@Auspice said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
I will say, in her defense, as someone with thyroid issues: getting a doctor to agree if the levels are out of whack or not is a pain in the fucking ass.
First, she's a physician's assistant, so she sees a doctor every day.
Second, despite seeing a doctor every day, she hasn't bothered to at least check.
I'd be less irritated if she actually checked and got fed bad information.
Don't get me wrong, I love my partner.
She's kind, good-humored, and intelligent. She genuinely loves our children, and goes out of her way for them constantly, to the point where I have to harp on her for being so damn forgiving to the little monsters. Want to know how to make spoiled children? Do what they ask.
But, for fuck's sake, woman, the baseline for any relationship is taking care of yourself.
This is kind of important. You see, she is missing organs -- thyroid, uterus, an ovary, soul (former lawyer) -- and, as such, her body doesn't regulate itself very well. She's on a number of vitamin and mineral supplements to go along with the synthroid, all of which combines to keep her important ion levels (K, Ca, etc.) just so. This also means that she should be checking these levels constantly, and essentially be drinking nothing but fucking Gatorade or Pedialyte all day.
Last night, she had two minor cardiac episodes due to a drastic potassium deficiency.
Like, come on. Bitch, please, you ain't allowed to die until the kids are in college. I wouldn't be half as irritated if I weren't constantly pressing on her to eat better (she still eats like she's in college, which is to say she misses out on meals constantly), or exercising some (not that she's fat or overweight, but she's definitely not healthy), or am actively taking steps to make sure that I'm alive over the next dozen years (because, to be frank, I want to die most of the time because I feel that life is that good).
So, I'm probably the selfish git who is upset because she landed herself in the hospital.
But, I don't think so. The fuck I am. The least that anyone could do for their loving partner is to fucking take care of themselves when they know they have a health issue. Inside, I am beyond pissed at her because I saw it coming and I've been telling her for months to get her levels checked, but I'm not the health professional in the family; I'm just Chinese, which makes me one by proxy and destiny.
Da fuq.
Oh, and school sent both our kids home today because they "didn't seem to be feeling well." Fuck you, bitch, if they aren't burning up, you let them die in a closet for all I care. (Boy was just fine, just a bit cranky; girl has major allergies that makes her hack and wheeze and be a grouch.) I realize it's a Catholic school, and God is good and all that bullshit, but I expect a school nurse to take a more scientific approach to determining whether you need to make me re-arrange my schedule thus pissing off my clients.
Oh, and I'm the unhealthy asshole because I drink and smoke.
I hope it works out, I truly do.
File a criminal complaint against the owner. Watch it get towed.
I'm not going to lie, but I'm in love with the women's division at AEW.
That Nyla Rose v. Riho v. Yuka Sakazaki match was baller.
My friends and family know better than to say these things to me.
My response to their darkness is black-on-black crime.
@Auspice said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
can offer sex, organizational skills, and cleaning.
These are all very good things to offer, but I get to deal with children and a spouse who simply have no concept of taking care of themselves.
Frankly, I'd probably prefer an annulment followed by finding someone with their own job, care, place of residence, and an occasional penchant for rough sex.
@Rinel said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
Did you learn nothing from Battlestar Galactica
I clearly learned nothing from Intolerable Cruelty, so I don’t understand your surprise.
Then maybe I did draft it? I did an awful lot of these back in the day.
To be fair, I didn't entirely create the Alucinor at Reno. I think that was more skew's doing or Derp's doing.
I did make the bloodline for a different game that, to my knowledge, never opened.
But, yes, try Echoes.
@Sarah said in Good MU with sense of progression:
Title says it all, just got done trying and really liked it but things there are a bit strict for me (i like to have a community, something which they actively discourage there from what i could gather, also no ooc chan to let the other person lnow if i'm having trouble with a newbie thing, ect.)
I did like the whole 'pick yourself up by the bootstraps and make something of yourself' aspect though, so if anyone has reccomendations for something like that just with more of an ooc presence, please let me know
Hi, Sarah.
I think we may need more information. What sort of game did you depart from? What are you looking for in a game, besides a sense of progression?
The MU-niverse is diverse.
So, bougie time.
I'm looking to set up a wireless mesh system in my new house. What's best? I hear that Google Nest Wifi is coming out in the middle of October, but should I wait? Is there a better system out there?
The attraction of Google Nest Wifi is that I have a Nest thermostat. I was looking at the Amazon system, and it looks pretty neat; it just picked up Eero. But the best rated systems are NetZero's and Linksys's systems. That said, there are reportedly issues with Nest working with other mesh systems.
Anyone have any opinions or suggestions?
Mindhunter is turning out to be a truly fascinating series.
And not just because Jonathan Groff is in it.
@RDC said in What Types of Games Would People Like To See?:
Unpopular opinion: Generic CofD 2e game where the defining feature is that staff just kind of stay out of your way and let you play the game without metaplot or too much staff-lead politics and stuff. >.>
It's a fair opinion to have, but I have not seen this work in practice for longer than a few months.
I think it takes a lot of time and skill to emote fighting without discussing it beforehand.
I have done it before. I do not know how the other player found it. Part of it is remembering to be responsive. What is the other person writing? What is their aim? Frankly, the better the partner, the better the experience at this level.
@Arkandel said in Spars and fights:
Is 'knowing how to fight iRL' - having some kind of background in martial arts, or even just watching MMA stuff on TV - an advantage to roleplaying such scenes?
Honestly, that’s like asking if knowing how to practice law makes roleplaying courtroom scenes easier.
Maybe, but that doesn’t make the subject matter any less boring.
Fuck, I’m also pretty good at going down on a girl, but I’m not sure if I’m any better at hot lesbian action than someone else.
So, maybe? But I really don’t fight and I like my fight scenes.
FWIW a bunch of my clients lost at trial (and face significant challenges in post-conviction) because of the testimony of mandated reporters.
I hate being a mandatory reporter.
Granted, I do have a psychology degree and an education degree, but you really don't want a lawyer evaluating whether someone is doing something bad or nefarious to their children, especially me.
Because I believe in the evil in everyone.
@Pacha said in L&L Options?:
I tried Marsilikos and found it hard to get into, though everyone I met was super nice. I might need to try again with a different character at some point.
Honestly, I think it's a matter of timing. There are a lot of GMT folks, so business hours EST have some activity. Evening EST and later is a little rarer.
@Carex said in What Types of Games Would People Like To See?:
Brings up a good point: Maybe in the future games should have zones like an MMO based on how much XP you have so all the dinosaurs are in their own special zoo doing their politics and sending orders to the people in the lower power zones?
It's not a bad idea, but it doesn't really make sense in the setting or practice. In Vampire, for example, elders don't leave neonates alone; they need to be put in their place constantly. But dinosaurs, in my opinion, aren't a problem in the hands of the right players.
You really need the right players. To get them, you have to attract them with something that they want. It's really that simple.
Reconnecting with a game with delightful players in the same timezone.
