How to Cope with a Series of Bad Days?

[Moonbear]

I could go for a margarita and some really bad karaoke right now. I just realized that I have no problem singing karaoke perfectly sober, but I can't do a presentation in front of my classmates.

Maybe you just needed to sing your presentation! In truth, karaoke is easier, because you already know the words and everyone expects it to sound bad, and nobody is giving you a grade for it. And profs expect students to be nervous giving presentations, so shaky hands is really no big deal. I always feel nervous for the students when they start shaking. One of our students gave a seminar last week, and she was doing a great job, but as the flush crept up from her neck and around her ears out over her cheeks, it was obvious she was really nervous. I always just want to reach out and say something reassuring.

I don't feel that anyone is dumping anything on me. I mean, their problems are much worse than mine at the moment and they didn't complain at all. I haven't felt forced to do anything for anyone. If they asked for help I would be glad to offer it. It's not very likely anyone will ask me for anything though. I'm kind of the black sheep of the family.

Dumping was probably the wrong word. I meant more that all these bad things are just piling up all at once. One moment you're blissfully ignorant that anyone has any major health problems, and then suddenly the bad news is hitting you left and right.

 

[Huckleberry]

ya what evo and moonbear said... friends help... at if you're lacking physical ones.. then pf ones work just as well.

I have friends, but I move around a lot so they are spread out all over the U.S. This is good when I don't want to stay in a hotel while I'm travelling, but not so good when I want someone to hang out with. I don't make friends like I used to. Becoming a little anti-social as I approach middle age I guess.

Hey now! I'm charging for my imaginary girlfriend services... aww... shucks... i guess if you're feeling crummy, i'll give you a freebee...

I used to like to play freebee. I could throw that thing around all day in the park with my friends. Parks are a great place to play with freebees.

i think you'll also have to get in touch with your inner child... that was weak...

You'd like to see mew run in circles wouldntcha?

 

[BicycleTree]

The cure for a bad day is a lifetime of spiritual seeking. Just another step on the road.

Really, if you come to the end of your life and you haven't spent serious time in spiritual seeking, wouldn't you feel kind of futile?

 

[Moonbear]

well, shoot, what are sisters for?!

I'm liking Moonbear's Tiki bar idea more and more. Let's have a round of Blue Hawaiians with pink umbrellas and fruit stuck on top. SOS is back in town, and I believe this is a very good omen that all of our luck is starting to turn around!

Where's Danger? Barkeep! We'll have a round of pina coladas, a round of margueritas (make mine a daquiri; I don't get along well with tequila), and a round of Blue Hawaiians! *hic*

 

[Moonbear]

I have friends, but I move around a lot so they are spread out all over the U.S. This is good when I don't want to stay in a hotel while I'm travelling, but not so good when I want someone to hang out with. I don't make friends like I used to. Becoming a little anti-social as I approach middle age I guess.

I think we all become like that. I have the same problem. Most of my friends here are coworkers. You just do the old routine, get up, go to work, come home tired, eat dinner, get on PF, go to sleep, repeat. When you're younger, you meet new people all the time, your friends don't all have kids, so they actually throw parties and attend parties, etc. I really need more single friends (and yes, friends who aren't scattered across the planet), because all these people with kids are just no fun at all.

 

[Math Is Hard]

Where's Danger? Barkeep! We'll have a round of pina coladas, a round of margueritas (make mine a daquiri; I don't get along well with tequila), and a round of Blue Hawaiians! *hic*

hmm.. we need some snacks. I just ordered a couple of flaming pu-pu platters, too. Hope y'all don't mind.

 

[Moonbear]

hmm.. we need some snacks. I just ordered a couple of flaming pu-pu platters, too. Hope y'all don't mind.

Flaming pu-pu? You really are in the mood for pranks tonight, aren't you?

 

[Huckleberry]

I'm liking Moonbear's Tiki bar idea more and more.

But you always like Moonbear's Tiki bar idea.

Maybe you just needed to sing your presentation!

I think everything would work out much better if I sang karaoke sober and did my presentation drunk.

Where's that old wizard Danger. Wizard, I'll have me a margarita and a microphone please. And there's something extra in it for you if you bring me a picture of my imaginary girlfriend from your tower while she is standing on her head in the park.

The cure for a bad day is a lifetime of spiritual seeking. Just another step on the road.

