Imponderables: Put It In A Happy Place

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NVGHOSTRIDER

Thursday, August 5, 2010 5:39 PM

Continuing off topic discussion as we have for four years or so.

Extortion via unsolicited favor is one of the oldest skills known to man. I'd continue but chasing the baby around the kitchen.

Previous Thread:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=2&t=44120&m=796626#796626

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ZEEK

Thursday, August 5, 2010 6:03 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by nvghostrider:
Continuing off topic discussion as we have for four years or so.

Extortion via unsolicited favor is one of the oldest skills known to man. I'd continue but chasing the baby around the kitchen.

Is the baby walking already? Or just crawling. How fast can kids crawl? Shouldn't require much chasing.

TRAVELER

Thursday, August 5, 2010 8:16 PM

Not just speed but maneuver. Many a parent has struggled against quick turns around table legs.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

BORIS

Friday, August 6, 2010 12:01 AM

they're not quick but they are uber wiley little critters with super sharp primal senses, and you've also got to make sure the baby chase doesn't end up with falls and bumps if you do corner them...plus mobile babies are ultra squirmy so when you catch em you don't always get a good hold on em.

BORIS

Friday, August 6, 2010 4:56 AM

ha ha "Sonic on crack" I like that.

ZEEK

Friday, August 6, 2010 4:42 PM

So, Kaylee the kitty's blood work is slowly on the decline. Not a good sign. She still acts fine though. So, I'm not too upset about it at this point. I think the vet is actually over reacting to some extent. They asked if she's eating and drinking. I was like wellllll... I mean they bumped up her fluid injections to 150ml the last time and since then she doesn't really drink anything. Pretty sure she's just not thirst will all that fluid absorbing into her system each day. So, now they want me to monitor her eating habits and junk.

I'm not really concerned. There's no more treatment options really. If she stops eating then she stops eating. I'm not going to try to force her to hold on if she's ready to give up. So, pssh on that idea.

On a brighter note the receptionist hottie who used to work there returned. Apparently she moved to Colorado for a little over a year but decided to move back and she got a job with them again. Welcome back hottie with the bright blue eyes!

SHINYSAHARA

Friday, August 6, 2010 6:33 PM

Super late to the discussion, but when I read the other thread about the baby peeing on on the scale, I had an mental image of a newborn trying to make weight for wrestling and they were jut ridding themselves of water weight. :)

Touching back on the "do you wanna be famous" discussion, I wouldn't want to, unless it was for my brain. Like I wrote a great book and developed a new theory or implemented a new program... Or if I change the world, which I try to.

Zeek - I love to talk about BSG. Did you finish the finale? Thoughts? Reactions?

"Your mouth is talking. You might want to look to that."

SHINYSAHARA

Friday, August 6, 2010 6:33 PM

Super late to the discussion, but when I read the other thread about the baby peeing on on the scale, I had an mental image of a newborn trying to make weight for wrestling and they were jut ridding themselves of water weight. :)

Touching back on the "do you wanna be famous" discussion, I wouldn't want to, unless it was for my brain. Like I wrote a great book and developed a new theory or implemented a new program... Or if I change the world, which I try to.

Zeek - I love to talk about BSG. Did you finish the finale? Thoughts? Reactions?

"Your mouth is talking. You might want to look to that."

ZEEK

Friday, August 6, 2010 6:39 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ShinySahara:
Zeek - I love to talk about BSG. Did you finish the finale? Thoughts? Reactions?

Yep. I liked everything except the Kara stuff. I thought that was a cop out.

SHINYSAHARA

Friday, August 6, 2010 6:53 PM

So. Did. I! I was so mad! Something so far out could have been done with her character, and I think it was building for her for seasons.

"Your mouth is talking. You might want to look to that."

