Well, I've tackled my backlog of voicemail. Billing is next. I think I'll save my e-mail backlog for if I get bored to the point of insanity.
Book: I believe I just... I think I'm on the wrong ship. Inara: Maybe. Or maybe you're exactly where you ought to be.
'Serenity'
What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
shrift - Apr 30, 2005 8:27:36 am PDT #324 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 30, 2005 8:47:56 am PDT #325 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
One of my former roommates pulled a milder form of that sort of disappearance as a practical joke on me and our other (sane) roommate. He had his ex-girlfriend call us one evening when he and a friend were supposed to be visiting her, and tell us they'd never showed up, were hours late, and that she was really worried. The "joke" fell apart when we called his mom to find out if he'd stopped there unexpectedly, and he called us back—angry that we'd worried her unnecessarily—just before we were going to get the highway patrol involved.
Sane roommate had to talk me down from moving him out of the apartment in absentia. And might not have been able to do so if a 400 lb. waterbed hadn't been involved.
Allyson - Apr 30, 2005 10:35:45 am PDT #326 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I think I've finally found a way to rearrange my furniture to maximize space and fit in the new loveseat.
I need extension cords and a strong boy.
Cashmere - Apr 30, 2005 10:43:40 am PDT #327 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I need extension cords and a strong boy.
Don't we all.
Strix - Apr 30, 2005 10:54:51 am PDT #328 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
With the right extension cords, you can TRAP the strong boy.
(Ignoring the plaintive cries and thumping from the closet.)
Susan W. - Apr 30, 2005 11:46:37 am PDT #329 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Was there a new EW this week, or was last week's summer movie preview a double issue? (Still trying to figure out how much of my mail is missing, grrrrrr.)
§ ita § - Apr 30, 2005 12:18:01 pm PDT #330 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's a double issue (the cover says april 29th and may 6th). Of course, I just got mine this week, but at least my missing mag worries are laid to rest.
Susan W. - Apr 30, 2005 12:24:24 pm PDT #331 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Thanks, ita. Good to know. I reported the missing issue to EW, and they've extended my subscription a week. And I now have a list of things I'm expecting through USPS within the next ten days or so--an Amazon package that should've been here yesterday, contest entries that it looks like were just mailed out, and several people on a list I'm on who are mailing me things in exchange for writing critiques and/or free blackberry jam. If any of it doesn't turn up, I'll make a stink about it. If NONE of it shows up, I think I'll camp out at my post office and cry.
Sue - Apr 30, 2005 1:44:30 pm PDT #332 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I reported the missing issue to EW, and they've extended my subscription a week.
Hmm. I missed two issues in March. I may have to call EW.
But for me, I always get my mags the near the end of the week, so it's a bit of an annoying subscription.
Connie Neil - Apr 30, 2005 2:35:50 pm PDT #333 of 10001
brillig
I need extension cords and a strong boy.
Ah, the things one could build with those ingredients. I've always figured heavy lifting is what teenaged boys are for, as their brains seem to all be in a storage locker somewhere.