I'm on the road again
And I'm goin' places I've never been
And places where I'll never go again
I can't believe it
I'm on the road again

 

[Huckleberry]

hmm.. we need some snacks. I just ordered a couple of flaming pu-pu platters, too. Hope y'all don't mind.

Just don't ring the doorbell and leave them on the porch without saying hello.

 

[Danger]

I need to send you Groovy cat.

Yes please. I haven't gotten a Valentine since I was 14.

But then I wouldn't be able to stand on my head, and that's half the fun.

Enjoy it while you're young. If I tried to stand on my head, my neck would fold up and my brains would run out of my ears. Not to mention, all of my blood would rush away from the important places.

What is that thing? Looks like something from a giraffe sonogram.

I think that someone has crossed an alpaca with a silkworm in hope of making warmer suits for us Canuks.

 

[Moonbear]

I think everything would work out much better if I sang karaoke sober and did my presentation drunk.

It might have helped if you thought of this sometime before your presentation. Y'know, I've never done karaoke. But, I can sing badly enough, so I'm sure I could do it. If you want good singing, then you have to wait until I'm drunk...I think I sound much better when drunk, and I don't even need a microphone then! I'm also good at singing in the shower (I can do that sober or drunk, your call).

I'm on the road again
And I'm goin' places I've never been
And places where I'll never go again
I can't believe it
I'm on the road again

Ack! That's just the sort of song to get stuck in my head! Good thing I haven't taken my shower yet, I can get it out of my system belting it out in the shower!

 

[Gale]

haha... have fun getting drunk at the tiki bar! I'm sure a bunch of drunk women around would definately lighten huck's mood eh... haha.. i spose a teenager standing on her head in the park pretending to be a princess doesn't quite compare... but perhaps if you all drink enough, you'll be joining me soon anyways eh?

 

[Moonbear]

haha... have fun getting drunk at the tiki bar! I'm sure a bunch of drunk women around would definately lighten huck's mood eh... haha.. i spose a teenager standing on her head in the park pretending to be a princess doesn't quite compare... but perhaps if you all drink enough, you'll be joining me soon anyways eh?

Yep, once I'm drunk enough, I won't even remember I'm wearing a skirt when I stand on my head in the park! It'll either cheer up Huck or send him running away screaming.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I had a crap day, too. I'm afraid there's only one cure that I know of. Wanna come over and make prank phone calls with me?

Hmm, a tempting offer. I'd tell you to give me a call, but I'm afraid you would only torment me with prank calls.

Actually, her tactic would be to get you to make the prank calls: "Hey, Huck, why don't you dial this large office building and ask them if they realize there's a guy in a 3rd floor office, south side, 4th window from the left, dancing naked in front of the window with a large stuffed animal?"

The she would position herself with video camera, first to tape the crowd that emerges from the building to scan the south side windows, and later, outside your residence to tape it when the cops come investigating an interesting call made from that address. She has a large collection of such tapes.

 

[Math Is Hard]

Yep, once I'm drunk enough, I won't even remember I'm wearing a skirt when I stand on my head in the park! It'll either cheer up Huck or send him running away screaming.

cool! You'll be SKIRT-HEAD!

The she would position herself with video camera, first to tape the crowd that emerges from the building to scan the south side windows, and later, outside your residence to tape it when the cops come investigating an interesting call made from that address. She has a large collection of such tapes.

Dang it, Zooby! SHHHHHHHHH! You're ruining my evil plan!

 

[Huckleberry]

I'm also good at singing in the shower (I can do that sober or drunk, your call).

Either is fine for me, but don't bring the microphone.

but perhaps if you all drink enough, you'll be joining me soon anyways eh?

I don't think anyone will mind if you sneak a few drinks here. Maybe we'll all end up in the park playing freebee by the end of the night.

Yep, once I'm drunk enough, I won't even remember I'm wearing a skirt when I stand on my head in the park!

Moonbear is already there. She's way ahead of us again. Somebody grab her keys.

 

[Huckleberry]

She has a large collection of such tapes.

I don't know why I keep falling for that trick

 

[zoobyshoe]

Dang it, Zooby! SHHHHHHHHH! You're ruining my evil plan!

Yah, right! Entraping Huck into making prank calls was my evil plan, which you were trying to hijack in my absence.

