Michele

Thank you, BV. It's gonna be a rough one, but it will be well worth it. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

How about when we meet, we'll buy each other an Irish Stout? And I love that Nitro's grandpa is Nitroglistening...and I can't wait until you tell me she's exploding 'round the house again...defying gravity and breaking all other rules of feline physics. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Kallend, here is the story...Trusting the Teacher. Jim, I'm glad to hear your Nitro is doing better. Glad I could help; and glad she's happier and back on her feet. And of course, I'll get you some Irish Stout...I owe you. LOL. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Apparently, some hexa-nitro-something or other was found in the chem lab (next door...). I put a post up about it, so I'll go dig it up and link it here. And no, I didn't do it. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

I'm having Chicken Cordon Bleu, risotto with asparagus and broccoli, and a fresh, green salad. And a big glass of milk! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Just to finish this chapter, I thought I'd post my final grade in Chem. I managed, despite the evacuation of our class during the final exam, to bring my point average to 86.003%, which gave me a B in the class overall. I am happy with that...and happy with the resolution of the whole incident which lead to this thread. Again, he and I talked, and while he is not someone I'll ever have over to dinner, if I see him on campus I do say "hey!" and ask after him. As does he to me. So it all ended well...and now I'm on to Microbio, Physio, Psych 41, and English 101...'twill be a rough semester, but at least Chem is done and done respectably. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Actually, in CA, that's illegal and wouldn't pass a home inspection. There have been many deaths because someone did that and couldn't get in/out in time, so...well, it was codified for keyless need from the inside. Why not just put another deadbolt lock lower down, so that even if the window gets broken, it can't be reached? As for the window on the ground floor, one of my favorite tricks is using bougainvilla or climbing rose bushes to make the window both less and more attractive - more attractive because flowers are indeed pretty, and less attractive to the bad guys because thorns are really, really painful and a decent deterrant. Alternatively, you could get a large, loud dog. Good luck, and please be safe no matter what you decide to do. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

My prayers and vibes out to you!! My father broke his hip, as well...and recovered rapidly. He did a lot of walking and moving, getting those muscles strong again...and now, he's back to his normal irrascible self. And that's good! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Ditto... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

That my gaydar is broke. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

It was funny - for the first, oh, 10 seconds or so. And then it just became cruel and torturous. There was an emergency stop button; it should've been used once the owners realized the kitty was panicking. I sat there, for the next 30ish seconds, watching, waiting for them to stop and get into that poor cat...and it didn't happen. There comes a point wherein the word "torture" can be used...and knowing that this poor cat was wigging out like it was...and leaving it there, with the water continuing - well...that's torture imho. And this is not something I'd've tolerated if I were there. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Level 23...and yes, this game is evil. I've bookmarked it. Sigh... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Oh, man, I'm sorry. Nothing worse than losing a fuzzbutt unexpectedly like that. I am really, really sorry. Hugs. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

I hear you, Sprout! This weekend, I'm cleaning out two closets. I've lived here 6 1/2 years, and opened a closet and just looked at the stuff crammed in there. I haven't needed it since I moved in, I doubt life will change such that I would need that stuff again, and I don't even know what it is, anyway! So this weekend, as a break from studying, I'm cleaning closets. I was going to garden, but since it's going to rain, I think I'll just get the crap done inside. And, I just ordered a dining table with a wee small bit of extra cash - I had a table that had tiles in it, and I've had it for - meh, about 20 years. It's broken, and now it's going to be replaced. So yeah, Sprout, I hear you...and I don't know how this stuff accumulates, either. It just sort of...appears...somehow. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

First - Gawain and Tom, you are both incredibly strong men. I have nothing to compare. I've had enormous pain three times in my life; once when they thought an overy was rupturing (it didn't...and we still aren't sure what the issue was). Waves of pain radiating out through the abdomen and into the chest, huge fever, absolutely incredible fire sensation throughout the trunk of my body. When I was 7, I was hit by a car. Tossed some 20 feet. Landed on my head, and was knocked out. Was fine until I was in the hospital, and then I was screaming from the pain. Nothing broken, but apparently I was pretty badly banged up; severe concussion, neck and back soft tissue injuries. But the absolute worst pain I've ever felt was when I got a scratched cornea in both eyes - from wearing contacts too long. It felt like a white hot needle piercing my eyeballs and searing into the back of my head. My whole head felt like it was going to explode - not kidding. And I wanted it to explode. A few broken bones, lots of other things, several surgeries...but two scratched corneas were the absolute worst. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Silly you. Of course we're still friends... a disagreement does not break a friendship with me, especially if one is being intellectually honest, as you are. We can agree to disagree. I just find it offensive that people laugh at this. Call me sensitive (it won't be the first time), or call me something else (it won't be the first time), but I find it offensive and, frankly, telling, that some people are laughing at her in death. No, she has no needs or wants now. We don't yet know what happened; drugs, accidental or intentional overdose...natural death, whatever. Reports indicate that her son had a heart defect, undiagnosed until his autopsy. Perhaps she had it, as well...and perhaps she was ill (there are reports that she was feeling feverish and sick with "flu like" symptoms). I do know that her life had been wracked with tragedy, especially in recent months, and it would be hard to survive that even if you were the most stable person on the planet (which she wasn't). The depression she must've been experiencing had to be overwhelming. In re: the baby. Apparently, Anna had been with the baby quite a bit. Not, perhaps, like you are with your children, but still, quite a bit. That's what the reporting is saying, that while there was a nanny, Anna was also pretty hands on. She had a great relationship with her son, and was devastated when he died. And for those who'd say "she was a bad parent", do you know any children of addicts who are not? I do - quite a few, in fact. So to blame his drug use on anything other than his personal choice is ridiculous...he wasn't 12, she wasn't shooting him up...he was using because he chose to use or he had an addiction issue the same as his mother. She wasn't a bad parent to him, and I doubt she was a bad parent to the baby. I don't know for a fact - the same way you don't know for a fact otherwise. But all reports were that she was an attentive, good parent to both Daniel and Dannilynn. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

