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LOREM IPSUMMarie Lodi
1/23/16 7:03pm
Hey Jezzies, whatcha drinking? I’ve been nauseous as hell so Diet Vernors for me! I’ve been toeing the line with alcoholic beverages lately. Cindymoo is working a 20 (and the nurses are voting to strike soon at her hospital- this is one of the many reasons) so it’s just me, the kitties, and you fine people. I’ve been having an interesting time in my Entertainment in American Life class, though I must say that when you’ve been awake for 30 hours and sick for most of them, it’s probably not the best time to take an exam. I got kind of sarcastic with the answers in my essay questions. But really, when you’re talking about PT Barnum, and the cockfighting and shooting contests of the lower classes of the 17^th century, how can you not get snarky about that? Barnum travelled around with what he called an “educated goat” for chrissakes! I’m just hoping I don’t get docked for not being completely serious about it all. But come on, it’s entertainment! It’s a bullshit class!

Anyway, I’ve got another nice little piece of music to share with you folks this fine evening. It’s from a fellow named Warren Zevon.

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  MargieBonzLOREM IPSUM
  1/23/16 7:05pm
  About to break out the PBR and sulk while drinking Frank Booth beer and watching a dark show on Amazon (Mad Dogs).
  
  Braces still hurt, so eating has been a bitch and a half this past week, however, I have not lost any weight. Sucks for that.
  
  So, how long since you were 100%? I feel like this has been the winter of MindyMoo’s perpetual sickness.
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  nutmegcinnamonLOREM IPSUM
  1/23/16 7:07pm
  I have to do a reading on the cannibals of south america and am strongly debating having a glass of wine (so still sober enough to pay attention). I don’t mind reading about murder, but for some reason, cannibalism is just too far.
  
  I also had a really awesome first date this afternoon, so yay!
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Socks Are My Favorite ClothesMarie Lodi
1/23/16 7:03pm
Hi, all! Somehow or other, I broke my knee last week and am house-bound, sofa-bound, and going a bit stir crazy. No better time than to start on my goal of reading classics I never got around to reading (which is most of them, if I’m being honest). Other than To Kill a Mockingbird, because everyone has read that, what is your favorite literary classic?
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  TerryStSocks Are My Favorite Clothes
  1/23/16 7:05pm
  Catch 22. Such a good book.
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  MarillenbaumSocks Are My Favorite Clothes
  1/23/16 7:07pm
  Middlemarch. Hands down. It’s got that piercing insight into small-town life that I love, paired with Eliot’s deep human sympathies and incredible wit. It’s one of those books that not only showed me a slice of the world, but taught me to know myself better. It’s beautiful, and powerful, and I cannot recommend it enough.
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AllieCat ❤️'S hats on cats-is probable weirdoMarie Lodi
1/23/16 7:13pm
Yay! I haven’t been able to really participate in a SNS in awhile.

Today I was thinking about the books I LOVED as a kid, the ones I read over and over and over again until they were literally falling apart. One, was called “Running Out of Time” about a 12 year old girl living in the 1800's. When a diphtheria outbreak happens in her small town and kids start dying, her mother reveals that it’s really the 1990s and they are being forced to stay in a fake reenactment town for tourists (they watch them on cameras). She has to then break out and get help in a strange futuristic (for her) world without knowing who she can trust. I just adored that book. I still think about it as an adult and wish there was a sequel written for 30 year olds-it was such a great plot (that m night shyamalon stole and butchered)! I also read number the stars a THOUSAND times, and the giver too. Now that I’m thinking about it, I seemed to really like terrible at oppressive regimes for some reason? Hmmm

Anyway, what were y’all’s books that you read over and over as kids?

Also, after that funny google auto dating profile joke, I tried to do one and it was very fun, like playing Mad libs by yourself. Sharing it because: why not? Share your own if you do one! You just come up with reasonable statements you might make and let google fill in the rest

: ) Hope everyone is having a great night!

Google auto dating profile:

My name is Jose.

I am number 4.
I am from every continent in Africa.

Now I live in the zone all the time.

I look like Mona Lisa.

My body shape is changing.

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas who is Kylo Ren and wants to use the login key chain.

I really enjoy working with you. I especially like grammar. My favorite thing to do is sleep and my favorite day was when Oprah came over. My idea of a perfect date is April 25th.

My perfect boyfriend would tumblr, and would be a person who can declare war, and who wants to be a millionaire.

I’m turned on by weird things and sexy costume ideas .

