Last night the IPB PandoPhone’s red light blinked cheerily. It seems we had a new message! A message from an IPB reader and harbinger of Pando goodness, one Cammy from New Jersey. Eagle-eyed Cammy discovered a special event had gone down recently in Boston that we must hear about. A special event involving Pando. A special event involving Pando and a bowling ball. Dude.
All of the pictures in this post came from the marginally-functional website for Noah Welch’s Hock, Rock & Roll
Dude! It seems Noah Welch organized a fun-filled bowling adventure to benefit Make-A-Wish (good on you, Noah!) and invited Boston’s hippest, hottest celebrity. Tom Brady was out of town, though, so Pando stepped in to fill his shoes. Cammy gave us a heads up that the website for the event — Noah Welch’s Hock, Rock & Roll — contained some pretty kick-ass pictures of PandoNation’s beloved (and feared) emperor-god.
Just being in the presence of PandoNation’s emperor/god made the woman on crutches able to walk.
Also, for the Devils fans out there, the one and only Mike “Pahk the Car in Hahvahd Yahd” Mottau was also in attendance.
No matter how many times he said he could prove it, none of these kids believed that Mottau is actually an NHLer.
There are only two words in the entire English language that we could think up to properly respond to Cammy’s incredible find: “wicked” and “awesome”.
PandoNation is swooning at the sight of those hairy arms!
It got us thinking, though, of what would happen if the entire Devils squad took a trip to local lanes. We suspect it would go a little something like this.
David Clarkson would be DQ’ed on every attempt for stepping over the line while attempting a wrap-around.
John Madden would score all 0′s because he would refuse to accept that simply glaring at the pins doesn’t make them fall down.
Paul Martin would make a bee-line for the snack machine and then head out back behind the building for some quality chillaxing time with his wacky tobaccky.
Patrik Elias would throw gutter balls on every toss, and then roll his eyes to the heavens in an exaggerated head-toss.
Johnny Oduya would get tossed out for breaking the floor after dropping his ball too often.
Brian Gionta would bowl a great first frame, but would then take such a nose dive the lane manager would insist on bringing in the lane bumpers.
Zach Parise would miss his turns because he was following Coach Sutter around offering to polish Sutter’s shoes, get a newer, better bowling ball, or picking up some fresh pitchers of beer.
Marty Brodeur would not be able to release the ball due to excessively sticky-fingers from his lane-side snacking on honeyed dormice.
Awwww, Pando’s such a lovable dork.
Awwww, Pando’s such a lovable dork.
Isn’t he, though? And a hairy one, too. I first saw that one of his forearms at about four times the size it is here, and it was stunning. He’s resplendently pelted.
Well, it’s no wonder he fell in love with a raccoon.
And no wonder she fell in love with him!
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She lived in a dumpster behind the bowling alley.
AAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAAHAHAH! I would KILL to have photos of the Sabres bowling.
He’s resplendently pelted.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: That’s about the highest compliment I can imagine paying to a man.
What great shirts they’re wearing! They’re cool/anti-cool.
Wow, my day kinda sucked from the moment I woke up, buy Pando’s hairy arms have definitely improved my outlook. Awesome!
Aww, Pando!
I would KILL to have photos of the Sabres bowling.
Someone should send a memo to Lindy to bring along a camera the next time he cancels practice and takes the team bowling.
What great shirts they’re wearing!
The best thing about the shirts is that Pando’s says “J. Pandolfo”. Hee hee!
Good morning, everyone!
Good morning, everyone! I wonder if Pando’s shirt says “J. Pandolfo” because “M. Pandolfo” was hoping he could come along, too?
Mags, Pando’s hairy arms are famous for their restorative abilities. It’s impossible to be having a bad day when they’re around. :P
I find it very puzzling that the Sabres don’t have bowling pictures, since they’re the ones who keep getting bowling parties thrown by their coach!
Pando’s so adorkably cute! I love it!
Brian Gionta would bowl a great first frame, but would then take such a nose dive the lane manager would insist on bringing in the lane bumpers.
I feel for Gio, man. That’s the worst, when you suck so badly at bowling that the manager pulls out those damn bumpers. And then all your friends laugh.
Not that I speak from personal experience or anything. Ahem.
I find it very puzzling that the Sabres don’t have bowling pictures, since they’re the ones who keep getting bowling parties thrown by their coach!
I know! We can see pictures of Staffy on the road with a band, but not of the guys going bowling. The hell?
HA! Caitlin, at least people cared enough to bring out the bumpers for you. :P
I am also an atrocious bowler. But there was a bowling alley at Oberlin, so my Freshman year I joined a bowling league with my friends. It was a league with handicapping, so the deal was that your handicap was set on the very first week. As it turned out, one of the guys in the league was really, really, really good, and he set the handicap bar at, like, 270, and I bowled a 30 that week. As did most of my friends on my team. Naturally, bowling every week for a semester means you’re going to get at least marginally better, so with the help of the handicapping system, we were in first place at the end of the semester, and faced off against the awesome guy’s team for the championship. And that week I bowled a 151, my all-time [and to this day] high score. It was awesome. And thanks to this guy being too dumb to tank the first week when he was setting everyone else’s handicaps, I bowled a 151 plus my 240 handicap, so we won the championship. WOOOO!!! I still have my bowling trophy somewhere. And that’s my story.
We can see pictures of Staffy on the road with a band, but not of the guys going bowling. The hell?
Maybe Lindy only lets fun pictures out of the guys he hates? :P
Not that I speak from personal experience or anything. Ahem.
Yeah, I have no idea what they’re talking about either ;)
Gah, more Pando needed to restore my day after the debacle that was sports orientation. Even if I never do that again it’ll be too soon!
Schnookie, you are made of (sneaky) win! :D
I still have my bowling trophy somewhere. And that’s my story.
EEE! Look at how cool you are – no really! That’s awesome. I can’t bowl to save my life. And how dumb is the guy that bowled a 240? Good job, genius!
This is how bad I am at bowling: The other night I was looking online at the new Big Lebowski special edition they’re releasing, where the DVD case is a bowling ball that pulls apart to reveal the DVDs inside. Younger Sister stopped by and seriously thought I was thinking about ordering an actual bowling ball and promptly reminded me of all my horrible bowling experiences, including the one where I fell flat on my face in front of about 250 people. She was saying, “Remember why you don’t bowl? Because you’re DANGEROUS!”
So, good for Pando that he can bowl in public and look good doing it. (And those arms? Are splendid.)
I am made of sneaky win! (We got too big for our britches, did my bowling team, and we finished in last place the second semester.)
“Remember why you don’t bowl? Because you’re DANGEROUS!”
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And of course Pando looks good bowling — he’s Pando! He looks good doing everything*!
*Except scoring goals.
We got too big for our britches, did my bowling team, and we finished in last place the second semester.
