An open thread for personal stuff, continuing from here.
As usual for these threads: no trolls, no MRAs, no I’m-not-really-an-MRA-buts, don’t be mean.
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Maistrechat, that’s not a bad idea.
It’s not just you. I can’t even have a relaxed phone conversation when my roomie is home.
@maistrechat, another suggestion for you: snack packs. Since I’ve gone Paleo, travelling is a little more challenging, so I bought a bunch of packs with jerky, nuts, and dried fruit to take with me. They saved me from going too long without eating (because nothing suitable was available), and they’re very portable. (The jerky was a little hard to chew, though.)
I got this kind: http://www.primalpacs.com/
But I’ve heard this kind is yummier: https://www.stevespaleogoods.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=1516
I realize that this has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with anything here, but I just had to get it out.
My beautiful, brilliant, creative and loving daughter is finally divorcing her poser husband. At the wedding, he head-banged and bowed to the audience instead of looking at her when he took his vows…and it was all downhill from there, After years of not-so-benign neglect – ignoring her cries for help when things got bad – she finally woke up and realized that she had no status in his life.
The things she cared about meant nothing to him and he actively tried to undermine everything she wanted to do. When she wanted to apply for grants to go back to college, he actually told her that they could not afford…the…free…money. Urgh!
I could go on, but I will not. Suffice it to say that I am truly happy for her awakening and will be there to support her in every way she wants and needs.
Good for your daughter! Well, the realization kind of hurt, and the entire relationship might have felt rather ow, but…
Hope she does alright, and glad you’ll be there for her!
@samantha, That is exactly what open threads are for. I’m so glad that your daughter is getting away from the poser. It’s scary, and difficult, and she deserves all the kudos. Glad she has your support.
Yay for getting out of shitty relationships!
BTW, feelgood story of the day.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/a-lesbian-couple-have-married-after-72-years-together-and-it#2ksl751
Since this thread still seems to be active…I have a question! Does anyone here know anything about fostering cats/kittens? I’m thinking I wanna turn all of my extra free time into something constructive, and since I love cats, why not do some fostering? Is there anything I should know? If anyone has done it before, that is. Much appreciated.
cassandrakitty, I love that story! I get teary eyed whenever I read it.
The picture of their hands made me tear up.
@katz is an active cat fosterer! Summoning @katz!
*summons katz* Hopefully that works. My spell casting is a bit rusty.
@redpoppy
The main thing to know is, we will expect lots of photos.
I called my LDR guy…it was mostly good, he’d had a good day…but…
I bugged him until we determined why the following had happened:
He found his hands taking a long piece of rope and making a noose, then tying the rope over the door, without having any volition or idea why…
So it wasn’t him, it was one of his others, because that’s what it’s like when MY others take over, so we had to sort out what the problem was. The kiddo was freaking out.
I…try not to dread the day. He’s not been stable for long periods of time since his 20’s, and he’s tried to die many times… I think that…one day I’m going to get a phonecall, and the world will not ever be the same for me again.
Redpoppy: You called? What would you like to know?
Blahlistic: I’m so sorry — that must be so frightening. I hope that his system will get more stable before he gets hurt.
Samantha, three cheers and lots of good wishes for your daughter – power to her!
::tosses confetti:: Yay for happy marriages and weddings, even if they were in reverse order.
blahlistic, I’m so sorry about your friend. Echoing katz here, I hope his system gets better (or the individual in the system doing this?)
Real Kim, I love your new nym. 😀
I was in town today (shopping for buttons) and saw this. Never felt compelled to photograph street art before. Giant green kitties ftw!
http://i.imgur.com/YJ5r8SJ.jpg
The general 411 on cat fostering: Your experience will be different depending on whether you foster with a shelter or a rescue.
With a shelter, it’s very low-commitment. You take on kittens too young to be adopted, or sometimes a sick or hurt animal, and you take care of them until they’re ready to be adopted. Then you just give them back to the shelter. The shelter will handle medical care and may cover other costs, like food and litter.
The main downside is that not all shelters have well-managed foster systems. You may not get a choice about what animals, how many, and when, and some shelters make very little effort to actually place animals with you.
With a rescue, everything is done by volunteers like you, so it’s a lot more work. Rescues may be generalists or have a specific focus (eg, breed rescues), but since they’re virtually all no-kill, they work with animals of all ages. You have to do the work of getting the animal permanently adopted yourself, and if it isn’t, you have to keep it indefinitely. You’re also more likely to have to cover costs yourself.
Litters with moms are fun and easy. Bottle babies are just as much work as human babies.
What area are you in? I could see about good rescues in your area. And if you’re in LA, I could foist cats upon you myself.
He is a lot better than he has been, a LOT better. Still wobbly, though, and I can’t think ” Ah, everything’s going to be fine now,” because…that’s a very false sense of safety.
Psychosis adds an extra wrinkle that I don’t really have-I have a bit of the features under stress or when very tired, but it never rises to the point where I BELIEVE the hallucinations, they’re just freaking annoying.
I don’t see him living to a great age, he’s torn himself up running around, getting shot at for the greater glory of NATO, inadvisably applied motorcycling, having people try to break into his apartment with prybars and driving them off, booze, getting on drugs, getting off drugs, and making a ridiculous number of suicide attempts. Exactly how he managed to not be dead, science has yet to determine; so he’s willed his body to research when he does go. And he smokes like a chimney.
He’s ridiculous, magnificent, and outrageously weird all at the same time, I doubt there’s anyone like him anywhere. He kept me alive when my head was exploding. I’ve kept him alive as well, or at least was part of doing so.
All of that’s why I’m breaking the bank to go spend a week with him. It’s important.
Damn, blahlistic, that sounds scary. I hope your presence will make things with your LDR more stable. I don’t have any advice to give, but I can offer some jedi hugs if they’re wanted.
@kittehserf: Aww, green space alien kitty having a nap! That’s a well-made piece of art, too.
Is there a setting on Firefox about staying logged into websites ?
Because here at home, even if I tick the ‘stay logged in’ option here or on Facebook, I have to log in every time I reboot the computer, but on Chrome on my mother’s laptop, I actually stay logged in.
Check your cookies. Staying logged in is a cookie function. It’s under Tools->Privacy. Check how long it is keeping cookies. You need them kept until they expire.
Unrelated, but I made some awesome gingerbread pancakes this morning. I would make some for anyone feeling poorly, because I think they would cheer up anyone.
OK, actually it was Tools->Options->Remember history, but it worked, Yay!
Also, gingerbread pancakes ? Awesome!
samantha: Yay for your daughter getting rid if an asshole!
blahlistic: I’m sorry your friend is going through that! Hugs, if wanted.
Kitty cuddling a baby, if anyone needs some cute.
This seems like a good thread to ask this in. Does anyone have any good salsa recipes? A trip to our local farmers market yielded a whole bunch of good tomatoes and peppers and I’m looking for a way to use them.