My turn-offs include in library, touching spirit bear, and anything that happens is for a reason.

My motto is: you know what they say about big feet.

If you like my profile, let’s meet by the river. I hope you do because if you’re reading this it’s already too late. And I am excited to join your team
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  Cocopop!AllieCat ❤️'S hats on cats-is probable weirdo
  1/23/16 7:17pm
  This is a thing of beauty. Thank you for smoking.
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  wishtAllieCat ❤️'S hats on cats-is probable weirdo
  1/23/16 7:19pm
  I was obsessed with the Willard Price Adventure series when I was a kid. There is zero representation of women and a lot of the writing about foreign countries/foreign natives make me wince a little but I think it was probably quite fair for its day and I now know so many facts about animals that I will never use. Plus Hal Hunt could barely go a single book without getting into a punch-up, which I enjoyed.
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The Noble RenardMarie Lodi
1/23/16 7:04pm
Hey Jezzies! I’m making potato leek soup right now and it’s looking delicious. What awesome thing are you making for yourself on this cold, cold night?
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  rollsniderollThe Noble Renard
  1/23/16 7:06pm
  Potato soup, too, yo! :) And crab dip. And marinating a pork roast for tomorrow. Because obviously our dinner guests didn’t make it through the snowpocalypse.
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  MargieBonzThe Noble Renard
  1/23/16 7:07pm
  oooh! What recipe are you using? I am still not 100% on solid foods, so soups are great for me!
  
  Gonna eat some more leftover bbq (pulled pork is worth the braces pain) and maybe eat some store bought lobster bisque, which isn’t great.
  
  Stay warm!
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Butter Nutter MilkshakeMarie Lodi
1/23/16 7:58pm
I really, really need some Jezzie love/advise tonight.

I adopted a cat a couple of weeks ago and I am 10000000 percent in love with her.

I had the vet check up on her, and she has gingivitis but no peridontal disease, so he thinks it could be FIV or another contagious kitty virus.

The vet was like, you have had her less than ten days and maybe you should dump her at the shelter. He also recommended tryin a cheap course of antibiotics to see if it will clear up. I haven’t scheduled her for lab tests while she is on the antibiotics, so that would be best.

My friends have been recommended taking her back to the shelter.

Other friends feel I shouldn’t go into debt for her but think keeping her without necessarily affording all her medication is better than letting her die alone in a shelter.

I cannot bare the idea of taking her back to the shelter to die alone in a cage. Does anyone have any advice? I love her so much and I cannot imagine leaving her now.
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  MaracujaMamaButter Nutter Milkshake
  1/23/16 8:00pm
  Second and third opinions from OTHER VETS!
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  HurrikateButter Nutter Milkshake
  1/23/16 8:04pm
  DO NOT TAKE HER BACK TO THE SHELTER. We had a cat we adopted with fiv and he lived a long, comfortable life with us.
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ShadyfreudeMarie Lodi
1/23/16 7:08pm
PSA: Don’t be ashamed to treat your anxiety with meds. I started Effexor two months ago, and it’s honestly changed my life. I can’t believe I resisted for so long!

Loveyou Jezzies!
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  MargieBonzShadyfreude
  1/23/16 7:11pm
  I used to take anxiety meds daily, but found that once I got my antidepressants in line, I was able to get off the anxiety stuff to situational needs. Good for you for doing what you needed to get better!
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  MarillenbaumShadyfreude
  1/23/16 7:13pm
  YES to this! After much internal resistance, I went on Lexapro last year and it changed. My. LIFE. I finally understood what it was like to live without that refrigerator hum of anxiety eternally in the background, and it was so freeing.
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MargieBonzMarie Lodi
1/23/16 7:03pm
I am so happy I am not back east right now. My family is being bombarded with snow.

In other news, I have become completely out of control with the sexing and have put myself in a position to possibly hurt someone. And I don’t want to be there, but I made a bad choice this week. Kind of ashamed of myself.

Binge watching Mad Dogs on Amazon because it feels appropriate for the mood I am in.
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  Snake PersonMargieBonz
  1/23/16 9:45pm
  Hey girl, what happened? If you can tell.
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  MargieBonzSnake Person
  1/23/16 9:49pm
  Been wanting to spill since I can’t talk about it IRL.
  
  So there was this dude I have been regularly seeing with/boning since last March. A few weeks ago when my sister was in town he went full douche mode and we have been barely talking since. He apologized and blah blah blah, but we haven’t really talked and I haven’t seen him since.
  