I don’t believe you. I’m just going to think you’re being humble about ending up in the farthest place from last and don’t want to say :)
“Remember why you don’t bowl? Because you’re DANGEROUS!”
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I’m just going to think you’re being humble about ending up in the farthest place from last and don’t want to say :)
Heh. Riiiiiiight. :D
The one time I bowled in a league, I couldn’t figure out why more than one team wanted me. Then they explained the handicap thing. I was proud and humiliated at the same time.
Aw, Pando.
And look! Mike Ryan’s there, too! Man, they really did pull out all of Boston’s biggest superstars for this event.
Speaking of bowling, I have a question for the Canadians if/when they come around. This weekend I went bowling in Ontario, except it was weird because there were only five pins, each one with a different point value, and the ball was about the size of a grapefruit with no holes in it. Is this how bowling always is in Canada, or is this just some kind of variation? Either way it was wicked fun, even though I had no idea how the scoring worked. I could really get this ball flying, as opposed to regular bowling balls that just sort of mosey on down the lane for me. My all-time low score in regular bowling is 13, FYI. And yes, I was actually trying.
Oh, Patty, just toss that humiliation out! You should be PROUD of how bad you suck! (And really, they wouldn’t want you if there wasn’t some kind of indicator that you would improve, right? :P)
Gambler, they weren’t inviting just ANYBODY to participate in this bowling charity event. It was for awesome guys ONLY. :P
That Canadian bowling sounds fascinating! Like bowling, but dynamic. How un-American. Heh. (I am truly humbled by that 13, by the way. I don’t think I’ve ever been that bad.)
And look! Mike Ryan’s there, too!
I didn’t notice him in the background till MJ at My Safety is Harvard mentioned it in her blog. Mike kind of blends in the background in that group shot.
Gambler, according to this wiki it’s a standard bowling variant in Canada although it looks like they do ten pin bowling too. It sounds pretty funny!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-pin_bowling
My first game is always great but it’s sharply down-hill after that. Mark is the exact opposite so when we bowl we balance each other out.
I just posted a comment but I think I’m stuck in Senor Spam’s clutches again. WordPress hates me lately.
Ooh! I knew that guy looked familar but I couldn’t place his name! Thanks for solving that problem!
On a totally unrelated note, I just learned that a library in Ohio lends out cake pans. How awesome is that? They have like 300 of those fancy shaped cake pans that no one wants to buy and then use only once. The pans are even in their catalog, just like the books! That is so, so, so awesome.
Heather, sorry about Senor Spam! He really, really wanted that crazy Canadian bowling to remain a mystery.
Heather, I pulled you out of the evil clutches of Senor Spam — see comment 27. (You really need to stop using your professional porn email address when you comment here. :P)
And last night I was saying to Pookie, “Who is that guy there at the bowling party? He’s cute!” Cut to this morning when I saw My Safety Is Harvard. Mike Ryan! Of course!
Pookie, that is SO COOL about the cake pans. Can you ILL them?
(I am truly humbled by that 13, by the way. I don’t think I’ve ever been that bad.)
I can actually be a pretty good bowler sometimes, but I’m very inconsistent game to game, and that was one of my low points. I think it runs in the family. My mom was in a bowling league for a while, and once she got a 233. It ended up being the highest score of anyone in the league the whole year, so she got a plaque at the end and everything. And then the very next game she bowled an 89. All the people who had crowded around hoping to be in the presence of greatness were severely disappointed. Heh.
I didn’t notice him in the background till MJ at My Safety is Harvard mentioned it in her blog.
I was wondering if MJ knew about this picture. I should have known she’d be on top of it. And yeah, he’s pretty inconspicuous there. He’s clearly cowering in the presence of Pando.
Can you ILL them?
Sadly, no. They don’t transport well, apparently. So no Semi-Homade Rose cake for us.
Zach Parise would miss his turns because he was following Coach Sutter around offering to polish Sutter’s shoes, get a newer, better bowling ball, or picking up some fresh pitchers of beer.
I thought Zach was at the Olympics. :)
I just learned that a library in Ohio lends out cake pans.
Wow. That’s such an awesome thing to have in a card catalog.
I haven’t been bowling in ages, but when I was in Michigan in June, I rediscovered my love of skee ball. Its a shame more places don’t have skee ball machines.
Thanks for doing my research for me, Heather! I should have known Wikipedia would have the answer. If you get the chance I would strongly suggest trying it out, it’s pretty fun.
By the way, who wants to bet that Mike Ryan’s signature move in bowling is throwing his ball down the other team’s alley? (Now that he’s going to Russia, he’ll never be able to live down that own-goal in my eyes, and he’s just going to have to deal with it.)
Pookie, that is so, so cook about the bake pans. If I could get cool-shaped pans at my library, who knows, maybe I’d be inspired to actually bake something.
I thought Zach was at the Olympics. :)
He’s a really talented guy! When it comes to sucking up to the coach, he can be in way more places than just one at a time! :D
Skee ball might just be my favorite thing on the face of the earth, Amy.
Aw man! I haven’t been bowling in, like, a year! So fun. Except we usually just end up getting drunk and stringing an endless run of Big Lebowski quotes together.
I think my best game of ever was like a 130. But I will say this, I’m the only person I know who can bowl with either hand. It’s totally bizarre.
Wooooo! Look at andrew breaking out his ambidextrous bowling skillz!
Look at andrew breaking out his ambidextrous bowling skillz!
Woo! I’m special! (It actually sort of makes sense, I use a different hand for practically everything I do. There had to be something out there that I could do with both!)
And yeah, I’m equally terrible with both hands, but I’m a killer bowler on the Wii, I’ll tell ya that much.
I bowl with the wrong fingers in the ball but I learned to compensate for the weird spin that puts on the ball. Man, I really want to go bowling right now!
I bowl with the wrong fingers in the ball but I learned to compensate for the weird spin that puts on the ball.
That’s awesome. Even with the crazy finger hold, you’d probably still smoke me. I usually just find the heaviest ball I can, huck that mother with everything I got, and hope for the best.
My games follow an arch. First game, terrible. Because I invariably haven’t bowled in years whenever I bowl. Second game, deceptively good. I get a nice buzz from the Jack Daniels, my confidence soars, I get a great score. Third game, too drunk. Sometimes I make somebody else finish it for me.
I get a nice buzz from the Jack Daniels, my confidence soars, I get a great score. Third game, too drunk. Sometimes I make somebody else finish it for me.
That.is.fantastic.
We should totally hang out, Patty.
Patty, :^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I think you and I are very similar bowlers!
Patty, that sounds like bowling at it’s finest! We should have an IPB Bowling party!
I haven’t been bowling in years but you all are making me want to go.
We’d always talk about going bowling in college but were undermined by our lack of fake IDs. Apparently bowling is not considered acceptable children’s entertainment here in New York.
