Niccea wrote: Got the official acceptance letter today. So I'm closed up, academically until after New Years. I'll start worrying about stuff then.
Congrats. I hope it goes well. Sorry I dont read many peoples posts. I scan over some but I dont usually quote and respond. :l. Thanks to the people that reply to mine though. ANNNNNYWAY! I applied for a job in a BT call centre a town over. Got a responce to do 5 assignments for a placement. It felt like homework. Listening to audio messages and taking down what they said. I'm not english so a couple of the places where hard to hear and the accent wasnt that easy to understand. Its all over now. I had a secret santa post I said I'd have it done 2 days ago and I havent finished it. Its 4 am. Time to get crackin and finishing it.
Everything is ready for christmas, and the kids are stupidly excited, I have plenty of time to relax… except there is no way the kids will let that happen. Will have to wear them out today, somehow. not so easy when it's pissing it down with rain.
OK, a question for our stalwartly heroic members from the United States of America: When do your TV series go back onto their regular schedules again? I'm following How I Met Your Mother, Parks and Recreation, and The Big Bang Theory on various tube sites and episodes have been rather spotty of late.
Why is that? Do they stop for Christmas etc, have at least one special "holiday" episode and then start again sometime in the new year? If so, when?
I struggle to keep up with shows at the moment, between me and the mrs we're watching quite a few. luckily a couple have finisehed for now, american horror story and terra nova. one was great the other… okay. guess which.
Thank goodness last night went without a hitch. Last thing I wanted to deal with this morning was a very mean and grumpy tenant complaining that someone broke into his apartment, stole all his milk and cookies, and left a large lump of coal in his stocking…
And just a thought… is it a bad thing to want to finish off the boss of a game "up close and personal"? Playing the female Shepard, I played that mission where you aquire Grunt. Killing that "weak willed" woman Jedore with an elbow to the face was extremely satisfying (and I got an increment towards an achievement that you get from knocking an enemy off balance with a melee attack, then shooting them)…
Time to go to work… but I won't enjoy it. I think I've caught the flu. I should have no trouble shaking it off, but in the meantime I'm not gonna move too much tonight. I can only be thankful that the supervisor for tonight is understanding. :)
Merry Christmas Oz. In an unrelated note I have an incredible migraine. And it wasnt caused by alcohol. Been playing the 3ds all day. Got my christmas secret santa pic done. I'm disappointed but I cant fiddle about with it any longer.
my boy now has a 3DS and the 3d can be hard on the eyes, good job you can turn it off. Considering the excitment all of my kids were incredibly well behaved yesterday, shockingly so, just a shame they were up stupidly early this morning.
I love my time off over Christmas! However I hate that I can't change my sleep patterns! If you go to bed a 5am you expect to sleep in a little, not wake up fully at 10am!!! grr
Been watching a lotta films recently, filling the Movie thread with my reviews like a kar-ray-zee person… I suppose I shall continue with this.
I hope you're visiting family over the Christmas holidays at least, Ozone. Or that they're invadi… er… visiting you.
So far no belligerent drunks trying to mess with me (unlike last year). Nice clear night too. Which makes me enjoy work last night because of the one reason I enjoy the graveyard shift… the ability to see the stars and constellations. Too bad the moon isn't out now…
Ah, yes… "Reapers". The immortal race of sentient starships allegedly posing as this site's Admins. I've already dismissed that claim…
ozoneocean wrote: An idiot like that makes a hostile workplace and that'll get you down. It's not worth it.
You were absolutely right, ozone. She freaked out at me because the computer broke on Christmas Eve, and that was the last straw for me. Handed in my notice today. Now I just have to put up with her (being super passive-aggressive, I imagine) for the next two weeks.
It is nice being able to leave work after eight hours as opposed to twelve. But one of new people is making noises about taking next weekend off. So will I do a 12 hour shift over New Year's? Maybe.
The new 8-4 person is a lovely young woman and as the resident's have told me is the first female security persons on site in over 7 years. She is smart and writes textbook reports. Which of course means she won't be long for the site. The really good people always move on.
I had this bizzare deja vu upon meeting her. She was just so familar. Pretty scary. I hate dreaming events before they happen as it leaves me confused as to whether what will happen and what will not and how much control I do have over my future. How much is wishful dreaming and how much can happen? And am I dreaming the future or merely seeing a possibility and then making it come true? And do I really want some of these dreamed futures to come true?
Tune in next year when we discover that bravo has fully morphed into kyupol and gains incontrovertible evidence that the new security guard is actually a demon possessed super soldier. Fortunately the Ghostbusters live on the Jersey Shore now. (Complete with all the props and the car, they come to the Asbury Park Zombie Walk every year)
@ Lonne- WE ARE ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL THIS HURTS YOU
Yeah, my dad was over for Christmas dinner… I only just did the washing up today- two days later… Ewwwwwww.
