Michele

Just for reference....here's Mr. Guy's original post: And then his response to those who criticized him... Just so the record is clear... And I couldn't vote in your poll; too many opinions there. I don't think you need to "go home" but you might want to reconsider your posting style if you care about what others think and not being seen as a raging asshole. And if you don't care what others think, then don't go around making new posts and polls about how unfair things are. That is a whole lot like whining.... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Mr. Guy, your post was rude, and rather obnoxious, and as I said there, out of line. I think you need to show some respect towards people you don't know, instead of assuming they live in a trailer, need to fix their roof, and set up their "manger scene." What is at issue isn't are you wanted there, it's more along the lines of totally disrespecting someone and being utterly out of line. If you'd post your objections to the issues politely (takes just as much time, frankly), along the lines of what JT said, then more than likely you wouldn't have taken it quite so hard. And how hard would it be to remember what your Mama taught you - if you can't say something good, then don't say anything at all? Mama wasn't always wrong, you know...some things just might not need your imput, as hard as that might seem to believe. And BTW, Dave, I know what you're talking about, and I agree to an extent. However, Mr Guy is not representing quite what happened... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Karen, it is doing it's level best to kick mine. You shoulda seen me during the anatomy exam; cats dissected, displayed, all of us leaning over them, trying to remember if it's spinalis dorsalis or dorsi, and there I am, bent over, coughing up a lung. Trying to not make too much noise. Trying to think about things with all that going on. That was a rough, rough test...to the point where the professor said to me I could leave the room and come back in to finish, if I needed it (and you know that's unheard of). Yeah, me's a pretty sick lady. I'll be fine, but it's gonna be a little bit before I can say I'm fine. In the mean time, I have to keep on the schedule...finals start December 5. No choice...gotta keep moving on, you know? Oh well. I can rest for the next few days, at least.

So, I'm not dead. But apparently I am pretty sick. Mycoplasma pneumonia, or "walking pneumonia" is weird. Just got the confirmation about 45 minutes ago. Zithromax meds, some codeine cough supressant, inhalors and as much liquid and bed rest as possible, for at least the next 2 weeks. However, I can't do two weeks in bed (school exams, finals to prep, et cetera), so...I'll be walking around with it for a while. Nope, not officially dead, but pretty punky, to be sure. Just thought I'd update you (for those who care. For those who don't, meh, it's all good.) Happy Thanksgiving! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

I'm bringing my fork. 'Course, I'm not going anywhere, so I'll be making my famous stuffing and stuff my own self with it, along with tates and gravy. I'm still pretty sick, and I need the time to unwind. Going places, doing things, and cooking for lots of people is NOT what the Dr. ordered (i.e. as much bed rest as possible), so I'm going tp follow the Drs orders, and rest. With a textbook, but rest nonetheless. 5 DAYS of no place to be, nothing specific to do - I am one THANKFUL person today! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Does that mean you're leaving? Happy Thanksgiving!! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

I echo the Amen, Sister!!! While I do my best to acquire the holiday spirit before January 15, that's usually about when it shows up...and that's a little late for the rest of the world's liking. However, there's no reason to start Christmas in October...puts waaaaaaay too much pressure on me. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

MrGuy, you're outta line. Akarunway, I think you're pretty close, too. Someone is asking for help. If you have no ideas or suggestions to offer, perhaps not posting to her threat would've been a really, really good idea. To refrain from making assumtions about lifetstyle, judgments about same, and especially to base it on absolutely NO information shows your disdain and contempt for someone you don't even know. I certainly hope you are not ever in a position to ask for information from strangers. If perhaps you are, I most certainly hope your needs are met with far greater respect and helpfulness than you two have shown. (Akarunway, you have shown me sympathy and offered me help in the past...I'd like to think you would extend the same sort of courtesy and hand of friendship to someone else, too.) Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