Apparently bowling is not considered acceptable children’s entertainment here in New York.
Are you serious? How strange!
Haha, it’s so odd that we should be talking about bowling because I just read that the US Bowling Congress will be moving right outside of Dallas. Heh!
Are you serious? How strange!
Well, just Manhattan probably, but yeah. I think there’s about one bowling alley that allows underage people and it’s by Times Square so we were like, “screw that, we’re not going there.” Maybe there are more now…that was about 5 years ago.
Wow, Caitlin, we should all move down to Dallas, then. Since we’re all obviously such good and dedicated bowlers.
Meg, I guess you guys were probably wise not to go to the underage bowling place. I mean, it was probably stuffed to the gills with all the kids’ bowling parties that couldn’t happen elsewhere in Manhattan. :P
I don’t think that even occurred to us, Schnookie (we were just avoiding Times Square and its hordes of tourists) but that’s a great point. We were wiser than we knew. :D
The lanes at Port Authority allowed my friends in during high school. Of course, who wants to bowl at Port Authority?
I used to hang out with this girl from Sweden and she said that bowling to the Swedes is like country club golf to us. It’s totally exclusive. The “bowling alleys” over there require expensive memberships and only have like, 3 or 4 lanes each. She said when her dad came to visit, they went to a bowling alley, when he saw that it had a billion lanes and it was like a buck per game he almost had a heart attack.
Of course, who wants to bowl at Port Authority?
Hee. I didn’t even know there was a bowling alley there.
Thinking about this now, I’m sure that some of the places we looked at really do allow people under 21, just during the day, etc. We just couldn’t go out bowling on a Friday night like we wanted to and never thought to look into it further. Otherwise what would the bowling alleys do during the day? I bet if I did research now I’d discover that we really could have gone bowling just not at the times that appealed to us.
Of course, who wants to bowl at Port Authority?
Anybody? Anybody? ::Crickets chirp::
Wait, bowling is, like, swanky and exclusive in Sweden? And Canada’s got that crazy five-pin, grapefruit-ball bowling game? What is WRONG with other countries?
Patrik Elias would throw gutter balls on every toss, and then roll his eyes to the heavens in an exaggerated head-toss.
Genius, pure genius. Thanks, that one made me laugh HARD.
I bet if I did research now I’d discover that we really could have gone bowling just not at the times that appealed to us.
Maybe you guys were just looking at the bowling strip clubs and stuff. Perhaps if you’d wanted to bowl somewhere less risque, you’d have been fine. :P
You’d think bowling would be one of those things that’s universal, you know?
I do want to go bowling now! There’s one by my house that just refurbished and re-opened and is supposedly very retro. As opposed to the giant ones with game rooms and such.
Meg, I bet the ones that allowed kids had ball pits with real bowling balls. :D
Meg, I bet the ones that allowed kids had ball pits with real bowling balls. :D
HA! We should be so lucky! Could you imagine how much less annoying a child-infested bowling alley would be if the kids were all getting crushed in a bowling ball pit? Heh.
Hey, good morning everyone! How is everyone on this fine second-to-last day before I go on vacation?
Morning, IPB!
Hope everyone’s morning is good today! I’m so sleepy for some reason.
How is everyone on this fine second-to-last day before I go on vacation?
Remember how I said I was glad for the off-season? Not anymore. I feel like someone needs to take me out back with the shotgun and put me out of my misery.
Caitlin, I’m reaching that point too. I really needed the off-season when it started but now I feel like it’s never, ever going to end. The first big Sabre event – first practice! autographs! third jersey unveiling! – takes place one month from yesterday so I’m hoping that month flies by…
I feel like someone needs to take me out back with the shotgun and put me out of my misery.
That’s terrible! And also hilarious. But still terrible! I’m so sorry! I have to say, while I’m sort of abstractly looking forward to hockey starting again, I’ve been strangely really enjoying this summer. I’m not at all antsy. I don’t know what my problem is. I think the last 15 games of the season (including the postseason) just took so much out of me that I’ve needed the entire off-season. This has never happened before! (No, it’s probably just a terrible ploy. The hockey gods are setting me up. So when next season ends I’ll be all, “Oh, no worries! I love summer now!” And then I’ll spend four miserable months wailing, “How did I ever ENJOY this? This is the worst pain on earth!”)
Heather, are you serious??? ONE MONTH?? It’s right around the corner!
Yeah, well… SOME of us didn’t MAKE the playoffs so our seasons ended earlier. (Of course, it was what, five or six games earlier? :P)
But yes! One month! 9/20! And once practice starts it’s just a matter of time before the season starts, right?!
(Of course, it was what, five or six games earlier? :P)
Yeah, you got a whopping four fewer losses and one less ugly win in a soul-killing series than we did. I’m not sure that’s much better. Heh.
As soon as camp starts, it’s a downhill race to Opening Night! Especially considering that SOME of us have teams that CARE about their fans and make training camp inviting and fun for spectators. I am so jealous that you get to spend all of camp watching practices and whatnot, having a blast. While the Devils hole up in their not-open-to-the-public fancy new facility, thumbing their noses at the saps who cheer for them.
Yeah, I will give it to the Sabres there. They’ve done a pretty good job of doing it up right for the fans. This year they’re doing some kind of official autograph signing on the first day. Not sure exactly how it’s gonna work but sounds pretty cool.
My allergies are killing me this morning. Just so you know.
Allergies are TOTALLY a sign of a changing season, right? That HAS to mean that fall is right around the corner! (I’m so sorry they’re so bad today.)
As soon as camp starts, it’s a downhill race to Opening Night! Especially considering that SOME of us have teams that CARE about their fans and make training camp inviting and fun for spectators. I am so jealous that you get to spend all of camp watching practices and whatnot, having a blast.
Well, I probably won’t get to go to that stuff because it’s during work. I think I’m just antsy because my coworker keeps bringing food that smells like arena food, and our office has dropped to about 35 degrees on a good day, so I feel like I should be watching hockey or something. Hmmm.
I’m sorry about your allergies, Heather! I woke up this morning and literally fell out of bed, then struggled to get myself up because there’s probably not a muscle in my body that doesn’t feel like someone just whacked it with a meat tenderizer.
Caitlin, it sounds like the workout regime is going well! :D We have a friend who is big into weightlifting, and she likes to tell about the time her roommate asked her to teach her a bit about it. So she put together this whole huge initial workout, and then after it ended, realized it was probably too much. Her roommate was NOT happy the next day when she literally couldn’t lift her arms high enough to wash her hair in the shower. I hope you’re doing better than that!
I think I would be DYING if I was smelling arena food and in a freezing office now. That would push me right out of this stupid “I luuuurve summer sooo much!” frame of mind. (It’s CRAZY autumnal here. Like, it got down into the 50s last night. Some of the leaves are starting to change. I’m very suspicious, but still… It might just be that fall is creeping up on me for once.)