@Hippie- Good for you! Don't forget forget a reference from her though!
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Oh those neighbours and their horrible kids… Despite my best efforts I only got to bed finally at about 4am last night… It took longer than I thought to finish the Quackcast as well as editing together the soap for the end and then writing up all the notes to send to Lawrence. I had procrastinated about recording it for ages because I didn't have enough material for the Quackcast proper and writing it can be a hassle- It's like writing a presentation each time. I used to DREAD doing those in primary school, high school, doing my BA at Uni and then my post grad stuff later on and then teaching at art collage… And now I'm doing it all over again, hahahaha! Doesn't really get easier.
Anyway, when I was done and got to bed I took two strong sleeping pills… And STILL woke up at 10am!! Some annoying sprog next door was screaming his head off, so I put some music on to cover it and tried to go back to sleep. Didn't work. I'm going to bed early tonight. Hopefully a Russian Satellite will land on their house. That'll be noise I can live with!
ozoneocean wrote: @ Lonne- WE ARE ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL THIS HURTS YOU
Yeah, my dad was over for Christmas dinner… I only just did the washing up today- two days later… Ewwwwwww.
eww… I hope something didn't "assume direct control" and cause a plate or two to crawl out of the sink… The only thing more gross I've heard about was a joke where guys would throw their unchanged underwear to the wall to see which one would stick on the longest… only to then find out how dirty unchanged underwear could be when it starts CRAWLING UP THE WALL!!!
Coworker thinks I cheated when I finished that mission the way I did… that one where you recruit Tali. Then again, he's the type who only plays "hard" mode… Took my CAIN and oneshotted that Geth Colossus from across the field. I did talk with that Quarian marine though. Too bad he doesn't get to be a squad mate in the third game. I got the feeling he could be a real asset to female Shepard (especially since the one I play happens to be a squishy adept… who can be a true nemesis and loves playing with wide Shockwaves and wielding sniper rifles). Still, should be fun fighting reapers in part three. Looking forward to seeing what an Elcor and Asari Husk looks like. Especially the Asari husks. They're gonna be dangerous because they can protect their fellow husks with biotic barriers…
Today was tough because it was the fall apart day, following yesterday's "stiff upper lip" day, which was when my husband, our 2 kids and I visited my Mom and Dad for Christmas gifting. We had a lovely visit, but what was evident in Feb., that my Mom is "having trouble" cannot be ignored now. She is a woman who is still a phenomenal proofreader. She holds high expectations for Everything. For most of my life, it hasn't been easy to be one of her kids. The critiquing, the "devil's advocacies" . . . sit up straight, send out your thank you notes - so much more.
But now - mini strokes? dementia? (my Dad believes dementia, so he doesn't push to get her into to see a neurologist) - she can't find her words. And you can see that those words are in her head. she can't get them out. so she'll collapse into saying "whatever". or will just look out into a distance that only she can see. And her balance - I use to think she liked the grape far too much, but she hardly had any yesterday. When I came in from outside, I found her on the floor, and she just sweetly asked "Please help me up."
Earlier there had been a bit of a scene btwn Mom & Dad during the final prep of dinner. Later, when my Dad found me outside for a "breather", he shared that it's getting tough. What broke my heart, and that has had me crying off and on again today, was when he told me that there are times that he's not sure she's still there. It's so hard for her - how much will she fight? how much can she fight?. And then he said: "I told her: 'Don't you leave me. DON'T you Leave Me!'" She just turned 74.
My dragon lady Mom has become Mutti in my heart. Mutti is the word my brother brought home to us when he was studying German in high school. It means Mommy, or even Mummy. At the time, it was a huge crack up because my mother never found it natural to be the nurturing, "have a cookie" type of Mom.
But now she's one of the sweetest, dearest . . .
yeah - I was even worse earlier (I even sang a pathetic song to try to wring this emotion from my system) but what happened? I came to moan and groan, but decided to listen first to the quackcast. The very first seconds took me by surprise and I spontaneously laughed outloud. and then there was a nice PQ, and suddenly the melancholia was so much less.
Ugh… I know all too well what it's like to watch your mother deteriorate slowly over the course of time. I suggest having a doctor check her, but that's your family's decision. Just cherish every moment you do have with your mother… normal or not. And keep her as comfortable as you can. :)
That's a shame Ayes. I love the performance of the Simon and Garfunkel song. Very apt! You've a great voice, which is why it was so fantastic for the Quackcast performance.
Thank you again for that! And your laugh was a boon from heaven! I will keep that in mind for future edits ^_^
There's little that can be said about dementia or mini-strokes and the disappearance of someone you love. I've seen it with my neighbor and my father. Then there's dealing with it at work.
