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What do you guys do to make yourselves happy when you're feeling down?
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12 November 2009 @ 08:19 pm
I think the only good thing is that I can enjoy being alone longer than most people (provided I am physically safe and healthy).
Do you find any solace with S.A.D. or even advantages?
On a Side Note:
Bullying
I'm not sure if this counts, but if parents take things out on you then deny it - is that considered bullying? They say it indirectly, but I get the feeling whenever they get mad or frustrated that they want their money back for having me.
Then of course, comes the rest of the working world. I don't know if I'll find a good place to work with a more or less supportive atmosphere, but I hope I do.
Do you find any solace with S.A.D. or even advantages?
On a Side Note:
Bullying
I'm not sure if this counts, but if parents take things out on you then deny it - is that considered bullying? They say it indirectly, but I get the feeling whenever they get mad or frustrated that they want their money back for having me.
Then of course, comes the rest of the working world. I don't know if I'll find a good place to work with a more or less supportive atmosphere, but I hope I do.
12 November 2009 @ 06:32 pm
i have a delicate little boy with a smile like a forest, dark and wild.
the dimple in his left cheek only shows when he's grimacing, his eyelashes are stark like twigs. he is most beautiful when sleeping fitfully or pressing his tiny fingers into my clavicle or screaming loud enough to break the sky--
i open my eyes and he is gone.
i have nothing but empty hands and a tv filled with static.
i have nothing but three years of college under my belt and a fervent desire to be anywhere but here.
i have nothing but a boyfriend who kisses my eyelids but doesn't understand.
i have nothing but three antique keys and a broken umbrella.
i have nothing financially prepared for a baby.
i have nothing physically prepared for a baby.
i have nothing but dreams of a smile like a forest and tiny fingers.
i have nothing.
( paper cranes and picket fences-- )
the dimple in his left cheek only shows when he's grimacing, his eyelashes are stark like twigs. he is most beautiful when sleeping fitfully or pressing his tiny fingers into my clavicle or screaming loud enough to break the sky--
i open my eyes and he is gone.
i have nothing but empty hands and a tv filled with static.
i have nothing but three years of college under my belt and a fervent desire to be anywhere but here.
i have nothing but a boyfriend who kisses my eyelids but doesn't understand.
i have nothing but three antique keys and a broken umbrella.
i have nothing financially prepared for a baby.
i have nothing physically prepared for a baby.
i have nothing but dreams of a smile like a forest and tiny fingers.
i have nothing.
( paper cranes and picket fences-- )
12 November 2009 @ 09:35 pm
You get a nice look, guy? You get a big ol’ eyeful? You trying to get her name? Well, her name is Mine, understand? Why don’t you just step off before I peck your face in, a’ight?
Penguins wearing wife beaters and black chains are always trouble, Sarah W.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Interspecies Snorgling
12 November 2009 @ 05:12 pm
So I have this developing crush on this guy who works at the Starbucks near my house. He's so nice and sweet... yet I can barely strike up a normal conversation with him because whenever I'm around him I feel my hands start to literally shake and my heart starts to pound so loudly that I can HEAR it. Ugh, like today he asked me how my day was going and I got nervous and just gave him a two word answer: "i'm good." You know... the boring crap that no one can expand on. And of course, AFTER I walk out, then all the good conversational witty stuff comes to me. Ahh! >___< Now I don't know if I want to keep going back there... because I don't know how I'll get rid of my nerves and be able to start a NORMAL freakin conversation without having a nervous breakdown.
=____= Boys, boys, boys...can't live with them. Can't live without them.
Anyone else have immense trouble talking to the opposite sex (especially when they are attractive)? And any advice on how I should even approach this crush?
(Oh man, what if he turns out to be gay? That would just suck total balls =__=)
12 November 2009 @ 04:07 pm
I am such a silly little poopy-head! Ever since the day I was born, I have always been such a goofball! I used to take a roll of toilet paper and carry it with me while I walked around in the yard and made baby noises (I was 14!) Hahahaha. I’m so silly.
