Yikes, ita. I hope the cut is not too bad.

I don't want to be grownup anymore. I want to be young enough that I still believe my mother can make it go away.

Oh ita, I hear you.

It's a pretty small cut. The main thing was making sure I didn't get it on the carpet or anything.

I'm in the middle of a pretty bad migraine and it basically destroys my coping skills, so my brain blew the whole thing way out of proportion. It's half cleaned up and I've put a chair in front of the rest of the mess so I don't stumble upon it in a midnight daze.

I hear you.

You know, I'd be terrified to be that person for a little one. I mean, that person. There are so many things I wish I could do for so many of my friends and family, and I can't.

Then again, listening and hugging and smiling counts too. I shouldn't rule out me being able to do that for others just because I'm so needy of it myself.

Then again, listening and hugging and smiling counts too. I shouldn't rule out me being able to do that for others just because I'm so needy of it myself.

This is an important thing to remember (for all of us, I imagine, not just you). And fwiw, finally meeting you at paperdol's reading was wonderful. You are a lovely person and very good at making others feel special.

very good at making others feel special

Oh my! That's such a nice thing to say, and I'm pretty confident I've never gotten that compliment before. I've been criminally lame in not crossing paths with you before, and maybe now that's been accomplished the next time won't be as long coming.

I'm pretty confident I've never gotten that compliment before.

Hee. Maybe it was the Percocet.

maybe now that's been accomplished the next time won't be as long coming.

I hope so!

Is there an actual matchmaker.com?

Maybe it was the Percocet.

I have to say--both pain and narcotics make for a very chatty me. Different sorts of chatty, but still. From what I hear alcohol just makes me brash and belligerent. Which totally doesn't sound plausible. Li'l ole me?

Is there an actual matchmaker.com?

Online Dating, Singles, and Personals at Matchmaker.com. I wonder how much of an uptick in traffic (I'd say if at all, but I just went and looked them up, so at least one) the episode will result in.

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Kinda random Fullmetal Alchemist question: I just finished disc 9, and I don't remember the name of the character-- Dr. Tucker or something whose face is on upside down. Where did he come from? I don't remember him from before.

Happy belated birthday to Nutty!

In other fun-videos-to-watch, there's this one of the late great Madeleine Kahn singing Sondheim. I have this on CD (the 1992 tribute concert at Carnegie Hall), and it's one of my favorite songs on the album.

For evocative titles (and speaking of Harlan Ellison), I always found his titles "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" and "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Tick-Tock Man" great titles.

For evocative titles (and speaking of Harlan Ellison), I always found his titles "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" and "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Tick-Tock Man" great titles.

Oooh, good choices.