MSA

Friday, August 6, 2010 8:04 PM

Oh HUGS on Kaylee Zeek. Hopefully she'll improve..try feeding her baby food meats if she decides she doesn't want to eat. Easier on her tummy and teeth:)

To answer teh crawling/walkin..he can do both and he can crawl about as fast as I can speed walk which is 4 miles per hour. He's really fun to chase though 'cause he giggles and such, but the main problem is what he's crawling towards. You can look down for 30 seconds and look up and he's sticking his hands in the fan, or chewing a lamp cord, or swallowing whatever twigs and sticks the dogs dragged in...

I really hate the subtle blackmail.... you know when someone does you a favor and then turns around and asks for one expectantly like now you owe them.

Also don't like the guilt trip one...

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

TRAVELER

Thursday, August 12, 2010 2:00 AM

After walking, comes climbing. The adventures are just begining.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

ASORTAFAIRYTALE

Thursday, August 12, 2010 8:35 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA:

I really hate the subtle blackmail.... you know when someone does you a favor and then turns around and asks for one expectantly like now you owe them.

Also don't like the guilt trip one...

This. I like to think that I'm pretty good about avoiding this myself, I don't really ever expect stuff from others. However, when people do try to do something nice for me it always makes me feel kinda guilty...

Sorry about your kitty Zeek, I hope she feels better. One of my cats died recently, but we've still got two. I'm totally all set for being a crazy cat lady. :/

ZEEK

Thursday, August 12, 2010 9:13 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by asortafairytale:
Sorry about your kitty Zeek, I hope she feels better. One of my cats died recently, but we've still got two. I'm totally all set for being a crazy cat lady. :/

Well she's got bad kidneys. So, there really isn't any getting better in the cards unfortunately. I think it's a double whammy though when I think about getting another cat when she finally passes. 1.) she's the sweetest most personable cat I've ever known. She always wants to be around me and is basically the perfect cat personality for me. 2.) the kidney thing makes me worry about future pets with health issues. It's not exactly cheap. I have to stay pretty much on a schedule to get her pills and fluids twice a day. I'm ok with it cause she's a great kitty, but it sure ain't easy.

So, I basically think about how another pet after her could never live up to her legacy and at the same time could have all the downside. Ugh.

MSA

Monday, August 16, 2010 5:26 PM

No one could replace your kitty.. but a new kitty can come into your life and bring new and wonderful fun and joy
Be sure to get the cat from a shelter...saving a kitty is always a good way to start the relationship

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

TRAVELER

Monday, August 16, 2010 5:54 PM

Ditto.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

ZEEK

Tuesday, August 17, 2010 2:24 PM

Well I measured her food and she ate about 2 and a half cups in a week. According to the bag a 12 lb. kitty should eat 3 and a half cups in a week. She's actually 11 lbs. So, all in all I'm going to say it's fine. She might be eating a little less than the norm but I'm not going to freak out about it.

MSA

Tuesday, August 17, 2010 6:37 PM

Have you tried giving her some chicken livers mushed up with a bit of catnip( it is really good for kidney function)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

ZEEK

Tuesday, August 17, 2010 7:00 PM

Ewww chicken livers.

Where would you even get those?

MSA

Tuesday, August 17, 2010 8:35 PM

The meat counter at the supermarket.... hey cats love them

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

TRAVELER

Tuesday, August 17, 2010 10:30 PM

Zeek:

Chickens livers can usually be found inside chickens.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

ZEEK

Tuesday, August 17, 2010 10:49 PM

Oh great now I need to try to find chickens.

NVGHOSTRIDER

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 6:10 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA:
The meat counter at the supermarket.... hey cats love them

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

Strangely so do catfish.

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

MSA

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 7:21 PM

Really? Weird.

Zeek how is kitty Kaylee today?

Ponder what thing do you regularly do without that makes you really happy ?

