The Bitch Thread

[tealsphynx]

I am feeling on the downward slide of my depression today. Nothing in particular to complain about, and that makes it even harder. Well, nothing recent. I am having flashbacks and such currently, and dealing with them as they come.

So I try to compensate by looking for *good things* to occupy myself with, and so far, I'm failing miserably.

Sometimes, just feels like I am falling and will never find that place where I actually crash... just keep slipping ... away. *sigh* Too bad I don't simply disappear.

Anyways, like that makes any kind of sense...

Take care.

That makes alot of sense to me. I still battle with my postpartumn from time to time (apperently you're not safe until about 2years after the baby's born). It stays in check as long as I keep active. Four months of travelling and then a 2 week hotel stay with nothing to do really made it hit hard. Slipping and never crashing really fits the way it feels. :hugs: Hope you feel better soon

 

[Master_of_Pupets]

I would like to bitch about myself but im not sure how to start. I dont hate myself in a destructive kinda way, just my mind is playing tricks on myself and i want it to stop.

That and i really hate some of the dumb customers at the plac i work, how stupid do you have to be to not be able to read bold print?

 

[Sprinkles22]

This is a non-Lit Bitch ... but I need to vent for a moment ~

Today is the day when being the boss in a medical practice SUCKS. We were on the road, with our kids, heading to Six Flags (which is a 4 hour drive, btw) when we get an emergency call from one of our patients.

Fuck!!! How in the hell did his halo come loose??? THAT is not a situation we can ignore ... THAT is a serious issue. So now, here I sit at my desk on a Saturday, when I should be halfway to Atlanta by now.

Grrrrrrrrr ..... Murphy and his Law absolutely HATE me

(yes, we're still going to Six Flags ... just leaving much later than planned today ... wouldn't be too much of a problem except I have OCD, and when my schedule gets fucked, my temper does too)

 

[saw_man1]

This is a non-Lit Bitch ... but I need to vent for a moment ~

Today is the day when being the boss in a medical practice SUCKS. We were on the road, with our kids, heading to Six Flags (which is a 4 hour drive, btw) when we get an emergency call from one of our patients.

That does suck.

I was going to bitch about being rejected by bats but never mind.

 

[A Desert Rose]

I'll say it again... ever since I got this juvenile myspace page, at my kids' request, I've gotten nothing but stupid sex shit in my junk box at hotmail. Makes me wonder... if I'm getting it and I'm a big girl, what do kids get? sigh... I think myspace is not a space to be in, for kids especially.

My kids are young adults (college grads) and this is not a big deal as far as they are concerned. But lots of young teenagers are using this thing. What kind of shit is ending up in their mail?

 

[Ebonyfire]

I'll say it again... ever since I got this juvenile myspace page, at my kids' request, I've gotten nothing but stupid sex shit in my junk box at hotmail. Makes me wonder... if I'm getting it and I'm a big girl, what do kids get? sigh... I think myspace is not a space to be in, for kids especially.

My kids are young adults (college grads) and this is not a big deal as far as they are concerned. But lots of young teenagers are using this thing. What kind of shit is ending up in their mail?

The last couple of exposes I have seen about child predators, the guys met the girls through myspace. Parents definitely have to be vigilant.

Eb

 

[A Desert Rose]

The last couple of exposes I have seen about child predators, the guys met the girls through myspace. Parents definitely have to be vigilant.

Eb

Yea and unfortunately, so many are not paying close attention.

That little girl who took off for Jordan or wherever to meet some guy from myspace... amazing. She gets halfway around the world before her parents know she's anywhere. But they believed her story about going on a trip with friends, I guess...

 

[Ebonyfire]

Yea and unfortunately, so many are not paying close attention.

That little girl who took off for Jordan or wherever to meet some guy from myspace... amazing. She gets halfway around the world before her parents know she's anywhere. But they believed her story about going on a trip with friends, I guess...

I have always felt lucky my girls made it to adulthood. Of course I did take one piece of advice seriously. I put the computer in the living room and not in the bedroom. I am also the computer geek in the family not the girls, so I could track them anytime I wanted to. That allowed me to catch them in some behavior I could nip in the bud.

