| vets in Vancouver |
[Jul. 23rd, 2008|10:24 am] |
Hey everyone,
I am looking for a bit of help finding a vet in Vancouver. I've never had a pet here before so I've never had to look for one until now.
I adopted Ziggy from a woman who had rescued him after he was abandoned at InSite a few weeks ago. He is perfectly healthy and a very freindly cat.. perhaps a bit TOO friendly, seeing as he has not yet been fixed because I haven't been able to get him in for an appointment. The night before last, he got out through an open third storey window and came back in the morning limping. It wasn't until late last night that he would let me take a look at his paw. It appears swollen and the pads of his feet were caked with blood. This morning he still cannot put any weight on it and it appears to be very painful for him, so I am anxious to get him in somewhere today.
I don't really have the money to deal with this right now, so vets that are sympathetic to income situations or can provide me with a bill which can be paid in the next few weeks would be ideal. But really, any vets that you know who will take good care of our Ziggy would be appreciated.
Thanks so much! |
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| I think the picture says it all. |
[Jul. 23rd, 2008|01:06 pm] |
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| Irish Lad |
[Jul. 23rd, 2008|10:00 am] |
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I had the guts to call him, and I called him. My stomach was so sick about it I had to be given an anxiety shot by my psychiatrist yesterday to calm me down. Embarrassing.
He was at work, so I waited a few hours before he called me back while I was playing chess with my brother. He thought that was funny. We're both nerds in our own way, him in his irish way. His accent was wonderful over the phone, I had him on speaker a couple times so my brother and sister could know I wasn't exaggerating.
And he agreed to see me Sunday. Sunday. Now I'm nervous for a whole new reason. I'm breaking up with my current beau tonight, which makes me scared as hell. He'll flip out on me and give me a hard time and 20 questions and I'll have to lie because I don't want to hurt him. I've already been hurting him just by dating him out of convenience because I work with him and I didn't want things to be awkward.
And now what do I do when I meet up with Locke? I won't really know what to do with myself because I don't want to seem too giddy and he has girls drooling over him all the time as it is, but I don't want to be my usual depressed self either. I just wish I knew what to do. It's been so long since I've been on the dating scene. I mean actually, I never really was. I don't know the do's and don't's and how to play hard to get or when that's even necessary. Depression always kept me inside. I just want this to work more than I've wanted almost anything to work. |
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| a good friend lost > |
[Jul. 23rd, 2008|07:44 am] |
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I hate it when people dedcide to stop talking to me without a word banning me from stuff and such without even telling me why.
i thought ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) richter_x was a good friend but i seem to have done something to say otherwise. |
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| The Chute |
[Jul. 23rd, 2008|05:51 am] |
This is a hallway through the Panera that is roughly accordian shaped and wide enough to allow one and a half people (or one American). This hallway is one of two compromises I have to endure for Panera's delicious breakfast sandwiches.
The other compromise is that there's this lady who works there that is an utter cunt. She is rude to customers and ordering with her is an uphill battle.
It's bad enough that one morning last week I was in there ordering my usual breakfast sandwich with apple wood smoked bacon when someone got in line behind me, even though the cunt lady's register was completely open to take a customer. "I'll wait," the girl behind me said with a smile. "I don't blame you, I've had to deal with her before" I said. "I know," the girl said, "I work here." |
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| Caution: Nothing |
[Jul. 23rd, 2008|05:51 am] |
This caution sign stands here clearly indicating that you should be cautious about something, but I wasn't able to figure out what it was I was supposed to be cautious about. |
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| Brilliant Idea! |
[Jul. 22nd, 2008|11:18 pm] |
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| | "On Death and Dying" --Christos Hatzis | ] |
I want to make a really bad science-fiction film about giant mesozoic flying reptiles...and call it "PTERRORDACTYLS". |
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| Festival of Lights |
[Jul. 22nd, 2008|11:00 pm] |
I want to go watch the festival of lights (I've never seen it before) but I'm not really sure where to go...
First of all - the drive downtown. I heard that they close a lot of the roads so it takes forever to get down there. Do you need to have some kind of *proof of residency* to get near the area? What's a good place to park? I'm also considering transit but I'd rather not.
Secondly - where exactly to go. Most people go to English Bay Beach right? Is the show kinda presented to that beach or could I go to a beach on the opposite side of the water and have an equally good view?
Any suggestions? |
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| SAFE for work |
[Jul. 23rd, 2008|12:35 am] |
An Engineer's Guide to Cats
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| New definitions |
[Jul. 22nd, 2008|11:59 pm] |
(As heard on BBC Radio4's "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue")
randomise: a squint
kingdom: a royal contraceptive
stalagmite: a prison camp for fleas
jugular: a busty vampire
doodlebug: to draw a flea
gondolier: something you catch from a boatman
dynamite: to take a flea out to lunch
urethra: a soul singer who takes the piss
mish-mash: to be late to chapel due to drunkenness
encyclopedia: to be sexual attracted to small bikes
cursory: where young children learn to swear
subdued: a less than cool person
Himalaya: a transsexual rooster |
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[Jul. 23rd, 2008|12:03 am] |
Has anyone ever gone through almost like stages of their OCD? And sometimes the stages consite of the OCD being almost non-existent? I recently went through that and explained to my friend that for some reason I missed it. I guess I spoke too soon, and my OCD came back real bad again, and had an anxiety/OCD attack.