For me right now it's sleep. Got 7 whole hours last night for the first time in like 8 months. I am practically drunk with happy non-exhaustion

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

ZEEK

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 7:33 PM

Kaylee is doing fine. I changed up our routine a little bit. Regularly in the morning I head straight for a shower when I wake up. I let Kaylee in the bathroom for a little while and pet her. Then I let her sit outside and wail (I let her in one time and she wailed too...at least outside it's muffled). Anyway usually once I get out of the shower she's just trying to lure me over to her food so I can pet her while she eats. I think she literally might spend the whole night sleeping on my feet. So, now before I head to the bathroom I'm grabbing a little handfull of her food and putting that on the floor while I pet her before my shower. She gets her morning pets and breakfast. Win win

As for the ponder it's simple: women

MSA

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 8:44 PM

Aww see this is when you could give her some nice mushed up chicken livers ( buy them raw at the meat counter. Put in pan of water simmer for about 10 minutes then mash up with fresh catnip) trust me she'll love it, put a bit of weitgh back on and her kidneys might even do better:)

Again I think you may just be oblivious to the hordes of women vying for your attenion. Do you notice any unusual lines near your workspace? Maybe groups of dejected looking women?

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

ZEEK

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 9:33 PM

Women at a tech company? Surely you jest.

Chicken livers sound like a lot of work. We'll see.

FREELANCERTEX

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 11:34 PM

Glad kitty seems to be doing well, Zeek.

As for the ponder, playing my guitar (as horrible and limited as I am) makes me happy no matter how down in the dumps I'm feeling, but I don't get a lot of time to play regularly during the school year :( Also, reading books I can genuinely enjoy. My recreational reading time plummets to zero during the semester.

wootwoot for sleep, MsA ^_^

NVGHOSTRIDER

Thursday, August 19, 2010 5:10 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:

As for the ponder it's simple: women

What in particular are you pondering Zeek? After spending a ton of time pondering here over the last few years all I can tell you is I don't know jack. What I did learn is that the women I had anything to do with were bat shit crazy and needed to be avoided at all costs. Luckily I got paired up with a reasonably sane, highly intelligent, and crazily attractive woman from this very board because of it. Perhaps someone here can lead the way for you too.

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

ZEEK

Thursday, August 19, 2010 6:48 PM

No no not a ponder that was my answer to MsA's ponder. What I do without but makes me happy when I have it.

I generally don't spend my time pursuing women, but when I have they can be quite enjoyable.

MSA

Thursday, August 19, 2010 8:26 PM

Zeek- hmmm ok you need to get out more. I promise there will be a HUGE line:)

NV
Yeah I have to say this board has some awesome magic for couples sometimes:)
BTW the caveat of "reasonably sane" made me laugh so hard I spilled water on my keyboard and had to go get a new one:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

MSA

Friday, August 20, 2010 5:47 PM

bumping for the joy of Friday, baby slept through the night, and making burgers and fries for dinner + good tv still on tivo:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

ZEEK

Friday, August 20, 2010 8:11 PM

Do you take orders for delivery? I could go for a burger and fries tonight.

FREELANCERTEX

Saturday, August 21, 2010 11:22 PM

random ponder: I just saw a little blip on IMDB for a movie called Black Swan coming out in December, and because the picture looked kinda bizarre, and discovered it's a movie about a ballerina. However, Summer isn't in the lead role of--the ballerina. Shouldn't she be? I have nothing against Natalie Portman, but I honestly wonder if they asked Summer to do it, and if she turned it down, why?

ZEEK

Monday, August 23, 2010 1:31 PM

Natalie Portman is a much bigger star than Summer. Name recognition goes a long way in Hollywood. My guess is Natalie Portman got asked way before Summer and when they signed her that was that.

It seems to take a lot of luck to become a big name though. You either have to co-star with some big name people in a popular movie or get really lucky.

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, August 23, 2010 2:02 PM

Or have a parent or relative already in the industry, it seems. Kinda sucks though, I mean, sometimes directors prefer unknowns or small names to big stars (not that Summer is unknown), and the movies end up doing well anyway because it's a good story with good actors. I dunno :\

ZEEK

Monday, August 23, 2010 10:27 PM

Ponder: what would you do to this lady if you had 5 minutes alone with her and total immunity?

