alot of painkillers are opiates, but that has to be some GOOD stuff!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-29T02:26:25-05:00
I feel really sorry for all you've had to go through though. It really sucks that in addition to being dangerous, often scary, and usually painful, it has to be just as dangerous, scary, and painful to your wallet.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-30T00:42:56-05:00
Wow, just another couple weeks and it will have been 2 years here!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-01-30T03:34:53-05:00
Morning kittens. What a weekend. Marches and protest both days. It's like the world has gone insane.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-30T09:12:34-05:00
Morning kittens! Was down in Medicine Hat for my Grandfather in laws 90th! He's such an awesome and funny guy! And his grandchildren are pretty awesome, well, the one I married anyways... ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-30T09:47:14-05:00
"And his grandchildren-in-law are really awesome. Well, at least one of them."
There, fixed it.
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Ah, another one of those days when you wake up and immediately think, "No, it can't be Monday, can it? Oh god... *Darth Vader: NOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo*!!!"
At least for once in a long time I finally feel like I got enough sleep somehow. We'll see how long that lasts.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-30T09:49:07-05:00
Oh yeah, though my parents did get 2 new cats! My mom was so distraught from not having had a cat in over a year my dad finally caved and got this Maine Coon and Siamese she was looking at. They're really fun, and the Coon is finally a cat that's my size! When I hold him, it just looks like a normal cat! Or maybe I look like a normal-sized person.
Lord Zombitten 2017-01-30T10:43:46-05:00
The thing is, though, these aren't any fun "we'll send you to Mars" kind of drugs. These are more like "we'll make you feel like you swallowed razor blades" kind of drugs.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-30T10:51:21-05:00
@LZ, as long as they work brother! The high end pain pills are normally only reserved for pain management at the end of the road, hopefully we're a long way from there!
I think I slept weird last night...the back of my neck is sore.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-30T14:31:58-05:00
So... I feel awake and not tired all day for once. I'm pretty sure I only got like 7 hours of sleep at MOST, though. I haven't been THAT deprived of sleep recently, have I?!
Though yesterday, I got basically a long nap and no chance for a nap during the day to make up, so I was super, super tired all day. Maybe my body is just saying it's happy it's not quite *that* tired again today.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-30T14:34:01-05:00
LZ, are they at least not the kind that makes you incredibly sick all day constantly? Because I'm not sure severe constant nausea is always worse than what they're trying to cover up, unless it's sickeningly painful maybe. And hopefully not the kind you have a hard time stopping taking either.
Lord Zombitten 2017-01-30T15:02:00-05:00
They said that the pills might make me feel sick all day. They're not to cover anything up; they're to kill any remaining cancer cells. I'm sure they won't be hard to quit.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-31T01:11:16-05:00
Yeah, I was continuing on the opioid painkillers, which are notorious. Thankfully you're nowhere near needing those, they're only for some things that make even those worth it! But hopefully, once you're done with these fun lil' tabules of cellular genocide, you're done with them for good!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-31T02:21:27-05:00
Haha, for a second, I read "opioid pancakes". THAT would be an interesting breakfast! The breakfast of champions!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-31T13:07:38-05:00
Good... afternoon. Nobody's here?
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-01-31T14:27:24-05:00
Howdy kittens. Month end close has got me really busy. Can't wait for this week to be over
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-31T17:11:55-05:00
Haha, Brahm's Tragic Overture (a song I know very well from Fallout 4's Classical Radio) started literally the second I started my car after getting a filling and ended literally the instant I put it into park in the garage! It was so perfect, it must've been meant to be!
Now I'll have that in my head all day. I may even listen to it again (and again and again) and/or play some Fallout today. At least now I know it takes exactly 13:17 to get there or back.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-31T17:18:00-05:00
It was also annoying getting the filling because they didn't apparently give me enough anesthetic the first time, so they could only drill 1/3 of it, and had to give me a full other shot in other parts of my mouth. Now my mouth REALLY feels numb!
