My cat, aka the Living Alarm

( That enter your name shit, and a couple of things from The Spark )

If a friend comes to me, ranting about something, could I get away with asking them, "Are you ranting just to get it out of your system, or because you think I might be able to do something about it?" At least that way, I know whether or not to start offering solutions.
Because, I know when I'm ranting, I'm usually just getting it out of my system, and eventually find myself a solution. This means I almost never go to my parents with my problems since they always start offering solutions, and I don't want to throw them out of hand because that isn't what I want to do. The thing is, I think that it's a sort of automatic thing, if someone comes to you with a problem, you try to help them through it. But why bother if that's not what he or she wants? It's a bit hard to determine without frustrating you or the person in the process.
That could be just me.
In other news, the pain in my jaw is down, although my stitches sting. I also had some actual "must chew" food and did okay. Why couldn't mum have waited until tonight to cook the pizza?!
Oooh, I have to resist the temptation to explore the back of my mouth with my tongue. I want to pick at the stitches which is a very bad idea.
*sighs* Can't wait until this is all over.

I love my horoscope. Sometimes it provides great wisdom:
Lead with your mouth. The truest words come from the heart, bypassing the convoluted logic of your brain. Sometimes this strategy gets you into trouble, but right now it's more likely to set you free.

Fin.