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[Lance doesn't typically post to the network within a few weeks of a previous post, partially because talking to so many people is exhausting and partially because he usually doesn't have anything to say so soon after. But this time he has two brief announcements that happen to be time-sensitive, so here goes.]

Hello everyone. The list of who is available and willing to teach particular skills is now available, and I'll continue to make changes to it as requested; it isn't too late to volunteer, if you'd like to. Where possible I've provided references to the initial responses, so be sure to look at the details of what someone is offering.

[And that's the main announcement. The second one he's still nervous about, even though he's been set on doing it for awhile, and it's part of the reason this is text; it's easier both to choose his words and not back out if it's through text.]

I'm also going to be taking a brief break from non-emergency counseling. This will only be for a few weeks, and if a situation is very pressing or serious I'm still available to meet; please don't hesitate to contact me, and don't second-guess yourself about whether it's serious enough to warrant doing so. The last thing I want is for someone who really needs help not to get it because I decided to take a vacation.

[And he really, really means this; the entire idea is making him nervous all over again about the decision to take a break, because if something happened to someone because he wasn't available to meet with them he's not sure he would forgive himself. But people here survived a long time without a psychologist around, right? Surely everything will be okay.]

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Absolutely not.

[But he does smile, so she's successful there.]

At this point I think the risk is worth it. At least we'd die happy.

[Morbid jokes are appropriate, right? Somehow he doesn't think George will have a problem with them.]

[she makes a big show of pouting for a minute or two before she busts out laughing]

All right, all right. They'll just have to remain a mystery.

[yay! a smile!]

Happy and well fed. A nice change from my usual death.

[morbid jokes are always appropriate, especially when her own death is the punchline]

Dying hungry seems like adding insult to injury.

[He'll keep going along with it as long as she doesn't seem bothered, which he doesn't think she is.]

Y'know, it really was. I bought a sausage for lunch, but never got to eat it before the toilet seat came and blammo! [she claps her hands together] Dead.

[it's better to try and laugh about it than dwell on how incredibly stupid her death was]

[Lance scrunches his nose up a little in an exaggerated expression of disgust.]

I'm not sure that was a huge loss, actually. Sausage isn't like, Chinese food or anything.

[He's not huge on pork products of any sort, actually.]

[she laughs]

Hey, all I had was three bucks. I wanted the grilled ribeye sandwich, but that was five bucks.

[George will eat anything you put in front of her]

Okay, well, that's fair. I remember those days.

[Grad school was a tough time for a lot of reasons.]

Yeah. And let's not forget that I was a college dropout working a crappy temp job for all of one day. Died during my lunch break.

[George thoroughly screwed up her own life]

I feel like this story could be an allegory for the effects of capitalism.

[Dying on lunch break of a temp job after dropping out of college seems like a perfect scenario for social commentary.]

With me as the humble working class slob ground under its wheels?

[a reporter could probably make quite a story out of that]

Something like that.

It's almost Kafkaesque in its fucked upness.

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