The Isolated Blurt BDSM Thread

[DeepGreenEyes]

PM sent with data. Enjoy!

Thank you, sir. Even in pain, you are generous with ghostly wiener dog jpgs.

 

[Cattypuss]

I've been in touch with the degree programme director and she's confirmed my fear - has told me that a couple of the second-semester modules that I am most interested in can't be done unless I do first-semester options that I'm not eligible for because my first degree was so long ago and wasn't closely-enough related to this MA.

This throws a spanner in my works. Maybe I should be looking at other universities to see if I can do an MA that includes all the stuff I'm really most interested in. But the two preferred unis (the one I'm talking to, three hours away from here, which is where my boyf works, and the one that's local to my house here) both happen to be UK top-five unis for that field of study, and the one that's local to me approaches the field in a way that interests me less.

If I've gotta move house I want it to get me with the boyf, dammit. And those second-semester modules that I'm not eligible for are the modules that I really, REALLY want to do, dammit. I'm not doing this degree as a way into a new career. I'm doing it cos the subject has fascinated me for 30 years. So if the universe were a bit kinder I'd be able to study the bits that I want to study, dammit!

(Sulks off to remind self that being able to take a year out of work to study purely for study's sake = very lucky, anyway).

 

[TarevaChine]

You just reminded me of the year our school system transitioned from the elementary-junior-high school model (K-6, 7-9, 10-12) to elementary-middle-high schools (K-3, 4-5, 6-8, 9-12). We were warned that many of the kids might have a little trouble adjusting to the change, especially the new ninth-graders.

I picked up a *bunch* of coloring sheets and crayons from a restaurant that had gone out of business, and put them in my classroom for my new freshmen, who had gone from being in the transition stage in junior high school (8th in 7-9) to babies in high school without ever getting to be top dogs in middle school (6-8).

Once a week or so for the first semester, and less frequently the second, my new 9th-graders would come to class and find a coloring sheet and crayons ready on their desk (I had an open class before theirs). They found it soothing to get to retreat for that five or six minutes to their childhood before having to resume their "adult" responsibilities as high school students. I did, too, because while they were coloring, so was I.

I don't recall why I didn't do the same thing in subsequent years... maybe because the new freshmen had gone through the middle school experience and I didn't feel they needed it as much as the previous class, or maybe I just ran out of coloring sheets and/or crayons. That was a good year, though....

This warmed my heart! You are truly one of a kind!

My Pup is super sick... I really REALLY need him to be OK!

Sending lots of "puppy power" thoughts your way.

 

[Cattypuss]

My Pup is super sick... I really REALLY need him to be OK!

Sending special high-strength canine health vibes

 

[the captians wench]

The supplier I usually buy my corset boning from isn't selling it anymore, but she sent me the link to her supplier.

Holly Molly have I been paying an upcharge!

 

[Keroin]

My Pup is super sick... I really REALLY need him to be OK!

What's wrong with him Cali?

 

[Etoile]

The supplier I usually buy my corset boning from isn't selling it anymore, but she sent me the link to her supplier.

Holly Molly have I been paying an upcharge!

Tsk, and she admits that by giving you the connection! Well, glad you have the cheaper supplier now...

 

[the captians wench]

Tsk, and she admits that by giving you the connection! Well, glad you have the cheaper supplier now...

I know! I was shocked when I saw it!

Guess there are good people out there.

I just wish I had recieved her email an hour sooner. I wouldn't have bought what I did from some one else. I thought it was a great deal (about $1.40 a foot) but link she gave me sells it for about 50 cents a foot when you add in shipping!

This is really going to take my profit margins up!

 

[cfuhrer]

I know! I was shocked when I saw it!

Guess there are good people out there.

I just wish I had recieved her email an hour sooner. I wouldn't have bought what I did from some one else. I thought it was a great deal (about $1.40 a foot) but link she gave me sells it for about 50 cents a foot when you add in shipping!

This is really going to take my profit margins up!

Okay so at the risk of sounding stalkerish, or like I don't have a life of my own, I had a thought last night:
You have a totally awesome independent stream of income. What if, while you have some coin and some time, you made some of your goods and set them aside to sell if things get tight? Kind of like an emergency fund.
Just a thought.
Carry on.

 

[Curious_in_Cali]

I know that he's more than a dog. I really hope you get good news.

He really is so special to me. Thank you.

How in hell did I miss this earlier?!?!

:: Mounts special new get better quickly antenna just for CuriCali's Pup ::

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x95/Sir_Winston54/21URGE2BfR-L.jpg

OMG...that is so cool! Thank you so much!

Sending lots of "puppy power" thoughts your way.

Thank you!

Sending special high-strength canine health vibes

Thank you!

Update as of this am...no more puking or other bloody things...and LOTS of water drinking and tail wagging! Yay for strong drugs! He seems much MUCH improved over bed time last night. Yeah! So relieved...here is hoping we get to the he can eat well stage later today... Thank you all for the well wishes I am sure they are helping!