Guess how they found out I wasn't totally numb? Yeah, at least now I know why you DEFINITELY want that anesthetic. That was startling!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-02-01T08:32:38-05:00
I haven't killed anyone yet today...so I guess that's good news.
Lord Zombitten 2017-02-01T13:18:27-05:00
Yeah, it's looking more and more like I'm just going to have to put the prescription on my credit card and set up a gofundme. Unless a Canadian pharmacy can get me what I need for lots less.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-01T14:31:09-05:00
Wow, from how I felt waking up this morning, you'd think I was actually waking up half-naked in a Denny's parking lot in a bathtub full of ice. After not having had anything to eat or drink for 2 days.
I was out of time, so I couldn't comment that here then, though. But yeah, even though I ate super late last night, I was super hungry, and was still even after eating all morning. And until my hip really painfully popped, it hurt with every step! Along with other various and sundry aches and pains.
I had to check my wallet to make sure I wasn't mugged in my sleep!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-01T14:32:09-05:00
"Canadian pharmacy". Is that code for "Canadian Mafia"? I'm sure our Canadian "connections" can give you the "support" you need.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-02-01T15:30:52-05:00
I haven't killed anyone yet today...so I guess that's good news.
Same here. To be honest, the little skank that sits besides me stopped talking to me so that is something of a relief.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-02-01T15:34:04-05:00
Anyone have any good news today?
I have survived the current dictatorship so far. I think that is pretty good.
Lord Zombitten 2017-02-01T15:44:23-05:00
Geist, I accept your good news as valid.
Lord Zombitten 2017-02-01T15:45:56-05:00
WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
I just heard from my oncologist's nurse that Merck approved my application, so I get free Temodar (the super expensive drug I've been fretting about) for the year!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-01T15:48:17-05:00
Yeah! You make it sound like winning a lottery, which in a way you got about that much money, so that's amazing news, LZ!
See? See what happens when we spend all day looking for someone with good news? The news becomes good on its own to compensate!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-02-01T16:12:03-05:00
Congrats LZ! Now you can spend that money on perfecting a hot sauce campaign. >.>
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-01T16:15:38-05:00
Haha, yeah, now there's no excuse! ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-02T00:02:13-05:00
Oh boy, I did extra stuff today, and even so, I'm done early! I can go do other stuff for fun before... oh wait, no, I have to get up early. And as it is, I have a major exam and should get as much sleep as possible.
RESPONSIBILITY!!! Why does life have to be so life-like?
I want to live in a movie! Drama! Tension! Excitement! Virtually never having to go to the bathroom!!! And all of this regularly rather than sporadically throughout life!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-02T00:03:29-05:00
Note: when you read, "RESPONSIBILITY!!!", read it in the manner of, "KHAAAAAAAAAAN!!!"
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-02T09:19:12-05:00
Morning kittens. I'm a sick kitten, but I made it into work today at least. It no longer feels like I'm breathing/coughing razor blades, thats my good news.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-02T09:21:00-05:00
@LZ, great news on getting the medication covered! I can't imagine how hard it would be, living there without guaranteed coverage! Yikes!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-02T09:21:34-05:00
@Zem, everything sounds better when read as "KHAAAAAAAAAAN!!!", in my opinion... ;)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-02-02T10:11:06-05:00
Morning kittens.
Note to self: when there is a fire drill at work, make sure you take your phone with you.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-02-02T10:11:23-05:00
Great to hear you are feeling better BaKhan. I was worried there for a moment.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-02T10:29:06-05:00
@Geist, thanks! I was just too doped up on cold meds to handle anything other than passing out infront of the tv, and blowing my nose... uggg! I haven't had a cold in almost three years, so I guess I was due... didn't have to be though... oh well. ;)
@BaKhan: I usually get one a year, that knocks me on my ass for most of a week(still don't miss much work...usually just go home early a couple of times). Then nothing that causes me to miss work for the rest of the year.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-02T10:42:53-05:00
@GM, normally I use my sick days for when my gout acts up (both kinds), this is the first time I've needed to take time off of work because of actually being sick in quite a while. But I'm getting older, and sadly don't seem to be as robust as I used to be. Oh well, only one way to stop getting older, and I'm not ready for that option yet!
