Mock as the stars burn, mock after they die...
Yeah, we're building a race of frog-people. It's a good time
Xander ,'Selfless'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 10, 2006 11:00:40 am PST #3291 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
Jesse - Mar 10, 2006 11:05:17 am PST #3292 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OMGWTF. I have to call the passport agency on TUESDAY to find out the status of my passport. I'm leaving on SATURDAY. (Not tomorrow.) Everyone assures me that the people who have it are "very good" and are "prioritizing by departure date," but I'm slightly suspicious since I sent the damn application in six weeks ahead and they say applications are generally processed within six weeks.
sarameg - Mar 10, 2006 11:18:40 am PST #3293 of 10001
You'll probably be ok. But I know your anxiety. Back in 1995, I sent my passport in for renewal FOUR MONTHS before I was scheduled to leave, so I wouldn't have to try to renew it at the embassy when it expired while I was abroad. Plenty of lead time.
And then Congress had one of its episodes and shut down the federal government. Cue panic.
I got it a week before my plane left.
I'm still personally pissed at Newt Gingrich for that.
So you'll be fine.
Jesse - Mar 10, 2006 11:22:31 am PST #3294 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I just heard a hilarious story last night from a friend who was mugged just after moving to a new city, so lost every piece of ID she had, along with the cash she was going to open a new bank account with. Her mother sent her old passport from when she was NINE and she actually used that as picture ID! Along with the whole sob story, of course.
tommyrot - Mar 10, 2006 11:23:41 am PST #3295 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Anyone else watching NASA TV? The Mars orbiter is just about to fire its engines to enter orbit.
Jesse - Mar 10, 2006 11:24:01 am PST #3296 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also, I'm glad I'm not from a former soviet state and waiting on a visa, like three of my classmates (two Moldovans and one Azerbaijani).
tommyrot - Mar 10, 2006 11:25:05 am PST #3297 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It also takes a long time to get a visa from Freedonia....
Scrappy - Mar 10, 2006 12:03:35 pm PST #3298 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Hail, Hail Freedonia
Tom Scola - Mar 10, 2006 12:04:43 pm PST #3299 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Land of the spree, and the home of the knave!
tommyrot - Mar 10, 2006 12:20:23 pm PST #3300 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The MRO (Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter) has emerged from the far side of Mars and everything looks good.
eta: Yay! They've confirmed it has successfully entered orbit.