Once, I walked all over the place and I didn’t even have any idea where I was! Hahahaahaa. Often, I find myself just sitting and staring at the wall (it’s a bit creepy—trust me, I am aware of the fact—but can you hold it against me? No. You cannot, because I say that you cannot.) Hahahahaaa.
If you asked me to answer a very important question, I probably would not answer said question. Don’t ask me why. I don’t know why; I just know that I won’t. Even if you asked me 100 times to eat all the dandelions in the world, I wouldn’t—not for a million bucks. I can’t stand dandelions!
Nine times out of ten, I would not even care about eating food (I can’t even stand to think about eating food in public.) I am sitting in a café right now, and typing onto my keyboard. Even if you asked me to kill ants with my feet, I probably wouldn’t. It just wouldn’t feel right.
How many times would you try to hug me? I don’t care. I would push you away, and I would run away to the nearest hiding spot and never come out again. I hate hugs (trust me, trust me to lead you to safety; I will get you out of the hornets’ nest and into the safety of my home-stead. It’s a beautiful cabin in the serene mountain glades of the deepest forest in the world.)
It was so sweet, when my baby told me, “Yo’, whatcha up to my little boo; wanna chill at my crib and hit da’ sweet little syrup?” I replied that I would love nothing more than to do less, and promptly informed her of my intentions—she had already gleaned that I intended to do as such and as much. Hehehehee.
12 November 2009 @ 01:53 pm
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12 November 2009 @ 06:49 pm
Day 17: I have established base camp at the foot of the treacherous south face, whose sheer, forbidding vertical surface has claimed many an explorer before me. With the monsoon storms just days away, I must make every precious minute count as I inch my way to the fabled Ceiling of Coyolxauhuiehecatl — and history.
I claim this post in the name of Erin C.!
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Kittens
12 November 2009 @ 04:49 pm
… and so, Mabel settled down in the straw and enjoyed the new scarf her older brother had given her. But still, her brother’s knowing smirk filled Mabel’s mind with troubling questions. For instance, why was she dressed just like a baby? And why was there a baby dressed just like a lamb earlier that week? But these doubts paled next to the most worrisome question of all…
Was this scarf knitted from someone I know?
Spotted at the Bendigo Sheep and Wool Festival in Victoria Australia by kelebek. More here.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Hoofers
12 November 2009 @ 02:45 pm
12 November 2009 @ 12:43 pm
I warned you I was allergic to that shampoo, but did you believe me? Oh no, not you, think you know everything, don’t you? Well, now my face is melting, so let’s hear your clever idea for fixing that, Vidal Buffoon!
Your “Gary” has the (echo effect) Jowls of DESSS-tiny, Heather Y.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Disa-POINTED!!!, Pups
11 November 2009 @ 10:30 pm
Washington, D.C. — Outraged legislators renewed calls for banning human-animal hybrids after researchers at the Frankenstein Institute for Extremely Scary Science announced the creation of a “lambaby.” According to a spokesperson for an angry mob that stormed the Institute, “arghle grumble blaarphle rhubarb rhubarb!”
I have just one word for you, Brynne M.: PASICKIE!
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Primates, Unusual animals
11 November 2009 @ 02:00 pm
On Saturday the 14th at 4AM UTC/GMT we will be upgrading the operating system of our network load balancers to a newer version, one that will allow us to use both CPUs! Nifty, because multiprocessing is nice.
Since we have 2 load balancers, the plan is to upgrade 1 at a time, and there really should be very little impact to our website. Hopefully you won't notice a thing and I'll get to go back to the hotel and watch some wonderful late night infomercials.
We've got a lot of exciting projects coming up for 2010 and we're hoping that we'll be able to deliver them all to you, that you will find it useful/cool/lovely and then you will use the site even more. Behind-the-scenes work like this will give us the capacity to handle the anticipated traffic, so expect a few more maintenance windows especially in the beginning of next year as we've got some neat ideas to improve performance around here! We had the recent 30-45 minute outage yesterday due to one of our logging databases filling up disk space -- not so great design coupled with my human error in handling the initial problem -- and it looks like we're going to finally have some resources to eliminate stuff like that. I can't wait!