@BaKhan: Unless scientists make a breakthrough in life longevity. That's the only other way...and I don't see them doing that until they cure all disease.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-02T10:46:59-05:00
Join Cortez in his search for the fountain of youth? It's a harrowing journey, and almost certainly a wild goose chase, but I didn't think it was THAT bad of an option!
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Also, if that's the case, from now on I"m reading your name as BaKHAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-02-02T10:49:21-05:00
Knock on wood, I haven't had a full blown cold in the past year. Gotta love flu shots.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-02T10:50:51-05:00
@GM, no doubt, lol! Have you watched any of the Black Mirror? Theres a couple of stories that have some pretty cool hi-tech alternatives to death... hehe... ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-02T10:50:55-05:00
I usually get one cold a winter (huh, haven't gotten one this time! Usually it's early on in the winter!) that's not nearly that bad. Just a stuffy, runny nose and coughing with a sore throat. Almost never any worse than that, so it's not even worth taking meds and skipping work.
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Though there was that one time a year or two ago when I had some major throat infection that lasted over a week, and took my voice straight away (very painfully) TWICE that winter, and in between, I had a major, knock-you-on-your-ass fever for a week (it was so bad, I actually felt what it's like when normal people feel cold outside! (never again...)). Come to think of it, that was the winter leading up to the EK campaign, so at least I had that going for me, which was nice.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-02T10:51:09-05:00
@Zem, lol, you always were supposed to... ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-02T10:52:13-05:00
Wait a minute, on that last comment of mine...
4 minutes ago
2 minutes ago
just now
on February 2, 2017
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What the heck, suddenly mine is shown like it will be several days from now? Haha!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-02T10:52:43-05:00
@Geist, I don't get the flu shot, I am in favour of imunization, just not for the flu. I've already had the H1N1 virus, so the flu isn't really all that scary to me anymore... ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-02T10:53:58-05:00
Man, now everyone's here commenting every minute or two and I have to go! Don't leave me TOO much to read again!
Lord Zombitten 2017-02-02T10:54:26-05:00
I also usually get a nasty cold early in the winter, but it didn't happen this year. Something about not going out much (for some reason) and taking a magic antibiotic that somehow protected the entire respiratory system, even from viruses. I have no idea how that worked, but it did.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-02T10:56:17-05:00
@LZ, hey any upside, is still an upside right? ;) Gotta be some sort of benefit to come out of an ordeal like that one!
Lord Zombitten 2017-02-02T10:57:01-05:00
I also don't usually get the flu shot, despite being in favor of vaccines. My issue is that I usually end up sicker after getting the shot than if I didn't get it. I realize this is anecdotal evidence that may not actually be true (correlation not equalling causation and all that), but that's been my experience.
Lord Zombitten 2017-02-02T11:00:34-05:00
@BaKhan, very true! And I do have insurance; they just won't do anything until I have paid the first $3k in qualified medical expenses. One of the good things about Obamacare is that it did away with "lifetime maximums," which were the insurances' way of saying, "You have cost us too much over you're lifetime. Therefore, we are not going to cover you anymore."
I'm afraid that Trump might get rid of that provision.
I'm also in favour of vaccines, but I have never - in the 29 almost 30 years of life - had a flu shot, according to my mom. So not entirely sure if it will hit my like a freight train thrown at me by superman or not.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-02T11:49:31-05:00
@LZ, honestly the medical system is (was) the only thing I was ever worried about if I was ever able to move down there. It just seemed so confusing as far as getting health insurance and whatnot. It must be stressful! Especially now with King Cheeto the oblivious in charge... I hope that he isn't able to destroy everything that Obama was able to do for you guys!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-02-02T12:11:14-05:00
@GM: It might. I've only ever had the flu once and it was awful. Everything ached and I didn't want to eat anything.
