h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

[Amy]

It's a beautiful day here--sunny and 90°F.

That's 32°C and 305.37 Kelvins for my overseas friends.

Go for it!

I'm just waiting for my next Last To The Forum cattle prod...

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Urgh! sounds far to hot to me. I'm odd it's been hitting 27 degrees recently and I'm considering the cooler weather to be another reason to go to Scotland.

I show up here after work, see it's been ~3 HOURS~ since someone's posted, dash a quick bit of wry wit, and find I've simulposted with ~2 TWO~ other Salonistas! Ah, the challenge of keeping up with a popular forum thread...

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[Hyp]

FG - yeah, salt vampires. I think I cribbed that particular detail from an old Star Trek episode - the villain was a creature that could disguise itself as a loved one, then when it had you, it would suck all the salt from your body. My particular dream was filled with these creatures, which chased me around until I ended up near the ocean. I thought I was safe - being near a body of water so full of salt, surely they'd leave me alone - but as the dream faded to black, I was still running. Unfortunately these dreams never have an ending - I always wake up before I find out what happens.

dave, if it was a house, I would think about it. But it's an apartment, and I think the uni would frown on my burning it down.

Although there is a distinct possiblity that I may just move from one apartment to the other, so that might do it...we're moving and you're not.

At least he sleeps on the couch while he's here. And you are all correct; he is an adult. It's just hard on D. If it wasn't for D, he'd be soooo long gone.

More sensiblity: I know nothing about the situation, but why let that stop me attempting to give advice. It makes a change from to be suffering from generalised aniexty disorder or I will be if this hyperventilation, sweating, preoccupation with failing my degree, and tachycardia continues for six months and doesn't resolve when/if I pass the resit.

Can you dump all his things with his mum/dad friend who lives locally,and wouldn't mind putting him up whilst he gets back on his feet. The write to him explaining what you've done.

I'd also try and do the moving whilst D was having a fun weekend staying with a friend.

Right back to revision - side effects of Benzodiazpines.

*thinks about resit*

AGHHHHhhhhhhggghhh

Several quotes from today that sum up my mood.

'If you'll excuse me, I have to get home and hyperventilate'

Other student 'So what happens if we fail this'
me (quietly) 'we die a slow and horrible death,

Look I don't do resits, I don't do failure, not in this subject, I like pscyhiatry for f**ks sake.

I like it so much I even know that it's spelt psychiatry.

We had some revision lectures today from a forensic psychiatrist, who was giving examples of her patients with the conditions. But as she worked at one of the three national high security hospitals they were all convicted of terrible crimes, for example she said.

'Usually in obbessional compulsive disease you get a compulison to wash your hands, but my patient got a compulsion to kill police officers, otherwise it was a typical case'

She was ever so nice as well, not the sort of person you'd expect to spend there days treating murderers.

I'd rather have a nice, empathic person treating murderers than a sadistic one!

True. I'm not sure what sort of person I expected would work at that sort of clinic.

Z, I don't know that D would want to come home to a completely new house! Nor does he have any local family...the closest is 1200 miles away, so that's pretty much right out. I'm thinking about getting him a storage unit, but that would mean $$ from me, which I don't have.

I've been watching episodes of West Wing all afternoon. Who plays Lord John Marbry?

[Sol]

Oh, yeah! Oh, that's gotta hurt.

Comes of staying up too late, trying to convince my body to get out of the Refuel Outage Owl Shift, and back into the Day Shift mode...

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The rain is just *pouring* down - rivers and lakes all over the place

I *knew* I should have taken the bus to the train station instead of walking as usual - I got splashed down by a passing car, and am now waiting for my trousers to dry...

Got my hait appointment this morning, 3 hours of it! Then a blood test this evening.

I am looking forward to tomorrow.

I have been for the last 48 hours, absolutely frozen. I don't know if it is because of the wind and the humidity, (give me -10 in Sweden any day), or if it is early on-set menopause...

Anyway I can tell it is warm in the office, and I am *still* feeling chilly in a velvet top, a woollen skirt and a cardigan...

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