Re: [wc] Dirty Jobs

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 09:36:01 -0700

MAN... nothing is going right today. I am running on about 3 hours less sleep than normal due to the horrible storms that battered Burke this morning. Between me not sleeping and my cat thinking my head would be a saft place to ride out the storm  I am exhaused. Plus I am up to my eyeballs in really heavy duty SQL (database) queries.
I am all about forming online communities and using them as therapy. When Cassie was dying in the hospital (we didn't know she was dying at the time) we posted to Craigslist for blood donations and prayers (good thoughts really). The number of people who donated in her name was astounding.. people who didn't even know us. Then when she died Todd (my husband) posted to Fark.com about it and a complete stranger set up a page with how to donate to our local public library in her name. We had over 500 donations from around the world not to mention the people who donated locally in her name. These are people who never met us but supported us through all of that. It was truly amazing.
I do not know what happend to Hermespal... I haven't been on that long I guess. I hope she is ok now.
Take Care,
Daria (did i get it right this time???)


 
On 8/7/06, Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

oh I'm so sorry. You weren't kidding about been to hell and back.
That's awful. But thanks for sharing. Many people use this board
as "therapy" of a sort--get your mind off of all the awful things
going on in their lives. Hermespal can fill you in on that, I'm
sure, if you weren't on the board when she first told us. You signed
your last message "Faria". I assumed you meant "Daria"?



--- In [email protected], "Daria Akers"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Oh God... no just further proof that I am an idiot. My mom was
Scottish and
> my Dad is Iranian. I can't spell worth a darn and usually run spell
check
> but didn't. Not fitting in refers to the nuttiness that is Northern
VA. My
> social skills have improved since I got here but I used to have
social
> anxiety (to the point that I couldn't even go shopping at the mall
because
> someone might ask me a question). I actually met my husband on the
precursor
> of the Internet... if fact that was how I met all my friends back
then.
> I had two daughters. Lesley who is 4 and has mild Cerebral Palsy
and Cassie
> who passed away in April 2005 at 19 months old. 2 kids 18 months
apart seems
> like a GREAT idea when the first child is 9 months old, not walking
and just
> absolutely adorable. By the time the second is born the first one
is mobile
> (well most are) and into EVERYTHING. Then it isn't nearly as easy
as you
> hoped it would be. And it was even crazier with 2 special needs
kids. But I
> wouldn't have changed it for the world.
> Faria
>
>
> On 8/7/06, Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > hey are you from one of the British commonwealth countries that
> > spells defense like that? You said something about not fitting in
> > here--I wasn't sure if you meant Virginia specifically or the US
in
> > general or what. How old are your kids?
> >
> >
> > --- In [email protected] <weingartenchatters%
40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "Daria Akers"
> > <daria.akers@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I figured NetFlix wasn't for me when I had the same 3 movies out
> > for 3
> > > months. $60 to rent 3 movies??? I'm such an idiot some times.
> > Actually in my
> > > defence I was an exhausted mother of 2 who couldn't remember my
> > name let
> > > alone sit still for 2 hours to watch a movie.
> > >
> > > On 8/7/06, Ellen <ellengoodman6@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > nah, don't do netflix either--don't rent enough movies to
> > justify
> > > > $10/month or $20/month or whatever it is now. What is that,
like 3
> > > > movies a month? I barely rent 3 movies in 6 months. I can't
do the
> > > > queue thing either--can't plan that far in advance. I'm too
> > > > spontaneous--if I have a queue then I will feel obligated to
watch
> > > > them. I can just rent it from blockbuster or somewhere.
> > > >
> > > > --- In [email protected]<weingartenchatters%
40yahoogroups.com>
> > <weingartenchatters%
> > 40yahoogroups.com>,
> >
> > > > "Daria Akers"
> > > >
> > > > <daria.akers@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > It really is a great show.... It's out on DVD so you can
> > probably
> > > > NetFlix
> > > > > the first season. He has me in stitches... he always pulled
out
> > the
> > > > most
> > > > > appropriate barthroom humor.
> > > > >
> > > > > On 8/6/06, Ellen <ellengoodman6@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Entertainment Weekly, one of the 9 magazines I subscribe
to,
> > > > has a
> > > > > > review of Dirty Jobs in this week's issue:
> > > > > >
> > > >
> >
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/tv/0,6115,1222655_3 |117004||0_0_,
> > > > > > 00.html
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I would have never heard of it if I didn't read this
board.
> > Isn't
> > > > it
> > > > > > always like this? You never hear of something and then
someone
> > > > > > mentions it once and then you hear or read about it all
the
> > time.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>


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