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Posted by Llurpsie_Noodle on March 27, 2007, at 7:32:41
Calling to check up on my phone bill... good news the customer "service" representative told me. We have a special promotion. I see that your 2 year subscription to DSL is about to expire. You can now sign up for even faster internet service, and pay per month (rather than subscription)
and the best thing is that it will be 5 dollars cheaper.
Right. So I haven't had internet at home for 2 whole DAYS now. that means no psycho-babble, no library access, no weather forecast or headline checking, no browsing for exotic kitten breeds, no chat, no email, no bmail. nuthin'
dammit!
and I don't have time to argue with them to reinstate my old service. those morons.
I give it 12 more hours. then there's going to be warfare between me and the poor soul in India that answers my angry phone call.
-Ll
oh yeah-- hi all you babblers. I'm not ignoring you, I'm just anti-ignoring my dissertation. I'm going to have a complete draft ready by this afternoon. Only a dozen more pages to write. then my baby will be ready for heavy editing, round 3.
and happy birthday phillipa. Sorry I missed that. I've got my head stuck in the sand
Sorry I haven't been more supportive. I've been too crazy busy and busy crazy. It's not like I haven't got anything to post... I've got a few choice words for the manufacturers of cymbalta. My taper off of this drug (that was a great AD for me, btw) has halted at 30mg, and it's truly kicking my *ss at this dosage. not enough to really give me any therapeutic benefits, and I go through acute withdrawal every day for about 2 hours prior to my daily dosage. I tried splitting it, but my life is too complicated to do the cymbalta sprinkles thing.
yuckiepoo
Posted by scratchpad on March 27, 2007, at 9:06:55
In reply to It sounded too good to be true..., posted by Llurpsie_Noodle on March 27, 2007, at 7:32:41
I have a deep mistrust of the cable/phone/internet salespeople. They hypnotize us with 10 minutes of being on hold, repeating insincere messages of how "important your call is to us". My favourite is the recording that advises us to look for help online at the company website. Argh!!!!! Then when you're good and frothing at the mouth, they'll drop your call off hold and into the abyss.
So you call again.
I'm about ready for a couple of tin cans and a piece of string.scratchie
p.s. Nice to see you, Llurpsie.
Posted by Honore on March 27, 2007, at 10:54:28
In reply to Re: It sounded too good to be true... » Llurpsie_Noodle, posted by scratchpad on March 27, 2007, at 9:06:55
Hey, Llurpsanu, I wondered what happened to you. I thought it was dissertationizing, but still I was missing you.
Sorry about deceptive internet-selling double-talkers, and Indian decision-tree readers who know nothing about computers/ internet/ or problems of angry American screamers-on-the-phone. Poor boys. They always seem so utterly bored. So utterly worn out by being screamed at by bitter and infuriated Americans. Must be tough. Although apparently their new software and internet connections work perfectly.
Sorry about cymbalta. Sounds awful. Wish you could get off more easily. Isn't there anything that smoothes the descent? Sorry it's too pressured to try the capsule-breaking approach. Maybe soon?
But more importantly-- YAY about dissertation--how Great that you're close to being done. It's amazing how much you've accomplished in so many spheres this year.
Hope your DSL goes on, so I can hear more about your untold histories and eventualities-- and maybe even catch you on the chat, if I'm lucky.
Honore
Posted by Phillipa on March 27, 2007, at 11:06:21
In reply to Re: It sounded too good to be true...Llurpsie, posted by Honore on March 27, 2007, at 10:54:28
Lurpsie thanks and so glad the dissertation is done but I will babblemail you. Love Phillipa
Posted by Fivefires on March 27, 2007, at 11:25:29
In reply to Re: It sounded too good to be true...Llurpsie, posted by Honore on March 27, 2007, at 10:54:28
Hey, I'd been missin' u2 L!
It's good to hear from you and it's wonderful you're so close to completing dissertation.
I don't have DSL; can't afford it. I'm prob' one of the last of the dial ups.
