# What happened to you today? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 22, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-you-today/265581 "2004-09-22T23:10:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-you-today/265581/1 "2004-09-22T23:10:03Z")
[ul] [li]I got the job I really, really, really wanted.[/li][li]I tried to give blood but was turned away, because apparently, I weigh enough for the Red Cross, but not these folk.[/li][li]I discovered that a college cafeteria can make even pizza suck.[/li][/ul] Anyone else? Random slice-of-life posts? ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-you-today/265581/2 "2004-09-22T23:19:16Z")
I’m supposed to donate blood tomorrow. Hope my iron is high enough! I got an unexpected (but totally deserved and needed) pay raise today. That was awesome! I have a few new job responsibilites, but it’ll give me a little more variety in my day. Good, because I was getting bored. Oh, we had our pictures taken for next year’s catalogue. Mine came out really well. Yay! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-you-today/265581/3 "2004-09-22T23:37:24Z")
Several people who were not aware that I am not to be fucked with are no longer laboring under that misapprehension. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-you-today/265581/4 "2004-09-22T23:42:45Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Several people who were not aware that I am not to be fucked with are no longer laboring under that misapprehension. :eek: Details? ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-you-today/265581/5 "2004-09-22T23:43:55Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Several people who were not aware that I am not to be fucked with are no longer laboring under that misapprehension. Good for you! Always a swell feeling. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-you-today/265581/6 "2004-09-22T23:49:15Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Several people who were not aware that I am not to be fucked with are no longer laboring under that misapprehension. heh…I think I narrowly escaped your wrath once on that score. Too tired to get into it as I recall. 😃 [ul] [li]Found my daughter’s escaped gerbil (alive in spite of my 3 (worthless) cats!) this morning. She (the gerbil) escaped yesterday afternoon.[/li][li]Was asked by a coworker to change her alternator. A fast $40 for Inigo.[/li][li]Identified the moron who insists on filling the #4 cone filter almost to the top _before_ brewing the coffee.[/li][li]Gave someone $500 more on the settlement of their totaled car because they discussed it rationally.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-you-today/265581/7 "2004-09-23T00:20:59Z")
The day didn’t start out great (_way_ too early), but it got better. [ul] [li]Had my fiance-visa physical, and passed![/li][li]Charmed the receptionist when I went in for the results.[/li][li]Dropped into the record store as I was passing, and was forced to buy the CD that was playing: _People’s Spring_ by the Warsaw Village Band, described as “hardcore folk from Poland”. Strange stuff, some of it, but great![/li][li]Also bought the Bob & Doug McKenzie album. Beauty, eh?[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![JayElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@JayElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayElle)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-you-today/265581/8 "2004-09-23T00:30:08Z")
Congratulations on the new job, **NinjaChick**! I had something new for lunch - rice noodles with beef in a peanut/tomato sauce. It looked absolutely disgusting, but it tasted wonderful. I’ve been very stressed lately, and I nearly started crying at work (humiliating). I’m coming down with a cold. Right now, I’m having a large glass of wine. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Gutgore\_Blooddrink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Captain\_Gutgore\_Blooddrink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Gutgore_Blooddrink)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-you-today/265581/9 "2004-09-23T00:33:23Z")
Beh. The MeatBeast had a filthy day. - Found out today that I can’t take tomorrow off (my birthday) because we got in a ton of unexpected shipments. - Didn’t have a beer for the first day in over 3 months. - Watched Army of Darkness again. - Bought cat food. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-you-today/265581/10 "2004-09-23T00:43:41Z")
Today I –woke up with a sinus cold –found out I have a schedule change tomorrow, so am forced to scramble for a filler lesson plan that may or may not work –ate the homemade pesto I made last night for lunch with gourmet ravioli –sat through a boring-ass staff meeting –toured an orchard for a class trip and got to walk under and arch of trees –ate the best damn Macintosh apple I have ever eaten –ate the best damn grapes I’ve ever eaten –got lost in the middle of nowhere trying to find a shortcut, but only for 10 minutes –found the bag of birdseed I bought ripped open by the cats, got it all into a bucket, and then had the bucket turned over by the cats –found out the series premiere of Lost was on 2 minutes before it started, and am watching it Fun life, eh? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-you-today/265581/11 "2004-09-23T01:03:05Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Several people who were not aware that I am not to be fucked with are no longer laboring under that misapprehension. You go, girl! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-you-today/265581/12 "2004-09-23T01:15:45Z")
