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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    02:56 PM

    Oh god, I feel like I just got punched in the soul.

    My Australian boyfriend forgot to file his application with the Diversity Visa lottery and the deadline is passed.

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    Image of Lizabelle Lizabelle
    11/29/09

    Dear mother with the four kids on my train,

    Thank you so much for singling me out for a seat move because you're precious little angels needed more leg room. Thank you for complaining to the conductor when I simply couldn't force my joints to unlock any faster. My RA ravaged body is excited to take on the challenge of the having a seat further barring my legs from my movement, while my ears are delighted by the earth shattering swan song of your eldest complaining that she has no tray table.

    Additionally, I'm so glad that you brought along a tub or two of tuna salad and have set yourself upon the task of making a sandwich mountain. The continued assault on my physical comfort helps to remind me that life is good and I should be thankful for the incessant whining and pointing in my general direction.

    It was not a problem dragging myself to the least comfortable place for someone with the condition, but I'm certain you know that. After all, not a word of thanks was offered by you, which goes to show how well you read my latent excitement. Please extend my thanks to you conductor cohort, I was so happy to know that I look good enough to warrant the "one day, when you're a mom, you'll understand" speech when the kids aren't with me. I'm glad that he too noticed my ease of motion.

    Complacently yours,
    Lizabelle

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    11/29/09

    @Lizabelle: *hugs* That sucks the big one. The tuna in particular was salt in the wound.

    I wandered into the groupthink to post something about how sometimes being a parent is exactly as annoying as those without children suspect. But considering what you went through, I'll keep it to myself and nurse this lemon drop instead. :)

    #parenting
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    11/29/09

    @SomeAuthorGirl: Being a parent isn't easy...I just want to hit this particular one.

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    Image of bluebears bluebears
    11/29/09

    God DAMN it! Tennessee just won, I was about to move into 2nd place for the week in my pickem league.

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    12:42 AM

    @bluebears: I'm not fielding a fantasy and/or pickem team this year, but I can certainly commiserate. Who knew Vince Young had 387 yards in him? Tennessee seems to have picked up a little steam out of nowhere.

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    Image of deeemer deeemer
    11/29/09

    How many of you guys are actually prepared for an emergency? Like, stored water and canned goods, etc?

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    Image of curiousgeorgiana curiousgeorgiana
    11/29/09

    @deeemer: I have an emergency kit in my car and my boyfriend's car. Blankets, clothes, shoes, lights, batteries, medicine, first aid kit, and a gun/ ammo. And we have a few scenarios for getting out of the city.

    We're in DC though, so we're pretty much screwed in event of nuclear attack. Now disease etc, we might have enough to survive.

    Reading The Road pretty much killed any hope I had though ;o).

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    Image of Miss Scarlett Miss Scarlett
    11/29/09

    @deeemer: We have water delivered so we usually have 3-5 of those large 3 gallon jugs at any one time. We have some canned food but nothing we made a point to have incase of emergency.

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    11/29/09

    @deeemer: I've been thinking about this a lot, lately. I am very unprepared, mostly because I have to move around a lot, and can't take my stored water and canned food with me everywhere. It worries me from time to time. In the event of the zombie apocalypse, I am so going to be in the first wave of casualties, especially because I don't even have a gun.

    In all seriousness, I'd love to be more prepared, but it's not possible right now. I would have to rely on others if something happened, which sucks.

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    chritter is a nocturnal feminist mancatfish promoted this comment Adah was starred Adah was unstarred
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    11/29/09

    @deeemer: I have cat food. Lots and lots of cat food.

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    11/29/09

    @chritter is a nocturnal feminist mancatfish: See we don't have a lot of that and we would have very angry kitties in the case of an emergency. I should make a point to pick up some extra.

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    11/29/09

    @Miss Scarlett: Mostly, I just want to make sure I'm not eaten in my sleep. I'm woefully outnumbered here. :)

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    11/29/09

    @chritter is a nocturnal feminist mancatfish: I guess you can gnaw on those in an emergency.

    You missed me freaking out last night. I just finished this book: [www.amazon.com]

    And now I'm so scared, I can't sleep at night. SO. VERY. SCARED.
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    11/29/09

    @curiousgeorgiana: I hated The Road. The only redeeming factor of that joyless, emotionless book was the announcement that Viggo would play the dad in the upcoming movie. But the book I read recently was worse in terms of "this could really happen". "One Second After".

    As an aside, you're pretty much screwed in DC regardless. The OSA book has a particularly gruesome end for you folks. And I didn't know that the murder rate in DC is higher than everywhere else! How bizarre.

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    11/29/09

    @Miss Scarlett: I think I want to get water delivered, just to have those jugs. I bought a bunch of those little water gallons, and those developed little holes and swamped my floor. Ugh.

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    12:44 AM

    @curiousgeorgiana: The Road taught me that in the event of nuclear devastation or some such, I will be eaten by newly formed tribes of humans with fewer qualms than I. And that the human spirit is a funny thing or some shit, but whatever. The message that stuck with me is the former.

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    07:31 AM

    @jigglyball: Exactly. Are you carrying the fire?

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    07:32 AM

    @deeemer: Awww, I loved The Road. Story was god awful depressing, but the language was gorgeous.

    "If he was not the word of God, then God never spoke."

    Come on--that's good stuff.

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    12:44 PM

    @jigglyball: Don't forget being raped! Thanks, The Road! Oh, and The Stand!

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    Image of BearDownCBears BearDownCBears
    11/29/09

    Johnny Knox, hellz yeah.

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    11/29/09

    @BearDownCBears: Never mind.

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    11/29/09

    @BearDownCBears: How's my guy Forte doing? He's a fellow Tulanian of mine :o)

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    11/29/09

    @curiousgeorgiana: Suck. There are no holes. The offensive line is terrible, minus the tight ends. That's why I'm slow to sign on to the "Jay-Cutler-is-horrible" bandwagon because he's constantly running for his life.

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    11/29/09

    @BearDownCBears: Boo. I was so hopeful for Forte after a great rookie season. Hopefully your O-line will get healthy/ get some draft picks in the off season.

    I am so glad the Redskins didn't pick up Cutler ;o). Not that Campbell or our o-line is much better.

    As my Dad has been a Bears fan since the 60s, Go Bears!!

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    11/29/09

    @BearDownCBears: This game is brutal.

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    11/29/09

    @bluebears: It's like I'm in junior high again. I'd go down to the bus stop Monday morning and my friend would be in his Starter brand Packers coat ripping on me.

    Oh what a surprise, they pulled their 33-year-old tackle. Who we paid for.

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    11/29/09

    @BearDownCBears: I am disturbed at all these Michiganders who were apparently fans of non-Lions affiliated nfl teams.

    Seriously though, what has happened to their defense? I agree, Cutler gets no protection. I've always thought he was uneven though, even in Denver.

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    11/29/09

    @bluebears: Mike Brown was awesome, but he got hurt and old. Urlacher has sort of fizzled since his best days with neck and back owies. The starting defensive ends are over 30. Tommie Harris is perpetually hurt; the other tackle is a perpetual rotation. Tillman's okay, but he's no Charles Woodson.

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    11/29/09

    @BearDownCBears: I also think they've suffered in the coaching department.

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    11/29/09

    @bluebears: I hate to admit it, but yeah. The Mr. Cool approach is much better when you are structurally sound and need to manage games. Ron Rivera got in deep shit over the Super Bowl debacle, so Lovie took over the D coordinator job too. Now the defense plays like 9-year-olds. This correlation looks suspiciously like causation.

    Is it an attitude thing? Singletary's tough-guy routine is popular with the Madden types, but I'll admit I was a doubter. Pro footballers aren't high schoolers you can marshall along with "toughness" slogans about "no excuses". But you know, although the Niners are still not great this year, they're better than they were. Part of me wants to say Da Bears could use some of that right now.

    But you know, it doesn't look like their problem is discipline, it's talent. They NEED NEW PLAYERS. Same with the Lions, although you should hold onto Stafford, IMO.

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    11/29/09

    @BearDownCBears: They have really dragged their feet on getting young blood in, particularly in the defense. The really good organizations don't wait until their former championship team is totally old and broken before they get new players.

    I agree about the whole "tough-guy" bullshit. It CERTAINLY isn't working for Mangini in Cleveland and god knows its never worked for the Lions.

    eta: I agree about Stafford. I think he has a good arm and he showed heart in that Browns game. He will run up against the same problem that every Lions qb faces, absolutely no protection. Ford apparently is still trying to "crack" that problem.

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    11/29/09

    @bluebears: I think we take a colonial romp into Canada and steal their best CFL talent. We can recruit the Michigan Militia and compensate them with Nugent tickets or something. Whoever loses the series between our teams this year gets first pick.

    Be extra nice to Pilgrim Soul over the next few weeks, because we'll need to recruit her as an interpreter between the Canadian prisoners and the lawyers.

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    12:47 AM

    @BearDownCBears: Oh, Jay. Jay, Jay, Jay. I watched you for four years at Vandy. You should be fucking used to running for your life.

    That said, the kid's got genuine talent and some serious mettle, but he's in a funk, and the Bears need to add some pieces to the offense, and fast (except that they forfeited a draft pick for ol' Jay).

    And by kid, I mean large man who graduated a year ahead of me.

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    12:49 AM

    @bluebears: Cutler is totally uneven. I really thought he'd grow beyond that in the pros, but he hasn't developed as quickly as I'd hoped. Which is a shame, because dude's talented. I don't know if it's because he's been too busy indulging in coach and team drama to really grow as a QB, or if he thinks the comparisons to Brett Favre are 100% favorable.

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    12:52 AM

    @BearDownCBears: Not to sidetrack the conversation, but are you a Chicagoan? I'll be there this coming weekend, and I'm welcoming recommendations for eating, drinking and general merry-making.

    And if you know where the Bears hang out, I would like to go heckle Mr. Earl Bennett, Mr. Jay Cutler, and Mr. Hunter Hillenmeyer. STOP RECREATING THE WORST PARTS OF MY COLLEGE EXPERIENCE, YOU TOOLBAGS.

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    Image of ucelluccia ucelluccia
    11/29/09

    So I don't have a signature scent. Not really. This is related to my lack of knowledge about makeup (outside of lip balm and the occasional heavy eyeliner for a concert), fashion (outside of jeans and Chucks and tank tops), and other grown-up things.

    I currently wear Ryder by Hollister (I know, I know), which I am fine with, but I'd like to find a "real" scent, you know? I've always loved the way Husband's cologne (all men's cologne, really) smells, but I don't know enough about perfume not to end up smelling like a dude. Help?

    (PS for those who remember -- the hair turned out cute except that my cowlick is accentuated. Awesome.)

    #scents

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    11/29/09

    @ucelluccia: OK, and to add -- I like citrus smells in general, but don't know if I'd still like them in a perfume. I am drawn to clean smells in general, as well, but again, don't know if they will translate into a perfume. Grarrrrrrrrr frustrated.

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    11/29/09

    @ucelluccia: I'd probably go to Sephora or a department store, try a lot of different perfumes and see which one I liked the best!

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    chritter is a nocturnal feminist mancatfish promoted this comment taliewalie was starred taliewalie was unstarred
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    11/29/09

    @ucelluccia: I have a love affair with Burberry's women's perfume. Unfortunately, I live no where near a Sephora and the cheapest bottle I found was out of my price ange at the time. :/

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    chritter is a nocturnal feminist mancatfish promoted this comment Blodwynn was starred Blodwynn was unstarred
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    11/29/09

    @ucelluccia: Not trying to be a sephora salesperson or anything but they have something where you pay like $50 and get about 10 different perfume samples and then you can try them out and when you have decided what you want you go back to the store and they give you a full size of one of the samples. I'm not sure exactly what perfumes are in the pack but you should check it out.

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    11/29/09

    I have to go to a dinner for my sister-in-laws birthday tonight. It's going to be awkward. I am not looking forward to this..

    This day has been really awful so far, so I'm hoping this dinner will go smoothly. I want to eat good food, dammit!

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    bluebears promoted this comment rileycal was starred rileycal was unstarred
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    11/29/09

    @rileycal: why will it be awkward? do you not get along with her?

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    11/29/09

    @bluebears: There was the whole mess of her thinking my brother was lying to her, which he wasn't, and she brought pretty much EVERYONE into it. It went to unbelievable heights over something that should have been handled between my brother and her.

    Then, my brother stopped talking to us, and has only recently started contacting us more.

    The thing is, nothing has been resolved. We've tried to talk to both of them about it cause she's not the only one to blame, it's bad decisions on both parts. So I fear a fake setting, which really makes me annoyed.

    And I've never had a problem with her, my brother dated her for 6 years before getting married to her last November. My sister on the other hand.. but she won't be there so thank Jesus.

    Oh my, sorry about unloading all this! Haha

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    11/29/09

    @rileycal: ugh that sucks. sorry.

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    11/29/09

    I'm really craving kfc. It's weird, I can't even remember the last time I ate food from there.

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    11/29/09

    @bluebears: Oh, gah, KFC is one of my guilty pleasures. I've made fried chicken at home and it's just not as gooooood (by which I mean as baaaaad).

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    11/29/09

    @bluebears: Whenever KFC commercials come on, I want to get the fries! So good.

    But then, I usually forget about till I'm going to sleep. Then I really want them again! And so on.

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    11/29/09

    I got it. It was amazing.

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    11/29/09

    It's probably because I'm in a grouchy mood thanks to Houston kicking Indianapolis's ass (???) but I'm about to pen a complaint email to CBS sports. The only time they ever, EVER, have a female in the studio (or in the booth, for that matter) it's a Victoria's Secret model playing her role to a tee ("Joe Flacco's looking good this year! [giggle!]") and plugging the fashion show while the pundits act like dirty old men who haven't ever seen a pair of tits in their studio before. Because, well, they haven't. Anyone else see that shit?

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    11/29/09

    Hey Jezzies,

    I wanted to share a half-decent article musing about Lady Gaga in a Canadian newspaper (her tour began this week in Montreal).

    It's not a complete analysis, but I thought it was a great jumping off point for a discussion about what Gaga's performances tell us about the body. I was surprised to see it in a mainstream paper.

    [www.theglobeandmail.com]

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    curiousgeorgiana promoted this comment Edited by She-Prime at 11/29/09 11:17 AM She-Prime was starred She-Prime was unstarred
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    11/28/09

    Group projects suck balls. I am so not a team player to begin with, but it doesn't help that I'm the only person who seems to be doing anything.

    And yes I would like some cheese with my wine. I prefer brie.

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    11/28/09

    @pantsless economist...access RESTORED: Group projects are lame indeed. You can't trust people. I usually just do all the work myself, then passive aggressively insult the intellect of my group members. Immature, but it makes me feel better.

    How about some raspberry parmesan? It's delicious!

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    11/29/09

    @pantsless economist...access RESTORED: I have always thought this way about group projects. I always ended up doing all the work!

    But now I'm in law school and we just finished our group project. It was amazing. Everyone came up with a plan, divided the work, set timelines, showed up to meetings on time, and every one pulled their share of the load. It was flawless.

    Hooray for more serious students in grad school :o)

    Good luck with your group. I send you warm wishes and brie with toasted walnuts and honey.

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    11/29/09

    Thanks guys. :)

    @curiousgeorgiana: I'm actually in grad school too, which is what is so frustrating about this one! Overall it's been better, though, for the group projects I've had to do.
    @highjump: Raspberry parmesan, yes pleeze!


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    11/29/09

    @pantsless economist...access RESTORED: Oh boo, then. Come on people. This is serious.

    I hope it works out :o)

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    11/28/09

    Leftover Thanksgiving dinner?
    CHECK
    Night out with my best friend who is in town this weekend?
    CHECK
    It's a good day, my friends!

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    11/28/09

    I'm at a loss as to what to do with myself.

    - go to a show with my group of friends
    - go indulge in leftovers with the famiglia
    - go to a movie by myself
    - go see the friend-with-benefits
    - go all Bridget Jones with vodka and, dare I say it, some Chaka Khan

    Decisions hurt my head!

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    11/28/09

    @SomeAuthorGirl: Happy Saturday! You could probably do two or three of those, no? I know I would pick any over all the stupid homework I have to finish up tonight. Although there may be some vodka involved. It helps me think. To a point.

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    11/28/09

    @SomeAuthorGirl: Get laid! Then come home and do the vodka/chaka khan thing.

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    11/28/09

    @pantsless economist...access RESTORED: Happy happy to you too! Should I be all Jewish-mothery and encourage you to do your homework sans vodka? No. No, I will not. I did most of my homework with the aid of alcohol etc, and I promise I turned into a fully functioning, positive contributor to society.

    That said, I chose to go Sad Singleton (TM) with takeout Thai and S2 eps of Doctor Who. :)

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    11/28/09

    @AmbiguouslyStraightUno: You make me laff. :) I chose to wallow in it. I think it's good for the soul, to wallow on occasion!

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    11/28/09

    My boyfriend of a year and a half broke up. I was away on break and he was home. It wasn't working and he turned to drinking again. I don't want to see him cause I know he'll go back. I ended it over the phone, blocked him from facebook, email, and from my phone. I know it seems drastic but I needed out and I don't wanna go back. I want to be strong and be my own person. He ended the phone call saying he wanted to die then hung up. He is an alcoholic I know I cannot blame myself for any of his actions. I don't want to go back. Anyone can share how I can just move on ? I know day by day but I'm not home yet and I'm afraid he'll show up at my work or apartment and I'm scared. My family knows and is supportive.

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    11/28/09

    @coolcooldame: Wow, I'm sorry to hear that. Please don't feel guilty for walking away; sometimes that's the right thing to do. Are you scared he'll hurt you, or just scared to see him? If it's the former, make sure to keep a record of any threatening messages you get from him (though blocking him seems like it should help that) and get a restraining order if necessary. If you are just scared to see him, change your locks if he has a key and if possible, tell security or someone else at work to keep an eye out for him/not let him in. I hope everything turns out okay. Also, if you want some support from other people who have been in similar situations, you might want to consider attending Al-Anon meetings. They're free and available in pretty much every city. Best of luck.

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    11/28/09

    @girl.of.your.dreams: Scared I'll see him and scared he will hurt him self. He even called me from a pay phone and left five messages saying that he just wants to talk. I don't want to talk. He left me email messages before I blocked him saying that only I could make him happy. I'm done. I don't want to talk but I'm scared I'll pick up the phone and wanna fix it when I don't. How do I not ? I am going home tomorrow so that will be rough. I might stay with my parents a few days.

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    11/28/09

    @coolcooldame: Well I really do wish you the best of luck. Staying with your parents sounds like a good idea. Please try to remember that whatever he says or does is NOT your fault or responsibility. But if you do want to help, maybe you could get him the number of a counselor/hotline? Get it to him through someone else? If you're really worried. Otherwise, it seems like staying away is the right thing to do.

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    11/28/09

    @girl.of.your.dreams: Just wanted to add: Obviously you should do what's best for you. I don't have any answers - I just feel for you.

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    Image of karmasutra är svensk karmasutra är svensk
    11/28/09

    One of the best things about the Christmas season?

    Mannheim Steamroller.

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    11/28/09

    @karmasutra är svensk: So true. Reminds me of my childhood -- my mom had many of their albums on record.

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    11/28/09

    @karmasutra är svensk: You know, I've never really liked Christmas music, but Mannheim Steamroller is so comforting - probably because we always had it on when we opened gifts as kids.

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