Oh My God, WHATEVER, Etc.

[toomanyablefires]

jay said:

toomanyablefires said:

I have 2 days off and I really want to see Juno. I would much rather go by myself, but I should probably invite a friend. I have become an utter hermit since the whole moving fiasco. I need to connect with people.

But that would involve picking up the phone. And talking. I love my friends, but I always seem drawn to people that have a lot of negative stuff going on, and use me as a bit of a sounding board. This gets so tiring.

Wow. TMI? Ah, who cares.

I can't stand people like that. I guess one benefit of having a b.s. customer service phone job is that you learn very quickly how to express disinterest in a subject of conversation and steer it towards a new one quickly.

Yeah, I've worked in customer service for a long time, so I've learned skills in that area- it just doesn't seem to spill over into my personal life! Although, I've never had a phone job. I'm sure it gives you a thicker skin, but I don't think I'd last long because the phone is evil as far as I'm concerned. When I had my dog grooming buisness, calling people to schedule appts was the worst part. I would literally make myself ill. In the summer time my mailbox would be full with messages. it was a nightmare.

I mean, I know what it's like and I don't blame people who are that way, but now that I've moved on from that phase of my life and have accepted that being so negative brings other people down, I can't be around them just the same.

I know what you mean. I actually really don't mind listening. But sometimes the one-sidedness of that sort of arrangement gets to be draining. It's weird. On one hand I wish I could get a word in edgewise, but on the other hand, sharing is much harder than listening as far as I'm concerned.

hehe. Social issues much?

[Hellfire]

my mother just got a new cell phone which comes with a Ladytron song as a ringtone. now when you call her, a song called Destroy Everything You Touch comes on. it's so cool.

[naomi]

hellfire said:

my mother just got a new cell phone which comes with a Ladytron song as a ringtone. now when you call her, a song called Destroy Everything You Touch comes on. it's so cool.

aaahh memories i've not heard ladytron in years.... everyone used to listen to 'seventeen' all the time when i was at school.

[Hellfire]

and let me guess, you were 17 at the time?

[naomi]

actually we were LOL. it was during that summer you have when you kind of grow up start hanging about with people twice your age that you really shouldn't and party way too much. glad its just a memory now but i guess its an experience.

[Hellfire]

weeks later: meanwhile, i've got dengue fever. for those who don't know, it's an epidemic that's been spreading in the city for months now (one new case per minute and has killed almost 50 people. i've got headaches, aches in my legs, high fever, i'm dehydrated and have livid red spots all over my arms, legs, neck, chest and back (so basically everywhere) that itch like fuck. according to wikipedia:

Dengue fever (IPA: /ˈdɛŋgeɪ/) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are acute febrile diseases, found in the tropics and Africa, with a geographical spread similar to malaria.[1] One major difference, however, is that malaria is often eradicated in major cities, whereas dengue is often found in urban areas of developed tropical nations, including Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, and Brazil. Caused by one of four closely related virus serotypes of the genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae, each serotype is sufficiently different that there is no cross-protection and epidemics caused by multiple serotypes (hyperendemicity) can occur. Dengue is transmitted to humans by the Aedes aegypti (rarely Aedes albopictus) mosquito, which feeds during the day.

This infectious disease is manifested by a sudden onset of fever, with severe headache, muscle and joint pains (myalgias and arthralgias—severe pain gives it the name break-bone fever or bonecrusher disease) and rashes. The dengue rash is characteristically bright red petechiae and usually appears first on the lower limbs and the chest; in some patients, it spreads to cover most of the body. There may also be gastritis with some combination of associated abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea.

thankfully i haven't had any vomit or diarrhea, but you guys know, if you don't hear from me for longer than a couple days, it's cuz i'm dead. ta!!!

[Aims]

Holy fuck, Paulo! I hope you get better soon, that sounds scary and nasty :\

[naomi]

god it does i hope you're better soon, that sounds pretty nasty.

[matzy]

hope you get better soon, paulo. a friend of mine had dengue fever a year ago, and so i have a slight idea how horrible that thing is. get well soon!

(and i'm getting scared now because i'm moving to one of the red zones on the map... )

[Hellfire]

where, Thailand? pack a lot of mosquito repellent.

[matzy]

nah, indonesia. wrote you an e-mail, btw.

on a different note:

is anyone still in need of a "scarlet's walk" limited edition? apparently here in lisbon (i'm on vacation, yay!) they still have tons.

[Hellfire]

well now you're not in lisbon anymore. crap.

[Natasha~]

ya, dammit! I need one too
xo

[matzy]

lol, i got one spare copy... ;-)

[Hellfire]

haha now Natasha and I have to battle it out! meanwhile, Rufus has to go, time for a new signature. do Cate! or feet! or oooooh Cate's feet!

[matzy]

nah, i'm way too obsessed with rufus to let go of him yet. love him and all his about 100 songs i have on repeat on my ipod. so, he stays.

:-)

as for the scarlet's walk limited edition, you'll indeed have to battle it out. *g*

[Hellfire]

and in retarded news, today would've been the 100th birthday of Bette Davis. letting this day go by uncelebrated would be a crime. so to Bette (wherever she is), Aimee and myself, happy birthday to her.

[Aims]

^ hee hee @ that photo
ah yeah, good times..

[Hellfire]

we should bring that back, you know.

[Aims]

Yeah but we'd need something a bit different and I can't think of what that'd be.