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[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

She's checked herself into the crisis center, probably overnight, for a "medication adjustment."

"Don't worry about me. I'm safe. Don't worry about me."

Alright mom. 

Anyway, thanks guys.

Oh man, EOC, I'm sorry! It's awful for a kid to have to deal with any of that, even as an adult. I'm glad she's OK though.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I now have a union job with paid holidays, paid sick days, benefits, mandatory overtime IN TEXAS (lol socialism lol)! I'm a grease monkey for airline carriers which is like a 15 min drive from me. Thanks Roger for your help in case you had some say in this! Hell I'm so happy I might even get on top of my wife tonight! Hell I might even do that cute middle eastern guy at the desk too.

Congratulations, that's awesome!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Today I learned: should is a bad word, and people who use it should feel bad.

The way that person uses the word "problematic" is problematic, manipulative, invalidating, and also emotionally abusive.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Wonder how shall and shouldn't fit into the weird world of feminine product advertisement critics.

what of aught? This could get pretty deep.

From now on, all advertising needs to be phrased as tentative suggestions.

"THE ONE DIET TIP YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER LOOKING AT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT SORT OF THING"

"POSSIBLY TRY GEICO TODAY, MAYBE?"

"THE ONE PREMIERE YOU MAY PERHAPS WISH TO NOT MISS"

"IF YOU AREN'T 100% SATISFIED WITH THE THING YOU'RE USING, MAYBE YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS ALTERNATIVE THAT SOME PEOPLE THINK IS PRETTY FUNCTIONAL"

[hooplala]

Now I know how the Mystic Wicks folks felt about E-Prime.

[The Wizard Joseph]

You know... as a method of standing out against the backdrop of imperatives that might actually become a trend along certain demographic lines.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

You know... as a method of standing out against the backdrop of imperatives that might actually become a trend along certain demographic lines.

I was totally just thinking that, too. Some young up-and-coming ad agency employee is going to make their career on that premise within 5 years, I bet.

[Eater of Clowns]

She's checked herself into the crisis center, probably overnight, for a "medication adjustment."

"Don't worry about me. I'm safe. Don't worry about me."

Alright mom. 

Anyway, thanks guys.

Oh man, EOC, I'm sorry! It's awful for a kid to have to deal with any of that, even as an adult. I'm glad she's OK though.

Yeah. It's really great that she picked up knowing when she needs help, and how to get it. My sister and I are going to have a talk with her when she's lucid again about having a contact list with her therapist or the crisis center to call when her state of mind is too far gone to think of it. Thing is, she needs better care than the once a month therapy she gets and separate doctor for prescription. She should probably actually be on disability. Part of the stress is barely functioning in a horrible work environment even in simple positions. But she's pretty much got to stick it out until retirement at this point, financially.

She gave me her med list for my sister to drop off at the center and for real, that shit could kill off the remaining panda population. Mr. Ed would look at it and be like, "neigh, bro."

[Eater of Clowns]

Seriously I am impressed. Mom can hold her shit. Woman's like 5'2" and on that cocktail? Woman can party.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Seriously I am impressed. Mom can hold her shit. Woman's like 5'2" and on that cocktail? Woman can party.

Damn, dude. 

[Eater of Clowns]

Seriously I am impressed. Mom can hold her shit. Woman's like 5'2" and on that cocktail? Woman can party.

Damn, dude. 

Yyyeah sorry my sense of humor may be a bit off today.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Not even 24 hours after posting grades and I have my first complaint. I docked her 25% for late homework, and her excuse is that she was "like 3 minutes late due to the room change".

The professor announced THE FIRST DAY that he was putting in for a room change, and that he would post it on the website. The new room was posted the next day. That means this chick had 6 days to notice it, just like everyone else. On top of that, we waited 5 minutes after start time for any stragglers who didn't notice the room change on the website (which they had to have used to take the required quiz) to get to the old classroom, see the notice on the door, and climb the two short flights of stairs or take the elevator to the new classroom.

Seriously, honors just doesn't feel like that big of an accomplishment now that I know I'm being compared to people who literally cannot follow simple directions.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Seriously I am impressed. Mom can hold her shit. Woman's like 5'2" and on that cocktail? Woman can party.

Damn, dude. 

Yyyeah sorry my sense of humor may be a bit off today.

No, it's fair. 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It almost seems wrong to follow that up with this, but holy shit I've noticed that my sleep has improved since I cut out my evening wine. I didn't realize that a couple glasses of wine could fuck with my sleep that bad. It's so intoxicating to sleep this well that I almost never want to drink again (but of course I have a birthday party tomorrow, so...)

[Eater of Clowns]

Not even 24 hours after posting grades and I have my first complaint. I docked her 25% for late homework, and her excuse is that she was "like 3 minutes late due to the room change".

The professor announced THE FIRST DAY that he was putting in for a room change, and that he would post it on the website. The new room was posted the next day. That means this chick had 6 days to notice it, just like everyone else. On top of that, we waited 5 minutes after start time for any stragglers who didn't notice the room change on the website (which they had to have used to take the required quiz) to get to the old classroom, see the notice on the door, and climb the two short flights of stairs or take the elevator to the new classroom.

Seriously, honors just doesn't feel like that big of an accomplishment now that I know I'm being compared to people who literally cannot follow simple directions.

Sounds like she knew what was going to happen, what she was going to say, and was just waiting to let the world know that it just wasn't her fault. It was that unreasonable grade from someone who expects, of all things, adults to be mildly responsible!