 

[Danger]

Parks are a great place to play with freebees.

The only place I ever got to play with freebies is in an alley off 4th Avenue.

Really, if you come to the end of your life and you haven't spent serious time in spiritual seeking, wouldn't you feel kind of futile?

Not at all. If I had spent it, I'd feel that I'd wasted time when I could have been doing something else.

Where's that old wizard Danger. Wizard, I'll have me a margarita and a microphone please. And there's something extra in it for you if you bring me a picture of my imaginary girlfriend from your tower while she is standing on her head in the park.

Here you go, mate. The picture's hidden in your cocktail napkin.

I'm also good at singing in the shower (I can do that sober or drunk, your call).

One front row centre seat, please. (Or is SOS selling the tickets?) Preference of sober or drunk depends upon your relative levels of resistance.

It'll either cheer up Huck or send him running away screaming.

He's never mentioned an aversion to fur-bearing animals.

Either is fine for me, but don't bring the microphone.

That's not a microphone; she just holds it like one. (I think she watched Grace Slick a little too often.)

 

[Moonbear]

Maybe we'll all end up in the park playing freebee by the end of the night.

Okay, I'm still not sure on this one. What is freebee? Is that what the rest of us call frisbee? Or is it a different game?

Moonbear is already there. She's way ahead of us again. Somebody grab her keys.

Oh, it's okay, there are no drinking and driving rules in the supersonic RV. The minimum drinking age in the RV might be 17.6 years old too.

 

[Moonbear]

One front row centre seat, please. (Or is SOS selling the tickets?)

Oh, my darling sisters. I'm never sure if it's SOS or MIH selling tickets to watch me do silly things. SOS is in charge of butt pinching tickets, that I'm sure of.

That's not a microphone; she just holds it like one. (I think she watched Grace Slick a little too often.)

<--- Only because I've been caught.

 

[Danger]

Oh, it's okay, there are no drinking and driving rules in the supersonic RV. The minimum drinking age in the RV might be 17.6 years old too.

I assume that you've registered it as the PF Embassy. The only laws are yours.

 

[franznietzsche]

Okay, I'm still not sure on this one. What is freebee? Is that what the rest of us call frisbee? Or is it a different game?

Oh, it's okay, there are no drinking and driving rules in the supersonic RV. The minimum drinking age in the RV might be 17.6 years old too.

Yay, I'm over by like half a year. Next time i'll bring twice as much Rum. And some more aftershock too. Yummy stuff.

 

[Moonbear]

I assume that you've registered it as the PF Embassy. The only laws are yours.

Yep. And once we hit supersonic speeds, nobody can catch us anyway.

 

[Danger]

SOS is in charge of butt pinching tickets, that I'm sure of.

I'd be a lot easier to keep track if you just put her in charge of all ticket sales and leave MIH to run Security. PR should be handled by SOS.

<--- Only because I've been caught.

Any incriminating pictures?

 

[Moonbear]

I'd be a lot easier to keep track if you just put her in charge of all ticket sales and leave MIH to run Security. PR should be handled by SOS.

Good idea. SOS in charge of PR and ticket sales and MIH in charge of security.

Any incriminating pictures?

If there aren't, you only have yourself to blame. You're in charge of photography and videography. I thought that's why we were giving you front row seats.

 

[Danger]

If there aren't, you only have yourself to blame. You're in charge of photography and videography. I thought that's why we were giving you front row seats.

Catch-22: How am I supposed to afford video and photographic equipment if I don't already have it to gather blackmail material?

 

[cronxeh]

OK

whos going to see starwars3 ??

i already got the first show ticket for thursday :D

 

[Moonbear]

OK

whos going to see starwars3 ??

i already got the first show ticket for thursday :D

I will see it, but probably not the first week. I'll wait for the crowds to ease up a bit. So, don't go talking about it and spoiling it for me after you see it!

 

[Danger]

I will see it, but probably not the first week. I'll wait for the crowds to ease up a bit. So, don't go talking about it and spoiling it for me after you see it!

You can just apply everything in MB's quote to me as well.
And on that rather lame note, I have to get out of here. Not because of you showing up, Cronxeh. (Although that would be a valid excuse.) Seriously, though, now that you're here for the night-shift stalking I absolutely have to get some sleep. I've had far too little lately. Catch you tomorrow.