Get Down With the Sickness

“What can happen when one lets their addiction get the best of them! Some of you know that I am a waterfall junkie. I am also an offtrail, bushwhacking junkie. One week ago Sunday I was bound and determined to take an offtrail adventure to find two waterfalls I'd been hunting in the Smokies. I conned my poor husband into going by pure manipulation. "fine then. I'll go by myself!" always works. See, I know he loves me and doesn't want a bear to eat me or anyone to kidnap me or whatever. Boy, did that one blow up in my face. We headed over to find Upper Mouse Creek Falls one and two on the NC side of the Smokies. It seemed a good day to do this offtrail hike. Cool, but not too cold. No snakes. Bears have gone to bed. Vegetation has died down. Water volume optimal. We found our way back the hollow on the old Crestmont railbed. We had counted on this improving the trip and we'd make better time. To give you a thumbnail sketch.... it didn't pan out. The railline crosses and recrosses the creek numerous times. The kind of vines and vegetation we encountered weren't affected much by cold weather. It was a belly crawl.... I mean kissing hte dirt at times. Vines buried under 4" of snow catching boots and tripping us up. I fell at least three times. I'm still bruised black and blue. The hollow grew at least 20 degrees colder with the elevation gain. The snow got deeper. The water volume dwindled pitifully to a trickle on back there. We decided to call haw on the trip and turn around. My husband was highly pissed at me. 1) Swore he'd never go hiking with me again offtrail 2) Wished he could find someone to take me off his hands 3) wrote out a long list of I.O.U's for me to pay.
Made me start paying them immediately... as in right there on the spot.
I finally got that debt taken care of last night.
I have a feeling I'd be smart to check the local paper to see if he's placed a give-away to send me off with someone else.

But true to my usual level of mental illness...... I'd go back again this Spring with anyone who wants to bushwhack. LMAO”

“I love bushwhacking!

You just have to be in the right frame of mind. Map and compass help too!”

“I hope you packed a sidearm on those backwoods adventures.”

“Were the bruises from the hike or the IOU's?”

“Paying up, right there on the spot! Heck, I'll bushwack with 'ya!”

“I love Disturbed!!”

“I saw disurbed last summer! they kicked major butty!”

“I saw music as a weapon last april, awesome!!”

“I saw wrong turn a couple days ago. Nice!”

“And David Dreiman is real fly. His voice is very sexy. However..... I LOVE my spouse and his idea of fun and "paying up". ;-)

Add one more chapter to Dana's X-Rated Hiking Adventures.

hahahaha! whoo hoo!

carry a sidearm...... no.
He's not scared of me anymore.”

“Yea, he's hot. Their music rocks too.”

“Drowning deep in my sea of loathing
Broken your servant I kneel
It seems what's left of my human side
Is slowly changing in me

Looking at my own reflection
When suddenly it changes
Violently it changes (oh no)
There is no turning back now
You've woken up the demon in me

Get up, come on get down with the sickness (x3)
Open up your hate, and let it flow into me
You mother get up come on get down with the sickness
You #&%!$er get up come on get down with the sickness
Madness is the gift, that has been given to me

I can see inside you, the sickness is rising
Don't try to deny what you feel
It seems that all that was good has died
And is decaying in me

It seems you're having some trouble
In dealing with these changes
Living with these changes (oh no)
The world is a scary place
Now that you've woken up the demon in me

(And when I dream)
No mommy, don't do it again
Don't do it again
I'll be a good boy
I'll be a good boy, I promise
No mommy don't hit me
Why did you have to hit me like that, mommy?
Dont do it, you're hurting me
Why did you have to be such a #&%!$
Why don't you,
Why don't you #&%!$ off and die
Why can't you just #&%!$ off and die
Why can't you just leave here and die
Never stick your hand in my face again #&%!$
#&%!$ YOU
I don't need this #&%!$
You stupid sadistic abusive #&%!$ing whore
How would you have to see how it feels mommy
Here it comes, get ready to die

Disturbed rawks! He has interesting religious views considering he was raised as an Orthodox Jew.”

“Hey Dana! Sounds like a fun trip in spite of the trouble bushwhacking. I was hoping to get down to the Smokies this Xmas break but did not make it.”

“Nigal, I don't know a thing about the guys religious beliefs.Who cares when he can sing that way and has a body that is smmmmmmmmmmokin!

JO, Too bad ya didn't get down this way. I wondered what happened. Maybe you'll be down for a visit fore long? Yeah. the trip was fun inspite of the struggles. Nothing like a heated argument on the trail then both admitting. "I'm wildly aroused." "Yeah. lets do it!" ;-)
We're messed UP!

mu wa ha ha ha ha!”

“I mostly agree with the guys views on religion, as in why is there so many different religions?? and what happens when you combine them all together into a single religion "believe" and yes, disturbed is one of my favorite bands.”

“I think it is the way he supports freedom of choice in religions and holds them all UP rather than putting them all DOWN that I find most interesting. As well as the way he weaves this theme through the music.”

