every time i see that kind of thing i just feel so terrible. cats especially but birds, deer, raccoons. a squirrel was dead on the bike path i run on. it was totally intact. i always think its family is going to be wondering about it and they'll be sad and their brains can't comprehend what happened its just unexplained suffering. i also hit a bird with my car and saw in my mirror it was fluttering its wings weakly as it hit the road life is so sadxpost
― spite n ease (harbl), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 00:57 (twelve years ago) link
lol yeah i always take mine out in like november after not having used it for 2 months (i used it once this summer even though it was so hot, i'm cheap)
― spite n ease (harbl), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 00:58 (twelve years ago) link
i took mine out the day before the halloween snowstorm
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 01:02 (twelve years ago) link
it was 60º here, even this morinng, and i'm half-expecting a sirocco to come a'blusterin down the pipe when come the yule
― remy bean in exile, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 01:34 (twelve years ago) link
remy if I ever visit you you're gonna have to keep that air con on full blast 24/7
cause, you know, I'm hot
*makes hand guns*
― dayo, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 01:37 (twelve years ago) link
it is v. foggy here and the ships in the harbor are making mating sounds
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 01:39 (twelve years ago) link
in your apartment/
― Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 01:45 (twelve years ago) link
The weather here was kind of nice (for December in Chicago) but you could feel the threat of the brutal cold to come in the air. I kind of love it.
― thejenny, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 01:48 (twelve years ago) link
kind of kind of kind of
― thejenny, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 02:04 (twelve years ago) link
I will just park any hot-ass people in the corner and roast marshmallows in their radiant glory because it is perpetually cold in my too-po'-for-heat apt
― remy bean in exile, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 02:06 (twelve years ago) link
fuckin pbs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Woman
― slandblox goole, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 02:40 (twelve years ago) link
There was a cat the other day spawled on a foothpath near my place that was... dreadfully still, and my bf said "oh yeah that cat was there when I came up here on the way to yr house" which was even more WTF, I was like "ARE YOU SURE ITS NOT DEAD FFS", it was just kind of lying there, middle of the pavement. He said it was just sleeping and he'd patted it earlier. It looked pretty immobile to me, and it was STILL there when we came back past a couple hours later. It is going to bug me forever not knowing if it was ok or not.
― Leave town with an orange, and pretend you're laughing at it. (Trayce), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 02:52 (twelve years ago) link
(it did just look asleep, but still.. ugh)
― Leave town with an orange, and pretend you're laughing at it. (Trayce), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 02:53 (twelve years ago) link
if it offers you any consolation that does sound like a 'signature cat move', the 12 hour sprawl
― Never translate German (schlump), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 02:55 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah it *did* look like it'd shifted position the last time we walked past.
― Leave town with an orange, and pretend you're laughing at it. (Trayce), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 03:00 (twelve years ago) link
I pretty much pray every day that I don't see a dead cat on the road :( :(
― rrrobyn, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 05:05 (twelve years ago) link
also, trayce has a bf now??I go away for one wkend and...
also, I am in NYC and ate dumplings! tonight
― rrrobyn, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 05:07 (twelve years ago) link
oh man
when there's nothing sadder than lower-case dumplings!
― Sandbox Jesse, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 05:25 (twelve years ago) link
jesus. i can't write. strike the "when."
― Sandbox Jesse, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 05:26 (twelve years ago) link
- put up our xmas tree- went to a sweet wreath making party had some drinks made a p lame wreath but its still nice enough to hang on our front door- made fun plans for dinner tomorrow- hung out had drinks met some cool ppl feel better abt life/everything- just wish it would stop raining
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 05:28 (twelve years ago) link
I can't believe sandbox doesn't all caps exclamation mark dumplingsI still have hope for the future tho
― rrrobyn, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 05:32 (twelve years ago) link
I gave a hug to a tall man in a sports jersey and I accidentally drooled on his arm.
― not uplifting (Abbott), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 00:56 (twelve years ago) link
In other news I wish secrette 77 tchr thread existed too bcz today was a whopper. The part I can say is I was trying to get rid of a urine-soaked notebook and during this quest I ran into the vice prncpl. I was in panic mode so instead of being discrete I asked, "Where can I throw away this notebook? It has urine on it." His reaction made me feel awful. I have tried to console myself by saying if another school asks about me (during hiring) and this story is retoldand that school chooses not to hire methen I don't want to work for that schoolI want to work for a school where they view getting rid of a urine-soaked notebook as a problem that needs to be solvednot where trying to throw one away is met with 'ewww you are grossing me out'you have to handle them to get rid of themI want to work for someone who thinks that is trueI did not soil the notebookI am probably overreacting to thisso many things happened today but that notebook was really #1 weirdest
― not uplifting (Abbott), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 01:01 (twelve years ago) link
i am watching incident at oglala
smdh @ u usa
― river wolf, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 01:03 (twelve years ago) link
abbott that story is nuts
p much
― Sad Banter (p much resigned to deems), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 01:10 (twelve years ago) link
ugh vice-principals
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 01:11 (twelve years ago) link
i think your way of thinking about this incident is correct and also eff that dude imo.
