Taking responsibility for ourselves? Why would we do that?
Right. It's not like we didn't have any place to point our fingers.
Wash: Well, I wash my hands of it. It's a hopeless case. I'll read a nice poem at the funeral. Something with imagery. Zoe: You could lock the door and keep the power-hungry maniac at bay. Wash: Oh, no, I'm starting to like this poetry idea now. Here lies my beloved Zoe, my autumn flower, somewhat less attractive now she's all corpsified and gross...
'Shindig'
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.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 21, 2007 6:18:49 am PDT #3811 of 10001
What is even happening?
Jessica - Apr 21, 2007 6:22:52 am PDT #3812 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
PC Richards is making me want to SCREAM. Idiot salesperson has been calling me every day with another reason I'm going to have to pay extra to get what he promised me (and charged me for) in the store on Tuesday. You'd think by this point he'd realize that I am (a) smarter than him and (b) a bitch who always wins in these situations.
Right now, I'm waiting for him to "see what he can do" about the fact that the free installation he promised me apparently only applies to the dryer, not the washer. Telling me "we never talked about the washer!" is such bullshit I don't even know where to begin. If he wants to charge me for installation, he can knock that amount off the price of the machines, end of story.
Scrappy - Apr 21, 2007 7:22:23 am PDT #3813 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Very nice boots, Jesse! Kinda makes me miss NYC, where several types of comfortable black boots were pretty much my entire shoe wardrobe. My Los Angeles lifestyle does not really lead to boots-wearing. I am more of a Keds and Converse person these days.
§ ita § - Apr 21, 2007 7:33:11 am PDT #3814 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
One thing I like about LA (okay, one of many) is the wardrobe flexibility. During most of summer I just have to wait until the sun goes down and then it can be boots and jacket weather again. Well, boots and jacket for me. Not actually cold, and perhaps only slightly cool.
Not hot.
Jesse - Apr 21, 2007 9:21:48 am PDT #3815 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesse's boots don't come in my size, either.
They told me I was getting the last pair in my size, so I'm guessing there just aren't many left.
I just took two 15-minute walks in my new boots, and aside from being maybe a little big, they are in fact awesome. In between the two walks, I went to mac's bday at Chuck E. Cheese. It's funny how much that place is like a casino. I also replenished my summer wardrobe at Old Navy. Now I feel like I should be back outside, because it's GORGEOUS out.
Nora Deirdre - Apr 21, 2007 9:35:27 am PDT #3816 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Happy Mac Day!!!!!
Jesse - Apr 21, 2007 9:37:06 am PDT #3817 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The day itself is actually Monday, FYI.
sarameg - Apr 21, 2007 10:48:41 am PDT #3818 of 10001
Chuck E. Cheese. Heehheee. We didn't have one when I was growing up, we had Peter Piper Pizza. Same concept.
My hair is cut, groceries shopped and my windows are washed. Well, except the outside of the bedroom and dining room ones, cause those I can't reach. Sunset will probably find me touching up streaks. I used the squeegee and vingegar on the outside balcony doors and man that worked well. Stinks, but worked. I'm kinda sweaty now. I'm feeling all accomplished and shit. I may vacuum the bedroom rug.
It's gorgeous out. I wandered around Ellicott City for a while, visited Bob the Official Antique Mart cat. Everyone was out on the sidewalks with goofy grins, turning their faces into the sun. I think we were missing spring. I think tomorrow I may run out to the Arboretum for a bit. And wear shorts! After I shave my legs.
sarameg - Apr 21, 2007 11:01:31 am PDT #3819 of 10001
And I just busted yet another water glass. I guess I'm going to Target at some point soon.
tommyrot - Apr 21, 2007 11:07:14 am PDT #3820 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.
Awww... good kitty!
Cat wakes from nap to save family
A cat helped spare a family in the US state of Indiana from death by carbon monoxide poisoning by jumping on the bed and meowing wildly as fumes filled the home, the owners said.
Eric and Cathy Keesling said their 14-year-old cat, Winnie, played a crucial role in saving their lives on March 24 after a petrol-powered water pump in their basement caused the odourless, but deadly, gas to build up.
About 1am, the domestic shorthair began nudging Cathy's ear and meowing loudly.
"It was a crazy meow, almost like she was screaming," said Cathy, who hesitated to get up until Winnie's wailing and jumping persisted.
When she finally climbed from bed, she realised she was nauseous and dizzy and couldn't awaken her husband. Because he had undergone minor neck surgery the previous day, she decided to call 911, but was so disoriented she had trouble dialling.
Paramedics found the couple's 14-year-old son, Michael, unconscious on the floor near his bedroom.
The Keeslings were taken from the home in oxygen masks, treated for carbon monoxide poisoning and soon recovered.
Cathy Keesling said Winnie acted similarly last summer when tornadoes tore through the area, 72 kilometres east of Indianapolis.
"I really believe cats can sense these kind of things," she said.