Yum, cake! A very merry unbirthday today, Matt! May it be good practice for a more perfect day tomorrow.
Sweet lumpy minion, you're the only one that understands. Probably 'cause I haven't sucked the brain out of you yet.
Glory ,'Potential'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
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.
Sparky1 - Oct 12, 2006 11:08:29 am PDT #3383 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
§ ita § - Oct 12, 2006 11:17:37 am PDT #3384 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Happy early birthday, Matt. That's a lovely thing for them to do.
I studied Zen meditation for a while. They recommended taking a household chore, and making it a meditation. For quite a while I would take the dirty dishes out of the dishwasher and wash them by hand. It was soothing, despite my roommates thinking I was insane.
Not something I do so much anymore. Cleaning is either joyless discipline, or a quest for OCD satisfaction.
Though seeing my apartment clean and tidy (and knowing everything in the closets and cupboards is organised) is a very good feeling.
I'm both cleaning and organising in my newly-found free time.
AirstreamNA - Oct 12, 2006 11:32:51 am PDT #3385 of 10001
When you're racing - it's life. Anything that comes before or after is just waiting.
Happy Early Birthday, Matt. BTW, what local Italian bistro would you be referring to (since there are only a handful here in Memphis)?
Speaking of turning a chore into meditation, I managed to do that with the laundry, which I used to loathe. Fortunately, doing the dishes has never been a problem for me.
BTW, thanks to all for the very warm welcome everyone.
Trudy Booth - Oct 12, 2006 11:39:25 am PDT #3386 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I don't like washing pots. Scrubbing grease and baked on stuff--yuck.
Reason #1 to have a dog. Evolution has built her clean nasty pots and she has a blast doing it. Then I give a scrubby-dub with the Dawn and its done.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATT!!!!!
bon bon - Oct 12, 2006 12:52:06 pm PDT #3387 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
...and we're back, hopefully?
tommyrot - Oct 12, 2006 12:52:37 pm PDT #3388 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.
Where did we go?
Connie Neil - Oct 12, 2006 12:54:03 pm PDT #3389 of 10001
brillig
Fine, I go home early because of cramps and you crash on me. Be that way.
Kathy A - Oct 12, 2006 12:55:07 pm PDT #3390 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Yay! I was going through Buffista withdrawal (thank goodness I had work to keep me busy).
I'd say "Tom and Jerry return" for this one, but I don't want my head ripped off...
juliana - Oct 12, 2006 12:55:25 pm PDT #3391 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY, MATT!!!!
Though seeing my apartment clean and tidy (and knowing everything in the closets and cupboards is organised) is a very good feeling.
Yes, this, and since my apartment is wee, it doesn't take very long to make it like that.
Aims - Oct 12, 2006 12:55:58 pm PDT #3392 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I love juliana's flat and want to steal it from her.