Eb

 

[FurryFury]

I seriously don't understand people being so clueless about their kids.

Kids being stupid I totally get after all I was a kid once myself.

Fury

 

[tealsphynx]

My mom believed in being protective when it came to my sister and I. For a long time we weren't allowed to go on the computer without asking, we had a shared email account that was for us and our mom had the password. Then when we got individual emails she still had our passwords so she could keep an eye on us. That and my dad was a huge computer nerd and was really good at keeping tabs on our internet searchings (which for a long time were limited to school research only and sometimes mom even sat there at the computer with us). Once we hit about 16 they began to lighten up the internet rules, but it was mostly based on the honor system (and dad always searched the computer to keep us honest). I look at it like this: I don't think it's a good idea to go to a theme park and just let kids run wild without rules, so why should they be allowed to have full open reign of the internet. It reminds me of one of the anti-smoking campaign ads that shows a teenage girl yelling at her parents to stay out of her social life and quit bugging her about the details of her social habits, but then she says something along the lines of " I need my parents there to protect me and guide me to make the right choices." That's what parents are supposed to do IMO

This is OT from the kids and computers issue. The Skin Cancer Association guys reccomend wearing sunblock of spf 15 or higher everyday to protect from cancer and premature aging. Seeing as I like the young look of my skin I try to wear sunscreen everyday that I know I'll be leaving the house.. I use Copertone Faces spf 30...we went out and it rained, no, more like it dumped bucket after bucket onto our little corner of Texas. My sunblock ran into my eyes and it buuuuuurrrnnns!!!

 

[SpectreT]

This is an erotica bitch - Stories written in the second person should come with a warning label that will allow me to steer clear of the things; I can't even begin to brush the surface of how much those things piss me off; the best of them is unreadable tripe to me, and to waste even the few seconds it takes to identify the damn things is too much time wasted on them.

 

[FurryFury]

This is an erotica bitch - Stories written in the second person should come with a warning label that will allow me to steer clear of the things; I can't even begin to brush the surface of how much those things piss me off; the best of them is unreadable tripe to me, and to waste even the few seconds it takes to identify the damn things is too much time wasted on them.

Ouch!

 

[shy slave]

This is an erotica bitch - Stories written in the second person should come with a warning label that will allow me to steer clear of the things; I can't even begin to brush the surface of how much those things piss me off; the best of them is unreadable tripe to me, and to waste even the few seconds it takes to identify the damn things is too much time wasted on them.

I am with you on this one.

Add in those stories that promise lots and deliver very little.
The worst being those that cover pages and pages that I have to skim read only to discover there are no 'good parts'

There should be a code for those stories which are written by people whose egos are bigger than their ability.
edit to add: I don't have any stories on Lit, my ability is lacking and I am damn sure I don't want that displayed on here

 

[SpectreT]

I am with you on this one.

Add in those stories that promise lots and deliver very little.
The worst being those that cover pages and pages that I have to skim read only to discover there are no 'good parts'

<snip>

I'm guilty of that one, I'm afraid. In my eagerness to get story posted, instead of finishing a first chapter, I posted it one page at a time, almost. Then I couldn't quite figure out where the hell I was going with it, so it wound up dying in media res. Which is why I haven't posted a story in longer than I was away from the boards. I don't want to repeat the mistakes I made with Tuesday, which I still get the occasional piece of fanmail for, asking me to finish the bloody thing. Next time I post a story, it'll be finished and self-contained. And it'll probably feature Rachael. I've got three of them that I'm tinkering with, one of which is a tangential semi-sequel to Tuesday.

 

[shy slave]

I'm guilty of that one, I'm afraid. In my eagerness to get story posted, instead of finishing a first chapter, I posted it one page at a time, almost. Then I couldn't quite figure out where the hell I was going with it, so it wound up dying in media res. Which is why I haven't posted a story in longer than I was away from the boards. I don't want to repeat the mistakes I made with Tuesday, which I still get the occasional piece of fanmail for, asking me to finish the bloody thing. Next time I post a story, it'll be finished and self-contained. And it'll probably feature Rachael. I've got three of them that I'm tinkering with, one of which is a tangential semi-sequel to Tuesday.

