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I honestly only managed to read the first three... and moved on... but I almost fell off my chair laughing about his comment of her inner goddess having furniture which took up space!
@Claire - Thanks :) I am much better now. Thankfully. I think Aveeno is available here... i remember seeing it. I've just been taking anti-allergics and getting through it. @Zeenat - I dunno why he was so gung ho abt mustard oil. We almost never used it. Maybe coz he likes all the flavors to be really out there? I really dunno. But he's totally off it now. Thank god!
But i am still taking meds so am sleepy as all get out. Talk to you guys later :)
Once I heard there were passages where the female lead talks about her Inner Goddess I knew I could never read it. Way too ridiculous to be fun. Ick!I went back to the allergist today. A ton of things came back negative. So I went for another bloodtest to test for an avocado allergy. And now I need an epi pen, since the doctor is worried I might accidentally eat the mystery allergen again. Personally, I'm praying I never have to stab myself in the leg!
Happy Holi guys!!! Hope you have a great day.. and your life be filled with lots and lots of color, always! @Claire - I also hope you never have to stab yourself anywhere, not just the leg. I know last year you were playing Holi, so it kinda sucks that you're sick this year. Still I am sure this will be all be figured out soon.
Dorina is an extra powerful 1st level master. Remember her mentally rebuffing Ming-de? Vamp rank is based on power & *perception* of power. Slights must not go unchallenged, or vamp can lose face, and maybe life.
Thanks, Arushi!I don't think people here are celebrating Holi on the proper day, anyway. We've had a blizzard! Not exactly great weather to be running around outside in.
I'm beyond sick of the cold. Come on, spring!!
Sorry. I think I must have misplaced a comment about Dory/Dorina on the wrong thread? But while I'm here: What is 'Holi'?
It was around 50 or 60 and rainy yesterday--it will be around 80 tomorrow....I too am ignorant about Holi, gimme info gogogo.
I finally have time to read today! and visit goodreads!?!? I went on vacation last week to Los Angeles to visit family and could barely read. Didn't get to post at all. And so far have been playing catch up... :::Sigh:::
I wondered where you'd been. Hope you had fun. :)
Lannister wrote: "I wondered where you'd been. Hope you had fun. :)"It was both fun and stressful, as most family stuff are ;) It was really hard to eat on a low carb diet though, stupid Gestational diabetes. My vacation weight gain was like 7 lbs, but I already went down to a reasonable number.
Well, so long as you survived in the end!! My family, for the most part, live nearby. I think I'd go crazy if we all went on holiday together.Hope your diabetes isn't causing too much grief. At least you can hopefully get back into a regular routine now, which will probably help.
Jax wrote: "For those who weren't enamored with the 50 Shades todo - here's a hilarious article written by Dave Barry"Thanks for posting Jax! Reading that made up for all the time i spent wading through 50 Shades. Hilarious.
So, I figured that the big case of the US Federal Government against the big 5 publishers for their price fixing caper was just going to fade away into the night (for those who have forgotten, Apple colluded with the big 5 publishers to fix prices of ebooks because Amazon was sewing up the market). So imagine the look of surprise on my face (probably resembled a deer in the headlights look) today when I received a check in the mail in the amount of $135.00 US in relation to the class action suit! Yes! Woo-hoo! Shazam!Of course, the fact that I bought over 500 e-books in the time period covered in the suit might have had something to do with the amount. But still, I was totally surprised anything came of it at all.
So if any of you purchased ebooks a few years ago and filled out the form to join the class action suit, you might be getting a surprise in the mail as well.
Hahah I only got like 4 something dollars. but that is enough to purchase a book with the amount I have remaining on a B&N giftcard. It was a nice surprise!What I'm hoping is that this lawsuit was big enough and expensive enough for those companies that they think twice before trying something similar again.
Yay! I'm off next week too. But only for a week.
I'm sick again! And I have two exams only 8 days away. This is getting ridiculous!!
Get well soon Claire!!! and all the very best for your exams.
Arushi wrote: "Get well soon Claire!!! and all the very best for your exams."Thanks Arushi!! The antibiotics are finally kicking in.
Ahh *hands Claire some chocolates*You're had a rough 2014 hope you feel better soon.
Thanks Anna!It's true this year hasn't gone as smoothly as I might have hoped, but oh well! That's why I have lots of great friends and books to pull me through!
How you feel better soon Claire *sends hugs across the Atlantic*
I am definitely feeling better, but received some sad news. I'm part of the Honors Program at my university, and compared to the general student body it's quite a small community. Two of our students committed suicide in the past two weeks, bringing the total up to 3 suicides this academic year.I didn't know any of these students personally and so I can't say that I'm grieving, but I do feel very badly for friends of mine who had been more personally affected. The whole program is kind of in shock right now. This whole ordeal was preceded by moving Freshman Honors Housing to a satellite campus about 30 minutes away, and requiring students to live there. It's pretty isolated from the rest of the university, and I don't think University counseling services maintains an office there. So basically the University forced all of our incoming students into an isolated corner on campus and gave them no one to speak with. The whole Honors Program protested the move vigorously and the University didn't listen. It's really upsetting.
