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Lou Laurinen

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  • Enzo was carrying his water bowl around… with water in it… dogs are so weird and hilarious lol
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    That's hilarious :tearsofjoy: Omg I actually laughed out loud at that!
    Enzo steals my pillows and humps them... to the point that I have to kick him off my bed at night... after he's done having furious intercourse with my pillow, he grabs the pillow and my blanket with his front legs and hangs on for dear life if I try to take them away. So he is not allowed to sleep on the bed anymore lol
    maycontainthunder
    maycontainthunder
    Something that happens quite often in this house is Dog V4 will start acting suspiciously and sneaking around. This is normally because he's found the card centre from a toilet roll and is hoping it doesn't get noticed.
    Judge
    Judge
    Better call an exorcist. Sounds like Enzo has been possessed by a Portuguese Water Dog.
    @MildredHubble I thought you might enjoy my kitty mug! You were the first person I thought of when I bought it lol
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    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    Oh wow that is sooooo cute!!! I love kitty mugs! I have a few, the only problem is that they have pointy ears that look super cute but poke you in the eye lol! But your mug has certainly solved that with the straw! :-) I tried to find some kitty headphones but wanted some in black and they were all sold out, but then I found some ears that clip on to existing headphones! They should be arriving any day now! :)
    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    Here's my favourite kitty mug :-)
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    I'm handling a dog in a pretty big obedience competition on the 28th... a dog that is not one of my own! This should be interesting... I think the last time I handled someone else's dog in a competition was years ago. But this dog is one that I have a great connection with (he's a Border collie)
    Update: I reported it to the NTSB and called a local airport. Hopefully nothing bad is happening and they were just circling because they couldn’t land yet. Will find out in the morning.
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    A nervous passenger went to the airport several hours early, and hung around at the bar until he saw someone in a pilot’s uniform. He bought the pilot a drink and asked him “So these big international airliners – how often do the crash?”. The pilot said “Just once.”. :)
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    That’s a very dark joke but I still laughed. I think your delivery on some of these jokes and stories is what makes them so funny.
    There’s a pretty bad storm here. Got a local news notification that there is an aircraft circling above my neighborhood that seems to be in trouble. I can see it out my window. I’m going to notify the coast guard. I’ve never experienced something like this, this is scary.
    I don't know what got into me today. Sorry that I just haven't been able to shut up. I think me going to bed right now would solve a few problems for everyone, including me.
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    VictorR
    Sorry for butting in and I'm sorry to say this, but Luca is an honourary Canadian, a culture where apologizing regularly and profusely for everything is a way of life. :)
    UberScout
    UberScout
    Don't you dare apologize. What you're doing is a hundred percent human and you should be proud of that!
    GypsyMoth
    GypsyMoth
    You were just setting the stage for the rest of us in the day that followed--Talk about a trendsetter!
    Pretty sure my dogs are barking at a ghost right now. Lol
    UberScout
    UberScout
    It's not uncommon. They probably just don't know who it is and mistook them for an intruder. Has it done anything immediately noticeable? Does it feel threatening?
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    I was mostly joking, they were just barking at nothing. Sometimes I do think they might see ghosts though.
    UberScout
    UberScout
    Bella and Zoey have spotted some fae and a couple spirits recently. Sometimes they try to tell me they know it's me lol (I got that thing where I can hear animal speech or whatever the name is for it)
    Lots of cleaning to do today… and it’s my day off :/ I’ve already gotten through a lot of it though. I just sometimes wish I had someone who could help out with chores. It feels like I don’t have enough spare time in a day and then at the end of the day I’m exhausted and just want to sleep.
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    @AprilR I’m actually looking into hiring someone who can help me with some things like this. I’m very independent and I hate asking for help, but it’s hard to do everything I do as just one person.
    Atrapa Almas
    Atrapa Almas
    Minimalism is another way. Less space, less things.