I'm black, too? And I live in Africa? Man, the things you learn on this website!!! At least you were gentle. And yes, Tigra, apparently I've been laboring under some serious illusions since I was born. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Yeah, no kidding. I wonder where that decade went? I do hope it was spent in debauchery and "interesting" behavior. Dunno, though...since it's disappeared and all. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Hey, Dr...no problem. I was more concerned at the rather low temp readings than being sick. I've got a cold at least, no doubts or question. I just didn't understand the readings is all. I don't think it's anything like fibromyalgia; just the common cold or flu. Life will continue, undead or not. LOLOL! And yes, I've got good friends to entertain me - including one who's trying to teach me how to fart (as if I didn't already know...!!!). Only issue is that I have that giant test on Tuesday morning. But oh well...I've got to get it done, so it will get done. No worries, Karen. I know nothing really can be done, so I'll treat symptoms, get rest when I can, and get through this like I've gotten through other colds/flu - by complaining about it and getting on with life anyway! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

I'm not. No Thanksgiving for me this year...Dad's busy, and the man who we usually went to together died in March. But that's o.k., I'll make stuffing anyway, and stay home and study. I need the 5 days off I'll have in a row with the Thanksgiving holiday to rest up for finals... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

LOLing at Tigra and Gawain. Yeah, Max, I'm "un-dead"...Tigra's here with me, so at least I've got good company. Squeak, you're right; when one types as fast as I do, it becomes a reflex, rather than an intentional action...so I just might be dead anyway. Sigh. Well, it's a fullblown cold or flu. My bio professor was really cool and let me go without penalty from the lab work today; I took the test, and then went home rather than stay and do the work. So at least I got home and rested for a while before spending the last - 5ish?? - hours on Anatomy. I just have to make it through Wednesday afternoon...then I can sleep and rest and sleep and rest...it seems so far away, Wednesday afternoon does... And just in keeping with the topic of the thread, this morning I was in the 95.4 range. Tonight, I'm up at 99.6. So my body is trying to kill the illness, making the temp range fluctuate so it will not be habitable for the buggies that are making me sick. I hope it works - I hate being sick; and I hate cold/hot fluctuations even more. I still wish the medicos would weigh in, though...they might actually understand it rather than me guessing about homeostatis and whatnot.

WOW, my favorite Sparky has a birthday! Happy birthday, my friend. I hope you have many, many more, all surrounded by friends and love and filled with laughter! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Right. I'm a wimp because I'm sick. Lessee....I have a 4 hour class today, that I will attend and this class has an exam in it, as well. So I'll be studying for that exam this morning, attend class from noon until 4, go to the market and get some cold stuff, and then come home and start plowing through the material for the anatomy exam on Tuesday morning. Tomorrow, I will be studying for the anatomy exam, and leading a study group - with a cat to dissect - for 6 people. From 1-6 or 6:30. Then I'll come home and study additional musculature information until I collapse. Then on Monday, I have an appointment I can't miss at about 10 am. Once that's done, I'll be back burying my nose in the anatomy book again, making sure I know where every muscle - big, small, and middle - are. Then on Tuesday morning, I'll be up at 4 am, out the door at 6, at school in front of the lab by 7:30-7:45, and lead a study group of about 15 for pre-exam refresher for 2 hours. Then I'll take the exam, which is about 90 minutes long. And then I'll sit through the lecture post exam. I'll get out of there about, oh, say 1 pm. I'll come home, and study for the class I have on Tuesday night...and attend said class from 6-10 pm. Then I can get into bed and sleep as long as I need to. I just hope that this doesn't develop into bronchitis or pneumonia...'cause I just don't have the time (literally) for that. I have plans to get all my Christmas shopping done next Saturday, wrap on Sunday, boxed and into the mail on Monday. And then the schedule starts again, with another enormous exam set for the first week of December. And then finals start. Yeah, Jamile, I'm a wimp. Wimpy me...yeppers, me's a wimp. Perfect attendance and straight As...sure, I'm a wimp. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

No, this exam is the musculature of both cats and humans...nothing to do with colds, death (well, except the cats we've dissected are dead), and homeostatic body temperatures...that might be the next exam, but not this one. You'll get your hug, darlin. I promise. I hope I feel better soon too!! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