Now off to read Tuesday

 

[Ebonyfire]

I'm guilty of that one, I'm afraid. In my eagerness to get story posted, instead of finishing a first chapter, I posted it one page at a time, almost. Then I couldn't quite figure out where the hell I was going with it, so it wound up dying in media res. Which is why I haven't posted a story in longer than I was away from the boards. I don't want to repeat the mistakes I made with Tuesday, which I still get the occasional piece of fanmail for, asking me to finish the bloody thing. Next time I post a story, it'll be finished and self-contained. And it'll probably feature Rachael. I've got three of them that I'm tinkering with, one of which is a tangential semi-sequel to Tuesday.

Shame on you! Hot coals in the place where you've sinned!

Eb

 

[brioche]

The Skin Cancer Association guys reccomend wearing sunblock of spf 15 or higher everyday to protect from cancer and premature aging. Seeing as I like the young look of my skin I try to wear sunscreen everyday that I know I'll be leaving the house.. I use Copertone Faces spf 30...we went out and it rained, no, more like it dumped bucket after bucket onto our little corner of Texas. My sunblock ran into my eyes and it buuuuuurrrnnns!!!

This can be quite a problem. I just got off the highway when my sweatproof waterproof rubproof sunblock got into my eyes. The Neutrogena people then had the nerve to tell me it was my fault, that I must not have washed my hands and then rubbed my finger into my eyes. I told them that I had certainly washed my hands after application and since I had been speeding down the highway for almost an hour not 5 minutes before THE BLINDING PAIN set into my eye, they should be grateful that they were dealing with my complaint and not a fucking lawsuit. Even off the highway I almost crashed the car. Their tone changed after that.
However, be careful of rubbing your skin and then your eyes, as it is a vector, rubproof or no. The problem nowadays is that because it's harder to rub/sweat off, it's harder to get out of the eye too. After calls to both my doctor's office and the Poison Control Centre, the wisdom I was given was this: bathe your eye in fresh running, cool water for fifteen minutes. If it still hurts, bathe it for another fifteen. Expect your eye to be irritated by this treatment, but if your eye does not start to settle down by half an hour after you have finished bathing it, go the the ER. Bring the sunblock with you if you can.
Luckily the bathing worked for me.

 

[saw_man1]

Darn

I can't think of anything to bitch about this morning! Rats.

 

[shy slave]

I can't think of anything to bitch about this morning! Rats.

Oh Oh you are in danger of having a good day.

Quick think of a bitch before its too late

 

[chris9]

On sunscreen: I've read somewhere that it's no use using the 30 SPF, because there are WAY too many chemicals in there. I believe it was actually advice in a parents magazine.

I will be trying some sunscreen that's no cream but sort of minerals. It stays on top of the skin, makes it a little whiter and thus blocks the sun. At least that's what I heard. I'll find out how well it works once I'm in the sun longer than while at home.

 

[brioche]

On sunscreen: I've read somewhere that it's no use using the 30 SPF, because there are WAY too many chemicals in there. I believe it was actually advice in a parents magazine.

I will be trying some sunscreen that's no cream but sort of minerals. It stays on top of the skin, makes it a little whiter and thus blocks the sun. At least that's what I heard. I'll find out how well it works once I'm in the sun longer than while at home.

If I use 30 SPF I burn. I use 45 to 50. I have been known to use 60 sometimes, but that's usually if I'm going to be in direct sunlight for more than 7 hours. Maybe there's too many chemicals for kids? Because 30 is enough for me during the year - I use a facial sunscreen daily with SPF 25 - but in the summer it just doesn't cut it. I do have very pale skin though.

The mineral block does work, but you have to make sure it stays on and is not rubbed or sweated off. Some people find it too heavy - I can't use it on my face because it blocks my pores and they react to it. YMMV. I can say it does work if you don't mind how it feels and it stays on.

 

[brioche]

I know this is a little bitch, but...

