posted March 11, 2009 09:17 AM              

How have you been my sweet? How has life been treating you this week?

It sucks having to deal with these kinds of people, very sad indeed but karma comes back to them & it ain't pretty is it?

posted March 11, 2009 01:03 PM            

Dumfries, 1689, Margaret Roddan is guilty of fornication with Thomas Paterson, "she is appointed to appear at the public place of repentance (p.15) and fined £3 Scots" but "some doubts arise because of his great age and indisposition".

Grandad shagging through the ages....maybe that's Rafe in a previous life, bet if you put him under a swinging watch he'd come up with this story.

posted March 11, 2009 01:41 PM            

I'm inclined to give Spunk's roommate more of the benefit of the doubt. I don't think moodiness necessitates that there's something wrong or that she's upset at something.

I've got three planets in Sag, and I can be very moody around the house with the only reason being that I don't want conversation. It doesn't mean that I've got an issue with my roommate, except in that he likes to talk, and maybe I don't want to entertain conversation. Being someone who's quit smoking as well, I might save up my attempt at pleasantness for someone I care for more than my roommate.

That said, if you were to engage her in conversation, I'm sure she could figure out something to critique as Mutables can almost always find something to criticize. Nothing is ever perfect.

posted March 11, 2009 04:27 PM              

If our relationship was just that of roomies I wouldn't be so ****** off.

posted March 11, 2009 04:51 PM            

Sorry, I've been a stranger all week. Lots of studies. And tiredness. 9 assignments due tomorrow, handed in yesterday. A zillion due Monday - only one more to go.

Speak with you soon.

posted March 11, 2009 04:55 PM              

It is very early for me. About now it is 7.53 am & I really should be writing out my boy's lunch order for school.

Somebody spank me....

posted March 11, 2009 05:17 PM              

I just wanted to write about that shooting at the German school, but you have been faster than me - as usual.

Yes, I´m okay. It`s happened not even close to where I live.
So I am pretty okay, but of course I do feel very shocked, too.
I can`t even express how much this pains me.

It also made me being aware, that maybe we have been pretty lucky at our own school.
Well, in the school I am now in, there has been a warning of such a shooting a year or so ago. Apparently it has "just" been a joke. But we had the police in school for days. Doesn`t really make you feel safe. However luckily nothing happened.

And on the other school, I had been before, a pupil had been caught with a revolver by a teacher. He obviously just wanted to show it to the other pupils, and well, the headmaster of that school dealt with it quickly and without many people taking notice.

I know it`s nothing compared to the horrible thing that happened at that school, but it made me pretty aware that anything can happen at anytime.

But what is it about all those people running amok lately? Is it only me or have there been more news like this (family tragedies and such school-shootings).

Oh and here, pretty close to where I live, in Cologne, the building of the historical archives broke down, taking two other houses with them, and costing the lives of two young men. A massive building just crumbling to dust (like in the tarot car "The tower").

Oh and what is about those sporty young men dying of heart attacks on the soccer field? The youngest one was only 20 years old!
I think the news told about at least 4 or 5 of these deaths in the last weeks.

What the **** is going on in this world?

posted March 11, 2009 05:23 PM              

No = no personal chef....Just a ham & salad sandwich. lol.

DD

I too have been shocked at the deaths happening at the moment....Building collapses, people falling, children being killed & of course the rampage that just happened in Alabama. So very sad.

posted March 11, 2009 05:34 PM            

Good to hear from you. Thank you for telling us.

Such a terrible, shocking thing. I can't believe that this happens. To say it's saddening is a huge understatement.

posted March 11, 2009 08:45 PM            

I understand what you're saying. Over time - and this is where an Aquarius Moon helps - you learn to distance yourself - not necessarily emotionally, but personally - somehow. My mother thinks I'm very cold, but she doesn't know me. I'm very warm and, I think I'm compassionate, but just accept that some things just are what they are and happen - without being apathetic about it, hopefully.

I think this situation hits home with you particularly for very obvious reasons. I've often wondered how some New Yorkers feel working in skyrise buildings since 9/11. Some things affect you more personally than others because you find yourself in a similar situation. When I read those horrible stories of child abuse, I feel gutted. As a parent, I can only shake my head and just - nothing - what do you say?

posted March 11, 2009 08:49 PM            

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Writing out your boy's lunch order? What's that about? Does he have a personal chef?

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The impression that I get from American TV and movies is that American schools all have sit-down eat-in cafeterias. We don't have those here. We have a canteen where the food is prepared and handed out to the kids at a designated time. But you have to order it. The people preparing the food are volunteers - mothers, on a roster. If you don't hand in that order before a certain time - oh - it's like the soup Nazi from Seinfeld.

spunky

posted March 11, 2009 09:32 PM              

Although we have very nice & understanding mum's at the canteen here, the office ladies, on the other hand, oi! It's like walking to the electric chair! They hate me but atleast I'm not alone.

posted March 11, 2009 10:41 PM            

Sheesh! Here's one that never gets any complaints. I am yet to hear a woman say no to Gerry.

bm - if you can point out anywhere you think he may be photoshopped - I'm happy to accommodate with closer inspection.