So this past week I thought it was do to fibro the symptoms I was having but it wasn't. I randomly started stuttering and such and here it was do to anxiety & stress. So that is how my body reacted from an over load i suppose.

I have to see a psychologist now... bc as soon as my anxiety gets too much i start stammering/stuttering and I was out for work for a week. ugh. It should help because I was told to see someone like behavioral therapy (because of my sleep). Who sees a psychologist? I'm taking xanex right now because I know it works but when my family dr prescribed it - i was only taking when needed - as of now I see myself taking this everyday haha- what are you on for your anxiety?

Also my neuro is taking me off Gabapentin and switching me to Lyrica. Is anyone on Lyrica and likes it?

Thanks a bunch.

From back when I loved Twilight, I, of course, friended the offical Twilight MySpaz page. Now that I'm no longer a fan, I considered deleting them from my list, but the opportunity for lulz was a far greater influence on me. And, occasionally, the 'friend', now named "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" (it is not a saga, damnit!) pops up on my activity stream with some new lulz. Today, it was this: The Baltimore Sun

( However, the comments were of more interest to me... )

"bah, sacred bond stuff is like cheating :P good for a fic maybe, but rp it's like giving your charrie an auto happy ending xD that's why most of my characters know eachother as friends lol it's more drama posibilities. :P In case you haven't noticed, I'm a fan of certain stereo types. :D"

Is it just me, or does it sound more like a drama killer to have a bunch of characters from one person standing around, backing each other up, and telling each other how great they are?

Yes, now YOU have the opportunity to own the vehicle RPatt used during the filming of Twilight. *snickers*

I have always loved driving long distance. I use to want to be a truck driver. My best friend Beth is severely physically disabled (wheelchair bound, mostly). When Beth has an event out of state, like her step-sister's Miami wedding, she hires me to drive her. Yesterday I drove from where I live in upstate NY to visit her in Long Island about 4 hours away. I am in agony today! My legs hurt, my hands hurt from holding the steering wheel, my back hurts. I use to love driving but it is yet another thing that is now being taking away because of the fibromyalgia! I am heart broken. No more long road trips for me.

Hey again! I just had a couple new questions for you old-time sufferers ;)

I have severe Fibro pain in my butt. The pain is caused by this small muscle that runs deep under the gluteuos maximus called the piriformis muscle. Although both sides are pretty painful, I've noticed that the right side seems to be especially tender. When you have Fibro, do both sides have to hurt equally? Is anyone else lop-sided when it comes to pain?

To ease the pain in my butt, I do *tons* of stretches and my boyfriend will rub the sore areas with his hands or with a back massager. Should I be rubbing and stretching my sore muscles? It seems that it feels better for a little while, but the pain always comes back. Would it be better not to irritate those muscles if after rubbing and stretching they still hurt anyway?

Also, one last question. For years I have been a frequent peer. It seems like every half hour I have to go to the bathroom to pee. I read somewhere that they have a new study about this, and that people with Fibro do urinate more frequently than normal people. Do any of you have this problem?

Lastly, I wanted to apologize for not replying on all the wonderful comments on my other posts. I've just been so tired and sore, I haven't gotten to them yet :( Forgive me!

Characters' names have been replaced with those of My Little Pony dolls. If you don't think it's ghastly enough for me, then go ahead and pretend they're named after serial killers or something.

So you think I'm really good at playing Lickety-Split, and want me to join your game? Wow, that's really neat, I'd love a chance to play with you. Despite being one of the cursed undead, I am an easily-flattered soul, and you seem like a really creative and entertaining player. Even though Sundance is a minor character and never met Lickey-Split or Cherries Jubilee canonly, you've fleshed her out and made her interesting. I like people who can do that.

Waaaait a second, you seem to really dislike Lickety-Split. After two seconds of skimming your posts, I discover that you think of her as a shallow, manipulative shrew, and are convinced that her potential love interest who she cares deeply for, Cherries Jubilee, hates her and is way too good for her.

