Couch 218: Northern Minnesota 2050

unaluna · Aug 07, 2020 at 10:17 PM

Yeah i have to be careful not to get pineapple juices all over my face or else i will break out in weird hives.

I wanna try one of those misshapen fruit & veg delivery thingies.

feralkittymom · Aug 08, 2020 at 12:19 AM

I love all veg, except mustard greens. And most fruit. Well I love nearly all fruit, but some doesn't like me would be more accurate. Fresh pineapple, nope--canned is fine. Don't know why. Papaya makes me deathly ill. Melons are ok in small amounts. Adore berries. Love mangoes. Figs and lychees when I can find them, oh yes! And persimmons of all kinds! Pears in winter, otherwise I can't keep them from rotting overnight, either. Bananas when they're not under ripe, not over ripe; yeah, that means @ half are great. Stone fruit, yes! Except I once had a real peach direct from Georgia, and compared to that, the ones I can get here aren't worth buying. I found a new farm stand last week, and I'm going to try their peaches. I keep trying.

unaluna · Aug 08, 2020 at 12:40 AM

Fkm! Thanks! So im not caught in some weird time-space pear-ripening continuum!

stopdog · Aug 08, 2020 at 07:48 AM

I had the absolute oddest dream I have had in a while - it woke me up even. In it, a friend and I went to do something unusual and something specifically designed for an emotional response ( the thing is unusual in almost every way and not something I would ever consider in real life - super woowoo goo) and my friend and the person I hired both said it happened and I couldn't remember anything about it at all. Like there was a space of a couple of hours just missing for me. And then the person hired wrote me and said it had been hard for her because I displayed no emotion but since I could not remember the engagement, I couldn't confirm or deny or explain. Then I woke up.

unaluna · Aug 08, 2020 at 12:30 PM

Sounds like pear ripening is just a metaphor.*

*Would count as an insight from a therapist.

ArtieTheSequal · Aug 08, 2020 at 01:20 PM

i hate legal-ese that when i read it, i understand one thing and when h reads it, he understands something completely different. why can't they just say what they mean? We're gonna have to consult with a real estate attorney.

stopdog · Aug 08, 2020 at 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Sounds like pear ripening is just a metaphor.*

*Would count as an insight from a therapist.

What does that even mean? If true on the insight part - no wonder I never understood the point of therapy or anything those people said as having any relevance or meaning at all.

stopdog · Aug 08, 2020 at 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtieTheSequal

i hate legal-ese that when i read it, i understand one thing and when h reads it, he understands something completely different. why can't they just say what they mean? We're gonna have to consult with a real estate attorney.

Because it is fun. But really the best reason I know (this is not the only reason of course) is because certain words and phrases mean specific things that have already been hammered out legally speaking and they keep being used because they are already understood in the law should a dispute arise.
Also because it is fun to write like that. There are at various times movements to not use legalese - and in some places it does better than other places.

atisketatasket · Aug 08, 2020 at 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Sounds like pear ripening is just a metaphor.*

*Would count as an insight from a therapist.

To a therapist, everything’s a metaphor.

Unless you compare them to the dentist. Then you’re being hostile.

ETA: also legalese keeps lawyers employed.

stopdog · Aug 08, 2020 at 03:07 PM

Just like psychobabble and labelling keeps therapists off the streets. Can you imagine a bunch of them in vans down by the river? Who would protect the innocent people down on their luck from them?

atisketatasket · Aug 08, 2020 at 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

Just like psychobabble and labelling keeps therapists off the streets. Can you imagine a bunch of them in vans down by the river? Who would protect the innocent people down on their luck from them?

The scary thing here is that I wrote “kind of like psychobabble keeps therapists employed” in my ETA but then deleted it out of an abundance of caution.

LonesomeTonight · Aug 08, 2020 at 03:54 PM

While we're on the fruit topic, I actually ate a plum today instead of something less healthy, and it was pretty good!

ArtieTheSequal · Aug 08, 2020 at 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

Just like psychobabble and labelling keeps therapists off the streets. Can you imagine a bunch of them in vans down by the river? Who would protect the innocent people down on their luck from them?

Spinoff of the SNL sketch perhaps? Not that anyone could match Chris Farley in that role.

ArtieTheSequal · Aug 08, 2020 at 04:22 PM

"Well la-dee-frickin' da"

unaluna · Aug 08, 2020 at 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

While we're on the fruit topic, I actually ate a plum today instead of something less healthy, and it was pretty good!

You ate a whole piece of fruit!

