No lava in Somerville, either!
And my cats are less bloblike thanks to the Diet they're (resentfully) on.
Time for some thrilling heroics.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia - Feb 22, 2006 2:14:11 am PST #8663 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
flea - Feb 22, 2006 2:46:22 am PST #8664 of 10002
information libertarian
The only skating I saw was the Turk, Kimmie Meissner (so cute and charming and fresh-faced! I loved that they didn't put too much makeup on her - no Tara Lipinski 2 here!), and the Finn.
I just walked really hard with my head into the metal door frame of my office. I have no excuse - I was looking where I was going and still nailed myself. Expect bruise. Great.
DXMachina - Feb 22, 2006 2:46:35 am PST #8665 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Happy Birthday, Laura!
Mutant Chicken Grows Alligatorlike Teeth
Hellchicken!, coming to the SciFi Saturday night movie real soon now.
amych - Feb 22, 2006 2:56:46 am PST #8666 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Sue - Feb 22, 2006 3:11:03 am PST #8667 of 10002
hip deep in pie
Happy Birthday Laura!!
Sue - Feb 22, 2006 3:49:56 am PST #8668 of 10002
hip deep in pie
Okay, I just saw Christina/Burker called Burketina. This must never happen again.
§ ita § - Feb 22, 2006 3:54:21 am PST #8669 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, I just saw Christina/Burker called Burketina.
It's inequitable.
Yurke. Bang. Creston. Pristina.
Happy birthday, Laura!
Damn, flea. You walked into (effectively) a door. Welcome to the club. Hope it doesn't hurt too much.
Fred Pete - Feb 22, 2006 4:02:33 am PST #8670 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Happy Birthday, Laura!
Calli - Feb 22, 2006 4:06:08 am PST #8671 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Happy Birthday, Laura!
Allyson, I'm sorry about the glasses and associated concerns. I had a similar self-hate moment (ok, afternoon. and part of the evening) last weekend. I'm 38, I haven't had a date since Clinton was in office (and don't think I'm not giving Bush at least part of the blame), and then, to cap it all off, I found my first white hair.
Yep. Not gray, not a little sun-streaking to lighten up the surrounding brown--pure, snow white.
I spent the next several hours examining every physical flaw I have. And, yeah, I made the magnifying mirror mistake. Eventually I stepped away from the mirror, but day-um. Nothing like your own body to rev up the old self-hate engine.
I'm feeling better about it now. You see, I have sort of been on an "aging like Grandma Eda" train, since I look and, according to her son, act a lot like her. But her hair just got duller and thinner until it subsided into this brownish-grayish mess on her head. She also acquired a ton of wrinkles along the way, and died rather horribly due to Altzheimers. Now my hair seems to be going the way of my mom's and her mom's. If this means I get Mom's 20-years-younger-than-it-should-look skin, Grandma Maisy's gorgeous, thick, snow white hair, and their mutual long-term lucidity along with it?
I'm totally embracing the white hair. And hoping for others.
In other news, I might be a good person to hang with during the zombie apocalypse--at 67% I'll probably survive.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 22, 2006 4:07:56 am PST #8672 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Happy Birthday Laura!