Couch 175: You've Got Mail....

Lemoncake · Aug 17, 2018, 08:41 AM

Guys I just met my husband at the supermarket!

Our eyes met near the flower section (i splurged on pink roses and lilies) , then it was just too much of a coincidence that he popped up behind me in the dairy section! I don't know his name but I know it's meant to be.

88Butterfly88 · Aug 17, 2018, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Echos Myron redux

I walked into the post office today, dressed normally, carrying a carrier bag containing a wall-mountable bottle opener I just bought, looking totally like a normal 5' 5" woman. The security on the door looked at me really suspiciously and oddly said "hi" to me. I looked at him and said "hi" back and went to queue.
Then a different staff member came up to me looking really nervous and asked me what I was doing there (!). I was really surprised so I showed her the documents I was there to have checked and she was like "Oh...okay...I thought I might have been able to help you with...er...self service" and walked off. WTF! In what universe do I look like someone who is going to rob a fricking post office?? There were quite a few people in the post office and I was definitely singled out. I'd love to know what they were thinking. I was absolutely dumbstruck.

My town's post office was actually robbed recently, so mail theft is a thing.

Lemoncake · Aug 17, 2018, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Echos Myron redux

I walked into the post office today, dressed normally, carrying a carrier bag containing a wall-mountable bottle opener I just bought, looking totally like a normal 5' 5" woman. The security on the door looked at me really suspiciously and oddly said "hi" to me. I looked at him and said "hi" back and went to queue.
Then a different staff member came up to me looking really nervous and asked me what I was doing there (!). I was really surprised so I showed her the documents I was there to have checked and she was like "Oh...okay...I thought I might have been able to help you with...er...self service" and walked off. WTF! In what universe do I look like someone who is going to rob a fricking post office?? There were quite a few people in the post office and I was definitely singled out. I'd love to know what they were thinking. I was absolutely dumbstruck.

Maybe you look like someone famous?(get's in line for an autograph first)

It's a Daily mail article link-but it proves a point! There might just be 7 versions of you- walking around on old planet Earth.

Man meets his doppelganger when he's randomly seated next to him on Ryanair flight | Daily Mail Online

Echos Myron redux · Aug 17, 2018, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by 88Butterfly88

My town's post office was actually robbed recently, so mail theft is a thing.

Well, they do currency exchange and all sorts of things, so they carry a lot of money. I'm sure they do get targeted for robbery. It's just... why me? The post office was full of people but I was singled out.

Lemoncake · Aug 17, 2018, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Echos Myron redux

That is literally the only explanation I can think of - that my doppleganger is going around robbing post offices in the north of England!

There's a reason wildlings live North of the wall....

Echos Myron redux · Aug 17, 2018, 09:01 AM

Had to delete my last post - too much identifying info about location!

Aug 17, 2018, 09:11 AM

CE: I pm'd you, then just now remembered I put the 'what' in dear t last night haha I am so silly....

unaluna · Aug 17, 2018, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Echos Myron redux

That is literally the only explanation I can think of - that my doppleganger is going around robbing post offices in the north of England!

So was your bag bulgy? Maybe they thought you were gonna blow the place up. Youve been so happy lately - maybe you looked suspiciously serene.

LonesomeTonight · Aug 17, 2018, 09:43 AM

If anyone is a Death Cab for Cutie fan, they had a new album come out today that I'm listening to it now (got free download for buying a ticket to their concert in a couple months). Really liking what I've heard of it so far (like halfway through), so I'd suggest checking it out.

atisketatasket · Aug 17, 2018, 09:53 AM

So apparently we're supposed to track down the films ourselves for my English class. (And pay for them.)

This guy's clueless. The university has streaming video services for just this type of situation. They deal with the copyright stuff and setting up the streaming. Easier for all concerned.

ETA: and in looking them up on Amazon Prime, I discover that Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? was remade recently with cross-dressers in the Crawford and Davis roles. Which is really not such a stretch.

LonesomeTonight · Aug 17, 2018, 10:12 AM

That's ridiculous that you have to find the films and pay for them yourself. I do editing for an online university, and all required video content is right there in the course--if it's something you have to buy, it would be optional (with the exception of a textbook).

stopdog · Aug 17, 2018, 10:18 AM

My person used to require the viewing of a couple of films for her class in early 2017. But our university/copyright policy would not allow them to be put online and she had to schedule viewing times for them to go watch it if they did not want to buy/rent it. We spent quite a lot of time figuring out what was on netflix/amazon prime under the belief that a lot of students had those sorts of accounts and could watch with their friends who took the class with them.

