It smelled like the world's biggest barbecue in los feliz this morning. And the sky was all smoke.
All right, no one's killing folk today, on account of our very tight schedule.
Mal ,'Trash'
Natter 39 and Holding
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.
Allyson - Sep 30, 2005 10:44:29 am PDT #2386 of 10002
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
msbelle - Sep 30, 2005 10:48:52 am PDT #2387 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
to get the cheaper price for 6 months on high-speed internet (which I am getting to go with my fancypants new iBook) I have to go to a TWCable store. That means a trip to the mall tomorrow, I gues. Oh geez. While I'm there I guess I will just have to do a little shopping and a walk-through of Target. breaks my heart.
§ ita § - Sep 30, 2005 10:49:16 am PDT #2388 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
For my sinuses, it's like inhaling horseradish. The walk from my car to the building is enough to start stabbing pains.
HR keeps sending out e-mails reminding us that bad smells do not poor air quality make. They must be being hounded.
It looks a lot less threatening here - no visible flame'll do that. And no plumes. It's diffuse instead -- coming over the pass on the 405 into the Valley is quite dramatic. But you can smell the fires in West LA anyway.
Lee - Sep 30, 2005 10:50:13 am PDT #2389 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I am so sorry, msbelle. I wish it wasn't going to be such a tough day.
P.S. I think you should buy yourself a cookie.
DawnK - Sep 30, 2005 10:52:59 am PDT #2390 of 10002
giraffe mode
We were headed home last night at around 6:30 and when the sun hit the smoke line, the sun looked bright red. Then it got blocked out completly. We're too far away to get any ash but we could faintly smell it. Very scary.
Tom Scola - Sep 30, 2005 10:55:44 am PDT #2391 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
msbelle, the store on 23rd St isn't too far from work, is it?
§ ita § - Sep 30, 2005 11:04:41 am PDT #2392 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I need to make a call, but the iPod is holding me hostage. Keeps playing music I really like.
Intellectually I understand a) that's because I'm playing the 'highly rated' playlist and b) I'm trying to change my patterns.
But it's HARD.
Connie Neil - Sep 30, 2005 11:09:00 am PDT #2393 of 10002
brillig
HR keeps sending out e-mails reminding us that bad smells do not poor air quality make. They must be being hounded.
However, smoke hanging visibly in the air INSIDE do poor air quality make. At my old place, a fire broke out in the mountains a couple of miles away, and no one thought to shut down the air intakes that was pumping all the smoky air directly into the offices.
Calli - Sep 30, 2005 11:11:37 am PDT #2394 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
We have air vents rather close to the loading docks. So, in spite of big signs saying to not park trucks with the motors running next to the vents, we get eau du interstate on a regular basis.
§ ita § - Sep 30, 2005 11:12:03 am PDT #2395 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Once, at my very first full time job, the elevators were shut down for no discernible reason. So I took the stairs. The reason got itself discerned, all right -- there was a glue fire in the shoe store that was feeding right into the stairwell. Not only did I get to leave early, I had to go to the ER.
Blech.
Phone call was made. Onto next task.