I just got paperwork for one of the most awesomely named people. Austin Powers
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-02T14:47:21-05:00
LZ, you're not the only one. I know alot of people who don't get the flu shot because they feel terrible for some time after it. I've never gotten it, and I've almost never gotten the flu, but then again, I tend to have a really strong immune system (aside from one certain time I had a major fever and two identical throat infections one after another all in one month making for the worst winter I've ever had.
Then there's me, dealing with all kinds of incompetence and BS. It a this kind of day:
https://youtu.be/d-b40lZCDA8
Morning kittens.
Some people must have more money than they know what to do with if they decide not to hand in timecard from when they were first hired(12/12/2016 was the hire date). I finally just got them from the site admin, who finally got them from the guy.
Then there's the lady who thinks it's her job to make mountains out of mole hills and "explain" things in the worst, most round-about manner possible...
Dang it, LZ, you got me thinking about music, then said Roundabout! Now I'm going to have Roundabout in my head all day, with appearances from Judas Priest and Rachmaninoff!
...
Hell, that sounds like a great concert to me! As Moby once said, "Yeah, I would stand in line for this."
Aaaaand now that's in my head as well!
Roundabout? I haven't heard of that. Is that a song or a band?
I somehow find it VERY hard to believe you've never heard this song, or even heard of this band!
https://www.youtube.com/watch…
Okay, I've heard of Yes, but I've never been a very big fan
Afternoon kittens.
I heard some great gossip today. The supervisor at that was a complete asshat to me and many other people is leaving. He says it's to take care of his wife but I think it's because relations between him and the hire ups got really bad.
That might be good, Geist! Let's hope that clears up the atmosphere in the office a bit. Now to just get rid of that sometimes annoying coworker that made that entire week terrible awhile back...
(still the agreed on price? It's getting hard to make them look like accidents)
For clarification: The crappy supervisor was at the temp job I had about a year ago. He could have been a great mentor but treated nearly everyone poorly. Even people on the same supervisor level as himself.
hi hi.
Hey, Creeper! How've you been?
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Geist, that was a year ago?! Jeez, last year went by in record time! Which is odd, considering it's a leap year, so it had a full extra day on most years, but I keep thinking, "That was a full year ago already?! That first batch of bemoaned celebrity deaths is already a year old? It's almost the EK anniversary again?!"
The first three quarters of last year flew by in record time. The last quarter lasted for at least a year
I don't know, like the turtle robbed by 2 snails said, "It all happened so fast."
For me, really the entire year flew straight by. Though I think I can understand why for you the last year of the year took a full year in its going. All good signs though now?
LZ- Hi! How are you? And yes... I agree.
Hiya Zem!
So how's life been treating you, Creeper? Been awhile since you checked in!
I know. Some big changes might be coming soon for my business, so i've been insanely focused on that. If all goes well, I'll hopefully be able to announce it soonish!
But I've been thinking about you guys and following along when I can. Hope everyone is doing well here. I'm so sad I don't get to host a BvB party- but it just wasn't feasible for me with everything else going on.
Ooh, that sounds exciting! Best of luck with your businessy things and cupcakes!
Morning kittens!
@Creeper, Heya! Good luck with your business dealy!
@Geist, yay! Finally maybe some good news eh? ;)
I'm willing to concede that it is an okay morning, not quite good, as mornings go, but that's only because it belongs to a Friday, and you wouldn't quite say a dog is good because of the owner to whom it belongs.
There, you happy, morning? I begrudgingly accepted your existence.
That's all mornings really want, you know, is attention. If you ignore them, they'll leave you alone. Most of the time. I seem to have found a rather pernicious and stubborn batch of mornings in my life. Can mornings form gangs?
@Zem, its a fake it till you make it thing, and well wishes all at the same time. Its not that I believe its a good morning ( and all dogs are good a heart, less can be said for their owners...), its that I believe it could be, and I would like you to have one. So, could you please, for me, have a good morning? ;) Good boy!
