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Rotten Thursday - The Abridged Version


Woke up at 3 am, after 3 1/2 hours' sleep.
Left the house at 4 am.
Proceeded to Houston V.A. Hospital for hunny's pre-op appt.
It's raining and cold and traffic is a bitch as usual.
After much waiting, several rounds of 'go here/go there', finished up around noon.
Make the drive BACK home (about 2 1/2 hours including...
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I DID finally get my pics uploaded yesterday morning - yay! Now, it's the sweats.
On another, even yukkier note, I've had a fucking rotten day. I have every intention of sharing all the boring, lame, and unnecessary details. Tomorrow. I've had it with today.

Wheesh! Dammit, I'm amped! I'm in the process of uploading my new set on the applicants page (is it supposed to take so friggin' long?) right now and will probably go to sleep sometime next week. It's really tough figuring out exactly what to do to stay 'up' with the current standards here, and I still don't know if I've managed it. Eh, hell. Either...
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Damn. It's the middle of January and winter has finally come. I'm in extreme southeast Texas so winters here are short and miserable (since we're all so used to the heat. SafeHaven, you can vouch, right?). The temp's in the 30's - high AND low, for the next several days, and they're predicting another ice storm similar to '96. So all us heat-seekers are out...
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I always hear that a cliche' doesn't become so unless it's somewhat true. Here are a few that I'm just not buying:

'All's fair in love and war' - some things are just downright unfair.

'What comes around goes around' - some people do NOT get what they deserve.

'Nice guys finish last' - bullshit.

'Keep your friends close and your enemies closer' - why...
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I have wronged someone. Unintentionally, at that. Many times over my various lives I have, and readily admit to, hurt others for my own gain or sheer enjoyment. This is not the case now. Because of my very strong (and not very flexible, granted) opinions I seem to have forgotten that others are allowed to have their own. Simple as that. I would rail and...
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I have very little sense of humor and usually find jokes hokey and unfunny...this one's not hilarious but it's very very VERY true...


Recently a "Husband Super Store" opened where women could go to choose a husband from among many men.

The only rule was, once you opened the door to any floor, you HAD to choose a man from that floor; if you went...
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Tonight is my last night for partaking of the weedsmoke for awhile. I've been trying to run out forever and it just kept appearing over and over, so after a long delay, I've just finished my last pinner and put the treasure box on the closet's top shelf. Should be interesting, I haven't done sober in years...I'm thinking I can't possibly be less focused than...
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I'm thinking of staying off the Groups threads. It seems like there are a lot of people waiting there to pounce on others' statements, twist them, and make them something they're not. I have noticed that if anyone tries to communicate an opinion that's outside the accepted norm for the site's 'beliefs/attitudes/opinions' they're somehow villified or treated as bothersome. This disturbs me because it seems...
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Open your mouth

say something

Stop the small from embarrassing themselves

and you.

Teach

Anyone that you can

anytime that you can.

Make gestures

make statements

make it understood that you will not abide.

Don't laugh

don't comply

Don't keep quiet anymore.

Spread love

hate only the individual

and only when necessary.

Surprise people

and yourself

Move minds.

Death of a friend

I got a call recently from an ex-friend. Usually I don't take her calls, but she was ringing to inform me that an old friend of mine had been killed in an automobile accident. On Thanksgiving. On his way home from family dinner. Chris Sumrall was one of the funniest men I have ever known. We met when we were both...
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