What's the most pitiful thing you've done this week?

[SallyMander]

I just put Chapstick on my nose... I have a terrible cold and have gone through 2 boxes of tissues in the past few days... ouch!

[IndianaJones]

1. I took all the Baby Ruth's from my kids halloween bags. nt.

[SallyMander]

4. LOL... my mom used to snag

anything that involved dark chocolate -- i didn't like it much as a kid, but now i'd fight her for it!!! ;-)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. Reinitiated contact with an asshole

:banghead:

[SallyMander]

5. That sounds frustrating...

I hope you can cut it off and/or deal with it in a way that's not hurtful for you... :hug:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. It was pointless and a waste of time. Stupid me. Glutton for

punishment. Slow learner. Thanks. :hug:

[SallyMander]

18. Well, now you have another experience to learn from!

(from which to learn???)

So maybe next time you'll think twice... or three or four times... and save yourself the heartache. I know how you feel though! :hug:

[Haole Girl]

7. Be careful about that...

Once an asshole...

well, you know the rest.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. Yep, thanks.

I was sick this week and had too much time on my hands. Trying to sound NOT stupid :)

[AlCzervik]

3. i removed a sunflower seed from our guinea pigs tooth.

one got stuck and it was about the most pathetic looking scene ever. His little stubby arms can't really reach his mouth and after a awhile he just gave up so i out on and oven mitt and removed the seed. It's happened before with other things.

[SallyMander]

6. Aww, that's not pitiful, it's kind!

I have a guinea pig too actually -- and all my friends make fun of me about him, because he only has one eye! (And a bit of a head-tilt.) He had some sort of protozoan parasite that rabbits usually get, and had to have his eye surgically removed... so my friends call him "the worlds most expensive guinea pig." But the only other option was put him to sleep, and i'm too much of a sucker for that! ;-)

[AlCzervik]

20. awww, poor thing.

Princess Bob had some sort of fungus that caused him bald spots so i called the vet and they told me to get lotrimum and put it on the spots and i did and his fur grew back. since you also have a piggy you may be familiar with the soft wood black treat things? thats the other thing that got stuck on his front teeth, once again he gave up and just sat there looking so sad, again the oven mitt came in handy.

[SallyMander]

37. Glad his fur came back!

A bald piggy just sounds too sad...

I've never bought those treats, but i think i know what you mean. My piggy is a fiend for the citrus vitamin-C ones... he will squeak and squeak until i give him one... little fatty! :)

[Haole Girl]

8. Posted too much on DU

And revealed too much of myself, once again. :-(

[SallyMander]

9. I don't know the specifics

But personally, my biggest regrets in life have involved holding back in one way or another... you may hurt now but i hope you come to discover that you've done the right thing in the long run! :hug:

[Haole Girl]

10. I don't hold back, when I should

People pretty much know how I feel... about everything in life.

An old boyfriend of mine said it best, when talking about me, once. He said, "Sharon, there is the truth and then there is the God awful truth!"

[SallyMander]

13. LOL! Well, i prefer someone who's honest

(even brutally honest!) to someone who is totally impossible to read!

[Haole Girl]

17. Thanks

:hug: And, as you can probably imagine, nothing drives me crazier - faster - than someone who is impossible to read! *sigh*

[TorchTheWitch]

11. put off doing laundry till there was NOTHING left to wear

other than my bathrobe.

[SallyMander]

15. I'm doing laundry right now

(in between nose blows)

You know it's bad when you're about out of underwear! :blush:

[krispos42]

27. Did you have to break into the "reserve" underwear?

You know, with the holes and stains and destroyed elastic?

Been there, done that! :-)

[SallyMander]

34. LOL! Maybe...

i may have a few pairs just for this type of emergency... ;-)

(The ones that, when my fiance folds the laundry, he's like "Why don't you throw these out????" Hee hee)

[krispos42]

39. Jeez, if a GUY is saying that...

... their must be like eight underwear molecules left! You know men don't toss their undies until the holes worn in them are bigger than the ones for the legs to slip through!