Morning kittens.
It's Friday, and I am waiting for the coffee to kick in.
Morning Erryone!
sorry.... good afternoon....
Hi Creeper!
How are you today?
BaKhan, Bark!
And every time someone talks about mornings, I think of the first chapter of The Hobbit, where Gandalf makes such a big deal about what "Good Morning" means or connotes. It's so funny!
GM, I'll chug some more coffee for you so you don't hit that midday slump.
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How'dy'all. How'y'all doin'?
(man, southerners know how to contract words!)
Howdy Creeper! Good to hear that your baking is taking off!
Baking taking off? Does that mean you're getting baked, because that also means high, or that your baking will now be featured in some airplane meals?
Oh yeah, it's the weekend. Probably not so many people will check back in now. Just as we were getting a great conversation going for the first time in a long time!
John Hurt passed away. This saddens me more than you know. He was such a good actor. One of my favourites.
John Hurt?! Nooo! I loved his voice and he was such an amazing actor! And that makes him the first Doctor of the new series to die.
That feeling when you go from nothing to meeting your $3k deductible in one day...
...by filling one prescription...
...consisting of 15 pills...
@LZ: those must be some really, really, really good pills. Like send you to another universe good.
Yeah, are you sure you weren't prescribed pure heroine or something? I mean, I know alot of painkillers are opiates, but that has to be some GOOD stuff!
I feel really sorry for all you've had to go through though. It really sucks that in addition to being dangerous, often scary, and usually painful, it has to be just as dangerous, scary, and painful to your wallet.
Wow, just another couple weeks and it will have been 2 years here!
Morning kittens. What a weekend. Marches and protest both days. It's like the world has gone insane.
Morning kittens! Was down in Medicine Hat for my Grandfather in laws 90th! He's such an awesome and funny guy! And his grandchildren are pretty awesome, well, the one I married anyways... ;)
"And his grandchildren-in-law are really awesome. Well, at least one of them."
There, fixed it.
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Ah, another one of those days when you wake up and immediately think, "No, it can't be Monday, can it? Oh god... *Darth Vader: NOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo*!!!"
At least for once in a long time I finally feel like I got enough sleep somehow. We'll see how long that lasts.
Oh yeah, though my parents did get 2 new cats! My mom was so distraught from not having had a cat in over a year my dad finally caved and got this Maine Coon and Siamese she was looking at. They're really fun, and the Coon is finally a cat that's my size! When I hold him, it just looks like a normal cat! Or maybe I look like a normal-sized person.
The thing is, though, these aren't any fun "we'll send you to Mars" kind of drugs. These are more like "we'll make you feel like you swallowed razor blades" kind of drugs.
@LZ, as long as they work brother! The high end pain pills are normally only reserved for pain management at the end of the road, hopefully we're a long way from there!
Morning kittens.
I think I slept weird last night...the back of my neck is sore.
So... I feel awake and not tired all day for once. I'm pretty sure I only got like 7 hours of sleep at MOST, though. I haven't been THAT deprived of sleep recently, have I?!
Though yesterday, I got basically a long nap and no chance for a nap during the day to make up, so I was super, super tired all day. Maybe my body is just saying it's happy it's not quite *that* tired again today.
LZ, are they at least not the kind that makes you incredibly sick all day constantly? Because I'm not sure severe constant nausea is always worse than what they're trying to cover up, unless it's sickeningly painful maybe. And hopefully not the kind you have a hard time stopping taking either.
They said that the pills might make me feel sick all day. They're not to cover anything up; they're to kill any remaining cancer cells. I'm sure they won't be hard to quit.
Yeah, I was continuing on the opioid painkillers, which are notorious. Thankfully you're nowhere near needing those, they're only for some things that make even those worth it! But hopefully, once you're done with these fun lil' tabules of cellular genocide, you're done with them for good!
Haha, for a second, I read "opioid pancakes". THAT would be an interesting breakfast! The breakfast of champions!
