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Re: I miss confessions, shall we?
Look, they talked to a landscaper, okay? A landscaper.
They know what's up.
we all fall down sometimes
brass and ballet flats
I know it can be scary, but knowledge is power right? At least you could treat the right things that way.
UGH. And the flyer for the new convience store the university opened spells hygiene "higenie". I'm swimming in a cesspool of ineptitude, people.
ETA: Oh, hi. Look at me misspelling convenience when I'm biitching about someone else spelling. Like ten thousand spoons...
lolz.
I bet her FUPA's name is Shane, like the gunslinger/drifter of literature.--HappyTummy
I agree the wording was intentionally inflammatory, but I'll admit to having similar thoughts when they were going to try some life-extending treatment (that was Tripp, right?) Just whhhhhhyyyy? Let the poor kid go and spare him as much suffering as possible. I don't think any parent should be forced into the choice, but if I were the mom I'd want euthanasia to be an option.
I feel horrible even thinking that, but there it is.
"The meek shall inherit the earth" isn't about children. It's about deer. We're all going to get messed the fuckup by a bunch of cloned super-deer.- samfish2bcrab
Sometimes I wonder if scientists have never seen a sci-fi movie before. "Oh yes, let's create a super species of deer. NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG." I wonder if State Farm offers a Zombie Deer Attack policy. -CaliopeSpidrman
Not that I think they should do the tree, but this is small town Louisiana and a well known kid. I think planting the tree in a public park is something that would be done easy peasy.
We had some similar things done in the small town I lived in growing up- memorial trees and benches and whatnot. It was done frequently enough for me to think that small towns have an easier time using public space for memorials.
Thinking about the choices Tripp's mother had to make is making me physically sick. Ugh.
I'm starting the antibacterial, antiviral bubble-wrapping of Isaiah NOW.
Oh, no. Me too. I had to sit through Josephine having her arm popped back into place 7 times and one broken arm, and the screaming. The screaming. It will haunt my dreams. I got home, drank 3 glasses of wine and slept off the ordeal. To have to do that all the time, to put your baby on anti anxiety medication before every diaper change, to put him on constant pain meds. God help me I'd want himto go the sweetest softest most pain free way possible. That mother is exceptionally brave. I want to crawl out of my own skin just thinking about it.
I have no doubt that they could get something like that done in Ponchatoula. I do, however, think it's pretty dumb to call a random landscaper across the country and just accept what he says as gospel.
we all fall down sometimes
brass and ballet flats
I think they are at least researching. I do think there is some positive, non selfish thought behind this. And I think that both sides are arguing a little stupidly and over the top.
And I could never ever ever question a single thing that mom has done. I get uncomfortable at anything that gives the tone that she made a bad choice.
Oh definitely. Like the one girl who said she didn't care if his medical bills were paid, she wanted to donate anyway. I thought it was fairly obvious what she meant, and I didn't see the point in jumping all over it.
we all fall down sometimes
brass and ballet flats
Can we stop talking about dead babies and get on with some good confessions?
Mine is that I'm thinking about dying my hair. Blonde streaks, in the spring/summer. Discuss.
"As of page 2 this might be the most boring argument ever. It's making me long for Rape Day." - Mouse
Do it! I have dark brown hair and in May my hairdresser put in streaky highlights. I didn't look like myself when I was looking in the mirror, but it was pretty cool. The upkeep is annoying, though.
11/11/11 = 5 years. Woah!
I know you're right. I know. And I really trust my therapist and psych so I know they will do what's best. It's just a scary word.
we all fall down sometimes
brass and ballet flats
I'm sorry. I can understand that words carry a lot of scary weight with them based on societal ideas of mental illness. I hope that with time and treatment, you don't define yourself by that.
This made me wrinkle my nose. I'm thinking no, but show me some pictures of what you're thinking before I give my official opinion.
I'm pissed because I took next Monday off of work in an ingenious attempt to miss a pointless meeting I didn't want to go to. They just rescheduled the meeting because "too many key people are going to miss it". GODDAMNIT.
"That chick wins at Penises, for sure." -- Fenton
oh and here is something maybe flameful? I don't know. I just feel bad about it.
So, last week at my group therapy, a new person came. She is struggling with bipolar which is part of the reason she is there. But she mentioned that the big reason is that everyone she works with does not like her. That it has been mentioned to her boss and her boss mentioned it to her.
And I feel bad because the two hours with her made me not liek her, even before I knew about that. And I don't think it has anything to do with the bipolar. She's just annoying.
Maybe this is too close to dead babies, but I'm picturing Winger's hometown littered with public memorials. Like, you can't walk two feet without tripping on yet another tree and bench.
Random, but outside our public library there's a plaque with a dedication to a memorial fountain. There is no fountain. It's from 1978, so it's not like they haven't had a chance to put it up yet.
"The meek shall inherit the earth" isn't about children. It's about deer. We're all going to get messed the fuckup by a bunch of cloned super-deer.- samfish2bcrab
Sometimes I wonder if scientists have never seen a sci-fi movie before. "Oh yes, let's create a super species of deer. NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG." I wonder if State Farm offers a Zombie Deer Attack policy. -CaliopeSpidrman
Mucho likes purple nails and purple cupcakes
Some zebras are pretty.
"The meek shall inherit the earth" isn't about children. It's about deer. We're all going to get messed the fuckup by a bunch of cloned super-deer.- samfish2bcrab
Sometimes I wonder if scientists have never seen a sci-fi movie before. "Oh yes, let's create a super species of deer. NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG." I wonder if State Farm offers a Zombie Deer Attack policy. -CaliopeSpidrman
I stopped reading her awhile ago, though I'm curious. What's going on?
11/11/11 = 5 years. Woah!
Like a real demise or a "quick we're out of PPD thoughts and need to keep this thing going, quick, have an affair!" type thing?
I'm working from home today, and I was all excited that I'd get to hang here, but I got tied up on calls all day. Then I finally got here, and was all "wow, a confessions post, this will undoubtedly be funny with a shot of drama and probably a splash of Toot to give the board somebody to hate on a bit. Funzies."
But no, I get "oooh, click this link...you'll be sorry you did" followed by depressing discussions about dying babies and park benches. Awesome.
Thank god Fenton was here to set you all straight.
My confession is that my poop smells just like Bethie's after a night of wining. Also, we're about to start over with the whole adoption process, and I don't think I'm ready to go through it all again. But since it is potentially a long process, we don't want to put it off.
3 out of 4 dead babies agree! pepsi is better than coke! - EdithBouvierBeale
Lordy. Grow some balls and stop lurking. It's like stealing from the internet. Jesuschrist. -- AudreyHorne
I hate love and marriage. I got married so I could destroy these things from the inside. - NoisyPenguin
It's a good thing my circle of trust is as giant as my vagina. That only leaves a couple people out. - Cali