Claire, I'm you're better and so sorry about the other students.
Sarah, in the photo you use as an avatar, what is on that guy's chin? Just curious....
Claire wrote: "I am definitely feeling better, but received some sad news. I'm part of the Honors Program at my university, and compared to the general student body it's quite a small community. Two of our studen..."Sad, such a waste.
Is the uni reviewing the decision/investigating support? 3 per year seems very high.
Anytime someone takes their own life it's a sad day. While it seems strange that where the student's are housed would make a difference, it seems to have something to do with the tragedy.Another group of people with high suicides rates are members of the US Military. I heard a figure that was either 22 suicides an hour, or 22 a day; I need to look it up again. Either way, it's unacceptable. I don't see why we can't get these people some help with their psychological issues. We can waste money on getting them in this state to begin with.
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Do you mean my avatar? He's wearing a necklace with keys and has them between his teeth.
Sarah, thanks. It just occurred to me to tap the photo to enlarge it. Now I can see the keys! I'd been wondering about that ever since I joined the group. Nice photo.
It is odd that they all live in the same building. In the official report said "there is no indication that these deaths were caused by a criminal act". I feel horrible for their families.@Duane I'm pretty sure the statistic is 22 a day. Either way it's still unacceptable.
So guys... I have HUGE news... All of you who have me on facebook might have guessed... or might not...
but basically.. I JUST GOT ENGAGED!!!!
It just kinda happened... a little suddenly to be honest... but I am really happy! And of course I had to share the news. And... getting married either this december.. or this Jan :D
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Congratulations!!! :-)
Arushi, that's wonderful! Wishing you every happiness!
Ahhhhhh congratulations!! That's wonderful!! YAY
Thanks Llaph!! @Sarah - Yeah... its been a chaotic few days.. what with all of us getting blindsided by this... but I have been smiling for three days now.. for no reason. I'd say I'm glad no matter how fast everything happened.
@Kathleen - Thank you!!! :)
@Claire - Thank you so much!!! I know!!! YAY!!!
OMG Arushi, I'm so happy for you!! Congratulations and huge hugs. :D Can't wait to see the wedding dress!
So I was supposed to take two midterms today. I was so stressed I didn't fall asleep until after 2:30am and then I woke up at 6:30 to study. The second midterm was supposed to be supervised by a grad student because the professor couldn't be there. And then...HE DIDN'T SHOW UP. And so I stayed up all night freaking out for nothing. And to make matters worse, the exam got moved to the same day I have another exam that's more difficult. AHHHH.
Ah, Claire, that's awful. But you have studied for today's exam. Hopefully you will retain that knowledge well enough till the exam.Best wishes for relaxing and studying efficiently for the harder one.
Good luck with all your exams.
Thank you!! Sometimes I wish I was a regular old liberal arts major. Then I remember how awesome math is and I change my mind. But I really wish I could avoid the theoretical classes.
Lannister wrote: "OMG Arushi, I'm so happy for you!! Congratulations and huge hugs. :D Can't wait to see the wedding dress!"Thank you so much Lannie!!! And you need to check your hangouts woman!!!
@Claire - I am sure it will work out. Like Kathleen said, you did study for this exam beforehand, so I am sure you will do fine :) And yeah.. sometimes it can be annoying but since you love math... I am sure its worth it :)
Finally out of my exam!!! It either went really well or really badly. I have no idea which, but I'm determined not to worry about it.
Claire, fingers crossed.Was that your last mid term?
Hopefully you'll be around her more for awhile?
I just finished the second Aliens book by Gini Loch, am starting the third, and have ordered the next two. Love them! Thanks again.
Kathleen wrote: "Claire, fingers crossed.Was that your last mid term?
Hopefully you'll be around her more for awhile?
I just finished the second Aliens book by Gini Loch, am starting the third, and have ordered..."
I have 2 take come midterms, and finals are less than a month away. So I'm not looking forward to the coming weeks, but hopefully if I begin preparing in advance it won't be so bad.
I'm really glad you like the Alien novels! It's one of my favorite series now.
@Arushi - congratulations; that's great news! Hope your exams went well Claire.
Anna wrote: "@Arushi - congratulations; that's great news! Hope your exams went well Claire."
Thanks Anna!! :)
@Claire - Congrats on finishing your exams :)
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Jax, I saw that last week and laughed so hard! I had horrible flashbacks with all that Inner Goddess stuff. Ugh!