Hey everyone, good morning!
I have not yet reached the shotgun point, and I doubt I will. It was cold enough to have to wear a sweater when I went to walk the dog this morning. That’s pretty awesome. (I do need someone to take the Dutch men’s hockey coach out back and put him out of his misery though, but that is a whole ‘nother story)
Heather, I’m so sorry about your allergies! I know what that is like and it SUCKS.
there’s probably not a muscle in my body that doesn’t feel like someone just whacked it with a meat tenderizer.
Were you at my sports orientation yesterday ;)
That’s terrible! And also hilarious. But still terrible! I’m so sorry! I have to say, while I’m sort of abstractly looking forward to hockey starting again, I’ve been strangely really enjoying this summer. I’m not at all antsy.
I’m antsy, but not so much for hockey as for fall in New York, I have to admit. Hockey will be nice and all but I haven’t been focusing on it. Not that there’s not a lot going on here in the summer but I’ve just found this summer so taxing and I’m convinced that as soon as fall rolls around everything is going to magically turn easy.
The Caps did autograph signings when we down for camp last year. After practice they had tables set up in the public area of the facility. It was pretty cool. (If you like the Caps. Heh.)
So I got this bug bite the other day, right? Now I get mosquito bites ALL THE TIME. But this one seemed a little different. And then last night it totally looked like it had a red ring, a white ring, and then another ring around it. I freaked out and didn’t sleep at all, convinced I have Lyme Disease. So I made up my mind to go to the doctor even though I never, ever go to the doctor. I called, made an appointment, called work to let them know I’d be late… and then decided there’s no way my bite looks at all like a tick bite because the rash seems to have disappeared. And I don’t have any of the symptoms except for I was unusually tired earlier in the week. Fatigue? Or just Olympic fever, as Al Trautwig might say? Heh. So now I’m feeling like an idiot and oscillating between feeling like I’m wasting my doctor’s time and freaking out because 1 out of every 10 pictures I look at of Lyme rashes looks like what I had last night (the rash isn’t really visible today, meaning I’m surely over-reacting). I hate going to the doctor.
I might go anyway, Pookie. Lyme disease is such a bitch it’s probably worth it to overreact.
Not that there’s not a lot going on here in the summer but I’ve just found this summer so taxing and I’m convinced that as soon as fall rolls around everything is going to magically turn easy.
I bet everything will magically turn easy for you in the fall. You’ve had way too much insanity this summer, Meg. You’re due for a no-worries stretch now!
Mags, I’m so jealous of your sweater weather! :D
Pookie, I think you’re a stupid, stupid idiot. But you knew that. (Just kidding!)
Pookie, I agree with Meg. Besides, what is life without a little drama?
Caitlin, it sounds like the workout regime is going well! :D
Yes, I suppose. I’m just so (sadly) out of shape that even a standard workout just makes me feel like an overcooked noodle. Ah, oh well.
Her roommate was NOT happy the next day when she literally couldn’t lift her arms high enough to wash her hair in the shower. I hope you’re doing better than that!
Oh, much better than that! But everything’s pretty sore. When I pulled myself up off the floor this morning, my immediate thought was “no more pushups, please”. Then I got up and remembered, “I just woke up. I haven’t been working out.”
The funny thing is, I haven’t been overeating or anything, diet has been (oddly) the easiest thing to modify, but I keep having weird food-related dreams.
And then last night it totally looked like it had a red ring, a white ring, and then another ring around it. I freaked out and didn’t sleep at all, convinced I have Lyme Disease.
Pookie, you sound JUST LIKE ME. Having said that, don’t feel badly about going to the doctor! You should totally go. Even if you don’t have Lyme Disease, in this day and age you can get other things from mosquito bites. It never hurts to check and make sure you’re okay!
I’m antsy, but not so much for hockey as for fall in New York
Ooh, I know some people who are planning a trip to New York/Pennsylvania/etc. just for the leaves turning for fall. It astonishes me because we have two seasons here – blistering season and dead season, but apparently fall in your area is something magical and amazing.
Yay for fall almost being here! With all the rain down here, it’s felt perfectly blissful outside.
Fall in Buffalo is one of my favorite things about moving here. It’s SO different from Alabama where fall isn’t really that noticeable.
Thanks guys, for making me feel better about over-reacting and going to the doctor. The last time I went for a non-regular-checkup, I was convinced I had the worst eye infection known to man. Turns out it was just allergies. So maybe the reverse will happen this time and I’ll discover I have the worst case of Lyme disease ever and then I won’t feel like an idiot for over-reacting.
Caitlin, your work-out sounds killer!
Fall around here is pretty darn awesome. Back when we still lived in AZ we came out East to DC to visit KtG. Usually we just sit around her place doing nothing, but that time we decided to go to Mount Vernon. We didn’t go into the house or anything like that — we just wandered around the grounds, surrounded by the most perfect fall leaves ever. And to think that was just Virginia. I can’t imagine what it’s like in Vermont or New Hampshire!
I’m just so (sadly) out of shape that even a standard workout just makes me feel like an overcooked noodle.
Hee hee! A few years ago I took a series of bobo yoga class at my company gym. I went with a friend from work, and she was grousing that the classes are way too easy, and she never felt like she’d done anything after them. Meanwhile, after my first session, I was like, “I have soreness in muscles I never knew I had.”
Fall in the Northeast is the BESTEST. It’s nice here, but hardly, like, leaf-peeping territory. But it’s still one of the major driving forces to make me move back here. I couldn’t live a life without Fall.
I’m antsy, but not so much for hockey as for fall in New York
Ooh, I know some people who are planning a trip to New York/Pennsylvania/etc. just for the leaves turning for fall.
Yeah, the leaves are totally worth it. I lived in the Hudson River Valley when I was little and it’s just incredibly pretty. But, uh, not so much in New York City. I am going up to the Adirondacks in early October so hopefully the leaves will have started to change.
Meanwhile, after my first session, I was like, “I have soreness in muscles I never knew I had.”
Yeah, yoga does have that effect.
NYC might not have great foliage, but I love it in Fall. That’s the absolute best. We should plan some kind of get-together, Meg, so Pookie and I can use you as an excuse to spend a day soaking up Fall in the city! :D
We should plan some kind of get-together, Meg, so Pookie and I can use you as an excuse to spend a day soaking up Fall in the city! :D
Absolutely!
Morning everyone!
I’m with you guys, Fall can’t get here fast enough. My corkscrew willow has dropped almost all of it’s leaves because of that stupid pesticide that I had to put on it. Instead of being sad about the best tree in my backyard dying, I’m just pretending Autumn is already here. It’s helping a little.