1969912, That's a great shot of the flying bengal!!! Thanks, it did indeed bring a smile to my face. Jeanne, I too am interested to hear what the medicos say. I suppose they're all out jumping (lucky them!!!), but maybe they can share something when they come back. I just wonder, you know, what a low body temp is for. I know that the body raises temps to combat infections, but what the low temp is for I'm not sure. I just took mine again, and am at about 95.6. Just sounds really low to me. And yes, I'm pretty darned cold, too. Sigh. Well, I have a Biology exam in a few hours, so I guess I'll study that and then go to class. Then I'll be opening up the Anatomy notes and text, and pounding that through my stuffy head until Tuesday morning. After that, I have a class to attend Tuesday night. So after all that, then they can bury me. In a bed with fluffy blankets and kitties surrounding me, for about 5 days. That's the current plan, at least. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Moving indeed does suck. However, you, and your girls, will be much happier. But it's over now, except for the unpacking!! Congratulations!!!! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

I've either got a really bad allergy attack (except I'm not allergic to anything at this time of year, generally) or I'm coming down with a bad, bad cold. So I took my temp, trying to determine if I'm sick or just having allergies. I have one of those new fangled digital thermometers, so I used that. I apparently am running a negative temperature. Three times in a row, I've had readings of 96.something - difference only a little bit, maybe 2 tenths or so. I generally run low (97.8 or so, nothing too terribly weird, just a bit lower than average), but not that low...that's like, dead-low. If it hadn't changed from 96.5 to 96.8, I'd be thinking it was something wrong with my thermometer. I took it under my armpit, too, just to see if it could read differently. Under my arm is just about 97.5, low but much closer to my normal normal. Then I did it under my breasts (the hottest place on my body), and it came out at about 98.6. So it's not the thermometer. So, to all the medical people, am I dead? I don't feel dead, just really bad. But with a negative body temp like that, I'm apparently dead. Or if not dead, pretty damned cold. (in fact, I'm sitting in my heavy robe, jammies underneath, and still am tucking my feet under me because I'm cold...). So...anyone have any advice to either quell this damned cold as fast as possible (I have a midterm Anatomy exam on Tuesday, and I am hoping I'll make it through...), and/or any thoughts on the really low body temp? Thanks in advance. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

I got mine... Honda S2000 convertible.... And I love it. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

There was a case - can't remember where/who - but a guy got away with murder (jury found him not guilty). However, a bit later, someone found some new evidence, and they tried him on perjury, civil rights violations, and something else (can't recall, again). Can any of our legal eagles here shed some light on if this is possible? I know they tried the officers in the Rodney King fiasco a second time, but it was government on goverment officials, so I'm not sure if it can apply here. It would be interesting to see if this could be done...he did it, he was found not guilty, and now he's confessing (any shrink will tell you this is a confession, similar to Bundy's "confessions" to Keppel just prior to Bundy's electocution...almost, in fact, identical). Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

That's the primary reason I don't think they hate each other, or are doing anything other than kitty play when they "fight". If they really hated each other, they'd not do that. So again, you're just dealing with two kittens, one 2 1/2 months and one who is 4 months. There is going to be tons of play, and lots of fun time for them (which can scare us, because we don't understand how they play). They're doing really well, and I'm pretty pleased for you. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Perfectly said. Lisa, they're babies. Babies will run, attack, leap, fall, scream, fight, wrestle, explore and climb. It's part of what they do, and how they learn survival skills. I promise. Those squeaks? Nothing to worry about. You'll know the sound you need to worry about when you hear it...it is a totally different sound than what you're hearing now. It's a yowl/growl/scream, and you will not mistake it for anything but what it is. They will attack each other from behind and above. They will leap from chairs onto each other. They will pounce onto each other, the one on the bottom immediately laying down and rolling onto her back so she can use all 4 paws. They will scrabble, wrestle, wrangle, play tag, chase invisible friends, lurk-and-pounce, and all sorts of other games. And this is NORMAL. Go look at some video on youtube or something like that, and you'll get an idea of what a real cat fight is (and no, I don't mean the women). Hang in there, it's normal. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Good luck, and massive vibes from the west coast!! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Yes, I believe in life after death, and that perhaps communication is possible. Further, I've had enough experiences to validate - for me - that this belief is not unfounded. While I thought the movie was silly, the premise is real. There is lots of EVP out there for people to investigate, some quite convincing. While I'm no physicist and no one will ever accuse me of being the sharpest tool in the shed, I do think that perhaps this is communication...but I haven't tried it for myself. I don't think I'd do the graveyard thing, though, if I ever did decide to try and see what I could find out for myself. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~