    Sometimes posessions do posses us.
    AprilR
    AprilR
    @Luca but you will be paying this person, so you don't have to feel bad for asking for help. You will both get something out of this deal.
    It’s past my normal bedtime but I don’t have to work tomorrow. Still exhausted though since I’ve been up since 6am. Definitely gonna go to sleep soon.
    I really hate adulting sometimes. Why can't I go back to being 12?
    Shaddock
    Shaddock
    what do you mean with that? : D

    maybe you need to make up leeway your childhood?
    Shaddock
    Shaddock
    would it help you, when we could call you "little lu"? : D sry found no better short name for luca. and lulu sounds wrong in some way : D
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    Ew, I don’t like either of those lol… Luca is already a nickname, it’s not my actual name
    It never feels like Christmas season anymore without my grandparents. December is always a depressing month for me. I still love doing Christmas things but it isn’t the same.
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    I’m so sorry, Judge :( Both of my grandparents died summer of 2016.

    One of my abusers attempted to kill me and almost succeeded on December 18th, 2006.

    A former “friend” who was angry that I didn’t want to have sex with him attacked me, stole $1000 from me and left me for dead on December 30th, 2016.

    December is also just a month to get through for me…
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    What???? What is wrong with people , I am shocked and sorry to hear this .
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    I ask myself all the time "What is wrong with people..." Things like this are why I have very little trust or faith in humanity anymore...
    I’m so done with today. I’m getting steak tips and wine for dinner. I deserve it.
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    Treated myself last nite to relax. Skipped picking up the car from repair. I just need a huge dog to sit on me and lick my face. :) My mom has the sweetest corgi.
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    A Suisse girlfriend taught me how to make a proper french sauce once, it’s easy. All they’re doing is cleaning the fry pan. Lift all the meat and onions out of the pan and put it back on the heat, throw in a splash of wine and use the back of a fork to loosen all the gunk off the bottom of the pan. When the pan’s clean the sauce is done. :)
    maycontainthunder
    maycontainthunder
    Dog V4 sends a (late) begging look and a hug.
    Omg, I’m so angry!!!!! I told the management at my condo complex that I was moving in April because they had told me that my lease expires in April. Now they’re saying I agreed to a 15-month lease and I can’t leave here until July or I owe a bunch of fees. WTH. I don’t usually lose my temper with people but omg I really lost it. I’m actually fuming right now, holy crap.
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    So did the office change the contract? On you? You can ask if you or they rent it out, does that nullify the contract? One place l lived in did this. They found someone to move in after 2 months. The other place charged me 3,000 to break the lease because they gave me a free month when l first moved in.
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    If you signed 15 months then you probably saved 100 or 150 dollars monthly. That's usually how they entice tenants to sign 15 months. I actually signed 10 months on mine but l couldn't wait to leave place. Sorry to hear this. There are some crappy apartments out there.
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    My place was corporate, and they offered a monthly payment plan after l moved out. But they didn't offer to rent it out like the other place which was local.
    Still in my pajamas doing work on my computer lol, but my realtor called me and told me to be over there by 2:30. Now I need to be professional!
    Shaddock
    Shaddock
    professional? so I guess you will wear the pyjama I guess? : D
    Shaddock
    Shaddock
    but I think with 7 dogs you wouldn´t get any apartment lol. and it would be too small for them.
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    In the part of America that I live in at least, the majority of people my age are married with kids and have a house, yes.
    fun fact: so far as I know, you´re the user with the highest reactions/like to message rate in this forum. 4,45 (rounded). (12663/2817). at least I saw noone with a higher rate. maybe only user with very less messages, but there it is not representative.

    sad fact: there is no price you could have won
    Shaddock
    Shaddock
    but in this forum I feel and felt much more liked, because of friendly people who said positive things to me and because I feel (mostly) accepted here.
    Shaddock
    Shaddock
    and I think that many people have often overhasty evaluation of me and label me rashly as someone who I not am. because they think they know me, but they don´t. that´s sometimes pity and riling, but I don´t try to change such people´s mind.

    arrogance and ignorance is very strong in some people.
    maycontainthunder
    maycontainthunder
    Not fishing for complements. A great many feel that they are the only one that isn't likable. By showing that I am like them I hope to make that person feel less isolated, like they're not all alone in the world. This is especially true this time of year.
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