Morning kittens.
Good... afternoon. Nobody's here?
Howdy kittens. Month end close has got me really busy. Can't wait for this week to be over
Haha, Brahm's Tragic Overture (a song I know very well from Fallout 4's Classical Radio) started literally the second I started my car after getting a filling and ended literally the instant I put it into park in the garage! It was so perfect, it must've been meant to be!
Now I'll have that in my head all day. I may even listen to it again (and again and again) and/or play some Fallout today. At least now I know it takes exactly 13:17 to get there or back.
It was also annoying getting the filling because they didn't apparently give me enough anesthetic the first time, so they could only drill 1/3 of it, and had to give me a full other shot in other parts of my mouth. Now my mouth REALLY feels numb!
Guess how they found out I wasn't totally numb? Yeah, at least now I know why you DEFINITELY want that anesthetic. That was startling!
Morning kittens
Morning kittens.
Morning kittens! Anyone have any good news today?
I haven't killed anyone yet today...so I guess that's good news.
Yeah, it's looking more and more like I'm just going to have to put the prescription on my credit card and set up a gofundme. Unless a Canadian pharmacy can get me what I need for lots less.
Wow, from how I felt waking up this morning, you'd think I was actually waking up half-naked in a Denny's parking lot in a bathtub full of ice. After not having had anything to eat or drink for 2 days.
I was out of time, so I couldn't comment that here then, though. But yeah, even though I ate super late last night, I was super hungry, and was still even after eating all morning. And until my hip really painfully popped, it hurt with every step! Along with other various and sundry aches and pains.
I had to check my wallet to make sure I wasn't mugged in my sleep!
"Canadian pharmacy". Is that code for "Canadian Mafia"? I'm sure our Canadian "connections" can give you the "support" you need.
I haven't killed anyone yet today...so I guess that's good news.
Same here. To be honest, the little skank that sits besides me stopped talking to me so that is something of a relief.
Anyone have any good news today?
I have survived the current dictatorship so far. I think that is pretty good.
Geist, I accept your good news as valid.
WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
I just heard from my oncologist's nurse that Merck approved my application, so I get free Temodar (the super expensive drug I've been fretting about) for the year!
Yeah! You make it sound like winning a lottery, which in a way you got about that much money, so that's amazing news, LZ!
See? See what happens when we spend all day looking for someone with good news? The news becomes good on its own to compensate!
Congrats LZ! Now you can spend that money on perfecting a hot sauce campaign. >.>
Haha, yeah, now there's no excuse! ;)
Oh boy, I did extra stuff today, and even so, I'm done early! I can go do other stuff for fun before... oh wait, no, I have to get up early. And as it is, I have a major exam and should get as much sleep as possible.
RESPONSIBILITY!!! Why does life have to be so life-like?
I want to live in a movie! Drama! Tension! Excitement! Virtually never having to go to the bathroom!!! And all of this regularly rather than sporadically throughout life!
Note: when you read, "RESPONSIBILITY!!!", read it in the manner of, "KHAAAAAAAAAAN!!!"
Morning kittens. I'm a sick kitten, but I made it into work today at least. It no longer feels like I'm breathing/coughing razor blades, thats my good news.
@LZ, great news on getting the medication covered! I can't imagine how hard it would be, living there without guaranteed coverage! Yikes!
@Zem, everything sounds better when read as "KHAAAAAAAAAAN!!!", in my opinion... ;)
Morning kittens.
Morning kittens.
Note to self: when there is a fire drill at work, make sure you take your phone with you.
Great to hear you are feeling better BaKhan. I was worried there for a moment.
@Geist, thanks! I was just too doped up on cold meds to handle anything other than passing out infront of the tv, and blowing my nose... uggg! I haven't had a cold in almost three years, so I guess I was due... didn't have to be though... oh well. ;)
@BaKhan: I usually get one a year, that knocks me on my ass for most of a week(still don't miss much work...usually just go home early a couple of times). Then nothing that causes me to miss work for the rest of the year.