:rofl:

[Zavulon]

16. Lit the filter end of a cigarette.

Man, does that taste like shit.

[SallyMander]

19. Ack!

I hope you had a drink or gum or something handy... :puke:

[Zavulon]

33. I had a Sprite in my hand at the time.

First time I ever used that stuff as mouthwash. :)

[Fire Walk With Me]

21. Hoped, expected, and believed that people can be other than what they are.

I'm always disappointed. Always.

[SallyMander]

23. Oh, that's really sad...

but wouldn't you rather be the kind of person who expects the best in people??? I would... but i'm sorry you're hurting :( :hug:

[Fire Walk With Me]

28. I'm healing. Letting go of this sort of thing is freedom.

I -am- the type who seeks the best in people, and hopes for people to overcome all difficulty, and to be amazed about things they didn't know about themselves. And oddly, hope for people to overcome fear and other robotic, utterly predictable responses to the poisons (desire, fear, ignorance, and anger).

You can only take care of yourself. I just know that the world could be, and is supposed to be, much better than this. I grieve for lost potential, for gifts ignored.

[SallyMander]

35. :hug:

I hope that whoever has disappointed you realizes what a friend they have...

[Fire Walk With Me]

38. Thank you but no, that is part of the problem.

People are able to lie but are not able to see the truth.

And as far as I can see, are often just not interested in it.

[MazeRat7]

86. Yes, truth could be a 500lb gorilla in the room and some would never see.

*peace.

MZr7

[mzteris]

30. ain't that just the f'ing truth.

I don't know why it is I get my hopes up. Why it is that I think maybe, just maybe, that this time, maybe they've really changed.

Fat chance.

Why does it always come as such a surprise? Am I just stupid or what?

[Fire Walk With Me]

32. We know what things could be like and long for it.

To -stop- working for the best would be a problem. In spite of the facts. Mother Theresa acted -because- of these things, and transcended them.

[Fox Mulder]

22. I got a rock on Halloween.

[SallyMander]

24. Someone gave you a rock???

What were you dressed up as?

[krispos42]

31. I'm betting Dana Scully :-) n/t

[krispos42]

25. I at two frozen fajita kits

the Banquet kind, or whatever.

One on Tueaday (chicken), one on Thursday (steak).

The entire kit. With some sour cream and cheddar in each one. For lunch.


:hide:

[regnaD kciN]

26. I hope you thawed them first...

:evilgrin:

[krispos42]

29. I like'em crunchy!

:rofl:

Well, they were mostly peppers and onions, so I don't feel too bad. Each one came with six ounces of meat, and I eat more than that whenever I get an Baconator at Wendy's.

But that was seven fajitas from each kit!

[JTG of the PRB]

36. Watched the Broncos play today.

Now THAT is pitiful! x(

[SallyMander]

41. Aw, that stinks!

I didn't see the game, but the score looks ugly!!! :(

[JTG of the PRB]

42. I think "ugly" is a very kind way of putting it!

They downright stink. I don't know what the problem is, but they look worse every week. Jeez!

[sniffa]

40. i defended obama

:puke:

[SallyMander]

43. I was out of town

during much of the gospel singer uproar... i assume that's what you're talking about? Did you defend him on DU or in real life?

[sniffa]

47. no, the SNL skit

just under an hour ago i defended him against cries of sexism.

[lightningandsnow]

44. I caved to the demands of someone who was acting like a control freak.

[SallyMander]

45. Sometimes that's the easiest thing...

especially if the demands aren't *TOO* demanding. I hope it didn't cause you too much trouble?

[lightningandsnow]

46. Nope, it's OK.

What's done is done.

[lips]

48. That's nuts!!!

I did the samething! But with carmex. Then I realized it has a smell kind like VIcks and I thought I was on E, then I devised a way to clean antibiotic ointment.

[SallyMander]

54. LOL

Thanks for the heads-up... i'll stick w/ the Chapstick ;-)

[FloridaJudy]

49. Spent $20 for a slice of cake

It was a cake auction for charity.

And it was delicious.

