Total #buzzkill

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I'm bummed.  I hung out with the family today, and this whole lifecasting business came up.  I had talked to my mom about it before I started, and she was totally on board.  She has read my stuff in the past, and was all about it.  Today when we talked about it she said, "Yeah, some of your posts are......interesting."

I knew right away she was talking about the shoplifting post.  She told me she knew at the time that I was lying, but there's just not much you can do when it's your kid.  I don't know....the whole thing just upsets me.  I believe that she knew I was lying at the time and didn't know what to do about it.  I guess my issue is with the tone.  She was and is the person that I worry about reading these lifecasts.  There are so many ugly things that I would like to talk about, but so much of it I don't want my mom to have to see, and I don't want her to judge me for it.  What do I do about that?  Tell her I don't think she should read this new part of my life?  How can she support me in this new adventure if I don't let her experience it.  Should I pick and choose the posts that I invite her to read?  Or just get over it, and let her see things that I am okay with everyone else but her seeing?

I just don't know what to do, and I'm sad that my previous post wasn't well-received, which out of everything I have to say, is one of the mildest.  Uuuuuggggh.  I knew this was something I would have to face eventually.  I just didn't think it would be so soon. Maybe my feelings get hurt too easily, and maybe I am being too sensitive, but this is a big part of my life right now, and I don't want to half-ass it one way or the other.

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#ZacharyLevi and #JimmyFallon talk nerdy

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Two of my all-time favorite nerds, Zachary Levi and Jimmy Fallon got together and did some nerdy talking!

So anyone that still thinks nerds aren't sexy - #1: welcome to 2010, 1983 called and wants it's mentality back (BOOM, IN YO FACE!), and #2:

Oh you two yummy yummy little nerd mansicles.

#nerdsunite

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Then Jimmy: @JimmyFallon

The day Parvo got #OWNED!

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Lookey lookey lookey who I'm hanging out with!  Cute right?  I have two boxers, and my little lady had puppies a while back.  Sad story, they all got parvo.  Seriously, WTF?  We started with 9...and ended with 4.  *tear*  The fact that any of them survived is a really big deal.  It was so so so super hard to watch.  For those of you that don't know, Parvo is a terrible virus that attacks rapidly generating cells, generally affecting the stomach and intestines.  It makes them super sick, and since their stomach hurts they won't eat or drink, and since they get such bad diarrhea and vomit they get super dehydrated and die.  Like in 24-36 hours, a lot of times.  The virus is transmitted from dog to dog, and it can live in direct sunlight for years, or be carried in a dog for years without activating.  SUCK. 

Treatment = awful.  The vet bills are killer, and they generally want to hospitalize them.  Um, no.  So I got to give sub-cutaneous fluids twice a day (not entirely easy on tiny squirmen wermans), dextrose five times a day, five to seven small meals a day, and total clean-up and bleaching twice a day.  A 1000 ml fluid bag costs a measly $80, and it only lasts about 3 days.  Not easy on any of us. 

Anywhoozle, I am an AMAZING animal nurse (seriously, mad skills), so my round the clock care saved some lives!  We ended up with four little stinkers, and only have two left to sell.  But...I might try talking the hubbard into keeping this one.  I just love his little lips, makes me want to kiss him right on the mouth!

Parvo - you suck nards.  I won, beeeyotch!  

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#TrueLife: What really motivates us ...

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This video shows what really motivates us - and explains why people can be willing to donate time, thoughts and progress to make the world a little better.

I totally totally think this is why Talk Nerdy To Me, Lover works!  Jen gives creative freedom, so contributors are willing to do amazing things.  Just the motivation of being able to do it is motivation enough!

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#Randombling: Jen Squard

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Randombling: A 5 minute long unedited random stream of consciousness produced by a nerd for nerds.

#nowplaying: Night Ranger - Sister Christian

I am honestly not at all looking forward to Thanksgiving.  I don’t so much like tradition.  And Thanksgiving is effing stressful.  All that work to make all that food, and it is rarely appreciated.  Plus, I HATE thanksgiving food.  Turkey makes me want to poke my eyes out.  
This year I am refusing to do Thanksgiving.  My mom and sister are coming over to my house, and we are all going to play games and eat baked ziti.  I think that the holiday should be about hanging out with the people you love, not doing everything you can to impress them.  I know it’s about being thankful, but I am thankful every day for what I have.  I tell my hubbard thank you for his love and support every chance I get.  Do we really need  special holiday to remind us to be thankful?  That’s lamesauce.

We do, however, have to head up to the in-laws house.  Hopefully there will be minimal drama, but since they are always mad at someone in the family, and that someone has been me in a pretty serious way for the past few months, it should be interesting.  I don’t know....it’s not my family so I can’t really be the one to say eff off, but we’ll see how it goes I guess.  

This time of year just always upsets me.  I like Christmas and the premise of gift giving, I just hate the forced interactions.  If you love someone, tell them all the time.  Don’t wait until winter.  And if someone gives you a present, fucking say thank you.  The end.  Don’t expect anything great unless you are doing great things.  So there - download your permission slips, be awesome, and awesome things will happen to you.  

No more whining and hoping for miracles just because it’s Christmas.  The holiday doesn’t even make sense.  I’m over it, and I’m just going to pretend like they aren’t happening this year.    

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