Livestrong
Last night I gave my Livestrong bracelet, which for me was primarily fashion over social responsibility, to a Japanese woman whose husband and son died of cancer. Unaware of the trend into which I had bought, she shamed me with her praise of my contribution to what she came to believe was a phenomenal cause. I will redeem my shallowness, however, in due time. I have been placed in charge of distributing to all of Roi-shi the bracelets.
Edit: This woman.
More details:
Mike: lol - well, even if not done for the good reasons.. the end justifies the means
randomcarbon: yea. but it really wasn't an lol moment.
randomcarbon: she was quite drunk, ended up passing out on the table.
randomcarbon: began crying earlier.
Mike: oh
Mike: well then
randomcarbon: this was a party with work.
Mike: damn
randomcarbon: and she
Mike: ok.. what you posted did not really cover that
randomcarbon: 's always very happy-looking.
12:40
randomcarbon: but clearly... there're things down there that needed resolution.
Mike: guess alcohol got the best
randomcarbon: yea. she didn't eat ANY food.
Mike: hmm
Mike: how old
randomcarbon: past fifty
Mike: both husband and son died?
randomcarbon: but in good shape, used to be a gym teacher.
Mike: damn
randomcarbon: yea
randomcarbon: so, is she alcoholic? or depressed? or limiting her calories? (ie anorexic)?
randomcarbon: Nice nice woman. But, it was disturbing.
randomcarbon: Sad.
Mike: have you ever interacted w/her before at a party?
randomcarbon: met her only a handful of times when i first got here, and that was in the Oh! You just got here! sort of dynamic at work.
randomcarbon: actually, i have a post about here if I remember correctly.
12:45
Mike: could be an evening alcoholic... or.. could have been just a party thing - getting carried away
Mike: with that much tragedy in a life.. alcohol can bring out the depressed memories
randomcarbon: no kidding.
Mike: sometimes people are night time alcoholics
Mike: but.. hard to guess
randomcarbon: Yea.
randomcarbon: I feel bad all the same.
Mike: why?
randomcarbon: For her.
Mike: ya.. ture
randomcarbon: Lot to take.
Mike: true
Mike: she have others in her life?
Mike: other sons/daughters?
Mike: new husband
randomcarbon: I don't know.
randomcarbon: she does have one other son.
Mike: thats good
Mike: so - what was purpose of party the other day?
randomcarbon: end of the first semester is coming up
Mike: lol, sounds like a reason for a party.... "end of 1st semester is near"
randomcarbon: yea. they like their drinks here.
12:55
Mike: thats kinda interesting
randomcarbon: why?
Mike: are they a culture that works hard to play hard?
randomcarbon: hrm.
randomcarbon: perhaps it could be put that way.
Mike: all I can picture is the movies w/the japanese visitors in a kirioki bar drunk on soki and trying to sing in a drunken stupor
randomcarbon: heh, more accurate that i'd like to admit.
Mike: interesting (from the sociology perspective)
randomcarbon: yea.
randomcarbon: but another interesting note:
randomcarbon: this is the third or fourth such party we've had and last night was the first time I let myself drink to get tipsy.
Mike: is that a fear of what might come out?
randomcarbon: General discomfort ... they're my colleagues.
randomcarbon: Not my age.
randomcarbon: youngest person is mid30s.
randomcarbon: And while it's expected here...
Mike: ah.. so you are the "kid"
randomcarbon: there's so much cultural baggage...
randomcarbon: Besides, it would SUCK if I ever got as bad as that woman.
randomcarbon: I don't get drunk often, or wasted even less frequently, but... gotta be prudent
Mike: you must have been at college parties where some girl or guy got completely bombed and became emotional
Edit: This woman.
More details:
Mike: lol - well, even if not done for the good reasons.. the end justifies the means
randomcarbon: yea. but it really wasn't an lol moment.
randomcarbon: she was quite drunk, ended up passing out on the table.
randomcarbon: began crying earlier.
Mike: oh
Mike: well then
randomcarbon: this was a party with work.
Mike: damn
randomcarbon: and she
Mike: ok.. what you posted did not really cover that
randomcarbon: 's always very happy-looking.
12:40
randomcarbon: but clearly... there're things down there that needed resolution.
Mike: guess alcohol got the best
randomcarbon: yea. she didn't eat ANY food.
Mike: hmm
Mike: how old
randomcarbon: past fifty
Mike: both husband and son died?
randomcarbon: but in good shape, used to be a gym teacher.
Mike: damn
randomcarbon: yea
randomcarbon: so, is she alcoholic? or depressed? or limiting her calories? (ie anorexic)?
randomcarbon: Nice nice woman. But, it was disturbing.
randomcarbon: Sad.
Mike: have you ever interacted w/her before at a party?
randomcarbon: met her only a handful of times when i first got here, and that was in the Oh! You just got here! sort of dynamic at work.
randomcarbon: actually, i have a post about here if I remember correctly.
12:45
Mike: could be an evening alcoholic... or.. could have been just a party thing - getting carried away
Mike: with that much tragedy in a life.. alcohol can bring out the depressed memories
randomcarbon: no kidding.
Mike: sometimes people are night time alcoholics
Mike: but.. hard to guess
randomcarbon: Yea.
randomcarbon: I feel bad all the same.
Mike: why?
randomcarbon: For her.
Mike: ya.. ture
randomcarbon: Lot to take.
Mike: true
Mike: she have others in her life?
Mike: other sons/daughters?
Mike: new husband
randomcarbon: I don't know.
randomcarbon: she does have one other son.
Mike: thats good
Mike: so - what was purpose of party the other day?
randomcarbon: end of the first semester is coming up
Mike: lol, sounds like a reason for a party.... "end of 1st semester is near"
randomcarbon: yea. they like their drinks here.
12:55
Mike: thats kinda interesting
randomcarbon: why?
Mike: are they a culture that works hard to play hard?
randomcarbon: hrm.
randomcarbon: perhaps it could be put that way.
Mike: all I can picture is the movies w/the japanese visitors in a kirioki bar drunk on soki and trying to sing in a drunken stupor
randomcarbon: heh, more accurate that i'd like to admit.
Mike: interesting (from the sociology perspective)
randomcarbon: yea.
randomcarbon: but another interesting note:
randomcarbon: this is the third or fourth such party we've had and last night was the first time I let myself drink to get tipsy.
Mike: is that a fear of what might come out?
randomcarbon: General discomfort ... they're my colleagues.
randomcarbon: Not my age.
randomcarbon: youngest person is mid30s.
randomcarbon: And while it's expected here...
Mike: ah.. so you are the "kid"
randomcarbon: there's so much cultural baggage...
randomcarbon: Besides, it would SUCK if I ever got as bad as that woman.
randomcarbon: I don't get drunk often, or wasted even less frequently, but... gotta be prudent
Mike: you must have been at college parties where some girl or guy got completely bombed and became emotional