 

[the captians wench]

Okay so at the risk of sounding stalkerish, or like I don't have a life of my own, I had a thought last night:
You have a totally awesome independent stream of income. What if, while you have some coin and some time, you made some of your goods and set them aside to sell if things get tight? Kind of like an emergency fund.
Just a thought.
Carry on.

*giggles* If you are stalking me you're doing a very poor job of it.

I do currently sell my costumes. Mostly on Etsy. I've done a few art fairs and I've considered doing flee markets. There's a farmer's market this summer my mom is going to take some of my stuff to.

My problem is that I am not getting a steady flow of orders/sales so I've been nervous about quitting my job to do just that, or even just cutting back at my day job. Now I'm starting to get a bit more confident, but I really would need to make at least $500 a month just to make myself feel comfortable enough to step back from the Mcjob. I'm getting close though.

 

[BiBunny]

I suddenly just got BUSY AS SHIT with writing/SEO work.

Pros: Money. I was broke as hell. Also the possibility of more word-of-mouth advertising.

Cons: No time to work on anything, my new writing blog included.

It's feast or famine around here, always.

 

[cfuhrer]

Of the three stories I'm writing that are all blocked up I got one couple to move from the couch to the shower.
I guess that's progress.

 

[IrisAlthea]

He really is so special to me. Thank you.



OMG...that is so cool! Thank you so much!



Thank you!



Thank you!

Update as of this am...no more puking or other bloody things...and LOTS of water drinking and tail wagging! Yay for strong drugs! He seems much MUCH improved over bed time last night. Yeah! So relieved...here is hoping we get to the he can eat well stage later today... Thank you all for the well wishes I am sure they are helping!

I'm glad he's getting better. I first read that as yay for strong dogs and I think that works well too.

 

[Curious_in_Cali]

I'm glad he's getting better. I first read that as yay for strong dogs and I think that works well too.

It does work well too. Thank you!

 

[BiBunny]

I feel pretty sure that there are people on this earth who make it their whole purpose in life to rain on other people's parades. Over and over and over again.

 

[seela]

The trip was awesome, but tiring. Too much walking + not enough sleep = snappy seela at home.

Still, the trip was awesome.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

I feel pretty sure that there are people on this earth who make it their whole purpose in life to rain on other people's parades. Over and over and over again.

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x95/Sir_Winston54/stormy-animated-rain-cloud.gif

 

[mynameisben]

I sure wish I had someone with a flogger around.

I've got a stand up console of Frogger I bought from a video arcade. Will that do? If you're not a gamer, maybe I could pick it up and beat you with it.

Let me know

 

[Sir_Winston54]

I sure wish I had someone with a flogger around.

I've got a stand up console of Frogger I bought from a video arcade. Will that do? If you're not a gamer, maybe I could pick it up and beat you with it.

Let me know

You *do* realize that the post to which you responded was made in 2003, right?

 

[mynameisben]

You *do* realize that the post to which you responded was made in 2003, right?

I realize it now. Sometimes when I click on a thread it goes to the first page instead of the last.

 

[cfuhrer]

:gasp: hear that? I don't think it was bumping cars at the rail yard. That was thunder. From the looks of the skies and the whipping of the trees, she's gonna be a big one.

I think the last decent thunderstorm I saw was nearly two years ago.

There's moisture in the air, not rain; but you can feel it against your skin when you walk or the wind gusts.

My garden plants need the moisture but considering the neighbors 55 gallon plastic trashcan summersaulted by like a tumbleweed I think I will move them onto the porch.

 

[Loverskitten]

I've been on a diet for 2 weeks and just had an erotic dream about my favorite grilled cheese
http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff512/Loverskitten/ed6fc859.jpg

 

[cfuhrer]

Baked beans in the crock pot.
Flat bread dough is rising.
Have dishes to do.
Have bulk groceries to get split out and frozen.
Looking for a yeast dinner roll recipe I can make ahead freeze for bake and serve use.
Then I have a book draft to edit for a fellow litetorian and some evaluation surveys to tabulate.
All while watching the baby.

Maybe I'll try my hand at pita breads, too.

 

[seela]

He somehow dropped a pot full of oxtail stew when he decided to see, if the meat was done. Over the oven door, which, thank the deities, didn't break. The pot did. A lot of somewhat greasy and definitely hot red wine sauce and pieces of meat splattered everywhere, including my legs.

My legs spent a lovely half an hour in a cold shower, after which it was time for some serious kitchen scrubbing. I had disassemble the oven in much smaller pieces than I thought possible to get the sauce off, but the oven is absolutely sparkling now.

I've been feeling really on the edge and tired for a couple of days now, because I don't sleep well in hotels and planes stress me out to no end, but as I was scrubbing the kitchen and killing my back by cleaning the oven, I could feel all that bad mood melt away. By the time I was washing the kitchen floor for the second time to get rid of all the grease I was already humming and smiling. He ordered us pizza and I didn't really even care that the 4 hours of simmering and waiting had gone to waste.

Sitting here on the couch with a glass of wine and the oven glistening in the kitchen, my life is actually pretty damn good right now.

And lesson learned: no winter foods in May, no matter how rainy the weather and cheap the oxtail might be.