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/08/23/creep-unaware-of-vid.html

I think that "to the pain" scene in princess bride comes to mind.

AVERYFINECOMPANION

Monday, August 23, 2010 10:55 PM

I don't know why people on the site were saying "mental illness" she was looking around to make sure no one would see her. Clearly she knew what she was doing was wrong.

I'm liking your "to 10!!!" plan.

FREELANCERTEX

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:28 AM

Jeez, what the hell does she have against cats?

How about the Niska scene from "War Stories"?

NAVYSEILS

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:42 AM

Yeah, the woman didn't look so mentally ill as to be unsure of what she was doing to me. That was bad.

Also, I have now seen the princess bride, so I can agree, to the pain with her!

ZEEK

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:38 PM

That cat looked totally friendly too. I could maybe see if the cat bit her or something, but she pretty much lured the cat over and started petting it. What the heck lady!?

I would love to hear that her identity was discovered and hear some creative ways of making her pay.

FREELANCERTEX

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 3:36 PM

I have a feeling she'll be caught; even if someone who knows her refuses to turn her in (which would be stupid, IMO), someone will probably recognize her sooner or later and say "hey, isn't that the lady on the internet vid who dumped a cat in a trash can?" hope she's found soon.

Not to diverge from the cat subject, but I have a school-related question for you college goers out there, and even those of you who are no longer in school. Given the ridiculous prices some school co-ops ask for textbooks, have any of you ever rented a textbook from an online distributor? If not, does it sound like a plausible idea, or a bad one? My university is asking over $100 for one of my textbooks (which is about typical, but makes my bank account scream) but I can rent it from an online "library" (for lack of a better term) for $40, with a due date after the semester ends. Good? Bad? Thoughts?

ZEEK

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:04 PM

Never heard of renting books before. Seems like it would be fine. Text books were always pretty ridiculous. I wonder when the college system will lose its strangle hold on people wallets. I mean it's obvious that they can do things cheaper, but for now they have the prestige and the connections in the job market.

Eventually I think they'll run into the same penny pinching of any other industry. Seems like the price gouging can't last forever can it?

MSA

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 5:45 PM

Ok that cat woman is going to the special hell!!

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

TRAVELER

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 10:34 PM

That would make a good Doctor Who episode. "Revenge of the Cat People".

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

MSA

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 6:27 PM

Ponder... at what point do you decide a job is just not worth it ?

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

AVERYFINECOMPANION

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 7:25 PM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38847582/ns/world_news-europe/?GT1=43001

update on cat hating lady.

boss here, gotta go!!

ZEEK

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 9:48 PM

Ponder Answer: It would take a lot. I don't know what it is about my personality but I don't like to give up on things. I like to work through the issues and hope that something better is around the corner. In college I never dropped a course. I've never really quit a job. I mean I went to college and had to stop my high school jobs, but I don't really consider that quitting as much as moving. It's just not in my nature to give up.

As for the cat lady. She thought it would be funny!?! What kind of sick person finds that funny? I don't know what the punishment for animal cruelty is but they should give her the max penalty.

FREELANCERTEX

Friday, August 27, 2010 2:56 AM

"It's only a cat." Really?

Quote:
she thought the cat would be able to wiggle its way out.

*Maybe* the cat would have been able to wriggle out if it was one of those little office trash cans or a kitchen trash can, which it's more likely to crawl into on its own, but a large, heavy street side bin? Not so much.

At least they caught her. %#*$&@!

FREELANCERTEX

Saturday, August 28, 2010 3:13 AM

*hooks defibrillator up to thread*

Friday night, bump. Everyone out doing something fun I hope?

MSA

Monday, August 30, 2010 7:02 PM

Usually I tend to persevere long past normal, but really I seem to have lost the will to do my job. Not sure why, but at this point it feels more like I'm surviving a punishment than working. Oh well. At least it pays ( I'd say pays well but I'm a teacher )

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

FREELANCERTEX

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 2:38 AM

Sorry MsA :\ Is it the job itself, or the atmosphere? Or both?