@GM, normally I use my sick days for when my gout acts up (both kinds), this is the first time I've needed to take time off of work because of actually being sick in quite a while. But I'm getting older, and sadly don't seem to be as robust as I used to be. Oh well, only one way to stop getting older, and I'm not ready for that option yet!
@BaKhan: Unless scientists make a breakthrough in life longevity. That's the only other way...and I don't see them doing that until they cure all disease.
Join Cortez in his search for the fountain of youth? It's a harrowing journey, and almost certainly a wild goose chase, but I didn't think it was THAT bad of an option!
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Also, if that's the case, from now on I"m reading your name as BaKHAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!
Knock on wood, I haven't had a full blown cold in the past year. Gotta love flu shots.
@GM, no doubt, lol! Have you watched any of the Black Mirror? Theres a couple of stories that have some pretty cool hi-tech alternatives to death... hehe... ;)
I usually get one cold a winter (huh, haven't gotten one this time! Usually it's early on in the winter!) that's not nearly that bad. Just a stuffy, runny nose and coughing with a sore throat. Almost never any worse than that, so it's not even worth taking meds and skipping work.
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Though there was that one time a year or two ago when I had some major throat infection that lasted over a week, and took my voice straight away (very painfully) TWICE that winter, and in between, I had a major, knock-you-on-your-ass fever for a week (it was so bad, I actually felt what it's like when normal people feel cold outside! (never again...)). Come to think of it, that was the winter leading up to the EK campaign, so at least I had that going for me, which was nice.
@Zem, lol, you always were supposed to... ;)
Wait a minute, on that last comment of mine...
4 minutes ago
2 minutes ago
just now
on February 2, 2017
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What the heck, suddenly mine is shown like it will be several days from now? Haha!
@Geist, I don't get the flu shot, I am in favour of imunization, just not for the flu. I've already had the H1N1 virus, so the flu isn't really all that scary to me anymore... ;)
Man, now everyone's here commenting every minute or two and I have to go! Don't leave me TOO much to read again!
I also usually get a nasty cold early in the winter, but it didn't happen this year. Something about not going out much (for some reason) and taking a magic antibiotic that somehow protected the entire respiratory system, even from viruses. I have no idea how that worked, but it did.
@LZ, hey any upside, is still an upside right? ;) Gotta be some sort of benefit to come out of an ordeal like that one!
I also don't usually get the flu shot, despite being in favor of vaccines. My issue is that I usually end up sicker after getting the shot than if I didn't get it. I realize this is anecdotal evidence that may not actually be true (correlation not equalling causation and all that), but that's been my experience.
@BaKhan, very true! And I do have insurance; they just won't do anything until I have paid the first $3k in qualified medical expenses. One of the good things about Obamacare is that it did away with "lifetime maximums," which were the insurances' way of saying, "You have cost us too much over you're lifetime. Therefore, we are not going to cover you anymore."
I'm afraid that Trump might get rid of that provision.
I'm also in favour of vaccines, but I have never - in the 29 almost 30 years of life - had a flu shot, according to my mom. So not entirely sure if it will hit my like a freight train thrown at me by superman or not.
@LZ, honestly the medical system is (was) the only thing I was ever worried about if I was ever able to move down there. It just seemed so confusing as far as getting health insurance and whatnot. It must be stressful! Especially now with King Cheeto the oblivious in charge... I hope that he isn't able to destroy everything that Obama was able to do for you guys!
@GM: It might. I've only ever had the flu once and it was awful. Everything ached and I didn't want to eat anything.
I just got paperwork for one of the most awesomely named people. Austin Powers
LZ, you're not the only one. I know alot of people who don't get the flu shot because they feel terrible for some time after it. I've never gotten it, and I've almost never gotten the flu, but then again, I tend to have a really strong immune system (aside from one certain time I had a major fever and two identical throat infections one after another all in one month making for the worst winter I've ever had.