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Cass, peace to you and your family. Raq, I'm glad to hear the quake didn't cause you any damage beyond the queasiness. Deena, I hope the kids calm down!

I am dyeing my hair today. Currently bleaching my roots, which I only do about every 3 dye-jobs because it's a HUGE PAIN IN MY ASS. Ten more minutes until I can wash it out and apply the blue.

Minimal orb in DC. Not enough orb. We are, however, promised temps in the 50s tomorrow. God help me, I'm ready to cheer global warming. Which is terribly shallow and shortsighted, since we've actually had a fairly mild winter so far.

Still?

Yay warm!

It's warmer than yesterday and we have mostly-orb. She's veiling herself intermittently with clouds and then Ta-Da! in all her shining glory, the hussy.

The guys came home bearing groceries, and then some of them left, one is dl-ing to tape to clear off the TiFaux (considering he's got shows on there from 11/01/05, it's past time), and if I can snag DH sometime before bedtime, he needs to sit down and watch Touching Evil and Waking the Dead so I can clear it off for this week's eps.

I just downed a (small) plate of eggs and ham to cushion the fistful of pills I also swallowed. They're supplements, most of them, but prescribed combinations of stuff. Whatever, it seems to be working. Okay, walking now. Wish me no (strange, fierce, unchaperoned) dogs!

ETA: Oof! Hee, tacklehug and smooches! Backatcha, Sail! And I'm Kermit-waving at you, Deena.

Good luck to CJ on his tryouts.

Yeessh, Raq. That's a big one. My friend just forwarded to me new recommendations for how to survive an earthquake. Apparently standing in the door frame isn't such a good idea after all. You want to curl up next to things which will create a void in the collapsed structure. So roll out of bed and lie beside it. Good news for Buffistas is that paper doesn't compress much. So tucking yourself amongst the stacks of books on your floor is a decent survival strategy.

Good news for Buffistas is that paper doesn't compress much. So tucking yourself amongst the stacks of books on your floor is a decent survival strategy.

Oh man, you really know how to enable, don't you? And know your audience. How're things Chez Zmayhem this fine weekend day?

That makes so much sense!

Fortunately, my bed is right next to a door.

No wait...better yet. I don't live in earthquake country anymore! (please Fate, do not take that as a challenge...I can see the headlines now...)

Very calm hugs to all in shaking-lands.

How're things Chez Zmayhem this fine weekend day?

Emmett's finishing off the icing for the morning cinnamon rolls and watching Spongebob. When he switches to Jonny Quest DVDs I'll go join him out there. JZ's curled on the couch in front of the heater reading Cutter and Bone. She'll be heading to church around 11:30 and afterwards is going for a spa day with her good friend Marta.

It's sunny out right now, so I think Emmett and I will be making a bike ride in Golden Gate park down to Stow Lake where we'll do the paddle boats. (He went there yesterday with JZ.) Later we'll probably play a little catch. Then I'll drag out all his recently acquired Teen Titans toys, or his Playmobil Pirates or his drawing pad and tell himself to keep himself occupied while I take a break and fiddle with my playlists.

It's gorgeous here, and if I had any sense at all, I'd be outside.

I think Mal and Owen would be neck-and-neck in a cute-off. Mal's got those round cheeks; Owen's got those gorgeous eyes.... Of course, Deena's three are also amazingly cute. I woudn't say anything bad about Kara even if I didn't think she's darling. I wouldn't want her to think me into the cornfield.

t This comment in no way impugns the incredible cuteness of the other Buffista sprog. I'm just temporarily out of adjectives.

Here's one of the books I gave JZ for Christmas. A beautiful color plate history of fashion. I think it would appeal to several Buffistas here. It's very beautiful and not all that expensive.

JZ reports that Spongebob and Patrick are currently wearing rubber gloves on their heads. It is her opinion that they both think it is fucking great.

The folks on the GBACG list kvell about that book.

(((Cass)))

Raq, you might not be far off in thinking that that quake felt worse than the ones you remember from CA. I'm a native Californian and can get blasé about quakes. But when I read about the devastation of quakes elsewhere, I remember that besides being in a more developed country, California is constantly upgrading its seismic building codes. And I think that makes a key difference in how an earthquake feels and how much damage one sustains. I'm glad you and yours are okay.

I'm lingering in bed. I've been having a very hard time with motivation lately due to issues that have been going on for a year and a half. I have a very hard road ahead of me and it gets so overwhelming that I just kinda bury my head under the covers. But I have to try hard to be logical. I'm not going to get out of this hole by hibernating. I have to attempt to climb.