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hummingwolf ([personal profile] hummingwolf) wrote2003-01-06 10:31 am

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I want to go for a walk in the glittering snow. I want to stay home and learn things online while drinking lots of tea. I want to go to the store so I can have lots of tea. I want to go to the training school and refresh my memory on how to use Microsoft Office programs. I want to go to the museum and gaze upon Chinese calligraphy. I want to know if the homeless man with the bright blue eyes used the money he collected for drugs or for food. I want to go to the library and fill my mind with knowledge of all the wonders of the world.

I most emphatically do not want to call up Social Services to find out that nobody's done anything with my case.

Maybe I should wait til after lunch to call them anyway; nobody who knows anything is likely to talk to me before lunch, right? I think I've got enough tea to last for a few hours while I surf the 'net...

[identity profile] daisydumont.livejournal.com 2003-01-06 07:44 am (UTC)(link)
are they on code blue or something anyway? lollygagging to the office, at least? after lunch sounds good to me, and having some more tea. (i'm on my second pot of coffee!)
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[identity profile] hummingwolf.livejournal.com 2003-01-06 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
Hmmm... what's county government doing today? If they're on liberal leave then I have a slight chance of getting hold of somebody; if they're closed, I don't. Have to go check WTOP's website or something.

[identity profile] conscience.livejournal.com 2003-01-06 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
Im in the same boat, waiting for noon when my paycheck comes out, so I can buy the coffee i am out of.

I am surfing the net with diet coke, which in NO WAY substitutes for my craving need for HOT COFFEE on a COLD MONDAY while surfing the NET...ha!
Heres hoping lunch time comes fast! :)
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[identity profile] hummingwolf.livejournal.com 2003-01-06 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
Heh. I'm thinking of going for a walk to the store, since I've just been reminded that a lot of things are closed today because of snow. County government's probably open--though I can't find anything online saying whether they are or not--but that doesn't mean people have shown up for work. Then again, I could be saying this to myself just because I really don't want to try to deal with those people today.

[identity profile] hai-kah-uhk.livejournal.com 2003-01-06 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
Wow. I had it so easy. A few years ago, when I had plummeted into a very deep depression, I ended up with this shrink who thought I was a total nutcase. I think because I hated him so much that I was falling back upon old childhood defense mechanisms. He diagnosed me with everything under the sun (except multiplicity; how's that for irony?) and as far as I know, singlehandedly got me benefits.

I'm not doing nearly as badly anymore, and my phobia for anything medical keeps me far away from anyone professing to be a doctor, but I still have the benefits. I should call them too and change my name or something. They sorta kinda know I'm married, but I guess it wasn't enough. But I just can't get myself to deal with the morons. And they always somehow turn me into a child.

Just wanted you to know that I sympathize with you. It sucks.
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[identity profile] hummingwolf.livejournal.com 2003-01-06 08:05 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks. These places do tend to bring out the child in people. Maybe it's got something to do with all those forms which seem so much like elementary-school homework assignments. Make sure you print your full name clearly. Remember to write out your whole address like Mommy and Daddy taught you. Tell us in complete sentences what we want to hear. Don't color outside the lines.

[identity profile] wolfshaman.livejournal.com 2003-01-06 11:25 am (UTC)(link)
I want to go to the library and fill my mind with knowledge of all the wonders of the world.


That is what I love to do. New ideas are great things.

I friended you too.
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[identity profile] hummingwolf.livejournal.com 2003-01-08 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
I wish I had more opportunity to read more things, absorb more knowledge... but Real Life keeps getting in the way. Darn that Real Life!

[identity profile] whitelinefever.livejournal.com 2003-01-06 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I think you need to watch a liesurely DVD of Taxi Driver, then go to the offices and take some hostages until you get those benefits.Practice-You talking to me?
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[identity profile] hummingwolf.livejournal.com 2003-01-08 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm... unfortunately my friends with DVD players aren't within walking distance, or I'd follow your (undoubtedly very good) advice. Then again, I'm too nice for my own good lately, and they might prefer being my hostages to doing any actual work.