Does anyone else "miss" their OCD in a way when it seems like it isn't as bad as it was? I wonder why. It's so weird. |
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| Writers with OCD? |
[Jul. 22nd, 2008|11:35 pm] |
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I initially wanted to come here to see if there were any other writers with OCD that might want to talk about the craft and working with OCD in order to remain productive and motivated. Heck, writing might even be one of my obsessions. I'm a fiction writer and have been working on stories (mostly fragments) since I was very young. It sometimes feels (no, make that "it always feels") like I've failed myself if I didn't write anything or work on my stories on any particular day. This day's starting to look like one of those. |
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[Jul. 22nd, 2008|08:37 pm] |
The other day when we were having dinner my wife started talking about an ovarian cyst she had years ago that blew up.
My daughter said, mom, not during dinner. Obviously that led to more gross discussion of the topic and made her upset. When asked what was wrong, she said 'you guys are egging me on'.
Realizing what she said, she busted out laughing.
My son commented, you're ovary-acting. |
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| Suites at the Holiday Inn: Last Call |
[Jul. 22nd, 2008|07:17 pm] |
Okay, we have made it through the waiting list for Suites from the Doubletree and still have a few available over at the Holiday Inn.
We have 5 suites available there for $199 a night. We will have to release those back to the hotel by August 1st if there's no interest in them. If you are interested in the Suites there, make a regular reservation at the Holiday Inn and then send us your reservation name and confirmation number to hotel@furtherconfusion.org with Holiday Inn Suite Request in the subject line.
Many thanks,
Flint
FC2009 Hotel Lead |
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| Good times |
[Jul. 22nd, 2008|09:40 pm] |
Things have been going pretty well for me lately, which is a nice change. Not all of it is due to mere chance though I think ... you know how often it's really easy to think of all the things that have gone wrong recently and all the things to complain about, so that it seems like basically nothing has gone your way and you're a total failure with no hope? It's been different lately in that I can now readily call to mind things that have gone well or successes in my life and maybe that's helping life seem a lot less futile/mundane/pointless. And a large part of that change is due to actively working therapeutic exercises into my day, including contributing to and reading about daily small victories at the community I made up specifically for jotting down the little good things that are accomplished that don't necessarily warrant a whole post here or anywhere. So because it's helping me a lot and I've heard only good things from the other participants, I'm mentioning it again here in case anyone else wants to take part as well.
One thing I am contemplating that's a bit of an issue though is that my brother has almost finally scheduled a trip out to the movies so that I can meet his new girlfriend, and visa versa. I like that it's a low-pressure situation in that for 2 hours of this hanging out we'll all be silently staring at a screen, but then there's the problem of before and after. I think I'm supposed to be friendly and show interest in her by asking stuff and all that, but I don't really know what to say and I'm also rather annoyed with the both of them because my brother has blown me off to spend time with her about 3 times already. Anyway... it's been a long time since I've had to navigate this sort of introduction meeting thing so I'm worried about how it's going to go. Right now I'm contemplating ways to minimize the non-movie parts of this plan - basically to avoid/flee/etc, which is bad ;) |
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| I Can Feel My Fingers |
[Jul. 22nd, 2008|09:25 pm] |
I've just finished stuffing the vent in my room with tissue so I can take my winter coat off.
There's only one thermostat for both bedrooms and it's in my roommate's room.
There's no arguing with him over it because he sleeps in the room with the thermostat.
The only way to keep him from adjusting it would be to break both of his arms and legs.
He insists on keeping the air conditioner turned up as high as it will go 24 hours a day (even when no one is home) so that the temperature remains at a frosty 45 degrees F.
I'll have to figure out something else soon as any paper type product I apply to the vents will eventually melt and fall off because of the condensation on the vent.
I'll probably go get some duct tape tommorow and permanently fix the problem.
Then I'll only have to put on my winter clothing to make dinner. |
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| Campsite / Picnic Update and Reminder |
[Jul. 22nd, 2008|06:13 pm] |
Two post in one!
Camping
Site reservations will close on Monday July 28th so if you are still thinking about camping, please let us know soon. We are out of parking spots, but we still have some spots open for people wanting to camp. Those of you who have reserved spots should be getting a detailed email about what you need to do.
Please email camping@furtherconfusion.orgcamping<at>furtherconfusion.org for more info.
More details about camping are here.
Picnic
Saturday, August 2nd is the FC2009 Picnic!
As usual, we'll provide the food and drinks. More food is always welcome, though, as are folks to help out in setting up, cleaning, and otherwise making the picnic happen. If you would like to bring some food or condiments, please drop us a line at info@furtherconfusion.org and we can let you know if we need anything in particular, or just mark down what you're bringing.
This year, we will be at the Willow picnic site at Lake Chabot, with the grilling kicking off around Noon. There will be a tent there for people to change into costumes
To get to Lake Chabot, The East Bay Regional Parks website contains maps of the park, directions and other information for visitors.
There is a parking fee of $5/vehicle, which is waived for members of EBRPD. Dogs are allowed, but there is a $2 "dog fee". Basic directions to get to the park are listed below. The Willow picnic site is just a short walk down the East Shore Trail.
On I-580 westbound, take the Strobridge Avenue exit. Turn right on Strobridge, right on Castro Valley Boulevard, and left on Lake Chabot Road. The Lake Chabot Marina is about two miles ahead on the right.
On I-580 eastbound, exit at Redwood Road and go left, go left at Castro Valley Boulevard, right at Lake Chabot Road, and follow the directions above. From I-580 in San Leandro, exit at Fairmont Drive and go east (uphill). The marina entrance will be to the left at the bottom of the hill.
Hope to see you all there! |
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