  Well, the other night I fucked his friend. Who is 60 (I am 31). And the friend and the dude could both get hurt in this situation and I hate it for both of them because even though dude is a total ass, he doesn’t deserve me doing something like that to him. Friend has daughters that are like my age and I don't want to get involved with anything with him, but it was just a shit reaction to the recent goings on in my life.
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PinkBunnyHatMarie Lodi
1/23/16 7:19pm
Time to start garden planning! Any other gardening Jezzies out there? I always try to find some weird vegetable to grow and this year I think it may be painted serpent cucumbers.
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  scowly brow spinsterPinkBunnyHat
  1/23/16 7:34pm
  I am growing kitchen herbs in pots on the back porch cause I am sick of paying top dollah for herbs at the store that I cannot finish before they go slimy. I got a little grow light system for parsley and basil because both these have punked me numerous times by dying both inside and out. I have some good sized sprouts in just a week. My yard is terrible for growing anything at all.
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  Ladyheatherlee 2016 EditionPinkBunnyHat
  1/23/16 7:35pm
  I used to have a nice garden until we moved into bear country. This year I'm looking for a plot in a community garden so that I don't have to worry about luring bears to my yard. I like to stick to the solid things that I will know will work and then do an experimental. One year I grew actual edible corn in northern BC. It was a triumph.
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deerlady83Marie Lodi
1/23/16 7:19pm
One of my cousins had a baby a few months ago with a bad heart. The doctors weren't sure about the baby's prognosis. They were able to do surgery and the baby was able to go home for a few months. The baby had to go back to the hospital and they weren’t sure what was wrong. Yesterday, the baby died. I can’t go back home for the funeral. We are planning to send whatever help we can.
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  BorgCubeddeerlady83
  1/23/16 7:21pm
  How terribly sad. I’m sorry for your family’s loss. :(
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  No1CurrAboutYourBonerdeerlady83
  1/23/16 7:29pm
  I am so, so sorry. *hugs*
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TaintedFleshMarie Lodi
1/23/16 7:07pm
Hello my fellow Jezebellians! I’m along time lurker and a rare poster but I desperately need advice. I have a friend I’ve known since I was 15 (i’m 30 now) who has lately been such a hurtful & rude person that I’m actually considering cutting the friendship off. She moved away when we were 16 and has come back into town recently. She consistently spouts things off that annoy me; very pro life, very pro capital punishment, wishes people would be tortured/ killed because “we’d be better as a society if we did that” (what the fuck?!) while I can accept our differing opinions it bothers me when she provokes my views because I don’t do that to her. She has also mentioned I changed too much (well duh, we met at 15 and i’m in my 30's now). She says I hang out with snobby people, and when i asked her who she was referring to, she made up a fictional person (the friend of my boyfriends mom.. seriously WTF) who owns a winery, there is no such person. She also makes indirect comments like I never make time to be with her and seems to resent my best friend and my boyfriend a lot. Today shit hit the fan because I called her out for being dismissive. She said I couldn’t make valid decisions because I don’t have children and I told her that was uncalled for and that I was an adult capable of making decisions of my own volition and without shooting children out of my vagina. It all escalated because she can’t take ANY criticism well. It’s hard for me to put anyone out of my life, specially someone I’ve known for so long. The part that gets dicey is this: she’s going through a hard time in her life and I feel horrible if I were to stop speaking to her right now. I think she has a type of Munchhausen Syndrome and I’m scared for her safety as well.I don’t know what to do. This woman is very fond of cutting people out of her life if they displease her in any way. She’ll literally block people from her phone &social media instead of talking about problems, it’s very childish. I’m at my wits end though because she texts me all the time and lately i get super upset when she does shit to deliberately provoke me. The odd thing is when I do see her in person she’s incredibly different! No arguing, no being dismissive, no drama. What can I do in this situation? Do you guys think it’s worth salvaging? help!!
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  BorgCubedTaintedFlesh
  1/23/16 7:19pm
  Hmm... honestly I think this friendship is not worth trying to salvage. If you wanted to give it one last shot, maybe you could tell her that you enjoy spending time with her in person, but her personality via text/online is different and not very kind. If she can’t change her behavior, cut her off. Don’t let guilt keep you in a toxic friendship.
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  TaintedFleshBorgCubed
  1/23/16 7:24pm
  Thanks for this. It’s hard but I really should move on from this friendship.
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