A Black Hole of Happiness - Page 283

ltl/fb · 07-26-2007, 06:01 PM

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Originally posted by Anne Elk
Oscar is going to NY?

Kitty!

sebastian_dangerfield · 07-26-2007, 06:04 PM

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Originally posted by Anne Elk
Oscar is going to NY?

That's a creepy story. But a really adorable cat. Perfect face on that animal.

sebastian_dangerfield · 07-26-2007, 06:06 PM

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Originally posted by ih8dalaw
Yes, yes, I hear you. The lack of an afterlife is what fuels my lack of any moral center. Why bother? At this point I just want to destroy the careers of my enemies, steal their books and reap the profits and sex their women. Like Trump but with better hair.

eksnep!

ih8dalaw · 07-26-2007, 06:10 PM

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Originally posted by patentparanyc
One of the questions bnb asked me the other day is why I stick around. One of the answers I gave my good friend by email was that I want to leave on my own terms and not be forced out a la purse junkie or paigow--maybe my stubborn streak? she replied at what point is that more important than your own self-preservation and self esteem and is it a form of control if you "insist" on not giving in just for the sake of not giving in? she had a very valid point. obviously I didn't really truly listen since I'm here but I at least agreed to compartmentalize and try my best not to engage in that type of senseless bickering it is draining. but it is food for thought

good goal to go out on your terms. I worry if I will make before they fully destroy me first. it's a frickin dog eat dog world in law and all over the shit table scraps that the real power brokers toss at us. I need more than xanax at this point.

patentparanyc · 07-26-2007, 06:13 PM

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Originally posted by ih8dalaw
good goal to go out on your terms. I worry if I will make before they fully destroy me first. it's a frickin dog eat dog world in law and all over the shit table scraps that the real power brokers toss at us. I need more than xanax at this point.

I hate to sound trite but what about a hedge fund or investment bank if that is the area of law you do? that seems to be the epicenter of money right now.

I'm the last to advise anyone----but based on what i've seen I've seen a revolving door of associates go into various situations at varying levels of happiness.

ih8dalaw · 07-26-2007, 06:14 PM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
eksnep!

Huh?

Hank Chinaski · 07-26-2007, 06:31 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
I almost specifically addressed that. It's not you and him. I like Mr. Man.

I haven't said fuck all about her in years, yet she keeps saying crap like that. Is it ironic or stupid that she shows she is unjustifiably angry to make the point thst she is not your unjustifiably angry friend?

Tyrone Slothrop · 07-26-2007, 06:41 PM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Fuck doctors. They've turned a bunch of my friends to zombies. You want the lows - otherwise you can't enjoy the highs.

Happily enough, I have no experience with depression or the doctors that appear with it. I just thought that maybe the poor romantic pair was a symptom, not the cause.

eta: Married for seven years is a little different.

ltl/fb · 07-26-2007, 06:50 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Happily enough, I have no experience with depression or the doctors that appear with it. I just thought that maybe the poor romantic pair was a symptom, not the cause.

I think it may be a symptom of some stuff, and has now become the cause of other things. It's like a self-perpetuating thing, or whatever.

I am fine with, and in fact on the whole happy with, doctors who treat depression, and sebby may go suck it. But then, maybe he would have liked me better the other way. Hmmmm. I didn't.

So I was out with my successor from my old job Tues night and she is having problems with the two reports she has (who, obviously, used to report to me). They just emailed me saying that they were just commenting on how much they miss me (and am I available for lunch). Connection? How funny.

Yes, I am THAT AWESOME that all of them want to hang out with me me me me me. Or the prior workplace is fucked up and puts the wrong people in positions.

Oliver_Wendell_Ramone · 07-26-2007, 06:55 PM

Apparently, even the sheep are in on the "oral isn't sex" thing these days. I wonder if the 4H'ers explained Thurgreed's tips to the sheep.

patentparanyc · 07-26-2007, 07:01 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
I think it may be a symptom of some stuff, and has now become the cause of other things. It's like a self-perpetuating thing, or whatever.

I am fine with, and in fact on the whole happy with, doctors who treat depression, and sebby may go suck it. But then, maybe he would have liked me better the other way. Hmmmm. I didn't.

So I was out with my successor from my old job Tues night and she is having problems with the two reports she has (who, obviously, used to report to me). They just emailed me saying that they were just commenting on how much they miss me (and am I available for lunch). Connection? How funny.

Yes, I am THAT AWESOME that all of them want to hang out with me me me me me. Or the prior workplace is fucked up and puts the wrong people in positions.

I totally see that as credible, that you were a better boss and they connected better w/you and can't relate as well to her....and that both sides however, both connected with you and seek from you advice.

go fringey!

Tyrone Slothrop · 07-26-2007, 07:04 PM

patentparanyc · 07-26-2007, 07:06 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop

fark. sometimes, I'm glad I move my 401K in and out of cash. yikes

Hank Chinaski · 07-26-2007, 07:14 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
So, a friend of mine is really deeply angry, like all the time, lately and honestly I think the root root root basic down-deep cause is that her romantic partner is an ass and an albatross around her neck and a jerk. It's distressing being around her because she's just angry at the world, particularly at any kind of authority figure. I totally can't tell her what I think, can I? I think she is aware that I don't particularly like him.

ETA I thought you, Mr. Formerly Permanently Angry, might have insight.

someone needs to quote this, because fringey put me on ignore and no one else answered her actual question.

If she is a long term frined you can tell her she seems pissed off all the time, and that isn't like her, and ask if there is some problem. she may tell you it's hubbie, or she may not tell you anything, or she may tell you it's something else. if it is hubbie I think you need to be careful bringing up any "dump him" advice. that is a friend loser. but you can agree and counsel her when she complains about him.

ltl/fb · 07-26-2007, 07:16 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
someone needs to quote this, because fringey put me on ignore and no one else answered her actual question.

If she is a long term frined you can tell her she seems pissed off all the time, and that isn't like her, and ask if there is some problem. she may tell you it's hubbie, or she may not tell you anything, or she may tell you it's something else. if it is hubbie I think you need to be careful bringing up any "dump him" advice. that is a friend loser. but you can agree and counsel her when she complains about him.

She is aware that she is angry all the time, and she is seeing a therapist as of a couple weeks ago. She has discussed the anger thing with me but attributes it to things that make no sense (to me) and she complains about/is angry about things that are not, to me, rational things to get that bent out of shape about -- which I have ventured, mildly, but that does NOT go over well.