Today I -had a good nap during lunch -figured out how to use the pen tool in Photoshop to do useful things -got hit with the sack while watching a hacky-sack game ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-you-today/265581/13 "2004-09-23T01:17:40Z")
Early this morning I left Mr. S in bed with the springers while I got up and did some deskwork. As I walked back up the driveway after putting a letter in the mailbox, I head Phyllis barking at me from the bedroom window! So I taunted her from the lawn and she kept barking until Mr. S finally gave up and hauled his carcass out of bed. 😃 I just wrote a “Hey, let’s get reacquainted” e-mail to a friend with whom I’ve had no contact for about 13 years. Think she’ll write back? I’m enjoying a rare lull in work, until next week or so when the next avalanche arrives. I’m still reveling in the miracle that I did not have to bury my dog Scout on Saturday after all. She walks (nay, she runs!), she poops, she’s 99% good as new! Happy happy joy joy. Hmm, today was pretty humdrum. But the weather was nice. ---
**Author:** ![xenonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de0a6/32.png) [@xenonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenonymous)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-you-today/265581/14 "2004-09-23T02:26:02Z")
Serendipitously discovered my mother’s recipe for low-budget stew - I’m so cashed out that I have to eat it lunch & dinner for the next 3 days!! ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Like\_Tears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-you-today/265581/15 "2004-09-23T02:38:11Z")
Hmm, slice-of-life, you say? -woke up with same headache from last night -dragged my butt to work, made all of $17 -came home and took a nap, cause I still had the headache -went to the drugstore to finally refill my migraine meds -got rid of headache -pulled large glob of poo from my cat’s booty -read and posted on the Dope -ate McDonalds for dinner. It was cold. Again. It was also not what I ordered, they were out of salads, and boyfriend got me a burger. The salad would have been great, cold. -about to wash my cat. Pray for me. My life is boring. ---
**Author:** ![xenonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de0a6/32.png) [@xenonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenonymous)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-you-today/265581/16 "2004-09-23T02:43:04Z")
[QUOTE=_Deva_] -ate McDonalds for dinner. It was cold. QUOTE] McDonalds has burnt my buns about the last 6 times I’ve been there… and nothing burns my buns more than burnt buns! ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-you-today/265581/17 "2004-09-23T02:44:17Z")
I got out of bed for the first time (pretty much) in two days because the Zithromax finally kicked in and started alleviating my double ear/sinus infection. The sunshine and wind in my hair never felt so good! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-you-today/265581/18 "2004-09-23T02:49:43Z")
I dropped both kiddies off at school and for the first time since last school year ended, I was kid-free ( guilt free with not having to do a playdate payback) for two and a half hours. I went for a walk on the track at the school and managed a little over a mile. Mailed a package of twinkies as a wedding present to a friend in England who married Labor Day weekend. Went bowling and bowled a 104/110/116 tonight. Modestly not bad for me, considering it is very distracting to bowl in a loud enviroment with hearing loss in one ear and my balance is still off, but not as much as it was. I’m getting better. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-you-today/265581/19 "2004-09-23T03:17:17Z")
-Went bike riding in a neighborhood I’d never explored before. -Went to topology class. One student was presenting a problem at the board but they struggled quite a bit and took up almost the entire period. -Met with a group of students to plan a volunteer activity. We’re going to visit a local elementary school and do science-related demonstrations for one of the special ed classes. We get to make liquid nitrogen ice cream for them. -Had boxed microwave lasagna, canned spinach, and ice cream (non liquid nitrogen) for dinner. I usually cook something for myself, but I keep microwave dinners in the freezer for when I feel too sleepy. ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Like\_Tears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-you-today/265581/20 "2004-09-23T03:30:44Z")
-washed cat. Was a success, only one scratch! Maybe my little baby has finally grown up enough to realise that I do this for his own good! HA! I masking taped the claws of death. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-you-today/265581.md?page=2)