Pookie, you should totally overreact and go to the doctor. Lyme disease is no joke. A very close friend of mine had it, and didn’t get treatment for almost a year (doctors fault, not hers). It very nearly killed her. Literally. You should totally go, and don’t leave until you’re satisfied.
All right, I’m off to you know, get dressed and stuff. Heading out for some baseball in a bit and it’s a PERFECT day for it! Hope everyone has a good ‘un!
Instead of being sad about the best tree in my backyard dying, I’m just pretending Autumn is already here. It’s helping a little.
That’s awful! I mean, no… that’s great that your backyard is an autumnal wonderland!
Ooh, I know some people who are planning a trip to New York/Pennsylvania/etc. just for the leaves turning for fall.
Hee! Once, my dad took 2 days out a business trip so he could drive up to Boston and see all the prettiness autumn has to offer up there. I kinda wanna do that too, one day :D
Have fun, Heather! And GOOD LUCK!
Thanks, Schnookie! :-D
Andrew, hopefully your tree is just entering into its fall hibernation early and will all perky again in the summer. Not dying . . . trailblazing!
Not dying . . . trailblazing!
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Thanks, andrew, for the encouragement. That’s terrible about your friend!
I’m also sorry about your tree. I’d totally pretend it’s Autumn, too.
Meg, I’m all over an outing into the city! We could go to T Salon and be the loudest people they’ve ever had in there! :D
Hi Heather! Bye Heather!
Andrew, hopefully your tree is just entering into its fall hibernation early and will all perky again in the summer. Not dying . . . trailblazing!
Aw, thanks Meg. I’m hopeful. The weeping willow died off a little too, but bounced right back. I’m confident (sort of) that the corkscrew will do the same.
Oooooh, Pookie, T Salon is a great suggestion!
Ooh, I’ve never been to T Salon but I’d love to go. You just tell me when and I’ll be there (provided “when” isn’t the first weekend of October at which point I anticipate that I’ll be slogging up a mountain).
(provided “when” isn’t the first weekend of October at which point I anticipate that I’ll be slogging up a mountain).
I think we’re going to be in Buffalo then, so you don’t need to worry about us going to T Salon without you on that weekend. Chef’s, maybe, but not T Salon. :D
We have one other set of potential plans in the works for September (we’re such social butterflies!) but as soon as that gets set in stone, we’ll email, Meg, and set up a time to hit T Salon. It’s one of my favorite places in the City. And they won’t know what hit them! :D
Chef’s, maybe, but not T Salon.
Yeah, you guys have fun with that one (I’m sure you’ll have a wonderful visit to Buffalo, Chef’s or no :D). Late September, early October is a delightful time in Buffalo.
Sounds good, Pookie. :)
Now I’m all pommerdoodly for T Salon! WOO HOOO!!!
Me too!
Also, I just saw another sign of Autumn — our Sunday Ticket subscription was automatically renewed on our TV bill this month!
Whoa. I’m… not sure I’m ready for that, Pookie. Wow. I guess I can stop saying that I’m seeing things when I tell myself some of the leaves are starting to change around here.
Oh, and Caitlin, I need to say it here as well as on your blog — congratulations on finishing Circling Alphabets!!!
Yeah, congratulations seconded, Caitlin! It’s looks FANTASTIC!
Happy Thursday, everyone.
I think we’re going to be in Buffalo then, so you don’t need to worry about us going to T Salon without you on that weekend. Chef’s, maybe, but not T Salon
What a shame that the Chef’s drive thru window won’t be open in time for your visit.
What a shame that the Chef’s drive thru window won’t be open in time for your visit.
I KNOW! I was so looking forward to ordering something meat saucy, driving around the block a few times while eating it, then ordering some more. I guess we’ll just have to plan another trip after it opens.
Thanks, guys! Yay, now I just have to puzzle over framing. Hmmm.
It seriously does not feel like fall around here. It feels oddly like spring, I’m all discombobulated.
(we’re such social butterflies!)
No lie! You guys are going to rack up some serious frequent flyer miles, man!
Ooooh, the framing! Always so fraught! I have no doubt that you’ll make it look gorgeous — it’ll be hard to screw it up! :D
(And as for our social calendar, I have no idea what’s gotten into us. We normally don’t even want to drive [yes, drive] three blocks into town to meet up with friends for dinner at our favorite restaurant, so now here we are going, “I know! Let’s go to Buffalo! Then Dallas! Then NYC! Then NYC again! And let’s throw in a hot date in Newark with Frisby in the middle of it all!” We’re going to be SUCH antisocial grumps all winter, I bet. :P)
Ooooh, the framing! Always so fraught! I have no doubt that you’ll make it look gorgeous — it’ll be hard to screw it up! :D
Awww! Well, we shall see…hmm.
We’re going to be SUCH antisocial grumps all winter, I bet. :P)
I’m already there! I’m to the point where I’m like, “Can I just go home and not interact with people? Please?” I really like a lot of “alone time” myself, so at the end of the day, I like my hermit-tude. :D
I think I’m just coming off a long period of hermit-tude. This has been, for me, the world’s most self-indulgent and anti-social summer in the history of summers. Now, with batteries re-charged, I’m ready to head out into the world and burn myself out on social interaction again. It’s a vicious cycle.
Pookie, I’m sorry you have/had a red-ringed bug bite, and I’m with everybody else — you should definitely have it checked out.
I still hope it’s nothing though, even if you’re embarrassed at the doctor’s. :P
Now, with batteries re-charged, I’m ready to head out into the world and burn myself out on social interaction again.
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So true, so true!
I just like to think of it as “preparing for the long haul of hockey season”. It’s like I have to hibernate and then re-emerge when the time is right and the salmon are spawning. Or something like that, you know.
Patty, she left a few minutes ago, and I had to pep her up again! Pookie’s so stoic about her maladies. :D
I really like a lot of “alone time” myself, so at the end of the day, I like my hermit-tude. :D
Me, too! When I was on my trip, it was hard to find. I’m taking tomorrow off work just so I can catch up. :D
Oh, I missed her? Shoot. I’m glad she’s going.
When she gets back, if turns out to be nothing, we should tease her mercilessly about going to the doctor for a mosquito bite. :D
When she gets back, if turns out to be nothing, we should tease her mercilessly about going to the doctor for a mosquito bite. :D
Yeah, I’m already gearing up for that. :P (I was trying to console her that she wasn’t making too big a deal out of this by reminding her that at this time last year, I was the one who called the EMTs to wheel me out of work on a stretcher because of my heartburn. )
And are we all going to be cranky and looking for alone time by the end of our visit to Dallas? :P
And are we all going to be cranky and looking for alone time by the end of our visit to Dallas? :P
I’m sure y’all will be!
And are we all going to be cranky and looking for alone time by the end of our visit to Dallas? :P
Nooo, because when you hang around with other hermits, you get to rejoice in your hermit-tude!