It's a little off-putting, but I don't think much of it (particularly since I have no interest in pursuing pairings in this game) and continue playing with you guys. I mean, I am having fun. It seems dumb to get offended over differing opinions. Turns out you're also obsessed with the crack pairing of Sundance/Cherries Jubilee. It is kinda weird, due to the fact that Sundance is still a young child and Cherries Jubilee, uh, isn't, but whatever, each to their own, man.

Waitasecond, why is it that every time we play you intentionally try to twist the situation into a way Sundance can compete with Lickety-Split? Additionally, you seem 100% convinced that Sundance would always win, despite the fact that Lickety-Split is an incredibly experienced in their canon skill while Sundance is a young and childish novice. It's weird, because this sense of competition extends to absolutely everything I RP with you. If Lickety-Split wants to go out for ice cream with their friends, Sundance already bought them all the ice cream in the world. If Lickety-Split has a cat, Sundance has a pet golden tiger named Princess Sparkledust who can grant wishes and fly. If Lickety-Split decides to help grandma carry her groceries, Sundance can teleport the groceries with her mind, and has also made grandma a new tea cosy. If Lickety-Split makes an impactful statement during a tense moment, Sundance immediately drops to her knees screaming and sobbing the exact same sentiment Lickety-Split just said but in an overblown way, to ensure that absolutely no one reacts to Lickety-Split. It's not even like you're acknowledging it in a "Sundance is protective of the guy she likes and wants to outdo Lickety-Split" way, you seem to genuinely want to portray to the rest of the game that Sundance is just a superior person. I literally cannot do a scene with you without you trying to twist the scenario into a new opportunity for Sundance to show off and, notably, you don't do this with ANY other players besides me, all of which are your good friends who play characters you adore to pieces. It doesn't help that all the great plots you told me you wanted to get Lickety-Split involved in are turning out to be "Lickety-Split gets to react to Sundance's epic quests of amazing".

Okay, now it is really difficult for me to pretend this is all just a coinci-
OH COME ON. Now you want us to play a "just for fun, future alternate universe oneshot" where Lickety-Split finds out that Cherries Jubilee and the now-drop-dead-sexy-and-totally-grown-up-sex-kitten Sundance are sleeping together, and Lickety-Split gets totes heartbroken and Sundance uses her outstanding wit and kung-fu to pwn her just 'cause she can? Seriously?

I don't even know what to say. Did you seriously invite me to your game and pretend you want to RP with me just to fulfill some elaborate fantasy where your pet character gets to pwn your least favorite and steal the object of their affection? WTF.

Even now this is difficult for me to comprehend. It just seems too bizarre and petty. For the evil dead, I apparently have a disproportionately large faith in humanity. A pox on you, and all your houses! I will be taking my ponies elsewhere.

Much has been said about Hamilton's "Dear Reader" blog but today on Amazon Candace Sams had the dubious honor of making that blog look like a love song. What started with one reviewer's one star post exploded into an awe inspiring, possibly career destroying event as Ms Sams took exception to almost everything almost everyone posted.

Calling posters stupid, comparing them to flies, insisting there was a vast conspiracy directed at destroying herself, Ms. Sams ordered posters not to buy or read her books and to burn them if they had a copy. Her editors at Love Spell came in for a share of blame too.

At last count replies numbered over one hundred and forty replies. Even Meljean tried to talk her down but Ms Sams seems to be past all hope of regaining any semblance of sanity.

If you haven't encountered the Sams Meltdown out there in Facebook or Dear Author , check it out on Amazon. It is by turns fascinating, horrifying, and sad,

Yes I do Erotic Roleplay with this friend.
Yes, I plan on having him come out and hang out at our place for a week.
No I am not going to sleep with him. No, my boyfriend does not suspect I plan on sleeping with him. Yes, my boyfriend does know that I've been writing erotica with him.

RP=/=RL and I have better morals than that. *fume*

Protip! When trying to convince me to do a certain idea with you that I find rather stereotypical and stupid, the argument "But I did it with someone else and it was GREAT!" doesn't help much. Nor does starting any of your sentences with "I'll be the bigger person."
Just sayin'.