[auntAgonist]

50. aw now that is NOT pitiful. It was very generous and

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

aA

[rug]

51. I crossed a street in Scranton, PA to read a plaque marking the site of the first Rite-Aid store.

[SallyMander]

55. Did you know that's what the plaque was?

Or did you think it might be something of greater historic import??? :rofl:

[rug]

59. Sadly, I suspected it but went anyway.

[fizzgig]

52. watched a jane goodall special on animal planet

and cried through most of it

i was feeling pretty pitiful for part of the weekend

[SallyMander]

56. I got to hear her speak a few years ago

She's a pretty amazing lady! I'm a biologist, but i don't know if i could ever do the type of work in remote places that she did...

[mitchum]

53. I was civil to an administrator for whom I have utter contempt...

and that contempt is well deserved

[SallyMander]

57. Well you can rest easy

knowing you took the high road! Better to avoid burning bridges unless you really HAVE to...

[Inchworm]

58. Nothing

and by that I mean n.o.t.h.i.n.g at all :P

pitiful...

:hi:

[SallyMander]

60. Pitiful, or totally kick-ass?

That's what weekends are for! :toast:

[MazeRat7]

61. Sobbed like a child in my soon-to-be ex-wifes voice mail...

It been a little over a month since she "moved out" unexpectedly and 3 weeks since she "fell" for someone else.

MZr7

[SallyMander]

63. Oh, i am SO sorry MazeRat7...

I wish i could help you, this must be so very painful...

The only comfort that i can offer is that time will pass, and the hurt will lessen :(

And there are many of us here who will listen if you ever need to talk :hug:

[Ivan Sputnik]

62. Mistakenly attended a women's event

Felt a bit weird and dumb, though I was actually welcomed.

[SallyMander]

65. What was the event?

They were probably glad to see you were interested! :)

[Ivan Sputnik]

68. A luncheon

sponsored by my son's school. I didn't realize it was the "mothers" luncheon. But everyone was nice to me and I ended up having an OK time despite feeling awkward, especially at first.

[Ptah]

64. Took three days vacation and only went outside one of those days.

:blush:

[SallyMander]

66. Hee hee

I hope you were at least having fun inside!

[Ptah]

72. Not so much. Mostly couch potato.

I made up for it on Wednesday:

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Ptah/34

[Haole Girl]

67. OMG!

I did that too! Really!! I thought I was becoming agoraphobic! Thank God, it was a false alarm once Saturday rolled around! Hope you are okay, Ptah. :hug:

[Ptah]

73. I am resigned to my hermitness.

[Haole Girl]

75. I should probably just...

...accept my destiny, huh? :hug:

[Ptah]

76. I can't help you with that question.

:hi:

[Haole Girl]

84. Yeah, I know

:hi:

[Karenina]

69. Posted on a lounge thread

desperate for contact with like-minded, empathetic souls in cyberspace.

[SallyMander]

70. Hey now, that is NOT pitiful!

:mad:

:rofl:

[Karenina]

78. Doch. Die Hoffnung auch.

:cry:

[SallyMander]

80. ?

:shrug:

:hug:

[KitchenWitch]

71. Wasted about 20 hours on DU!

:P

[SallyMander]

79. Never a waste!

a distraction maybe... hehe...

[mzteris]

74. groveled

because I don't control the purse strings because I have kids who need things

even though he's a total @ss who wants his cake and eat it, too.

:banghead:

[SPKrazy]

77. ...

:hug: :hug:

[Pacifist Patriot]

81. Went out to buy a new mattress and ended up with a 7 piece bedroom set.

Which is why I don't shop as a rule.

[bluhoodie]

82. Thank you - you made me laugh!

That was a great one-liner!

[SallyMander]

83. That's funny

if you were looking for a bedroom set, would you have ended up with a house??? :shrug: :rofl:

Edited to add: oops, replied to the wrong spot... oh well!

[porphyrian]

85. Answering that would require me to too-closely examine how pitiful my life has become...

...so, instead, I'll include a random George Carlin quote:

"Fuck pears!" - George Carlin