Heh.
Awww, Pookie. Well, I sincerely hope nothing’s wrong, but good on her for going. Always better to be safe than sorry, I think!
Caitlin, hasn’t this weather been great? (Except for those up north of town with a little bit of flooding.)
I’ll tell ya, Schnookie, the thing I’m looking forward to the most is all of us sitting on the couch with our laptops and having our whole conversation in an IPB thread. :D
Nooo, because when you hang around with other hermits, you get to rejoice in your hermit-tude!
You’re probably right, Caitlin! I definitely was not traveling with a hermit last week.
I’m sure y’all will be!
Heh. You’re going to be regretting that you didn’t tell us to stay in a hotel. DEEPLY regretting.
And I am SO looking forward to sitting in silence while talking through the comments on our laptops! Its gonna RAWK!
Caitlin, you’re right about groups of hermits. That’s definitely the key. (And Patty, you most definitely weren’t traveling with a fellow hermit. ::Shudder::)
Caitlin, hasn’t this weather been great? (Except for those up north of town with a little bit of flooding.)
Seriously, it’s been amazing (thankfully, I live east, so no flooding for me)! It’s been so nice and cool outside and not like I’m about to cross the threshhold of Hell.
I’ll tell ya, Schnookie, the thing I’m looking forward to the most is all of us sitting on the couch with our laptops and having our whole conversation in an IPB thread. :D
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HEEEEE.
I definitely was not traveling with a hermit last week.
Now that IS a bummer. But when you’re traveling-traveling, it’s hard to be hermit-y. :(
If I were traveling for fun, I’d probably not be as hermit-y. :D
When there’s been enough water under the bridge for me to forget that miserable airplane trip, I hope to go to Ireland someday, and I bet I’ll be the annoying one that wants to do 30 things every day, from dawn ’til the wee hours. (And while I’m in Ireland, I’ll try to say “wee” a lot.)
the thing I’m looking forward to the most is all of us sitting on the couch with our laptops and having our whole conversation in an IPB thread. :D
You had better! I (and I’m sure there are other people who’ll agree) (don’t tell me if you don’t) want to be a part of the awesome meet-up too!
Patty, I think they deport you from Ireland if you don’t say “wee” a lot. :P
You had better! I (and I’m sure there are other people who’ll agree) (don’t tell me if you don’t) want to be a part of the awesome meet-up too!
It’ll probably be a lot of me and Pookie saying, sotto voce, to each other, “Patty’s house is a DUMP! I can’t believe this place! How soon before we can go home?” No, wait, that’s not what we’d be saying. That’s what people say when they visit us. :P
(And while I’m in Ireland, I’ll try to say “wee” a lot.)
I hear that is more a Scottish thing. Or I could be wrong and the Scottish say “lass” more. Whatevs.
That’s what people say when they visit us. :P
Again with the humility :P I refuse to believe you. Maple Hoo is a vision of awesome craft, and that’s what I’m going to believe and I don’t care if it isn’t true because it makes me feel better :D
When there’s been enough water under the bridge for me to forget that miserable airplane trip, I hope to go to Ireland someday, and I bet I’ll be the annoying one that wants to do 30 things every day, from dawn ’til the wee hours. (And while I’m in Ireland, I’ll try to say “wee” a lot.)
Ireland is totally worth the miserable airplane trip, Patty. I mean, the only part I’ve actually been to is Dublin, but Dublin was lovely.
Uh, I might not be the most reliable judge of this though, as I have yet to go anywhere outside the US I didn’t think was totally worth the airplane trip.
I think that theoretically the Scottish say both “wee” and “lass,” Mags. I don’t recall hearing either too much when I was there, but probably more the former than the latter.
I think that theoretically the Scottish say both “wee” and “lass,” Mags. I don’t recall hearing either too much when I was there…
I imagine that it’s all subjective. If you’re a really tiny girl, you’ll probably hear both terms…quite a bit.
I don’t know about specific terms, but what I do remember about Dublin was that about half the time I didn’t know if the locals were speaking English or Gaelic. Too funny.
Well, then, Patty will just have to start a “wee” trend in Ireland. :P
I do remember about Dublin was that about half the time I didn’t know if the locals were speaking English or Gaelic.
Jeez, I know! We had some Irish kids come to camp this year and I swear, they were really freaking hard to understand. And their names were impossible to pronounce (seriously, Blathnaid, how do you think you’re supposed to pronounce that?)
Randomness: my dog twitches when she dreams. I don’t know why I hadn’t noticed this until she was asleep on my feet, but I did just now and it is really, really odd.
Well, then, Patty will just have to start a “wee” trend in Ireland. :P
That’s right! I’ll say, “I need to wee! Is there a place around here where I can wee?” :P
I’ll say, “I need to wee! Is there a place around here where I can wee?”
I was hoping this would turn in that direction. :D
So there is someone else in my department who is a heavyset woman with strawberry blonde hair, just like me, and she just called me to say she had a conversation yesterday with our VP during which the VP thought she was me the entire time. Heh.
Randomness: my dog twitches when she dreams. I don’t know why I hadn’t noticed this until she was asleep on my feet, but I did just now and it is really, really odd.
Yeah, my cat and dog both do that. I think maybe they’re dreaming that they’re running because they both twitch their back feet.
I didn’t have any trouble understanding people in Dublin (although I did once have an Irish professor who took some getting used to) but Glasgow was a whole different story. They’re speaking English, sure, but not the English I speak.
she just called me to say she had a conversation yesterday with our VP during which the VP thought she was me the entire time. Heh.
*singsongvoice* Aaaaawkwaaaard. And kind of hilarious. Heh.
I was hoping this would turn in that direction. :D
You can always count on me!
That is awkward about your VP. That proves that he knows neither of you. :D
(seriously, Blathnaid, how do you think you’re supposed to pronounce that?)
No clue. My mom gave us all Irish names, but pronounceable Irish names. My dad stepped in and intervened when her top choice for me was Siobghan.
the VP thought she was me the entire time. Heh.
That’s…odd and hilarious in a strange, strange way. Did the VP say anything important?
I think maybe they’re dreaming that they’re running because they both twitch their back feet.
My cat does this too. I often speculate that he dreams of chasing birds, because his paws twitch like crazy and he chirps in his sleep.
That is awkward about your VP. That proves that he knows neither of you. :D
Yeah, but I’m taking it as a compliment because the other person is much higher-ranking than I am. So at least I’m the person our VP thinks of when she sees “chunky readhead”. :D (Turns out she was talking about stuff neither of us understand, so it was confusing all around. Heh.)
I love when cats and dogs twitch in their sleep! Although Mahmoud tends to let his eyes drift open a bit when he’s doing it, and that’s just creepy.
My dad stepped in and intervened when her top choice for me was Siobghan.
