Zoe: Planet's coming up a mite fast. Wash: That's just cause, I'm going down too quick. Likely crash and kill us all. Mal: Well, that happens, let me know.

'Shindig'


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.


sarameg - Oct 29, 2007 5:34:50 pm PDT #9182 of 10001

I can't wait for the noodles! Really looking forward to them in my arms. It'd just be better if I wasn't worried about having to board Dev at short notice with meds and I wasn't pissed about the job. Sigh. I guess I'll ask the vet about boarding for Dev tomorrow too. Just in case. Better to have to cancel that than be fucked.


Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 29, 2007 5:56:34 pm PDT #9183 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

And this is so random, but have I mentioned here that my friend's coworker is apparently dating the Verizon ad guy? He picked him up in a bar having no idea who he was.

Your friend's coworker is a very fortunate man. Or, possibly, Amish.


§ ita § - Oct 29, 2007 5:59:27 pm PDT #9184 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I can't find my pliers and I'm disproportionately bothered by this. But without the pliers I can't disconnect the cable input from the non-functioning HD TiVo (probably Time Warner's fault--they have a 50% hit rate with cable card reliability) and connect it to the old TiVo so I can watch Heroes and Journeyman. Now, I do have cable plugged straight into the TV, so I can watch them, but I'd have to do it in real time and everything.

So it's a very first world reason that's threatening to make my headache worse.

When you factor in that the last time I remember using the pliers was to pull the cork out of a tequila bottle from the freezer (but FUCK was that some good tequila), it's even worse.

My apartment is a mess and I feel like a slob and I have no migraine meds AND I HAVE NO TIVO.


Kat - Oct 29, 2007 6:02:15 pm PDT #9185 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

No Tivo and no meds seem unsalvageable.

I went to yoga for the first time since July. Oof.

sara, Warm thoughts for Devi and for your meeting.


Liese S. - Oct 29, 2007 6:03:05 pm PDT #9186 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Or, possibly, Amish.

Yeah, seriously! How could you not know who he was? He's ubiquitous.

Ack! Blargh, ita. Having no Tivo is not fair to this world. Call lori and see if she can come over. I bet she knows where her pliers are no problem.

But you aren't a slob. Your life is not easy right now, and one of the areas you can cut yourself some slack is your housecleaning. Don't sweat it.


sarameg - Oct 29, 2007 6:03:37 pm PDT #9187 of 10001

Oh lovely. There was a cop-involved shooting at the mall next to me not long ago.


§ ita § - Oct 29, 2007 6:10:21 pm PDT #9188 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Okay. Found the pliers. And even better, formulated a plot better than unhooking cable from the new TiVo.

The apartment still is a mess though. I don't think I've ever let where I lived get this grotty. And I can hear my mother saying "Doesn't that make you feel worse???" even though I absolutely know she wouldn't say it now. Which, kinda, makes it feel worse.

So inbetween recalibrating the old TiVo to work without a set top box (no higher order channels for me for a while), I will pick up and dust the living room. It's by far the least I can do.

Fucking wish the headache would go away, or someone would prescribe me something for it so I'm not faced with all or nothing decisions that involve the ER (because that's going to be nothing for the next little while).


§ ita § - Oct 29, 2007 6:37:51 pm PDT #9189 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Hmm. That didn't work. Instead I must practice mindful breathing and just watch the TV like a normal fucking person and get over it. Which is possibly not the most mindful way to put it, but eh.


Ginger - Oct 29, 2007 6:50:33 pm PDT #9190 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I would have sworn I had powdered sugar. I don't. What I do have frosting that's not thick enough.


BigDuluth - Oct 29, 2007 6:54:54 pm PDT #9191 of 10001
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"

Back when I had migraines as a kid the mindful breathing never worked for me... but then again (upon recollection whilst typing) I was only about 7. I usually hugged the toilet and laid back down in the parent's waterbed.

That said... who else loves tequilla?