I went to the dietitian today and now she's putting me on a low-sodium diet despite the fact I have LOW blood pressure and I have to eat a fruit AND a vegetable with every single meal. I know I eat a lot of salt but I seriously drink 10-12 glasses of water a day so it should be all flushed out - now there's a lot of foods I can't eat.
I love pickles and popcorn, for example. And I eat popcorn instead of potato chips...not that I want chips anymore...
She decided I am sensitive to salt based on faulty information and wouldn't listen to me. I tried to explain to her that I retain water when I take anti-inflammatories, but she told me I was wrong (we were discussing a weight gain I had last week after going to Canada's Wonderland, where I ate a sub and a footlong hot dog, and a fruit ice. All day) and that the weight gain was not from all the Advil I had taken, but from the sodium. She didn't even knoiw what I had to eat. Grrrr.

Plus this fruit AND vegateble this sucks. I mean, they're important, sure, but EVERY TIME? I can have berries with the cereal I HAVE TO HAVE at least once a day now (for the iron), sure, but what kind of vegetable am I going to want?

 

[Ebonyfire]

It is too damn hot!

Eb

 

[tealsphynx]

This can be quite a problem. I just got off the highway when my sweatproof waterproof rubproof sunblock got into my eyes. The Neutrogena people then had the nerve to tell me it was my fault, that I must not have washed my hands and then rubbed my finger into my eyes. I told them that I had certainly washed my hands after application and since I had been speeding down the highway for almost an hour not 5 minutes before THE BLINDING PAIN set into my eye, they should be grateful that they were dealing with my complaint and not a fucking lawsuit. Even off the highway I almost crashed the car. Their tone changed after that.
However, be careful of rubbing your skin and then your eyes, as it is a vector, rubproof or no. The problem nowadays is that because it's harder to rub/sweat off, it's harder to get out of the eye too. After calls to both my doctor's office and the Poison Control Centre, the wisdom I was given was this: bathe your eye in fresh running, cool water for fifteen minutes. If it still hurts, bathe it for another fifteen. Expect your eye to be irritated by this treatment, but if your eye does not start to settle down by half an hour after you have finished bathing it, go the the ER. Bring the sunblock with you if you can.
Luckily the bathing worked for me.

I didn't rub it, it just ran down when I sweat. I can't use alot of sunblocks on my face because they sting anyway, but the copertone faces is fine when I'm not sweating it into my eyes.

 

[tealsphynx]

I know this is a little bitch, but...

I went to the dietitian today and now she's putting me on a low-sodium diet despite the fact I have LOW blood pressure and I have to eat a fruit AND a vegetable with every single meal. I know I eat a lot of salt but I seriously drink 10-12 glasses of water a day so it should be all flushed out - now there's a lot of foods I can't eat.
I love pickles and popcorn, for example. And I eat popcorn instead of potato chips...not that I want chips anymore...
She decided I am sensitive to salt based on faulty information and wouldn't listen to me. I tried to explain to her that I retain water when I take anti-inflammatories, but she told me I was wrong (we were discussing a weight gain I had last week after going to Canada's Wonderland, where I ate a sub and a footlong hot dog, and a fruit ice. All day) and that the weight gain was not from all the Advil I had taken, but from the sodium. She didn't even knoiw what I had to eat. Grrrr.

Plus this fruit AND vegateble this sucks. I mean, they're important, sure, but EVERY TIME? I can have berries with the cereal I HAVE TO HAVE at least once a day now (for the iron), sure, but what kind of vegetable am I going to want?

NSAIDs can cause retention issues. My Aunt races bicycle's and she took Ibuprofin durring one race and almost shut down her kidneys permanently. My mom had issues with ibuprofin as an anti-inflamatory therapy for her fibromialgia...also a kidney issue. Sometimes Dr.'s suck when they won't listen. I was just talking to a friend who was treated for a UTI when she was really having frequent urination and pain from being pregnant. I've got a whole long list of Dr. related Ooopses on diagnosis. What about eating popcorn without salt? I know, it's like drinking Kool-aid without the sugar.