crappyjones123

Jeff, I haven't seen you since the plantation meet a few years ago but cycling certainly agrees with you. You look great. No fever finally. Woohoo! Picked up my sister from the airport and drove home. Spent the last 4 hours talking about my issues (slowly hers as well) about cultural differences between us and mom (and dad but he wasn't there). I had spoken with both of them about Julie separately. My sister went out to lunch once with Julie and I and instantly fell in love with her. My mom has never met her. We have been going out for almost 2 years. Tonight was the first time both mom and sister were there and I brought up Julie again. On may 5th, Julie got my mom an orchid for her birthday as my mom loves flowers and gardening. She ignored my warnings that the kind gesture from her would not be received well from my mom and she said as long as she doesn't kill the plant out of malice she didn't care what my mom did with it. Later that night I gave her the flowers and she smiled ear to ear and awkwardly acknowledged that Julie had sent them. Three days later I told her that it didn't need to be anything crazy but just a little thank you note would have been nice and appropriate. Two days later, she walked into my room as I was leaving to see Julie and she says while handing me a note, "make sure you understand that there are no misconceptions here." I asked her what she meant and after she fumbled for words I got angry and told her to keep the note. A thank should not come with strings attached. The flowers certainly did not. That ended then. Tonight I brought it up again as I wanted my sister to offer her opinion on it and she essentially forced my mom to finally speak her mind. She said,"I didn't want her (she refuses to say Julie's name) to think that I found the relationship acceptable or that I was ok with marriage in the future." My sister asked her if she thought that my happiness was more important than her culture or belief system. My mom says no and then walks away. I find myself slowly approaching a crossroads where I will be forced to choose between my parents and Julie and I'm not sure that is going to be a difficult decision to make. Sure, I would like to have their blessing but if they can't look past their prejudices for an instant to see the wonderful person she is then I'm not sure I see the value in sticking around. They have made me who I am and I owe them everything including my ability to accept people as they are without judging them however they seem have lost that ability themselves. My dad still does not know about Julie. I was going to introduce everyone at the white coat ceremony for med school but my mom just told me she wasn't going to attend if Julie was invited. I'm losing my patience with her. Not sure there is much my sister can do to mend things between us. Anyone have thoughts on how to approach something like this. I know to most of you the concept will seem foreign as having a girlfriend or a boyfriend is entirely normal but unfortunately, in the land of arranged marriages, having a gf or bf is taboo. Which is utter nonsense but there are cultural shackles that prevent rebellion. My sister is surprised that someone as meek as I would have ever gotten this far for anyone let alone a girl who wasn't Indian.

Gone to the doctor twice and once to the ER day before when it spiked real high. Was given iv fluids and prescription strength Motrin. Blood tests were "normal" for someone in my condition. I feel like it drops after I take the medication but then a few hours later it ramps back up again. Just took a cold shower. Back in bed. PS. Confirmed sighting of itchy red shit on my left elbow and right shin. Attenuated viruses my ass.

Day 4 in bed @ 103F. This shit officially sucks.

I think it might be with the number of apple products you own Jeff. . Maybe they want good stories like yours coming out of their flagship store.

I was told that when I purchased an iPhone 5 last year. However the 150 only fixes the screen. To pay another 100 to account for any other failures seems worth it but again, what happens if nothing else breaks. Seems like a better idea to not get apple care anymore.

Apple care cover accidental damage in the instance that you pay $100 upfront. And then if it breaks they give you a new iphone for $150. Can be done twice only.

I don't think I ever hated anything more than finding the variance of some bullshit distribution my professor would come up with for our finals - he would give us the answers to taunt us and we had to sit there for 2.5 hours and figure out how to get there but man it felt good after people figured it out. And Dusty, the varicella vaccine isn't dead virus, merely attenuated. So the usual symptoms of chicken pox are expected. Just not on the same level of severity. I don't have any itchy red spots but high fever unfortunately.

Yup. "Take Advil and don't drive. Anything else? Oh yeah drink something too."

Got vaccinations for varicella (received it as a kid but the titer showed equivocal) and tetanus day before. Spending day 2 in bed with a 102 fever. At least it is down from 103 yesterday. Very glad I didn't get these shots just before the Grand Canyon trip. I feel like I'm dying. In case I don't make it, it was a pleasure.

It's amazing how a good photographer can get such amazing images from a simple iphone.

Wtf. Just. What. The. Fuck.

Notsureifsrs but I was talking about the headphones...

The sigma 35/1.4 have dropped in price there recently but hard to find as they get picked up quickly. Couple of MF 35s right now also.

But then she would be wincing instead of smiling.

Look! A GS1000!

Fantastic ari.

My mistake. Meant newegg. It was too early in the morning.

Lol I don't think anyone will be buying a synology NAS from amazon anytime soon

Back from cedar point. I'm sad

Don't they have aluminum in china?

Well autofocus yes. Plenty of zeiss glass that is wider. Given that with super wide lenses you are normally shooting at infinity, the manual focus doesn't really matter. Set it to hfd and f/8 and shoot away. Don't even have to wait to focus.

Come on now...use your legs to zoom. Prime lenses all day.

Stochastic business models. Fuck yeah. Actually it was the most mind numbing class ever.

Does $4.99 include insurance?

I read tht really fast and it looked like you said you purchase the akg k1000 for $400. I was going to hate you but good thing I slowed down and read again.