“Rock on Davey boy”

“and Evidence=Conviction

Remember this TT'ers!
Rule One--Never leave your so-called partners on the bank behind you with a camera.

Getting hooked on hiking/backpacking/waterfall hunting leads down the primrose path to total loss of self respect.

Crawling across wet logs high above raging rivers,swimming in rhododendron, coming back out of the woods looking like a Barr!

”

“Nuttin' doin', lady!”

“

Sounds cool as hell. Can't wait to see the pics! Are you linking from Webshots?”

“Nigal...... I'm sorry. I DO suck at the internet. Don't tell Tilt.
I'm linking from a yahoo photo album and I think it is a bad idea. I didn't forget how to do the image link, but yahoo has gotten to where you can't link one image unless you're paying their premium rates. So I'll have to think of Plan B.”

“One word...

Photobucket.com. OK that's two but it's as one word.”

“

and if not maybe this will work

Wet Log Crossing”

“Now. That takes cara dat!”

“Cute!

I like tha Barbie Parka!”

“Reminds me of Slim Pickins ridin' the nuke! I can just hear you as you came up to the creek and saw how to get across..."Oh shat!".”

“However... my friend and I did utter alot of "oooch. ouch! my ayse!" in between realizing there were two dudes giggling on the banks and clicking away which led to "Put that camera up now or else!" and "You gotta sleep sometime!" and even more insistent "No numnums for YOU Mr. Camera-Happy Blackmail Picture Taking So and So!"

Its ok. I got even.”

“Link doesn't work for me. I get "Document not found". :-(”

“WTF?

I saw the photo before, now its gone!”

“15 Excuses for Calling in Sick

By Richard Castellini, Senior Career Adviser for CareerBuilder.com

When you need a random day off of work, what do you do? Do you schedule a vacation day with your boss, or call in with some overblown cover story? And just how long does it take you to come up with that excuse? With one-in-four workers considering sick days equivalent to vacation time, it's no wonder workers are so crafty at calling in sick.

CareerBuilder.com recently took a look at employees who call in sick with bogus excuses. Thirty-two percent of workers said they called in sick when they felt well at least once during the last year, down from 43 percent in the 2005 survey. This could be because some employers are evolving to a PTO (paid time off) system, which is a more flexible way for workers to take time off from work. But, workers should be mindful of company policies and their responsibilities as an employee.

The most popular motivator for missing work: good, old-fashioned R&R. Almost half of workers said they needed to relax, while 24 percent wanted to catch up on sleep. Other top reasons included running personal errands (20 percent), doctor's appointments (17 percent), plans with family and friends (16 percent) and housework (16 percent).

Some employers said they typically don't question excuses given, but others were more skeptical. Almost half of employers have caught an employee calling in sick with a fake excuse; 27 percent said they have fired a worker for calling in sick without a legitimate reason.

Forty-one percent of hiring managers said they have received unusual or suspicious sick-day alibis. When asked to share the most unusual excuses workers gave for missing work, hiring managers revealed some of their favorite alibis:

1. Employee was poisoned by his mother-in-law.

2. A buffalo escaped from the game reserve and kept charging the employee every time she tried to go to her car from her house.

3. Employee was feeling all the symptoms of his expecting wife.

4. Employee called from his cell phone, saying that he was accidentally locked in a restroom stall and that no one was around to let him out.

5. Employee broke his leg snowboarding off his roof while drunk.

6. Employee's wife said he couldn't come into work because he had a lot of chores to do around the house.

7. One of the walls in the employee's home fell off the night before.

8. Employee's mother was in jail.

9. A skunk got into the employee's house and sprayed all of his uniforms.

10. Employee had a bad case of hiccups.

11. Employee blew his nose so hard, his back went out.

12. Employee's horses got loose and were running down the highway.

13. Employee was hit by a bus while walking.

14. Employee's dog swallowed her bus pass.

15. Employee was sad.


Richard Castellini is Vice President of Consumer Marketing at CareerBuilder.com. He is an expert in recruitment trends and tactics, job seeker behavior and workplace issues.”

“don't this thread make yall miss danababy though?

;)”

“alot of those sound like they could really happen

"employee is sad"

awwwwwww”

“i don't do this because i actually will need the sick days for when i really am sick, like for 14 days, 10 of them in the hospital. or maybe i'll have a kid who is so sick that i have to take her to the urgent care on 4 separate occasions, where they finally send her to the hospital and she stays for a few days and i take care of her myself there. yeah, trust me, it's been a hell of a year like that. when i call in sick, it's entirely REAL!”

“"don't this thread make yall miss danababy though?"


She's still around... Crossed over to The Dark Side, though.”

“i don't know who danababy is. what darkside?”

“i read these to my boss, she thinks she's heard some of these. we especially laughed at the blew your nose so hard that your back went out. we wonder if the skunk hit any of his/her go out to the bar and party clothes or just the work uniforms?”

“Hey, that sneeze one can happen. My mom did blow her back with a really bad sneeze. It almosr required surgery.

She still hasn't lived it down, either.”

“not something i'd wanna admit to!”