Jesus, I've been living in a little bubble. Didn't know about the fires until I read here. Scary stuff.
Book: Captain, you mind if I say grace? Mal: Only if you say it out loud.
'Serenity'
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.
§ ita § - Oct 22, 2007 5:31:54 am PDT #7899 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Emily - Oct 22, 2007 5:37:31 am PDT #7900 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I attempted to bake yesterday! Found a recipe for a toaster-oven apple crumble. I think it turned out ridiculously -- bunch of slightly rubbery apple slices with flour-brown-sugar mixture on top, warmed over -- but my father actually seems to have liked it, and once we piled ice cream over it it was fine anyway.
Kat - Oct 22, 2007 5:38:35 am PDT #7901 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
The fires are fucking scary. Randomly, they've spent 3 days reseeding Griffith Park by helicopter.
Jesse - Oct 22, 2007 5:38:37 am PDT #7902 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also, I tried to resist, but cannot: "Tartlet. Tartlet. The word has lost all meaning."
brenda m - Oct 22, 2007 5:42:02 am PDT #7903 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Mmm, pie. The person who's hosting our Thanksgiving extravaganza is known far and wide for her pies. Her crusts are out of this world.
§ ita § - Oct 22, 2007 5:45:52 am PDT #7904 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I live in this tiny three mile area these days, and only drive under freeways, not on them. If I'd still been working in Simi you'd bet I'd be aware of this stuff. But judging from the distribution I'll be breathing them anyway--and now I'm just remembering how dramatic last night's sunset was (for the last photo scavenger hunt I couldn't really get anything from my west-facing window, but last night the sky was smudged with reds and oranges big time).
brenda m - Oct 22, 2007 5:49:52 am PDT #7905 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Also, a public service announcement. People, exit interviews are not free-for-alls! We had someone leave this spring who was, legitimately, very frustrated with some things. And took the opportunity to vent, at length, to some of the higer-ups in my group.
And since then, I've heard from various sources that his new job ain't all that, and he'd been putting feelers out about coming back. Now comes news that he's left the new job entirely. And he's good, and we could really, really use him back around here.
Not a chance in the 'verse.
Idiot.
Jesse - Oct 22, 2007 5:52:08 am PDT #7906 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
People really need to think twice before they talk. My most slam-y exit interview was still done with a lot of significant eye contact rather than actual venting!
Speaking of talking at work, I just ran into the CFO in the bathroom who said I "look really good," and I accepted her compliment on my outfit before I realized she was talking about my numbers. Har!
lisah - Oct 22, 2007 5:52:16 am PDT #7907 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
just catching up and wanted to say Corwood, I'm so sorry for your family's loss.
Nilly - Oct 22, 2007 5:57:49 am PDT #7908 of 10001
Swouncing
Yes, Corwood, what lisa said.