The baby, Dannilynn Hope, was in the Bahamas apparently when Anna passed away. As for your contention that she probably won't know it happened, the baby will indeed know. She will grow up, knowing that both her brother and her mother passed away within months of both her birth and their deaths. She will never know the sound of the heartbeat she listened to for her comfort and when she was in the womb. She will always feel something is missing...always. She will know. And it will have an effect. The baby is NOT better off. For those who would laugh: Anna was a human being; she didn't live the way, perhaps, you or I would, but that doesn't make her less of a human without the same feelings and needs and wants that you and I have. She is the same as us; and if you can't see the connection between humans underneath all the craziness all lives have, then I hold much pity for you... God Speed, Anna...and blessed be. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Apparently it is true. Can't help feeling sorry for her; as screwed up as she was, she still had feelings...and with the recent passing of her son within 2 days of her daughter's birth, and then the whole paternity thing with the new baby - all this after the fight over the $$ from her husband and the death of one of those claimants and the whole addiction stuff she went through...man, I just feel sorry for her. News is that she was at the Hardrock Hotel, and not in a casino but in a room. Someone called for help, first responders came, and she was pronouced dead at Memorial Hospital in Hollywood Florida. She hadn't been well for a few days with "flu like" symptoms... Sad story all the way around. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

YAYAY kitty - and YAYAYAY Jeanne! YAYAYAY Kris!! How cool that this group can do something like this - how simply rocking cool. Thanks to Kris and Jeanne and all - another wee fuzzbutt's life saved...and that makes me a genuinely happy person. You all so rock! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Jeanne, you're wonderful. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Problem is, it's not a "few". I've discovered rather more than a few people who find their mission in life to be involved with others' lives in not such a nice way. I remember that behavior from high school...and I am always startled to see it crop it's head up during adulthood. Not sure why I am continually surprised at it, as I've seen it over and over and over, but I am. Sorry to hear you've been gotten by the vultures of gossip.... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

O.K., see, I find those really funny. As for the cleaning, I haven't any tips. I would suggest, however, that next time you go draw on an outside wall. That way, everyone can see it, and it's someone else's job to get the charcoal out (just don't get caught!!). Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Dear Dr. Willard. I owe you big!!!! That was too funny; thanks. I swear, I just might print that out and bring it in, for giggles. Might be fun at some point (I make it a point to have some fun during classes...). JT wrote: I got an A in anatomy, an A in bio...might've managed a B in chem... Next semester I'm back in the bios which I love; microbio, physio, psych, and English 101. I am working for all As again, which would mitigate the chem grade even more.

How right you are, JT. And how much I need to be reminded about that. LOLOL! I was/am disappointed in my performance in Chem...and was worried that my father would be, as well. But I talked with him about it last night, and he was appalled that I would think he'd be disappointed in my grade. He reminded me how hard I'm working, and how much effort I'm putting into this; and he also reminded me that I am not my grade, no matter what that grade is. He said he doesn't care what my grade is; he sees me busting ass on stuff, and that he knows I've done my best. And did hearing that from Pops feel good? You betcha. The long road...not the short dash. And I have to remember that.... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

If I do drive anyone wild with desire, it will be the first time in my whole life that has happened, so I wouldn't quite know what to do anyway! LOLOL! Actually, I read that poll, and it made me feel better about what's happening to my eyes. Like I said, there are worse things...glasses aren't so bad. And my eyes are not nearly as bad as before I had lasik (about 7 years ago now...). So overall, it's all good, and it's not as bad as it could've been. I look forward to driving someone wild with desire, though....right now, I just drive 'em crazy. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~