Oh good, it only took a dozen or so tries before I got the wireless keyboard working. This is important because it has all sorts of useful controls on it, like turning off the sound....
I just think you're freakin' out 'cause you have to fight someone prettier than you.
Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
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.
Theodosia - Sep 15, 2007 7:57:41 am PDT #789 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Jesse - Sep 15, 2007 8:20:10 am PDT #790 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Going back to the microwave conversation, I just heated up some Trader Joe's taquitos in my toaster oven, and I realize that part of it for me may be that my favorite food texture is crisp/crunchy, so convenience foods in the toaster oven are yummier for me than convenience foods in the microwave.
DavidS - Sep 15, 2007 8:41:26 am PDT #791 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Theo, if I haven't mentioned it, I've really admired how you've dealt with this year and I'm very excited for your return to school.
Happiest birthday, Nora!
Jessica, that sounds like a splendid weekend.
Jesse, I too prefer the crunchy taquito effect achieved through ovens over nuking.
I'm picking up AmyLiz at 1:36 today, bringing her back to Chez Zmayhem (where I'm bobbing her hair) and then releasing her into the wild.
JZ, Matilda and Emmett have gone on walkabout to give me computer/writing time. Emmett has been bribed with promises of donuts.
shrift - Sep 15, 2007 8:51:04 am PDT #792 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
If nothing else, they make me feel old -- she's turning 28.
I'm 28, and people keep making me feel old all the time! And a loser. I'm running around making people refer to me as Milton Morlock Waddams.
I think I'll heat up some of the linguine with pine nuts and snow peas that was so tasty last night.
DavidS - Sep 15, 2007 8:52:16 am PDT #793 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Whoa! Stunt fashion! Very cool and odd how they transform.
Alibelle - Sep 15, 2007 8:52:32 am PDT #794 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
That's got to be a Sign of Something Wrong. Now, the question is, is it about the specific job, or working in general. Because if it's the first, presumably I could do something about it. If it's the second, I need to get a grip on reality.
Who wants a grip on that reality? I recently went to a casting session of "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?" and I am incredibly bitter that I wasn't cast. I have such a good plan for what I would do with a million dollars after taxes! It would be so fun! There were so many awesome things on my list: classes, traveling, writing, new clothes, and a condo, just to name a few. Plus the casting session was really fun, and both people in there kept laughing. I kind of think the fact that I got all the questions right is where I went wrong. And I probably should have pretended to be more impressed with my intelligence, so that it would have been a bigger shock when I got trounced with smartness by elementary school kids. I mean, it is a FOX show.
If nothing else, they make me feel old -- she's turning 28.
If it makes you feel better, I'll be turning 25 at the end of the month, and I fully intend to ask for a million dollars for my birthday. And also a pony. And I was at a party last night, and I totally felt older than everyone. Though I find that feeling is easy to achieve when you arrive a couple hours late, so that everyone is already wasted by the time that you get there.
Cashmere - Sep 15, 2007 8:56:15 am PDT #795 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I'm hungry for a taquito, even though we had perfectly good grilled cheese sandwiches with sugar snap pea pods dipped in ranch dressing for lunch.
My day has involved sleeping in and figuring out how to get the Doctor Who theme as my ringtone. Besides dressing and feeding kids. Overall, very productive.
DavidS - Sep 15, 2007 8:57:14 am PDT #796 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have such a good plan for what I would do with a million dollars after taxes! It would be so fun!
It is sad that the millions of dollars are so often wasted on boring millionaries when there are people like Alibelle who could put it to interesting use.
That's why it was cool to see Harlan Ellison's house. He designed it so that it had secret passageways and things like that. That's how you should spend your millions. By making the world cooler and more interesting.
Zenkitty - Sep 15, 2007 8:58:40 am PDT #797 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
What have you done in the last year while Matilda went from born to one?
I got my hair cut short! And I traveled some. Lost ten pounds, gained ten pounds. Alas, that's about it.
DavidS - Sep 15, 2007 8:58:44 am PDT #798 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My day has involved sleeping in and figuring out how to get the Doctor Who theme as my ringtone. Besides dressing and feeding kids. Overall, very productive.
Definitely so. With two kids their age, any morning that doesn't have a small disaster is way on the plus side. Extra sleep and Dr. Who ringtones? I declare your day a winner already.
Owen, behave!