One of those Malachite-the-tapeworm Days...

[orichalcum]

  The above is sad, as it's an in-joke, and not even _my_ injoke, but nonetheless expresses the way I feel - like a paladin who, in order to enter the Temple of the Goddess of Disease, has been turned into a tapeworm, and is very, very, very, cold with intermittent bits of going inside to warmness.

Plus, I missed lunch with my friend due to a 1.45 hour long OB/GYN appt of which about ten minutes was actually seeing the doctor, as opposed to waiting, and those ten minutes included the fun of sitting in a cold room in a paper gown entirely open in the front, having cold metal things stuck inside of me.

Soon to come -frantic dissertation work and revision, and T.A.ing the first class for a professor I've never met, and where I have never seen a syllabus, before rushing home for groceries.

Oh, and I got rejected by Johns Hopkins. No other news on jobs.

Comments

[ladybird97.livejournal.com]

*hug* Ya know, last night as I was running outside to take out the garbage, I was doing the same thing. "Cold! Cold! Cold!" And then back inside - "Warm! Warm! Warm!"

And *hug* I'm sorry about Johns Hopkins. Rejections always hurt. But even so...was it really the kind of teaching atmosphere that you wanted?

*hug* Hang in there! Remember that the house, it is yours, and it will be yours again! I hope your day and your week get better soon!

[foldedfish.livejournal.com]

You people are freaks. You weren't even there. ;)

[ladybird97.livejournal.com]

Accept it. You're legendary :)

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

C'mon, isn't this the sort of thing y'all want to be eternally known for?

[foldedfish.livejournal.com]

Yes, this is exactly what I want as my epitaph.

JEFFREY YAUS
1972-20XX

"He realistically portrayed a sentient tapeworm"

Thanks for making me giggle...

[orichalcum.livejournal.com]

There are worse epitaphs...I mean, I can't think of many at the moment, but...

I think you should really work for "Devoted (Family Member), Friend, and Tapeworm."

Re: Thanks for making me giggle...

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

Don't forget "chew toy," I'm sure Mele thinks of him that way sometimes.

Re: Thanks for making me giggle...

[spyscribe.livejournal.com]

I can't think of many at the moment, but...

How about "He failed to realistically portray a sentient tapeworm"?

(Sorry to hear about bad job news. That and the OB/GYN on the same day is really a double-whammy.)

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

*hug* There are other places who will work better for you but I'm sorry about Johns Hopkins anyway.

[kenjari.livejournal.com]

Sorry about Johns Hopkins. Rejections always suck. And Johns Hopkins sucks in general. They clearly don't deserve you anyway.

[hca.livejournal.com]

*hugs* about JHU. Usually these things are all for the best in the long term, even if it takes a while to figure out how...

[retsuko.livejournal.com]

When I mentioned the JH rejection to my Dad, he exclaimed, "Those idiots! They're fools not to want her!" I feel the same way.

*hugs*