I'm sorry tapering off Cymbalta is a drag or interfering w/ your goals. RU allowed a small dosage of benzo for taper?And hey, that brings to mind an issue guess should post about. MayB it's just me, but I get the feeling there's a little judging going on here. Even I've learned that in supporting another here, respecting another's ability to come to their own conclusion about their choice is key.
You are moving on .. making progress. How much $ to order books from library L? How does that work?
I feel like I'm surrounded by IRL and online friends who are moving on & I'm still in quicksand.
I've been having a hard time sitting in this particular corner of my condo, here where desk/pute sits facing a corner. I'm facing away from my entire home. It's behind me. I'm facing towards mysterious mountains and deep lakes.
Sort of feel like Chevy Chase as I look to my left out the window and see 55+ quiet division, a mountain top, and birds singing. I'm NOT inspired. I'd appreciate a crazy mailman kareening down a road ... anything but this melancholy.
All I can do to keep myself from fading away is to tell myself there is going to be an outstretched hand suddenly appear to take mine in the not too awfully distant future.
Yep ... 'I should do this' and 'I did this and should be able to do it again', hear it over and over especially from fam', .. but I'm hog-tied by the pain meds I'm on. Tried get inpatient in Feb. Tried three new contacts who won't accept my insurance. Sooo, I 'am trying'. It's not me; it's circumstances. Can any1 swallow that?
Keep us appraised of your dissertation completion. Will be thinkin' of you, hoping u make your way w/o your 'communication provider' dropping the ball.
I'm NOT a compliant customer should an agreement fail on the other end. Called a store to be sure they had what I wanted b4 made a trip; got there and they were clueless. So call 1800 and lodge a little complaint and pocket $25 towards a purchase. Yep, one's worst customer.
5f
Posted by Gee on March 27, 2007, at 13:40:55
In reply to It sounded too good to be true..., posted by Llurpsie_Noodle on March 27, 2007, at 7:32:41
Why would it take so long to switch you over? that's insane! You would think it would just be a matter of switching stuff around the computer! Maybe they clicked the wrong boit or something.
Good luck with your dissert! I hope the final draft is looking promising!
Posted by Llurpsie_Noodle on March 27, 2007, at 15:40:46
In reply to Re: It sounded too good to be true... » Llurpsie_Noodle, posted by Gee on March 27, 2007, at 13:40:55
I got to talk to someone in the Phillipines for FREE!
she was nice. all I had to do was power down everything, then wait 20 seconds. then powerback up and what do you know? I'm back procrastinating my diss. yay!
I HAVE to finish this one section or else. Then I get to start editing it. again.
barf-o-la.
To people who wonder why I am complaining about stuff? Well, it's because this project has consumed so much of my mental and physical energy. I am so close to being done and it scares the crap out of me. I'm so conflicted about phinishing. It's the end of my formal education. period.
And the worst part is that it will never be "perfect" it will only be "good enough" and everyone's idea of "good enough" is different. My advisor's idea of "good enough" is so capricious that I feel like I have no hope of ever convincing her that my work is important. Her own scientific skepticism prevents her from recognizing the strongest part of my work. Instead she (and I) focus on the weak parts and lose the forest for the trees.
I guess it's like remodeling a house. It starts with turning your desk to face the house. (fivefires, you might want to enlist someone with a stronger back to do that for you!). the real source of procrasitination is often anxiety. So what am I scared of? What are you scared of?
We're all procrastinating something.
I'm gonna fininsh up this section. nap. dine, then try to babble chat. and call that the end of the first draft. sound like a plan?
-Ll
Posted by Fivefires on March 27, 2007, at 18:26:26
In reply to Re: It sounded too good to be true... » Gee, posted by Llurpsie_Noodle on March 27, 2007, at 15:40:46
Holy crap L.
You're going to have to behave like an educated person! No wonder you're procrappissating.
I feel 4 ya'!
5f
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