Good for him. (It’s pronounce Blaw-nid, btw, and it means flower or something. So naturally, instead of attempting to pronounce her name we all called her Fleur)
Mahmoud tends to let his eyes drift open a bit when he’s doing it, and that’s just creepy.
Seriously, Bitter does this too and it creeps me the fuck out. But seriously, I’m glad it’s not just my crazy dog. (not to say she isn’t a little nutso, but who’s pet isn’t?)
They’re speaking English, sure, but not the English I speak.
Haha…totally. I had two guys from Ireland for neighbors back in school. I got used to it, but it took awhile. Reminds me of the movie Snatch, when Dennis Farina is in London:
“Blagged? Speak English, Tony. I thought this country spawned the fucking language, and so far nobody seems to speak it.”
Schnookie, don’t you hate that? Stupid corporate muckity mucks. I bet the other lady was quite uncomfortable, not knowing whether or not to correct the VP.
“Blagged? Speak English, Tony. I thought this country spawned the fucking language, and so far nobody seems to speak it.”
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I bet the other lady was quite uncomfortable, not knowing whether or not to correct the VP.
Heh. She called her on it and the VP insisted she wasn’t confusing us. But she was. Which only made the situation worse. Oh well! If you can’t laugh at that, the terrorists win. Or something. :D
She called her on it and the VP insisted she wasn’t confusing us. But she was. Which only made the situation worse.
Wow. Even better. So your VP was like, “What? Of course you’re Schnookie! Quit trying to confuse me, Schnookie. Now that that’s settled, onto new business.”
“What? Of course you’re Schnookie! Quit trying to confuse me, Schnookie. Now that that’s settled, onto new business.”
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! This is why my employer is an industry leader. That’s how all our meetings go. :D
This is why my employer is an industry leader. That’s how all our meetings go. :D
Yeah, arent bosses great?
Since the VP thought she was talking to you, she probably said something like, “Take a memo.” And the other lady was like, “Um…I don’t know what that means.”
Just kidding, of course. Do people still even take memos? Was that strictly a phenomenon of pre-computer times? I don’t know how these things work.
I don’t know — some people might still take memos, but goodness knows I don’t. Of course, I’m such a bad admin now that I do next to nothing. My bosses will be like, “Hey, can you make some travel reservations for my conference coming up?” and I’ll be like, “NOT MY JOB! DO IT YOURSELF! I’M BUSY IN THE BLOGOSPHERE, CAN’T TALK NOW!”
Do people still even take memos?
I do, on a regular basis. I still take dictation, too.
Schnookie, this is a huge opportunity! You can totally fuck right off and do whatever you want, and your Schnookie-double takes all the blame from the VP! It’s like that episode of Seinfeld where Elaine’s coworker thinks she’s “Sally” or whatever!
“What? Of course you’re Schnookie! Quit trying to confuse me, Schnookie. Now that that’s settled, onto new business.”
“But we haven’t finished the old business, namely that my name’s not Schnookie!”
Just kidding, of course. Do people still even take memos? Was that strictly a phenomenon of pre-computer times? I don’t know how these things work.
We send memos at my job (where memos=emails) but I don’t think we take them.
I do, on a regular basis. I still take dictation, too.
Awww, Caitlin. Keeping the olde arts of secretaryship alive. :D
Awww, Caitlin. Keeping the olde arts of secretaryship alive. :D
Heh. Indeed, indeed. I do not, however, know shorthand.
I’m at least a little upgraded. I have a dictaphone that plays microcassettes, so it’s not like I’m having to write rapidly on a Steno pad (thank god).
It’s important to know these things so you can obnoxiously pass them down to the next generation, like epic poetry or something.
I do, on a regular basis. I still take dictation, too.
Really? Cool. I thought that was just in old tv and movies! You know the ones…where the boss drinks scotch at his desk and the secretary has a kickin’ beehive.
You can totally fuck right off and do whatever you want, and your Schnookie-double takes all the blame from the VP!
You have your very own Schnookieganger. I’m jealous.
I thought that was just in old tv and movies! You know the ones…where the boss drinks scotch at his desk and the secretary has a kickin’ beehive.
No beehive here, but yeah, I don’t think my bosses drink scotch. Hmm.
No, but I do take notes. Usually the first thing I do in the morning is pick up a legal pad and start scratching down stuff where my boss is rattling it off to me, bright and early. :D
Usually the first thing I do in the morning is pick up a legal pad and start scratching down stuff where my boss is rattling it off to me, bright and early. :D
Yikes. You know what’s the first thing I do in the morning? nothing. That’s because I can’t even think about functioning til about 9:30. But hey, if you can do it, more power to ya!
It’s important to know these things so you can obnoxiously pass them down to the next generation, like epic poetry or something.
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You know what’s the first thing I do in the morning? nothing.
Me too! High five! (And even moreso now that I have a Schnookieganger. I’m never going to have to work again.)
Secretary Lore is a very important thing in this profession. It’s not an easy thing to become one of the Respected Elders, but you’re well on your way, Caitlin! :P
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Of course. Who else is going to teach the newbies about when we had to calculate expense sheets and client bills on abacuses (…abaci?!)? Or about having to laboriously draft long documents double spaced on legal pads with a non-mechanical pencil?
Or about ::gasp:: THE MIMEOGRAPH MACHINE!?
There are petroglyphs of mimeograph machines in the old cave temples of the Secretary Cult. It’s the machine of legend.
Or about ::gasp:: THE MIMEOGRAPH MACHINE!?
Shock, awe! I’ve never even heard of this mythical machine!
When she gets back, if turns out to be nothing, we should tease her mercilessly about going to the doctor for a mosquito bite.
Commence teasing me about going to the doctor for a mosquito bite! :PPPPPPPP
Seriously, both the nurse and doctor seemed skeptical that it was a tick bite, which is a serious relief, but both assured me it was good to come in to get it checked out. I’m going back in a month to get a blood test to make sure, but I think I’m Lyme Disease free. Which is a relief. I figure “peace of mind” trips to the doctor’s office are allowed for something that’s this common to NJ and are definitely allowed before going away on vacation. I really didn’t want to spend all my time in Arizona convinced I was getting joint pains that were harbingers of serious neurological problems. That would have sucked.
That would have sucked.
Whatever makes you think that, Pookie? My life wouldn’t be half as neat if it wasn’t for all that fun joint pain and the ever exciting neurological issues! (not making light of Lyme’s disease, btw. My mom got it on vacation in France a loooong time ago and it really, really does suck)
Hey dude, better safe than sorry.
Glad to hear you’re a-okay!
Thanks, guys! Now I just have to wait for Patty to come back and start pointing and laughing!
Pookie, I’m so glad you’re okay! No laughing here.
