Here we go again.

[kellcrow7]

I was really not going to go there, here.
Mostly out of embarrassment. But then I realize, nearly every single one of you good people on my F-list has seen me show my ass (some quite literally) at some point in the past, and every one at least have read it... And it's MY goddamned journal besides. Where else can I go to document the steady decline

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[azaz_al]

You already know how I live.

[kellcrow7]

Exactly.

[azaz_al]

*ponders this reply*

[kellcrow7]

LOLZ

That's why the part about the "family coming in for Mardi Gras week" was included.

;} What didja think I meant??? ;}~

[alobar]

I know you did not ask for advice, but I feel I should mention this anyway.

Last week when you did not go to work because of tooth problems, I made more $$ than in the previous two weeks combined. Not great money by any means, but far better than for the previous month+.

We are slowly nudging into the good season. We ain't there yet. But, imo, this is not the time to take off personal or sick days. Remember when Carson slammed face first into the bench at high velocity? Broken shoulder, face like a Lon Cheney movie? He was out the next day, making money -- despite his wretched looks and feeling like shit.

Maybe time to invoke the Carson ancestor and work even when feeling crappy.

[kellcrow7]

Noyeah, I understand that.. I had actually taken that into account when I went to the ER... Under the impression that I had three weeks available to me, rather then just two.
But you're right of course.
But I literally could not get two sentences out of my mouth without yelping in pain. How could I have given readings?
I know I've got some nice, neat handwriting, but...

[alobar]

I am sure you would not be the first mute card reader in history.

A trick I learned years back for painful teeth is to teach myself how to talk without clicking my teeth together. Kinda like Liber Jugorum.

Also, Al makes money by not refusing cheap customers. This past month, he has made significantly more than I have. I hate doing $5 readings, but when there are few people wandering around, waiting for the $15 customer brings in less $$ per hour than grabbing the $5 readings. Which, of course gives incentive for doing short readings with no analogies to other pearls of wisdom.

Think of this as a prelude to the great depression which is brewing. I predict that soon a $5 reading might be what many folks will normally be able to afford.

[kellcrow7]

Are you implying I cast my pearls before swine??? How biblical.

Yeah, when the tooth was in agony, Liber Jugorum did not work. A twitch of my head would send waves of pain. I'm a bit sore even tonight after my second shift back.
But anyway.

I'll be going through my bag of gimmicks before I consent to $5 readings. 'Course the bag is a lot smaller than it once was.
Good thing I'll always be able to rely on my charm.

[weishaupt]

You can always live in my cupboard.

[kellcrow7]

You'd better watch it, mister; I may just take you up on that.
Hmph. Offer to put me up less than 2500km from Bell's Beach, willya..?

[rendier]

the pacific northwest is kickin...:D

[kellcrow7]

You're tempting me dammit.

I was just talking about you tonight at work.
Big Gay Al was asking me about the last time I'd heard from Styx, and I told him about you calling her on your phone that day to prove to me she was not dead. ;}

[punk_intellect]

That fucking sucks, I thought that was all straightened out!

[kellcrow7]

Yeah me too. ;{~