Hey, I've been in a firefight before! Well, I was in a fire. Actually, I was fired from a fry-cook opportunity. I can handle myself.

Wash ,'War Stories'


Natter 54: Right here, dammit.  

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.


Jessica - Oct 10, 2007 5:10:26 pm PDT #6058 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

It doesn't really make sense, as if the person who calls changes the nature of the ceiling collapse.

Clients' voices are always louder than employees'. (Which isn't to say it makes sense, just that it's not surprising.)

Good luck getting it fixed, though! I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't use my kitchen.


sarameg - Oct 10, 2007 5:13:50 pm PDT #6059 of 10001

ita, I hope the trip improves.

bon, I've done without workable a/c (um, last year? my bills were 2x what they are now. I'm using 1/2 the power to actually keep it MUCH cooler now,) no-hot-water and bitched to heaven to get that fixed, and frankly? Go medieval on their asses. That's unliveable. When my friend's bathroom ceiling collapsed, they were there in 12 hours. And this in lazy-ass slumlord b'more.


Trudy Booth - Oct 10, 2007 5:26:11 pm PDT #6060 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

On Dirty Sexy Money what are the chances that one of the five siblings is peter krause's sibling? This seems to be a "thing" this season...


§ ita § - Oct 10, 2007 6:31:50 pm PDT #6061 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think flying is at risk of becoming a much more expensive proposition. I'm at the gate, and there's light and there are people, and my only available painkiller makes me bitchy. Bitchier. Whatever. And of course this is not one of the terminals that believes people should be comfy.

At least I'll have a day to recover before I see my father. I refuse to finish calculating how many days this means away from my normal support structure and the ER.


Liese S. - Oct 10, 2007 6:36:51 pm PDT #6062 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Blargh. That's too bad. Hope you get rest, and your destination puts you at ease and away from triggers.


Liese S. - Oct 10, 2007 6:43:33 pm PDT #6063 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

What did I come in here for?

Oh, right, pants. I came in to see if their "super denim jeans" were available in women's, but they're not even available in men's online. So I guess I'll have to wait till tomorrow to call them and ask about it. I think the men's smallest sizing is 2" too big for me. Too bad, 'cause they're guaranteed not to rip or tear for 5 years. That would rock. Anyway, if I can't get the jeans in my size, I suppose I'll go with the aforementioned pants.

Hmph. Where is my instant gratification, internets?


Strega - Oct 10, 2007 6:53:35 pm PDT #6064 of 10001

Yikes, bon. Yikes, ita, too. Ugh.

I think my dopiest college class was some kind of math class for people who hated math. It was pretty sad. The Astronomy class I took was popular with the jocks, and it wasn't hard, but the prof this insane Irish genius. I'm told he opened his published papers with an invocation to the muses. He was wonderful. I think he taught that class as a lark because he also taught, y'know, actual physics-for-physicists. Actually..

Yay, I still have the final exam. We had to pick 4 of the options to do, but there's "name 30 stars and describe essential features of at least 5" and another fairly factual one about galactic features. And then there's one where you write an essay about whether evidence of alien life would cause a governmental collapse, and one asking why isn't astronomy seen as more important. And everyone had to answer the last question because he spent a whole class on that story.

I also wrote a paper for that class about how Merlin was probably an alien, and the "grail" was a transmitter he'd lost or something.


Sue - Oct 10, 2007 7:01:05 pm PDT #6065 of 10001
hip deep in pie

Yikes bon. I guess the upside is that at least the ceiling didn't collapse on your head.

Jesse what you loved about PD almost made me turn the TV. I was like, "They better not turn this into a goddamn musical!


BigDuluth - Oct 10, 2007 7:58:08 pm PDT #6066 of 10001
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"

This helpfulness is pretty much why I let the crack in my ceiling develop this far.

The parents had one form in the ceiling above the kitchen table (we could never find where the leak came from after checking the roof in and out) but oddly enough the water stain and crack combo was a damn near perfect picture of Illinois (home territory btw).

ita, feel better


Lee - Oct 10, 2007 8:27:42 pm PDT #6067 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Yikes, bon. I'm glad no one was home to be hurt.

Does anyone feel like reviewing my resume for me?