Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.

Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns  

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.


Emily - Aug 08, 2007 6:31:44 pm PDT #3500 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Thanks, folks. I have to be honest, I'm still torn about whether I should call them and turn them down tomorrow. It'd be teaching a) 4 preps and b) advanced classes in AutoCAD and the like.

Anyway, I'm off to check email and go to bed. Yay, Jilli! And ita!


Allyson - Aug 08, 2007 7:14:19 pm PDT #3501 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

Should I send you a little pack of invites, ita?

I just broke up my keyboard, washed the keys, and set them on the counter to dry. It was a weirdly sad experience.


javachik - Aug 08, 2007 7:35:19 pm PDT #3502 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

I read that as you broke up with your keyboard. I wondered if it cheated on you or something.


§ ita § - Aug 08, 2007 8:03:47 pm PDT #3503 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Ah, fuck. Laptop refuses to work, just as soon as guests are supposed to start staying over, and the Pepto Bismol I took to calm my stomach has artificial sweetening...and it's not like I could puke it up before the migraine started.

Why are things this inane?


DavidS - Aug 08, 2007 8:06:23 pm PDT #3504 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Why are things this inane?

I. don't. know.

Do you want to see a really cool Tony Jaa fight scene though?


§ ita § - Aug 08, 2007 8:16:41 pm PDT #3505 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Not right now. Right now I have to go through my work emails and see why everyone thinks I'm working this weekend. Hopefully I can get that out of the way before family shows up.


ChiKat - Aug 08, 2007 8:22:57 pm PDT #3506 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

It'd be teaching a) 4 preps and b) advanced classes in AutoCAD and the like.

Wow. FOUR preps? That's a lot. As for the AutoCAD classes, I'd be totally stumped, but I'm not a mathy person.


DavidS - Aug 08, 2007 8:25:45 pm PDT #3507 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Not right now.

Okay - I'll hold off on the link for the sweet capoeira bout.


Kat - Aug 08, 2007 8:26:03 pm PDT #3508 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I dressed in the rest of the clothes Kat brought (I'm pretty sure I'm wearing a camo turtle right now, but it's hard to tell from up here)

It is a camo turtle. I let Noah decide.

I screwed up the exterminator. My land lord tells me that they expected me to be here to let him between 9-12 and that the extermination company may have a fee to pay for the missed appt. Bitch, the email said, "They'll be there betwee 9-12" with nothing explicit about us waiting except you did mention the baby had to be out of the house.

GR. ARGH.

I'm having a very tear filled, hulk smash day. But little boy asleep right now is not one of the reasons why.


§ ita § - Aug 08, 2007 10:59:33 pm PDT #3509 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Huh. Might have just had an earthquake...