OPEN BAR: NO CISNORMATIVE ELVEN PATRIARCHS ALLOWED

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Just to clarify, "OPEN BAR" means "place to shout out random shit that's going in your life," right?

Wrong. We have an agenda. A very sinister and conspiratorial one. This thread is all code.

Related: Yesterday morning my housemate said "The worst part is that I got it on my gay arm, and it isn't even gay! It's just douchey!"

[Roly Poly Oly-Garch]

Just to clarify, "OPEN BAR" means "place to shout out random shit that's going in your life," right?

Wrong. We have an agenda. A very sinister and conspiratorial one. This thread is all code.

Related: Yesterday morning my housemate said "The worst part is that I got it on my gay arm, and it isn't even gay! It's just douchey!"

The rainbow thingy?

[The Open Bar]

Just to clarify, "OPEN BAR" means "place to shout out random shit that's going in your life," right?

Actually, OPEN BAR is where my followers come to worship me.

[The Wizard Joseph]

Yoink!

This one's too perfect. I'm sure the Lord will show me where to put it!

Unintended pun.... must stop thinking

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Just to clarify, "OPEN BAR" means "place to shout out random shit that's going in your life," right?

Wrong. We have an agenda. A very sinister and conspiratorial one. This thread is all code.

Related: Yesterday morning my housemate said "The worst part is that I got it on my gay arm, and it isn't even gay! It's just douchey!"

The rainbow thingy?

No, he got drunk at a party where they'd hired a tattoo shop to give partygoers free tattoos (which sounds like possibly one of the worst corporate party concepts I've ever heard), and his friend talked him into matching tattoos... of titties with wings. It's right next to the unicorn unicorn and he's so sad.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Drunken corporate party regret tattoo.

Maybe it's one of the best corporate party ideas I've ever heard. I'm not totally sure.

[Roly Poly Oly-Garch]

Drunken corporate party regret tattoo.

Maybe it's one of the best corporate party ideas I've ever heard. I'm not totally sure.

[LMNO]

Sounds like... AMERICA.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Sounds like... AMERICA.

Titties with wings FUCK YEAH!!!

In completely unrelated news, I planned on doing one thing today, and then I did it. I have written my application essay for the Peru trip.

[Demolition Squid]

My dad's wife died.

My condolences, Pixie. 

We were supposed to go up and see my grandfather today but when we woke up the roads were very snowy so we cancelled and my uncle went instead - he lives closer, and was going to go tomorrow but we figured we'd swap.

I went out to get my hair cut at lunch time aaaand halfway through I get a phonecall - the hospital have called and my parents are already out the door on their way to see him.

He'd seemed to stabilize and was starting to be able to move around. Wednesday was the ten day mark and after that, the doctors told us we should be planning for the next month.

Now it sounds like he's on his way out after all. 

[Junkenstein]

Drunken corporate party regret tattoo.

Maybe it's one of the best corporate party ideas I've ever heard. I'm not totally sure.

Are you fucking kidding me? This is clearly the work of genius. What better way to make sure your new tattoo removal enterprise takes off?

Also, holy fuck. I've no idea what these kind of hideous corporate affairs are like there but they are fucking awful here. The usual script if for everyone to get drunk as quickly as possible to try and forget that you're not being paid to spend time with these people right now.

I can think of little that would amuse me more than sitting near the tattooists and advising on what would look really good on them.

[Junkenstein]

Also, DS and pixie. Hope shit improves.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

My dad's wife died.

My condolences, Pixie. 

We were supposed to go up and see my grandfather today but when we woke up the roads were very snowy so we cancelled and my uncle went instead - he lives closer, and was going to go tomorrow but we figured we'd swap.

I went out to get my hair cut at lunch time aaaand halfway through I get a phonecall - the hospital have called and my parents are already out the door on their way to see him.

He'd seemed to stabilize and was starting to be able to move around. Wednesday was the ten day mark and after that, the doctors told us we should be planning for the next month.

Now it sounds like he's on his way out after all.

Crap, I'm sorry to hear that.

These kinds of things can go back and forth -- sometimes for months or years -- which is really hard on family. All I can really say is hang in there.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Drunken corporate party regret tattoo.

Maybe it's one of the best corporate party ideas I've ever heard. I'm not totally sure.

Are you fucking kidding me? This is clearly the work of genius. What better way to make sure your new tattoo removal enterprise takes off?

Also, holy fuck. I've no idea what these kind of hideous corporate affairs are like there but they are fucking awful here. The usual script if for everyone to get drunk as quickly as possible to try and forget that you're not being paid to spend time with these people right now.

I can think of little that would amuse me more than sitting near the tattooists and advising on what would look really good on them.

It's kind of amazing. It was at a party for a BURGER CHAIN.

Yeah, they pay their employees shit, but FREE TATTOOS, EVERYONE!

[Demolition Squid]

I just... yeah.

I don't know. At this point it feels like we've been back and forth so much... I don't know what I should be preparing for any more, so I'm just trying not to expect it to go one way or the other.

Thanks for the support, though, guys.

I've never experienced anything like this before. It's strange to know, intellectually, that there's nothing you can do and yet feel so strongly, emotionally, that you should do something. Mostly I'm just trying to be there for my mum - she's having a very tough time not blaming my grandmother for all this, as the details come out, but as she said the other day... she doesn't want to spend the last few years of her mother's life hating her for something that can't be changed.

Just, such a horrible situation.