Best posts made by Catsmeow

These were not pink nor monster ranchers --- it was a penguin!!!

I couldn't eat them too cute, but OMG where were you and how did you get them and OMG. There is much OMG in my world right now.

I feel like people here know more of the story on the jump on the person-ness going on. However, I would like to remind people that sometimes staffers are DICKS. We've run into them. We know they exist. So maybe this person is dealing with one of those.

So what do you do? You log any and all conversation. You deal in jobs and @mail. You tell them that you aren't really comfortable dealing with them without time to process what is being said and time to process your response. NEVER respond in a knee jerk fashion.

Really though, if you have an issue with a staff person it is best to leave the sphere of their influence. I mean you can ask if they are willing to talk it out with another neutral party to figure it out. That would be an adult thing to do, but if it's already at 'winning' or about who is right and who is wrong; at least one side is probably not wanting to sit down to do so.

Then you ask yourself. What are you getting from this game? If it's stress. Leave. Maybe go to another game.

TL;DR - It's hard to give specific advice to vague inquiries.

Convincing my adult sister that our first ever tattoos should be a sister tattoo. Also that it will be a symbol to combat depression, etc.

I like to go to the movies because I like the big screen (which I don't have). I also sort of enjoy hearing other's reactions to pivotal points of the movie. I guess to a lesser extent, it's the same reason I MU*. I want a shared storytelling experience.

I have struggled for YEARS on how to lose weight and more importantly how to do it in a healthy manner. I've starved myself and lost a lot. I have restricted. I have over-exercised. This time around I'm seven weeks in and I'm doing it by not beating myself up over it.

If I eat too many calories, instead of thinking what a pig I am. I realize that I will just make better choices after and then try to figure out WHY I splurged. Was it to an emotional thing? Was I bored? Have I not been eating enough through the day and felt deprived? If I don't exercise that day, I remind myself that my body needs a break instead of telling myself how horrible of a failure I am. We negative self-talk ourselves all the time. That is the real problem in my book.

Look at this conversation for example. @Thenomain is already putting himself and his choices in a negative light by saying he should and doesn't, etc. Or by saying he's spent X hours doing X thing and should be doing... we really need to eliminate 'should'. He enjoys gaming, there is nothing wrong with that. We need to work on changing our self talk. Like we say things to ourselves we would never say to a friend or a stranger.

Find a thing you like to do and then focus on the activity and not on it as a weight loss tool. If you like to bike, go bike. Enjoy the beauty around. If you like photography, go bike ride to a place and walk around and take pictures. You need to enjoy how your time is spent. I mean I'm just giving an arm chair opinion here, so it could all be bunk.

I walk 2-6 miles a night with my sister. We have been out of touch almost my entire adult life. We are now living together. We walk slow (18-20 minute miles) and we just sort of catch up on our day. What was funny? What was crazy? What made us mad? It's something we both enjoy and gives us time to get back to the relationship we had. That's my only exercise. I'm more mindful of what I am eating, but hey, I just ate a bowl of chips if I'm honest here. I don't feel bad about it. It was totally worth the calories to me.

As a positive -- I am officially down 20 pounds since May 8th. Woot. I still have a ways to go, but I find my thoughts are shifting and that's the real ability to do it. Also, accountability. I know my sister is waiting to go walk with me and she gives me crap (nicely) if I bail out or try to bail out on her. So @thenomain - find someone to check in with. You want to text me (I don't mean that in a creepy way), I'll set up a time to check in with you if you want.

TL;DR - It's more about shifting your self-talk and your mindset. Also, woot this is working, albeit slowly.

@Meg

You could be MegKitty. You know you want to hang with us.
On Wednesdays we wear pink.

Are we really doing bad jokes now? Tsk.

What do you get when you cross a dyslexic, an insomniac, and an agnostic?

Someone who lays awake at night wondering if there is a dog.

@Ganymede

Hahaha. I read that and was like -- Oh! He's just trying to get her to put out. I'm glad I wasn't the only one that went there.

As to the situation, if you are friends with people; you should be able to be honest with them.

I probably would have been less tactful. If the person asked with Sad Eyes Girl, I would probably have responded:

Dude, don't put me on the spot like that. It's not cool. You know that we had plans and you said driving her somewhere because she doesn't have a car was going to be a short errand. I mean I get you are friends and all, but I took off from work to hang with just us. So, no it's not really okay with me.

toes ground

This might be why I haven't made new friends.

Everything is better with googly eyes?

... crotch goblin....

Socks that come right out of the dryer when my feet are cold.

George Michael

Fuck you, 2016. I'm going to wear a leather jacket and go lean against a jukebox somewhere now.

We'll just make you a board on 'Shout out' for the right person. Just go put your ad there. I mean what bad thing could happen?

I have a sad at this. It's the same kind of sad when you hear about people that have been married for a long time and one dies. Then the next day, the other one does too. There is something to dying of a broken heart.

Why is it that 2016 is taking people I like and leaving people I do not? I have a list 2016. Take them.

While not in DC, my city gathered 15,000 women with signs for the protest.

Also, some of the Southwest flights changed their cabin lights pink.

@Auspice

Yes.

There have been times in my life (and now might be one too) where I'm just tired. I'm over it. I don't want to go and deal with one more bad doctor visit. It gets emotionally draining. So then either I ignore it, self-help it, etc.

But yes, Dear, I understand and I'm sorry you are dealing with that.

@ThugHeaven said in RL Anger:

Those pictograph like instructions had us looking at one direction for like 20 minutes, trying to figure out which one not to do, because the X was so faded you had to hold it up to the light to see it.

IKEA - The karma sutra of the building world. Sure, it sounds good at the time until you both have your heads sideways looking at the picture and wondering if your insurance will cover this accident.

My friend passed away from her fight with cancer this morning.

Fuck cancer.

NO! @Julia-Cornelia NO!

You leave this thread and go troll the others.

I banish the with the power of NO.