Not fun

[cornerofmadness]

I'm never to make a writerly ways post it seems. I lost power around 7ish tonight and it just came back on around 11:30. Of course I thought it was later because the wall clock I set yesterday was set an hour fast (way to go. I had wondered how it had taken me so long to finish my book).

If I DO buy a house, it needs to have a wood burner. It was getting cold in here so thinking it was midnight I put on the thermal PJs I keep for this purpose, get into that memory foam bed with the heavy thermal sheets and the blankets AND put on socks and a blanket over my head so I wouldn't get cold. I was lying there thinking, 'okay this is insane. I'm ROASTING.' And then the power came on and I see why I wasn't tired. Oops. I'm very grateful Buckeye Rural got it restored so fast (last ice storm it took a week). I think it must be warmer outside than it was supposed to be because I'm not so sure it is an ice storm. It sounds like pure rain but still what a miserable night to be out in.

At least I had the huge crockpot of bean soup to keep warm with (but had developed GI issues even before I ate it because nothing says fun like the runs in the pitch black, thanks for that, life.)

Mom had called earlier, a friend of the family (well more a friend of Lucky Uncle, they've been neighbors at the lake house for 20 odd years) lost their son today in a snowmobile accident. Yeah, 2015 you bite so far.

And I've had just about enough of people who literally have nothing to say but negatives on every post they see (more on FB than here). I have a couple of them like that. I could post baby kittens and they'd find a way to make a negative comment (because they literally did it last week). One I think doesn't realize how negative she is (and this is coming from me who is pretty negative myself) and the other I'm sure does it because she likes it (more of a friend of a friend, which makes it harder. If she was just my friend I could delete without having to explain why and putting other friends in the middle).

Comments

[0-mother-0.livejournal.com]

Eeeee - sorry about the power outage, but glad it wasn't off too long

and I can't stand overly negative people either (one of many reasons we left facebook). It seems they must either lament or lambast - constantly - otherwise they have nothing to say. To quote from The Addams Family Values, "I think they need a night in the Happy Hut!" =D

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

It wasn't so bad.

Points to my comments to SP23. I don't usually have a problem but it's two people, the over analyzer and the mean queen (who I would have dumped years ago, I know her personally for nearly 25 years, actually I know both of them for that long if not longer).

[0-mother-0.livejournal.com]

I used to have a mean queen friend (back in my 20s)... very snipey (and snippy). She used to tell me how stupid I am, pretty much every day. These weren't just outbursts, and she never apologized. I soon stopped being sympathetic and doing my usual "trying to be patient and understand" routine. I yelled back at her one day in the middle of a mall, told her she was a bitch then I just walked off and found my own way home. That pretty much did it for our little one-sided friendship.

(and please tell me if I ever over analyze. I do do that sometimes...)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Yeah I wouldn't tolerate that kind of behavior at all. In this case it's more of general negative comment and not so much directed at ME if you know what I mean.

You definitely analyze movies/books more than me but that's not a problem

[0-mother-0.livejournal.com]

yeah, I tend to go a little OCD with books and movies

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I don't mind that. I like talking books. Sometimes people do overanalyze things. Saw that with Frozen. I'm like guys, it's a KID'S movie. Yes, Elsa killed everything with her first snow but we're not telling 5 year olds that

[sp23.livejournal.com]

My place is all electric, too, so if we have a long-term power outage, the boys and I will be seriously S-O-L. But considering that they crawl all over me when they get the least bit chilly, I'm sure they'd keep me warm. LOL

That's horrible about the accident. I hate snowmobiles and ATVs. My nephew almost killed himself on a ATV several years ago.

There are so many people I have friended on facebook that I'd love to cull, but just don't want the drama, so I sympathize.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Kanda was not the least bit interested in helping me warm up.Brat.

yeah they are fun toys but they are so very dangerous

I'm usually pretty lucky on FB. MOST of my friends behave themselves and the worst I have to deal with are political memes (even ones I agree with I really don't want to see, that's how much I hate politics). It's the gamer friends (which are easy to delete) then there's the friends of friends which you know will be drama filled.

I'm less lucky as Jana. There I have to friend readers and authors and do my best to ignore several of the drama queens. I'm getting really tired of the assholes who ask to join closed groups (in this case all LGBT) for the sole purpose of reporting them. That is happening more and more, especially with poor Michael Stokes, a war vet who lost limbs and now is a photographer of other disabled vets. He is under constant assault because he's gay and the photos are "offensive" if there is a full nude, it's always from a side with no genitals but most are in their boxers etc.

[sp23.livejournal.com]

People are such assholes. One of my FB friends posted about a site that's constantly getting reported, and its memes and pictures are for the most part bland. But that doesn't matter because someone has a stick up their ass about the site. I think FB should ban the chronic complainers.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

they are and FB should but the censors definitely do not side with women or gays (leading many of us to believe the censor panel is all male). Go ahead put up a breast feeding picture and see how fast you get banned for a month but some dude can put up a woman in butt floss and no top and not get banned. Two men kissing is enough to get you banned

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

*huggles* I'm sorry things aren't going do good your way.

I feel really bad your friend's family. 20-something is just too young. *huggles*

Keep warm & I hope the rest of week goes better for you. <3

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks. I appreciate it. You're the one in the path of this big storm. stay safe.

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. I'm home & not planning on going anywhere, so I'm fine, thanks! *huggles* I'm sure tomorrow I'll be in & out shoveling, so when it's all over I'll be able to get to work.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

sounds like a plan

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

Yup! :D

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you got your power back earlier this time. And that you had soup, but not about the GI issues. Bleah.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yeah that was bad. It was worse that I was actually sweating in bed in a house without heat in winter

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

You're just weird.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

No, I just made my nest too well

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

No, you made MY nest.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I should have bought you sheets like these.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Flannel? T-shirt material? :D

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

fuzzy microfiber. Now I can't even see the company that made it and both my bedspreads. maybe they went out of business

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, those would've been nice, yes.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

they're hotter than holy hell. I guess a catalog that only sold bedding couldn't stay in biz forever

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Probably not, sigh.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I mean there's only so much bedding a person can buy. The bed spreads I still use but they are cheapish. The sheets are amazing. I no longer need winter nighties

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I have so many sheets, I need to start culling them. And I still can't find the fitted sheet for my flannels.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

oh geez

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Disappointing, really.