The Not Happy Thread

We’ve been getting tonado warnings alternating between the national weather service and the emergency broadcasting service about every three or four minutes for the past hour. I understand the reasoning... but every few minutes? We got the picture the first twenty times or so.

 

I know this is the not happy thread, but congratulations.

My friend had a friend who had a ferret. He would hide behind the fridge so his owner couldn't reach him, and remain there for long periods of time.

 

Reminds me of my Staffy Vinny who'd glue himself to the floor when he sensed an impending bath.

 

Thank you!

lol, your friend's ferret must have felt threatened (or found food!)
My ferret doesn't hide. Normally when I cant find him, he's usually found some place to sleep. Like once I couldnt find him and he was in my closet curled up on a nest of socks (that he stole) behind our safe sleep

 

Update:
All things considered, we fared the storms last night reasonably well. Our water and power were out this morning, and we're missing a shingle or two off the roof, but as I understand it, some people over in Miamisburg are missing an entire barn. Two tornados touched down for sure(one trashed Hara Arena) and possibly a third. They who art them are still trying to decide if it was a full fledged tornado, or just a really stiff breeze.

Folks closer to the Air Force Base had a far rougher time of the storms than I. When I drove through that area on my way to work there were lots of branches down, a few trees knocked over and some roofing and siding materials in the street, one apartment complex had a whole oak tree in the swimming pool, but I didn't see anything I'd declare uninhabitable.

It'll take a few days to clean up and get power back on for everyone but it could have been much worse. Just ask Oklahoma. Of course it's not over... we have more storms scheduled for later in the week.

 

I don't specifically need a man at home... but like anyone not working a job where your hands ache constantly would make it easier to open the lids to the lingonberry jam in the morning.

Except my hands my feet are proving to be unhappy with my job. Woke up in the middle of the night to a sharp pain in my bunion that wouldn't calm down... which meant even less than five hours asleep tonight.

I'm so happy to be at home tomorrow. Morning shifts are the worse.

 

So....tired! The best lines only come to me in the middle of the night and its screwing with my days.
I googled this and it's a known phenomenon. When the logical side of the brain begins to shut down (for sleep), the creative/dream side takes over so a stream of ideas begin to flow.
Guess I'll be tired forever now then.

 

Congratulations!

 

Fucked up my fingers. Doctor's orders minimal keyboarding 2-3 weeks.

Special attention @Shenanigator and @Lifeline, detailed responses on hold, sorry.

 

I can see you flipping your bird at us . All joking aside, get well soon!

 

Hope you're poor hands heal soon.

 

You can hold a chopstick in your mouth and peck.

You can use your toes.

You can Siri.

You can...

 

Fun fact: the thumbs down was actually not used. If the emperor wanted the gladiator to die (which was a rarity: training up a gladiator was expensive and time-consuming) he would in fact put his thumb up, to indicate a drawn sword. If he wanted the gladiator to live, he would hold up his closed fist, to indicate a sword in its sheath.

 

I've also read that the motion of the thumbs up was symbolic of a slash across the throat.

 

Speak and ye shall type.

 

It's the end of the academic year, and the dance team has disbanded for the summer. Naturally, there are third-years who will not come back next year (as well as an exchange student who's going home), and I've made sure to hug them all goodbye. I've said goodbye to the President, who is honestly one of the most inspirational people I've met. I've said goodbye to my only proper friend on the team, who I've had some really good chats with. We once sang/shouted a duet at a charity karaoke night. That was fun. There were some tears, and lots of hugging. And I've said goodbye to my crush. I'm still working through my feelings about that, which again involves a lot of crying, only just for me this time. She isn't going back to Greece like I'd assumed but instead will be doing a Master's in Scotland. I suppose now it's just a matter of waiting for the crush to fade. It looks like this emotional rollercoaster has reached the gift shop. I won't be buying a souvenir.

 

No problem. I hope you feel better soon!

You heard it here, Folks. It's official: Ash is all thumbs.


(And the fact that he can't type a witty retaliation post made saying that even more fun. )

 

So blinking frustrated. Contrary to what I hear about other novice writers' experience, my family, friends, and acquaintances support my writing efforts. Verbally, at least. I thought it was because they would be eager to buy my book once it was available.

Hell, no! They just think it's cool to be able to say they know a Real Published Author.

Had a friend jokingly ask me on Facebook this evening if I'd have time for him and the rest of "us peons" once I "got as famous as Agatha Christie." I didn't control myself. I said, sure, if he'd buy the book and help with the getting famous part.

 

I tried using the built-in speech-to-text app on my Windows 7 laptop and it couldn't understand me no matter how slowly I talked. To heck with it.

 

I dunno, I can see the value in casting a wide net. That's all free traffic, and if friend-and-family sales make up such a large proportion that they're influencing the algorithm then you probably want all the free traffic you can get, target audience or not.