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[cleolinda]

So, a general update:

I can't be too specific because you never know who's reading, but things are going well on the jobsearch front for my mother.

(Speaking of things you can't talk about: I finally realized why I'm always talking about 1) my health, 2) my dogs, 3) the weather and 4) food: once you get enough readers to make it dangerous to gripe about your sister/uncle/professor/employer/boyfriend's dog's best friend, that's all you've got left.)

Sister Girl has had a hard time of it with the wisdom teeth. On the surface, everything's fine--we have a good family surgeon, she hasn't gotten dry socket, she's not jonesing in the street for Percocet, and so on. However, she doesn't deal with pain well, and she's had a lot of that and nausea; the medications made her slightly psychotic early on; she puffed up like whoa; she was deeply depressed at said puffing. Also, in the course of surviving on pudding, jello, and mashed potatoes, she had a life epiphany and realized that she's lactose intolerant, and always has been, and just hadn't made the dairy + suffering connection before.

I was on night shift Sister Nurse duty for a couple of nights, and now my sleep cycle's all messed up and I'm cranky.

Easter was nice; quiet. Just my grandmother, as my aunt's in-laws got custody of their family this holiday (we alternate). My mother will probably put together Easter baskets for us until the Second Coming (at which point we will probably get really, really good baskets); in mine, I got Fuzzy Navel lipbalm, a pound of cotton candy jellybeans, a vanilla-mango candle that smells awesome, and a couple of pairs of really cute (inexpensive) earrings that now also smell like vanilla mango, because I've been keeping them in the candle jar. Also, we got tons of Reese's peanut butter eggs, which are to Cleo as donuts are to Homer. Unfortunately, they turned out to be white chocolate peanut butter eggs, and I think you all know my feelings on white chocolate, which is that it is neither white nor chocolate, not to mention NOT OF THE LORD. So we're looking around for the right kind, but haven't found them yet.

It turns out the Garage National Falls were caused by a water filter that cracked and burst--suddenly those little details in the story about having done a load of clothes and the dishwasher being finished has a much more sinister import, because if she ran them together (which she did), I could see how that might have been the final straw for the filter, as both appliances sit right on top of the garage, where the filter was. Fortunately, it was actually under the ceiling, in the open air, rather than in the ceiling, so we just had to call our long-suffering plumber to come replace it and let the water drain out into the driveway, no harm done.

The air conditioner is being pissy. Again, we've got a whatsit on that one--the jellybeans have gone directly to my brain and I can't remember the--service contract. We have a service contract, so it can blow sky high and we won't be charged a dime for repairs, but still. It's hot.

Easter Turducken. Be afraid.

Worst. Kingdom of Loathing Publicity. Ever.

Gwyneth Paltrow: Better than you.

Hey, Snakes on a Plane fans: Samuel L. Jackson is watching. "Jackson, in his first interview since the Snakes craze went national, has tracked activity on such sites as Snakes on a Blog — the homemade trailers, the suggested soundtrack tunes, the gently mocking T-shirts. Most intriguing [to him], however, have been the fake movie posters." Apparently he feels some chagrin that fans view him as a scary guy. Dear Mr. Jackson: it's not that we think you're evil; it's that we think you're awesome.

kosher_jenny, re: Suri Cruise and her crazy father: "You know what the best thing about placenta is?" Here's the best part: check the date on the comic in the URL. It's nowhere even near recent.

Comments

[quizzicalsphinx.livejournal.com]

Go to Wally-Mart. The Husband just brought home TEN PACKAGES of Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs; they're half-off. (He does this because he knows I don't eat peanut butter, the swine.)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

WE TOLD HER TO GO THERE! I swear, my mother went to every supermarket in town but not Wal-Mart. I KNEW THEY WOULD BE ON SALE!

[princessstarr.livejournal.com]

Cotton Candy Jelly Bellys are absolute love.

[sweetle.livejournal.com]

When Sister Girl gets tired of pudding and jello, I highly recommend beer for the wisdom teeth recovery period. Not so much for while you're still on the heavy-duty painkillers, but after that: Liquid carbs! Whee! When I had mine out, I got very tired and kind of woozy from living on soup, and the beer helped. Or possibly I just thought it did because I'd been living on soup. But anyway.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

I'm glad Poolthulu the wild child wasn't too uppity this time. You want to be stern, yet forgiving.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

I dropped you an email, btw. Not sure how much junk is coming into your inbox these days, so I thought it'd be as well to mention it.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

What Samuel L. Jackson doesn't realize is that we fear him as we fear a deity.

[koritsimou.livejournal.com]

That Gwennie article was beautiful. Just beautiful. *wipes tears*

[plazmah.livejournal.com]

"Dear Mr. Jackson: it's not that we think you're evil; it's that we think you're awesome."

*chokes on Sun Chips* Icon! Stat!

[distant-cord.livejournal.com]

Gwyneth Paltrow knows your Prada bag is fake.

That soooo needs to be an icon.

[quizzicalsphinx.livejournal.com]

Ask, and ye shall receive. (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/quizzicalsphinx/Prada.jpg)

[cygnus.livejournal.com]

Worst. Kingdom of Loathing Publicity. Ever.

Oh, that's just fucking unfair. *sigh* Yep; intarweb gamez will PWN JOO AND YR LITTLE DOG TOO. Stupid damn media.

[bakednudel.livejournal.com]

Belinda Carlisle, "I Get Weak." What? Y'all know I have no shame

I never tire of that. And I'm old enough to have been listening to it since it came out. *wink*

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Dude, I still own the original cassette. Heh.