Altho a plum really only counts as a third. An italian plum counts as like a tenth! The best are dinosaur eggs - so juicy!

NP_Complete · Aug 08, 2020 at 04:58 PM

Well, I'm officially on a leave from work. My therapist is working on the disability paperwork. Who knows how long I'll be out. I don't like this feeling. They've already disabled my work email and I feel cut off. I'm attending one meeting Monday to discuss the status of what I was working on. Hope no one's too disappointed. P is being supportive. He sent me an email this morning saying he was thinking of me and that this is a good thing. I don't know. This feels like a mistake.

NP_Complete · Aug 08, 2020 at 05:25 PM

Those that subscribe to NYT Games, what is Letter Boxed? Does it add value? The Vertex one doesn't do much for me, but I like the rest of them.

atisketatasket · Aug 08, 2020 at 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by NP_Complete

Those that subscribe to NYT Games, what is Letter Boxed? Does it add value? The Vertex one doesn't do much for me, but I like the rest of them.

I actually don’t see it in the Games app, just on the newspaper app.

It’s a square with 3 letters a side and you have to make words, but by crossing the square. Fewest words possible is ideal.

LonesomeTonight · Aug 08, 2020 at 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by NP_Complete

Well, I'm officially on a leave from work. My therapist is working on the disability paperwork. Who knows how long I'll be out. I don't like this feeling. They've already disabled my work email and I feel cut off. I'm attending one meeting Monday to discuss the status of what I was working on. Hope no one's too disappointed. P is being supportive. He sent me an email this morning saying he was thinking of me and that this is a good thing. I don't know. This feels like a mistake.

Hugs, NP. It's weird that they would disable your email. I hope the break ends up being helpful. Do you have the option to return when you want?

NP_Complete · Aug 08, 2020 at 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

Hugs, NP. It's weird that they would disable your email. I hope the break ends up being helpful. Do you have the option to return when you want?

Yes, I can't login to anything work-related. Laptop, email, VPN, etc. It feels very isolating. Supposedly it's so you are taking care of yourself, not doing work, but who knows. Yes, I can return anytime, but it has to be signed off by your doctor, in this case my therapist. I can take up to 12 weeks. I'm thinking a month at a minimum. I know P thinks more like 2 or 3 months. We'll see.

I'm not 100% sure how I'm going to utilize this time. I know P is trying to find me a prescriber. He said he'd had some back and forth with one guy and he'll let me know if he'll agree to see me. I kind of wish he had just waited to say something because it's going to feel a little like a rejection a shrink won't even agree to see me.

When this was still a hypothetical leave and we were discussing goals for the leave, I told P I would want to tackle the stuff in my house that I've been avoiding since the fire. Now that this is real, I'm feeling overwhelmed by that notion. There's a reason I've been avoiding all this stuff for so long. I'm not sure I can do it.

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unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 39,871 (SuperPoster!) 12 66.4k hugs given	Aug 07, 2020 at 10:17 PM #61 Yeah i have to be careful not to get pineapple juices all over my face or else i will break out in weird hives. I wanna try one of those misshapen fruit & veg delivery thingies.

unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 39,871 (SuperPoster!) 12 66.4k hugs given	Aug 08, 2020 at 12:40 AM #63 Fkm! Thanks! So im not caught in some weird time-space pear-ripening continuum!

unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 39,871 (SuperPoster!) 12 66.4k hugs given	Aug 08, 2020 at 12:30 PM #65 Sounds like pear ripening is just a metaphor.* *Would count as an insight from a therapist.

ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,239 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,775 hugs given	Aug 08, 2020 at 01:20 PM #66 i hate legal-ese that when i read it, i understand one thing and when h reads it, he understands something completely different. why can't they just say what they mean? We're gonna have to consult with a real estate attorney.

LonesomeTonight Always in This Twilight Member Since Feb 2015 Location: US Posts: 20,767 (SuperPoster!) 9 75k hugs given	Aug 08, 2020 at 03:54 PM #72 While we're on the fruit topic, I actually ate a plum today instead of something less healthy, and it was pretty good!

ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,239 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,775 hugs given	Aug 08, 2020 at 04:22 PM #74 "Well la-dee-frickin' da"

NP_Complete Grand Magnate Member Since Feb 2017 Location: the upside down Posts: 3,808 7 6,355 hugs given	Aug 08, 2020 at 05:25 PM #77 Those that subscribe to NYT Games, what is Letter Boxed? Does it add value? The Vertex one doesn't do much for me, but I like the rest of them.