That extended patch of false spring we had in February really messed up some of the little bulbs, but thankfully daffodils and other plants are pretty cold-hardy and able to regenerate the growing tips again and again if necessary.
And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?
Xander ,'End of Days'
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 27, 2006 5:50:31 am PST #9808 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"
Burrell - Feb 27, 2006 5:50:37 am PST #9809 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Speaking of pants (but not jeans), I went to Lucy and got two new pairs of pants, one for stretching/lounging and one for general daywear. And I got to apply TWO coupons, which brought the price down to reasonable. Yay!
Jesse - Feb 27, 2006 5:51:05 am PST #9810 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
tommyrot, the last pair of jeans I bought, I tried on the size/style in the store, and then ordered the extra-long from the website. It was like magic!
bon bon - Feb 27, 2006 5:55:35 am PST #9811 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
What's the deal with replacing the core of your wardrobe, ita? Do you have a plan?
Lee - Feb 27, 2006 5:59:20 am PST #9812 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
bon bon just asked what I was going to. What's up with the core?
I just sneezed on the clean sheets I put on the bed yesterday. Is it too early to ask for a do over on the day?
TomW - Feb 27, 2006 6:13:40 am PST #9813 of 10002
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
Tom W, your daffodils will not die. Daffodils have been surviving New England's wacky springs for many years now.
Sweet. Thanks, flea & theo.
I was hoping that is the case, but you know: long-time worrier, first-time gardener.
juliana - Feb 27, 2006 6:27:31 am PST #9814 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
It feels very Monday (which means I would rather still be in bed and I kinda am pissed off at everyone for no good reason),
Hoo boy, do I ever feel like this. Grumble.
sumi - Feb 27, 2006 6:34:56 am PST #9815 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
I just read that there is going to be a big new BBC production of Jane Eyre.
Toby Stephens as Mr. Rochester. I like Toby Stephens but is he really right for Mr. Rochester?
Nutty - Feb 27, 2006 7:00:10 am PST #9816 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I saw a Jane Eyre with Timothy Dalton as Rochester, which was pretty cool, and one with William Hurt, which was lame. (The Hurt one had Charlotte Gainsbourg as Jane, who is ravishing and has a neck that is five feet long, but, Hurt was totally the wrong Rochester.)
Stephens I've only seen in 1-2 things, but he's never actively annoyed me. I would, at a guess, have said he's too young to play Rocehster, except I just realized that Rochester is probably no older than 40, isn't he?
The good part about a TV/movie version of Jane Eyre is that all the stuff that happens off the page in the book, annoyingly, can be put onto the screen in the movie. I mean, it's really really hard to make a climactic fire worth my while, if somebody just says, "Oh yes, this happened too." If I watch it happen, it kind of matters.
Sue - Feb 27, 2006 7:00:20 am PST #9817 of 10002
hip deep in pie
Oy! I should know better than to buy strawberries on sale in the dead of winter. They taste like chemical flavoured cardboard.
It's my day off today, so what do I do? Get up at the crack of freaking dawn to go for breakfast. Then I come home and go to back to bed. So much for being productive.