As usual, I will be updating status.livejournal.org before and after, just in case you are not able to reach our main website during the work.
Since we have 2 load balancers, the plan is to upgrade 1 at a time, and there really should be very little impact to our website. Hopefully you won't notice a thing and I'll get to go back to the hotel and watch some wonderful late night infomercials.
We've got a lot of exciting projects coming up for 2010 and we're hoping that we'll be able to deliver them all to you, that you will find it useful/cool/lovely and then you will use the site even more. Behind-the-scenes work like this will give us the capacity to handle the anticipated traffic, so expect a few more maintenance windows especially in the beginning of next year as we've got some neat ideas to improve performance around here! We had the recent 30-45 minute outage yesterday due to one of our logging databases filling up disk space -- not so great design coupled with my human error in handling the initial problem -- and it looks like we're going to finally have some resources to eliminate stuff like that. I can't wait!
As usual, I will be updating status.livejournal.org before and after, just in case you are not able to reach our main website during the work.
11 November 2009 @ 03:16 pm
I can't deal with social phobia anymore.
Ever since I was a child I shared a close friendship with a boy I liked and I developed feelings of love for him. Just when I was about to tell him how I feel, someone else took him from me. It was too late. All because he was never online and out of reach. Now he is nothing more than a faded memory of someone I once loved and trusted with my heart.
Another person taken away from me...
One by one people I love are being taken from me. I'm afraid that soon I'll have nobody left and I'll end up being alone for the rest of my life... if that happens I'm killing myself. God has nothing special planned for me anyway but to suffer. What is the meaning of life anyway if you're just going to have a college degree and nothing else?
Ever since I was a child I shared a close friendship with a boy I liked and I developed feelings of love for him. Just when I was about to tell him how I feel, someone else took him from me. It was too late. All because he was never online and out of reach. Now he is nothing more than a faded memory of someone I once loved and trusted with my heart.
Another person taken away from me...
One by one people I love are being taken from me. I'm afraid that soon I'll have nobody left and I'll end up being alone for the rest of my life... if that happens I'm killing myself. God has nothing special planned for me anyway but to suffer. What is the meaning of life anyway if you're just going to have a college degree and nothing else?
Current Mood: 
crushed
crushed11 November 2009 @ 07:28 pm
Heeerrrrrre, birdie, birdie, birdie. At some point, you’re going to need a drink of this niiiice water I brought you. Maybe not in the next minute, maybe not in the next hour. But I’ve got alllllll day, boys, and you’re the only thing on my calendar.
The early cat gets the bird, Karen M.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Birds, Danger, I'm Going To Eat You, Kittens
11 November 2009 @ 04:25 pm
The piano is my forte, and I love to lie down in it,
It suits my laid-back at-etude, I don’t care how you spinet.
When I’m keyed up, can’t stay upright, life’s tempo gets too taxing,
I lie for just a minuet, and presto! I’m relaxing.
I’m never too Bizet to take a nap where notes are rolling,
When melodies float like the breeze, this console’s quite consoling.
So play whatever song you like; Chopsticks to Clair de Lune-a,
For where there’s a piano, I expect piano tuna.
We all octave a kitty like that, Kristina V.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Kittens
11 November 2009 @ 03:52 pm
Hey,
how did you guys first start making friends when recovering from something like SA or agoraphobia? i dont think i can for couple months, but just would like to hear some good stories :)
how did you guys first start making friends when recovering from something like SA or agoraphobia? i dont think i can for couple months, but just would like to hear some good stories :)
11 November 2009 @ 10:03 am
11 November 2009 @ 01:19 pm
I’ve been trying to look more evil and less snuggley, I swear. And yes, I’ll try to grow into my paws faster. Look, I know I have a lot to live up to, but I’m trying. Really. Please, I can’t sit in these Smurf undergarments any longer.
Azrael, a little help here?
Papa Smurf had a big ass, Sandy S.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Pups