Hey, it could be worse – I went to the doctor one time, and passed out after they drew blood. Well, I waited to get out to the waiting room to pass out in front of everyone, including the cute male nurse who grabbed the smelling salts. My thirteen-year-old self was mortified.
Turned out later on I had been terribly ill with mono at the time but my family doesn’t cut me any slack and still mocks me endlessly about it to this day. :(
Well, I waited to get out to the waiting room to pass out in front of everyone, including the cute male nurse who grabbed the smelling salts.
Haha…that’s a good one. I passed out (early in the morning)on my parents kitchen floor from blood poisoning…no, not alcohol poisoning. Big difference. Anyhoo, woke up, still (obviously) unshowered and grimy, in the hospital with a foxy nurse looking after me. Highly embarrassing, for a 17 year-old. I was probably like, “Someone get me some pomade, stat!”
I once passed out after getting a ganglian cyst on my wrist aspirated. I insisted on watching the doctor do it because I thought it was neat and afterwards they advised me to sit for awhile, but I was all, “oh no I’m totally fine.” And then I passed out while waiting to check out. Still insisting I was a ok of course.
I’m glad to hear you’re fine, Pookie!
I would never! Why would you say that!? Oh. Well, I was kidding.
I truly am glad that you went to have it checked. It still could have been a tick bite that your macho immune system fought off.
“Someone get me some pomade, stat!”
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(Sorry about the blood poisoning! That’s awful!)
Good LORD, andrew, what did you do to get blood poisoning?
Highly embarrassing, for a 17 year-old. I was probably like, “Someone get me some pomade, stat!”
Aww, that’s so horrible! Poor 17 year old andrew. That’s…so mortifying. Heh. I’m sorry! Were you in the hospital long?
I almost passed out once in a doctor’s office once, when I was a teen, watching him remove the stitches in my sister’s foot. Fortunately, he noticed and had the nurse lead me out.
It still could have been a tick bite that your macho immune system fought off.
Oh, that’s totally what is was! (We’ll ignore the whole “tick bites don’t itch” thing. In the immortal words of Mr. Frisby, “Information that would have been useful yesterday!”)
“Someone get me some pomade, stat!”
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I’ve passed out twice in my life. Once around people and once all alone in a bathroom. I can say both instances were equally mortifying.
And then I passed out while waiting to check out. Still insisting I was a ok of course.
Ha, you sound like my dad! Me, I was whimpering to the nurse to let me have some juice and/or crackers and to let me sit in the chair after I had four or five vials of blood taken. And she told me to go on, that she had other patients to draw blood from.
I’m lucky my dad was standing right there beside me and broke my fall, because I would’ve hit the back of my head on a hardwood floor. Ouch.
I insisted on watching the doctor do it because I thought it was neat and afterwards they advised me to sit for awhile
This would totally be me! Hee. Unless it’s something to do with eyes or my teeth, I always want to know what they’re doing.
Good LORD, andrew, what did you do to get blood poisoning?
I worked in a grocery store meat department in high school. I nicked my finger while cleaning a saw blade one night. The next morning it was swollen to twice the size of my thumb…and dark purple. I almost had to get it amputated.
Were you in the hospital long?
No, like a few hours. But I had to comeback for the next 3 days for intravenous antibiotics. It was the hospital my dad works at, so it wasn’t a big deal. I practically grew up there, so all the doctors knew us kids.
Holy shit, andrew! That’s so scary about the bood poisoning! (Makes mental note — be more careful when cleaning off my raw-meat-y saw blades…)
Holy shit, andrew! That’s so scary about the bood poisoning!
It was a little frightening. I had red lines tracing the veins up my arm and everything. Not cook. I went to work that day, told my brother to pass on the info to my dad. He was pissed that I didn’t skip work to go straight to the ER. The fainting spell was actually the next morning, after the initial treatment! The (foxy) nurse said it was because of the billions of dead antibodies that had accumulated in my blood overnight. Pleasant, huh?
Makes mental note — be more careful when cleaning off my raw-meat-y saw blades…
Yeah, for sure. You don’t know what kind of goodies that steak has been rolling around in before it got to you.
You don’t know what kind of goodies that steak has been rolling around in before it got to you.
It could have been rolling in poison!
Yikes, andrew!
It could have been rolling in poison!
Or Lyme Disease!
I had red lines tracing the veins up my arm and everything. Not cook.
::shudder::
I’m deeply disinfecting every cut I get from now on. I used to make fun of those moms that would freak out if their kids got a paper cut and douse it with Neosporin. Not anymore, Jesus.
I’m deeply disinfecting every cut I get from now on.
Only the cuts that don’t bleed. And ones that you got while cleaning industrial sized meating cutting equipment. (!)
I used to make fun of those moms that would freak out if their kids got a paper cut and douse it with Neosporin.
I still do! I’m a big believer in germs. The more you come in contact with, the less you get sick! Or something.
Anyways, sorry to derail the convo. So…how about them Rangers, huh?
Meating? What the hell?
Meating equipment! HAHAHA!
Holy crap, andrew! That’s an amazing tale of woe! And everyone with your fainting spells and encounters with the grotesqueries of modern medicine. That’ll learn me to leave the conversation to go home at the end of the workday!
I totally laugh at the Neosporin moms. What the hell are their kids going to do when they grow up and encounter germs for the first time?
Meating? What the hell?
You have Cronenberg on the brain, andrew, CLEARLY. :D
Do you know how often I put things on people’s calendars with the word “meating” in them? CONSTANTLY. No one in my department has team meetings. They all have team meatings. I just can’t ever spell that right. So I was like, “What’s andrew’s problem? ‘Meating’ is a perfectly cromulent word.”
Holy crap, andrew! That’s an amazing tale of woe!
It wasn’t that bad. I just like to church it up, make it sound all gory and cool.
You have Cronenberg on the brain, andrew, CLEARLY. :D
As per usual.
Do you know how often I put things on people’s calendars with the word “meating” in them? CONSTANTLY.
That makes me feel much better!
I’m glad to help. :D
I’m on the side of letting your system practice fighting germs. But I LOVES me some Neosporin. It’s very good for minor burns (and probably major ones). It’s kept me from getting a giant painful blister and subsequent burn scar many times. The latest of which was the last time I used a curling iron on my bangs. And by “last time,” I mean it’s the last time I ever do that. :D
Also, I touched a stove burner once, thinking it was cold when it was NOT. I didn’t touch it gingerly at all. Didn’t even blister.
The latest of which was the last time I used a curling iron on my bangs. And by “last time,” I mean it’s the last time I ever do that. :D
Uh…ouch.
That sounds like a nightmare!
And by “last time,” I mean it’s the last time I ever do that. :D
I shouldn’t laugh, but… :^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I can’t help myself.
So the only Olympics stuff that’s on right now is wrestling, and I’m beginning to see where the stereotype of profoundly hairy Eastern Bloc hulks in unitards is coming from.