Random Thoughts.....What Are You Thinking?

And I think he's played a lawyer in a movie before?

Does this mean we're getting a reboot of Fresh Prince? I don't know how I would feel about that...

Danceshroom?

Not feeling so hot... my dog that I've had since he was 6 weeks old till now, 14 years later, is in intensive care at Blue Pearl. Prognosis terminal, just don't know whether he will recover at all over the next day or two... they say if he doesn't, then we should euthanize him, while at the same time insisting that he can be saved if we pay $3000 to find out exactly what's wrong. They also said that if he recovers in the next day or two, he might live for another month or two. The vet there has me frustrated.

3k, thats criminal.

Ask other English teachers in city for advice to deal with a controlling and rule breaking home room teacher:

'Git gud. Don't be a snitch. Stop bitching.'

Ahh yes. Those old days when we thought being an adult meant something.

tatatata xD

Uemtasu seems like a really cool guy. Every time I see him in these interviews I can really tell he loves his work. As well as how ecstatic he looks during performances.

There isn't another vet you can take him to?

Hell, where I live, there are 3 vets for a population of about ~25k. 1 Animal Hospital plus 2 private practices.

No, not really.

Actually, that's pretty cheap.

I have a very low estimation of vets, from my experience. When I was young, we had a dog that the vet had diagnosed with distemper--advised he was going to suffer badly and pass away, and thus recommended euthanisation. We opted against it, to just enjoy the time left we had together and to make him comfortable. To our surprise, he recovered and went on to live 10 more years.

We currently have a cat, whom our vet advised had failing kidneys. He also recommended euthanisation to prevent suffering. We also decided to just take him home, instead, and to just be with him for whatever time he had. That was 7 years ago, and he's still around (although quite old now, at 15.)

That's not to say vets cannot be professional, or that they cannot be compassionate. But from my view, they do tend to recommend euthanisation way too often as a first resort. I do understand that in the US, pets are considered property, and thus as a commodity have a certain status, but I think most people tend to view their pets as family members and are taken aback when termination is thrown out so early as a first option.

In regard to your own pet, from my view (personally) I think that we choose to enter relationships with pets in the same way as we do with humans--that is to say, although we will strive to do what we can for someone we love, we must also accept the eventuality of our mortality.

Pets have a finite lifespan, much shorter than humans--one of the innate values of having pets as children is that it teaches us that our lives (and the lives of everything around us) are ephemeral in nature...but also that we should cherish the time we have together and not take it for granted. Again, my view is that while I'll do what I can to make my pets live long and happy and joyful lives, I won't purposefully try to extend their existence beyond what would be a natural lifetime simply out of my own (well-intended, if somewhat selfish) need for them to be in my life. :/ To that end, I'll make sure they are comfortable and happy and warm and loved into their last days, as painful as they might be.

But that's my personal perspective. I know some people are driven to do whatever they possibly can for their pet, because indeed they are a family member, and I can respect that choice.

It was, somewhat paradoxically, called "being a child."

Adults are dogshit.

Maybe in the States it is, you guys obviously been paying through NATO for our cheaper veterinarians. Here 3000€ would be concidered abnormal expensive. Depends on what kind of surgery we're talking about though. I only know prices for knee surgery ~€1000n hip you'll pay ~€3000 but thats the surgery itself, not an exam to see whats wrong.
Anyways I'd get a second or third opinion.

I don't know...

Then again, we have different viewpoints on value of money.

"I don't know no Nato, I don't talk about people I don't know behind their backs."

You know Nato Jenkins? Do you know Nato Jenkins??

Is he related to Cottoneyed Joe?

Sounds like he might be related to Cottoneyed Joe.



I'd feel bad for sharing this but this song has been a bane on my life since it came out and people in Pennsyltucky feel in love with it. I can't escape it and there's no reason I should suffer alone.

Crocodile Dundee.

The Aussie version and horrible attempt of a true badass.

Just like a smart Oklahoman, it just doesn't exist.

I've heard that foreign teachers are just there for pronunciation (pretty much a living cd player) and the Japanese teacher is there for grammar etc, is there any truth to that in your case?

Basically they're the proper teacher and you're more of a substitute that won't be treated as well


Just what I've heard of course, might not be the experience most have

Ello folks. I guess don't have much to say hello and hope all is well with folks.

Sorry to hear about your Pup problems Vyre. :(

this reminds me of the tragic story of epicnamebro

Don't know who that is

*** hell man.

Every god damn time there's a FFXIV update lately, I have to wait 24 hours after the *** thing's done before the client will update on my ps4, so I can't play the damn game until 3 AM tomorrow.

Welp...

I was wondering what was wrong. Never seen this before.

Dun Scaith can suck my ***, gonna go play Skyrim.

Nato Jacobs*