LonesomeTonight · Aug 17, 2018, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

My person used to require the viewing of a couple of films for her class in early 2017. But our university/copyright policy would not allow them to be put online and she had to schedule viewing times for them to go watch it if they did not want to buy/rent it. We spent quite a lot of time figuring out what was on netflix/amazon prime under the belief that a lot of students had those sorts of accounts and could watch with their friends who took the class with them.

That makes sense, but at least it seems she arranged ways for them to see them if needed. For @@ would be good if the Syllabus had, say, "Available on Amazon Prime and Netflix" for a movie. And really, the courses I edit for tend to link to stuff that's available on YouTube or other public sites, like TED talks, etc.

atisketatasket · Aug 17, 2018, 10:29 AM

I think what’s annoying me is that my university has a system in place for streaming films via Blackboard and he’s not using it. Nor is he even suggesting where to find the films.

One’s on Netflix. Four more are on Amazon for $4/rent. One is in the public domain and my local library. One I can’t find at all. The university library has several in its video collection and all are checked out.

Generally I have found that if I want students to use or learn from outside resources like films, access needs to be made as easy as possible for them.

Lemoncake · Aug 17, 2018, 11:38 AM

It depends on how important the movies are in the whole course. Would you have to write an essay on them or are they just something suggested for a student to do in their own time?

Aug 17, 2018, 11:40 AM

I'm not exactly sure what caused this change in me, but dang ever since I went back to therapy after my latest attempt at stopping in June, I have like no filter at all in there anymore. Except for one thing. I still haven't told her I sometimes wish she still sent the appt reminder texts... that's so funny to me considering other way more vulnerable-feeling stuff I've told her! Maybe it's cuz we have a time limit on it this time. 2 months left... although I highly doubt she'd say no if I said wanted to continue when we get closer to then...

unaluna · Aug 17, 2018, 11:50 AM

My sweetie is in a not so major motion picture! Chrid o dowd, julie, naked! Limited release.

Lemoncake · Aug 17, 2018, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

If anyone is a Death Cab for Cutie fan, they had a new album come out today that I'm listening to it now (got free download for buying a ticket to their concert in a couple months). Really liking what I've heard of it so far (like halfway through), so I'd suggest checking it out.

I have gold rush playing!

I kinda like it.

velcro003 · Aug 17, 2018, 12:22 PM

I am officially home. I cried so much this morning, leaving the center. It is nice to be on my couch with my kitties. I am scared I am going to spiral down fast.

Lemoncake · Aug 17, 2018, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtieSwimsOn

I'm not exactly sure what caused this change in me, but dang ever since I went back to therapy after my latest attempt at stopping in June, I have like no filter at all in there anymore. Except for one thing. I still haven't told her I sometimes wish she still sent the appt reminder texts... that's so funny to me considering other way more vulnerable-feeling stuff I've told her! Maybe it's cuz we have a time limit on it this time. 2 months left... although I highly doubt she'd say no if I said wanted to continue when we get closer to then...

Perhaps as you've become more real with yourself, losing the mask means there's less parts to play. You can share what you really think and feel because you've become your own rock? Caterpillar -->Butterfly time. Metamorphosis in a sense.

Sorry if i'm being weird.

p.s Did you finish your painting?

Lemoncake · Aug 17, 2018, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by velcro003

I am officially home. I cried so much this morning, leaving the center. It is nice to be on my couch with my kitties. I am scared I am going to spiral down fast.

Woooooooooo!

Welcome back Velcro.

Perhaps you could ask T for extra sessions to help provide you with more support during this transitional period?

velcro003 · Aug 17, 2018, 12:28 PM

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Woooooooooo!

Welcome back Velcro.

Perhaps you could ask T for extra sessions to help provide you with more support during this transitional period?

I did get an appt for today, but she only works late one night a week, and that is the night i go.

Echos Myron redux · Aug 17, 2018, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

So was your bag bulgy? Maybe they thought you were gonna blow the place up. Youve been so happy lately - maybe you looked suspiciously serene.

Well it was bigish, but it was a plastic carrier bag clearly containing a sort of small plank of wood. If I was going to rob a post office I would probably pick something more inconspicuous and scary than that.

Lemoncake · Aug 17, 2018, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Echos Myron redux

Well it was bigish, but it was a plastic carrier bag clearly containing a sort of small plank of wood. If I was going to rob a post office I would probably pick something more inconspicuous and scary than that.

I think it was the plank of wood that did it..