I can't really speak on this ponder because the only job I've really held for a long time is with the military, and that's a job I can't quit really :P (though I've definitely gotten tired of it, and I'm working to change the only-job-I've-ever-had bit), but to bring up a related ponder:

If you've found your job has gotten old, what kind of career change would you consider?

First day of school, I felt like a zombie all day, couldn't really focus. Pretty sure one of my professors already thinks I'm a weirdo :P *sidles off to bar*

ZEEK

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 2:09 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by freelancertex:
If you've found your job has gotten old, what kind of career change would you consider?

I just heard on the radio yesterday that some survey said 45% of college chicks would sleep with their professor to pass a course. So, the obvious answer is I'd become a professor

That is of course until I get fired.

FREELANCERTEX

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 1:25 AM

Lol. Ambitious.

*tuesday night bump*

MSA

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 6:24 PM

Ah Zeek but then the hordes currently battling to the death for the right to date you would have the unfair competition of ambitious college chicks

To answer your question FLT it's the nature of the job. I am a teacher and I'm not teaching I'm just running interference, dealing with parents, training teachers who , for the most part can't or won't do what they need to, and basically getting calls from 6 am til 9pm most days( even got 7 phone calls and 10 emails while on vacation) with frantic hysterical people wanting me to solve all their problems without them having to do anything.

I want a teaching job... I'm sick of adults.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

TRAVELER

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 9:49 PM

Everybody must be back to school.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

ZEEK

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 10:26 PM

*chirp* *chirp*

I'm being a cricket!

*chirp* *chirp*

TRAVELER

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 11:12 PM

I.ve been watching LEXX. What were these giys smoking when the wrote the scripts for this series?

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

ZEEK

Thursday, September 9, 2010 1:09 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by traveler:
I.ve been watching LEXX. What were these giys smoking when the wrote the scripts for this series?

Never seen it. I've been slowly recording episodes of The Wire. I've heard it's good but since there only seems to be 1 per week I think it's going to take a long time to get even the first season stored up.

FREELANCERTEX

Thursday, September 9, 2010 3:30 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA: To answer your question FLT it's the nature of the job. I am a teacher and I'm not teaching I'm just running interference, dealing with parents, training teachers who , for the most part can't or won't do what they need to, and basically getting calls from 6 am til 9pm most days( even got 7 phone calls and 10 emails while on vacation) with frantic hysterical people wanting me to solve all their problems without them having to do anything.

I want a teaching job... I'm sick of adults.

:\ *hugs* That's outrageous that they called you on vacation, and at night, especially if it's something that can wait; I'd be tempted to unplug my phone. :( Is there anything you can do in terms of changing your job within the district/system?

Traveler: I've heard of LEXX, don't know what it's about though.

MSA

Thursday, September 9, 2010 6:20 PM

Yup back to school and of course suffering fromthe D*C funk for a lot of us.

Ok everyone fingers crossed I have a shot at a teaching job intown( which would mean no more commuting, a reasonable schedule, a classroom of my own, and happiness)

You'll have to tell me if you like the Wire..I've heard it's good.
Right now we're trying to get through season2 of Sons of Anarchy and Supernatural( yes I realize we're way behind)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

ZEEK

Thursday, September 9, 2010 7:04 PM

Never watched either of them.

I'm just sooooooooo happy that football is back!!! Woohoo! Go Saints tonight!!!

Finally the TV drought it over. Plus I found a much cheaper alternative to NFL Sunday Ticket. Now I just bought some online thing that let's me watch a replay of all the games after the air. I can live with that. yay football

MSA

Thursday, September 9, 2010 8:31 PM

Ah the football craze..weird but harmless:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

TRAVELER

Thursday, September 9, 2010 10:56 PM

I will leave to Wiki to describe Lexx. So if anyone is still curious, see below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexx

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler