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In which we get updates from the lives of tropers. Kinda like Twitter with more than 140 characters, but less than a blog or LJ.

Please refrain from excess venting in this thread. Talking about negative emotions is fine but it's best not to dwell on them for too long. TV Tropes is not suited to deal with mental health situations.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Nov 11th 2022 at 8:59:38 AM

SpaceWolf from The Other Rainforest Since: Apr, 2012
#389451: Jun 13th 2016 at 5:31:42 PM

Blackmoon: Yep. I already have all of my stuff in the car, since I'll be leaving in the early morning.

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TolkienOtaku Having a good time! from Utah Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Having a good time!
#389452: Jun 13th 2016 at 9:18:00 PM

I'm really afraid for my mom right now. Her blood sugar is really low compared to what it usually is, but it's technically in the normal range, meaning she would be laughed out of the ER if she went. My dad had to pick her up from work she was so ill. I'm afraid that she'll refuse treatment until it's too late.

I really hope I'm just being paranoid about this.

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Cailleach Studious Girl from Purgatory Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
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#389453: Jun 14th 2016 at 4:28:09 AM

[up] Is she diabetic?

There are certain foods that can raise blood sugar really well. Table sugar (about 1 tablespoon), fruit juice (1/2 to 3/4 of a cup), honey (1 tablespoon) Also hard candies like Life Savers or Jolly Ranchers

Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
TolkienOtaku Having a good time! from Utah Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
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#389455: Jun 14th 2016 at 3:15:04 PM

Mom's doing better today. Turns out all she needed was salt to feel better. I guess her body couldn't access the glucose without enough sodium.

Still, I was so scared that I called in to work today because I didn't want to leave Mom without knowing she'd be better. And I've already missed a lot of work because of that unsuccessful medication change. So now I'm worried about losing my job.

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ClownToy Since: Aug, 2015
#389456: Jun 14th 2016 at 3:26:24 PM

I'm enjoying my vacations. No more school until August.

SmartGirl333 New account is voidify Since: Nov, 2014
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#389457: Jun 14th 2016 at 4:36:16 PM

Everyone in my class keeps calling non-lethal electric shocks "electrocution" and I'm dying inside

Inhopelessguy Since: Apr, 2011
#389459: Jun 14th 2016 at 5:44:43 PM

Wow so did I! I moved from downstairs to upstairs.

Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#389461: Jun 14th 2016 at 6:57:33 PM

DAY 51 OF THE BLACKOUT SEASON

First, the bad news. Today it rained and there were three blackouts: The programmed one I didn't experience since I was in the estate, and two split-second ones which are more dangerous for the electric devices. I even lost a big edit I was making to an article because of them. [tdown]

I'm also slightly (please pay attention to the emphasis) underwhelmed about the E3 trailer for Zelda, but I'll talk about it in the Zelda thread in the right moment.

On the positive side, there won't be blackouts during weekends anymore.

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RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 from New Zealand (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#389462: Jun 15th 2016 at 2:39:24 AM

So my dad has to find work out of the country, which frustrates me. Though at least I got to have a big, good and long lunch time with him. He's going to be in Sydney, so I think I may visit on his birthday. Also, my sister has gotten a job. She may actually spend some time in England, and if so I'll finally use that opportunity to re-visit England

Cailleach Studious Girl from Purgatory Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
Studious Girl
#389463: Jun 15th 2016 at 6:04:01 AM

I finally have an air conditioner in my apartment. This is the best day of my liifffeeee

Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#389464: Jun 15th 2016 at 7:07:38 AM

Well, this is it. Today is the last day of my living in the house that I grew up in.

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
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#389465: Jun 15th 2016 at 9:00:04 AM

Give it one last view before you move on.

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Cailleach Studious Girl from Purgatory Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
Studious Girl
#389466: Jun 15th 2016 at 2:08:44 PM

I did some sleuthing to figure out who in my apartment hasn't been refilling the ice cube trays. Turns out I was the only person out of six who could be bothered to fill up an ice cube tray after using ice cubes. Everyone was guilty. I feel like I'm on an overheated Orient Express over here.

edited 15th Jun '16 2:13:18 PM by Cailleach

Blackmoon Since: May, 2009
SolipSchism Since: Jun, 2014
#389468: Jun 15th 2016 at 4:02:49 PM

Korean is fascinating.

Disclaimer, I never actually learned to speak any Korean, except for numbers, which I promptly forgot when I stopped studying it.

But I did learn the written alphabet, which is absolutely fascinating. It's like a clever mashup of Western-style phoneme-based alphabets and a Japanese-style syllabary.

It's like... a syllabary created using an alphabet. Except it's technically an alphabet. It's so cool. I mean, a nerdy thing to get excited about, but it's still so cool.

SmartGirl333 New account is voidify Since: Nov, 2014
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#389469: Jun 15th 2016 at 4:09:13 PM

I googled "m night shamalamadingdong" and google knew who i meant

MikeK Since: Jan, 2001
#389470: Jun 15th 2016 at 4:39:43 PM

[tup] column:

Found a new place near my work to do karaoke. They have this higher tech system I've never seen before, where the digital jukebox gets switched into karaoke mode and you just walk up while someone else is singing and type in whatever song you want. If you care, I ended up doing "Big Me", "Pony", and "Clint Eastwood". "Pony" (by Ginuwine) seemed to go over best with the crowd, so I'm trying to work on other 90's R & B Intercourse with You songs I could try.

Mowed the lawn and raked the front drive. Not exactly major thumbs up, but I guess I'm trying to look at yardwork/etc as accomplishments, not chores. Maybe I can start imagine every time I do this sort of thing, a little achievement unlocked box pops up.

In the event that you start cooking hot dogs, then realize you ran out of buns, taco shells that are designed to stand up on their own can be used as an alternative. I guess this "recipe" also works if you want gluten-free hot dogs, or are in the opposite of my situation, where you want to make tacos but don't have the meat.

[tdown] column:

In the course of the yard work, I found a dead bird on the patio. Or rather, I found a dying bird, and by the time I went back into the house and looked up what to do with an injured bird, then came back outside, it was dead. We live on a hill, and there's this long vertical stretch of undeveloped land behind our house: My ultimate course of action was to transfer it via a washcloth to a box, then throw it as far down the cliff I could without touching anything but the box. Both the box and the cloth ought to be trashed I suppose, just to be safe.

TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#389471: Jun 15th 2016 at 7:24:08 PM

[up][up]Try getting a conversion to "freedom bucks".

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#389472: Jun 16th 2016 at 9:21:39 PM

DAY 53 OF THE BLACKOUT SEASON

Do you guys know that horrible feeling in the chest you feel when you have a horrible realization, discovery or sight? One that feels like when you receive a low grade from an exam you made, or when you discover that your love interest is already coupled with someone else, or when you're told someone you know died?

I'm having it right now. In my case because of a horrifying Broken Pedestal. I can't seem to find the name of the feeling anywhere on the web, since I don't know how to exactly describe it in Google.

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TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#389473: Jun 16th 2016 at 9:36:07 PM

Sounds like something there'd be a single word for in German or something.

I tried "the heartbreak of being betrayed by the universe" but got nothing useful.

edited 16th Jun '16 9:36:33 PM by TParadox

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#389474: Jun 16th 2016 at 11:59:40 PM

I noted that the wiki calls it Gut Punch, but even in the Real Life section you only get a description of the feeling, not the medical name. =/

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Cailleach Studious Girl from Purgatory Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
Studious Girl
#389475: Jun 17th 2016 at 6:30:57 AM

They apparently made a biographic movie about Florence Foster Jenkins. This is not something I expected to happen

edited 17th Jun '16 6:31:45 AM by Cailleach


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