Good parts:- I was nice to the kid who had the notebook and solved the problem quickly- None of the other students knew what had happened or complained about the smell I am just so neurotic about dealing with stinky objects –– I also understand urine is unhealthy and odious on a non-smell level, but the VP was really giving me a hard time about willingly handling something so stinky. I could keep saying a lot of things about how & why but it's been this bad feeling I can't shake all day.
― not uplifting (Abbott), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 01:12 (twelve years ago) link
xp thx horseshoe
- I was nice to the kid who had the notebook and solved the problem quickly- None of the other students knew what had happened or complained about the smell
^^^this is the whole game afaic. also i hope this doesn't weird you out but i was idly thinking today what a great teacher you must be.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
hi heaventyheaven
abbott i find it hard to believe a urine soaked notebook isnt a common occurrence in a school. maybe VP had other troubles on her mind and just didnt want to deal with it. what was her reaction btw?
― kamb, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
also i had some unpleasant run-ins with the principal at my first student teaching placement last year and they felt awful in the thick of teaching, when i could hardly catch a breath to get some perspective but now that that intensity is over i can see that she was just miserable. it makes me mad that she had that job, but it didn't affect me in the longterm.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 01:21 (twelve years ago) link
Abbott it sounds like you handled that perfectly fine. I mean, what else were you supposed to do? That guy sounds dumb.
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 01:22 (twelve years ago) link
abbott is prob the best teacher imo
― river wolf, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 01:22 (twelve years ago) link
I'm imagining you standing there stuck holding this urine soaked item while the vp hassles you endlessly about "Why are you holding a urine soaked item?" The answer being, "Because you won't shut up and let me go dispose of it!"
― thejenny, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 01:25 (twelve years ago) link
That was exactly it!! "Is it dog urine? cat urine? Human urine? How can you even stand holding that?" argh I just want to get rid of it
― not uplifting (Abbott), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 01:26 (twelve years ago) link
Many a wine out of nowhere spell will be cast on my desk tonight.
― not uplifting (Abbott), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 01:28 (twelve years ago) link
bless
― river wolf, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 01:31 (twelve years ago) link
I hate saying this, but you really shouldn't have been carrying around an item soaked in human bodily excretions, esp. if it was dripping wet. You didn't have a garbage/shopping bag available to wrap it in?
― Christine 'Green Leafy Dragon' Indigo, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 08:17 (twelve years ago) link
really?
― spite n ease (harbl), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 11:36 (twelve years ago) link
abbott you did fine, imagine if you hadn't gotten it away and another student figured it out how much worse it would be for that kid than for you. you took a bullet for him like!
― spite n ease (harbl), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 11:39 (twelve years ago) link
also you are the best teacher
yes, it was a kind and lovely and swift thing to do,
― estela, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 11:42 (twelve years ago) link
this may be the first, but it will not be the last time you are expected to do something like thatwelcome to the club
― league of women voters, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 13:40 (twelve years ago) link
Have you been talking to my vice principal?
― you are a baby seal (Abbott), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 13:48 (twelve years ago) link
No, I've just been working in health care for a decade. You're not paid enough to take the chance of getting sick. I understand that you did what you had to do, though, and I don't fault you for doing it.
― Christine 'Green Leafy Dragon' Indigo, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 14:16 (twelve years ago) link
abbott, i like yr. line breaks.
last year i had a serial butt-scratcherasshole-manipulatorin my classhe was also very huggyinappropriately soand i made him settle for occasional handshakes
a pee-covered notbook is only a prelude torealizing there's a silver-dollar-sized smearthat isn't chocolate on the side of your handand that you have no ideahow long it has been thereand that you have to bleachand purell and bleach againand eventually take a showerand clip your nails a littlebefore you can feel clean again
and not let on how icked out you are.
― remy bean in exile, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 14:17 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.mayfieldhsband.org/images/large_brown_ribbon_8th.jpg
― remy bean in exile, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 14:19 (twelve years ago) link