[copernica3.livejournal.com]

Vanilla-mango? Ooh. What brand is it? I'd like ot buy one.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yankee Candle, "Celebrate Home" sub-brand. Seriously, I didn't realize it was Yankee Candle at all until I looked at the label--it doesn't look like one of theirs at all.

[justjayj.livejournal.com]

Also, we got tons of Reese's peanut butter eggs, which are to Cleo as donuts are to Homer.

Wordy McWordwordword. In my office, we had a candy dish full of the minis for most of last month about two days. Said candy dish was literally <1 ft. from my office door; I didn't even have to step out of my office to reach them. I nearly made myself ill.

Unfortunately, they turned out to be white chocolate peanut butter eggs, and I think you all know my feelings on white chocolate, which is that it is neither white nor chocolate, not to mention NOT OF THE LORD.

OH MY GAWD THAT IS JUST NOT RIGHT! I'm so sorry. I hope you find them. I'd hate to think you had to wait till the pumpkins came out.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Three packages of white, man. I do have a lead on a half-off sale on the real ones, though--I just hope we get there in time. : )

[much-reality.livejournal.com]

There have been a ton of placenta recipes in all the British papers today. Parfait and stirfries and just- ewww.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

And on Defamer, and at least two other blogs that came up on my RSS feeder. NOT COOL, Y'ALL.

[anatsuno.livejournal.com]

placenta eating is really, REALLY not a recent idea [tradition / practice / ritual / whatever] though, so the fact someone made fun of it not-recently is... kinda no-news, um.

sorry, i think i should steal a few of your reese's cups, and see what they do to my mood. *slinks away*

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I know--I just enjoyed that it wasn't specifically a Tom Cruise joke, but a placenta joke in a male-oriented (I think?) gamer comic for its own sake.

(They're not even cups, man--they're flat eggs about the size of an index card. You get sooooo much peanut butter, it's so awesome.)

[lesamalie.livejournal.com]

When I got my wisdom teeth out (it was horrible, took two weeks recovery during the last month before college), I survived on quiche. Yeah, it sounds kinda weird but it might be good for your sister. I didn't think of it until my mom was listing off soft foods that I hadn't tried yet and it was perfect for me. I don't know how the whole lactose-intolerant thing will go but its worth a try.

[georgie21.livejournal.com]

Am I you? (http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/391918.html?thread=17682670#t17682670) Because I think I may actually be you.

It's quite possible that I am you, because I got white chocolate peanut butter eggs, and I know just as well as you do that they are EVIL and NOT CHOCOLATE and will KILL US ALL. I'm also completely addicted to the REAL Reese's egg things, because they are the awesome. It's a good thing I don't have access to them most of the time, though, because if I did I would probably be around 500 pounds. Nothing against people who are 500 pounds, of course.

Hope Sister Girl feels better, for your sake and hers. :)

[marginaliana]

Dear Mr. Jackson: it's not that we think you're evil; it's that we think you're awesome.

*snicker*

PS - we'd fear you less if you'd just wear a frilly hat...

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

The weird thing is that it looks like the whole placenta-eating rigmarole is that it doesn't appear to be some sort of anchent tradition from tribes of old or something like that or something commonly praticed in parts of the world, at least according to an interesting comment on Metafilter:

The fate of the afterbirth could be determined for 70% of the cultures listed; in not one was placentophagia noted. The majority of cultures burned or buried the placenta. In many, a totemism was associated with the afterbirth, and a piece of the placenta or umbilicus was saved as a talisman. In some cultures (Pomo, Toradja, Siwans, Vietnam), portions of placenta are saved for subsequent medicinal application (see also [54]).

In many cultures, however, strong statements against eating placenta were noted, suggesting that these cultures recognized placenta as a substance that could be eaten. (http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/50999#1283146) (there's more in the actual comment)

I loved Jon Stewart's take on this: that even though he was joking Tom Cruise now has to openly deny eating placenta in every interview from now on. XD And the fact that, he though he was joking, the fact that we can so easily believe that Cruise would devour the Placenta so recently shed from his brainwashed childbride's uterus in a misguided fit of new-aged fatherly glee says a lot about how bad his public rep has gotten.

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

that should be "even though he was joking"

[sweetdaddydavid.livejournal.com]

That KOL playin' psycho is also a SomethingAwful forums goon.

And I'm totally ragging on you in my LJ and you don't even love me enough to show up.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heh, sorry--I'm on icepack gofer duty today while my mother's out doing errands.

I feel free

[spooke.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD. Your brother's dog's best friend isn't your brother? That bitch!

Re: I feel free

[eyespaintedred.livejournal.com]

*giggles*

Oh Magic Hate Ball, do you really think death is the answer?

[aki.livejournal.com]

There is a Penny Arcade for nearly everything.

[im-so-awkward.livejournal.com]

sam jackson is so right! when i heard "snakes on a plane" i said.. "wow i have to see this movie!" and i've gotten all of my friends interested in it now

[tavella.livejournal.com]

Oh, god, I hadn't heard that bit. Poor KoL!

[arpeggiodreams.livejournal.com]

When I had my wisdom teeth taken out, the thing that was making me sick was the pain pills. Once I stopped taking them, I stopped throwing up, and it got a lot better.

I know Sister Girl is a pain weenie, but it is an idea.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

You know, there may be something to that--she's trying to come off the Percocet now, and I'm wondering if that's also making her nauseous.

[rebel-waltz.livejournal.com]

hahahaha, i was thinking about that Penny Arcade comic when my sister brought up the eating the placenta thing in the car today when she picked me up from work.