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Uh, mods. Ever go to a sandwich shop in the hope that you'll be sold on some used car parts?

... No?

Cuz I don't think people looking for the advertised "advanced" play opps are gonna be pumped about a legion of RP n00bz on the roster.

Is it an unwritten rule that once "advanced" RP gets slapped on any game, it's a time bomb?

Okay, so I put up a character ad for my character's ex. He's basically so obsessed with this girl that he follows her around, calls her phone, and is an all around creeper. You say you're interested, I say 'hey awesome, I can't wait to see what you do with him!'

...And then I get this PM:

( Are you that lazy? )

Dear you two,

( Gonna play Captain Obvious here. )

No love,
Me.

Considering the fact that you've been dropping heavy-handed hints both IC and OOC since this story's conception, why are you getting offended that neither my character nor I were particularly caught off guard when your girl finally came out and blatantly stated that she's a prostitute?

When your character's first introduction to mine was to blurt out "Oops, sorry, I thought you were a client--I mean, friend," while wearing a completely slutty get-up in the AMs on a barren, industrial road, how stupid do you think my character would have to be to not immediately catch on? e.e

PS: Being a prostitute in a post-apocalyptic world isn't quite as taboo as you seem to think it is. With the entire world in shambles and many groups of people struggling to just barely survive, there isn't much of an oppressive government around to make rules against having sex for money.

Hi all. I was without computer for a few days. If anyone posted herabal tea stories for me just reply so I know to go back and look for them. That is all. gentle hugs, warm fuzzy robes, and healing light for all. (Sorry I just got over a flare from hell so I'm bit too peppy for my own good. lol)

Not having read all the MG books, I'm not sure if this has ever been brought up: where are the gay sidhe? I'd figure there would be some among the guards, but they all seem to crave Merry's blackhole with equal fervor. Obviously, Hamilton has a homophobic streak and doesn't like characters who aren't interested in her self-inserts Chosen One of the Goddess, but at least in Anita Blake there exist bisexual men or men who've been gay prior to their contact with Anita's fathomless ocean of meat-smelling juices.

I'm not even going to ask about asexual fey (don't feel like venturing into the "you mean the ones that reproduce by budding?" idiot-ville today), though the absence of sidhe/whatever that don't desperately want sex 24/7 is pretty glaring, too--there've got to be some men who respond to Andais' rule of celibacy with "eh, whatever, don't give a fuck anyway." There's such a thing as a low libido, after all; I'm not familiar with the source material, but I imagine there's plenty of Celtic folklore that doesn't deal with SEXSEXSEX.

'Scuse the letter-ish format.

I'm a little flattered, I guess, that a few players and their characters seem to have taken a sudden interest to my large (about 6'5", 230 lbs), boisterous female bruiser who likes to fight hard and drink harder, but there's just one tiny but:

( DO NOT WANT. )

Annoyed,
me

tl;dr: No means no, leave my character out of your romancing attempts and target someone willing please.

I'm really beginning to suspect I have celiac disease, dispite bitch ex-doctor scoffing at the idea. So, here are some questions for those who have been DIAGNOSED with celiac.

What kind of specialist did you go to for testing?

Do you get the mouth sores? What are they like? The most annoying symptom I have right now is chronic mouth sores on my tongue and inside of my cheeks...

Before going gluten-free did you have frequent infections ... sinus, ear, throat...?

Are there any celiac chat rooms?

Any reading material you can suggest?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

My fibro results in very tight and very painful muscles. Initially my neck was the issue, and still is. The pain has spread to many places and is so hard to cope with. Most recently my arms have flared, to the point that today I can't knit! I didn't overuse or abuse them this weekend, it's just a stupid flare.

I'm scared about losing some or most use of my arms. I love working with my hands, whether sewing, knitting, baking, building and fixing things. I'd been thinking recently about jobs or careers I'd like to pursue, should I be able to work. But this is a real slap in the face. Thankfully I see my doc this week. Maybe he can help.