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Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here  

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.


tommyrot - Apr 20, 2007 6:15:27 am PDT #3615 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.

Does the patch on that guy's chest say "Cop 7"? They thought cops of the future would wear 70's style velour jumpsuits?

Perhaps they thought actual future cop fashion would be too disturbing to show to kids....


§ ita § - Apr 20, 2007 6:15:53 am PDT #3616 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

OMG, I dreamt I met Jennifer Garner last night. And I confided in her how hot her husband could be, and how cute she was with Violet.


Gudanov - Apr 20, 2007 6:16:39 am PDT #3617 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

When 70's style velour jumpsuits come pack into fashion, then we'll know the robot rebellion won't be far behind. That will be a good time to start fashioning EMP weapons and get rid of your Roombas(tm).


Kat - Apr 20, 2007 6:17:53 am PDT #3618 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

ita, did you see the People article about Jennifer Garner? She said Affleck was like a dad, on crack.


Topic!Cindy - Apr 20, 2007 6:20:32 am PDT #3619 of 10001
What is even happening?

I am totally a morning person but I am worried that Noah and Grace both seem most active and awake, at least in the NICU, at 9:00 PM. Really, in addition to healing my kids, I'd be even more grateful and loving and appreciative if only the nursing staff could train them to sleep at night.

Are you still teaching at the school that has a fairly different calendar? In other words, if Noah and Grace come home in July, will you be home for the summer? When you have a new baby, everyone tells you to sleep when they sleep. That's fairly impossible if you're going to work. If you have a month or two home that gives you chances for naps while you try to nudge the babies towards a more human schedule, it will be less soul sucking for you, if they're nightowls.

That said, while they're still in the hospital, once they start to tolerate stimulation, I'd be putting on Broadway shows to keep them awake during your daytime visits.

When I was consulting, I found that my perfect cicadian rhythym was bed at 2AM, up at 10AM. i was so damn productive, went to the gym most days, etc. that's fully half of the reason that i want the job I've applied for, I'll have a flexible schedule.

This was once my favorite schedule, too. I don't think I'd go back to it though, even if it could work with my life. I like not dreading morning any more.


Allyson - Apr 20, 2007 6:22:38 am PDT #3620 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I pulled an allnighter to get edits out (DONE! ALL DONE!) and had to get up for work and now I'm a wreck.


Tom Scola - Apr 20, 2007 6:24:13 am PDT #3621 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

DONE! ALL DONE!

Yay!!


shrift - Apr 20, 2007 6:25:14 am PDT #3622 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

And it only takes a weekend for me to fall into this rhythm.

Dude, me too. The only way I can explain it is that going to bed at a decent hour for me is like going to bed at 4 o'clock in the afternoon for most people.


tommyrot - Apr 20, 2007 6:25:46 am PDT #3623 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.

When 70's style velour jumpsuits come pack into fashion, then we'll know the robot rebellion won't be far behind. That will be a good time to start fashioning EMP weapons and get rid of your Roombas(tm).

Just to be safe, we should probably keep an eye out for people claiming to be from the future who are arrested trying to burn down velour jumpsuit factories....

Especially if the velour jumpsuit factory is owned by Skynet.


Kat - Apr 20, 2007 6:26:11 am PDT #3624 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Are you still teaching at the school that has a fairly different calendar? In other words, if Noah and Grace come home in July, will you be home for the summer?

Yep. I'm currently on leave, but my usual breaks are July-August and December-early March. K's breaks are May-June and November-December. So there are only 4 months a year when we are working at the same time. Which means I need to start thinking about childcare for Sept.-Oct. but we'll see. My mom said she'd come out then before she got all mad and stompy and left.

Allyson, I'm so impressed!

The thing about early mornings and late nights is the quiet. I love the quiet. The afternoons are my super sucky time. Early AM is good. And evenings are fine. But 2:00 PM? Forget it.