Now I want to put up my tree (including Mrs. Rabbit who's been broken a million times and is missing one leg, and the ridiculous styrofoam ball one I made one year)! But instead I have to go to bed.
I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a bed of bones.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
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.
Jesse - Dec 05, 2007 6:08:50 pm PST #5897 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Cass - Dec 05, 2007 6:26:54 pm PST #5898 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
(so I can have v. cold moldable icepacks)Medicinal peas. Though I am going with the blocky one for rubbing (ouch!) and the gel for the plain icing.
And wishing I had vodka in the freezer for the rest.
Can't we just give goats?I would deGrinch if I could do this.
Hil R. - Dec 05, 2007 6:50:18 pm PST #5899 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Why do I keep reading stuff by Christopher Hitchens? I know it's just going to piss me off.
DavidS - Dec 05, 2007 7:30:46 pm PST #5900 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Christopher Hitchens is a fucking idiot.
ION, I tivoed You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown which Emmett has never seen. After Charlie Brown got to the final round of the spelling bee and lost on the word "beagle" Emmett noted: "It sucks ass to be Charlie Brown."
Though he amended shortly after that: "Snoopy is so awesome. He is a genius dog."
aurelia - Dec 05, 2007 7:41:00 pm PST #5901 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
My parents want me to have a new portrait taken as their gift. I just got around to making the appointment for that.
I received my first Christmas card of the season today. I haven't even bought mine yet.
Burrell - Dec 05, 2007 7:43:19 pm PST #5902 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
So this is the first year Franny's really been aware of Hannukah as a holiday. She's all into the candles. Not that we are doing candles as such; this year, as last year, we're using a Hannukah menorah puzzle to mark the nights. So not kosher I know, but much less likely to lead to fire when Isaac starts to poke at it.
hippocampus - Dec 06, 2007 2:43:15 am PST #5903 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
yay! Jilli!!!! Awesomecakes.
ion: gronk. brrr. gronk.
Emily - Dec 06, 2007 3:03:15 am PST #5904 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Huh. Two-hour delay again. I'm not sure why, but I'm not going to look this gift horse in the mouth.
Do wish I'd made more coffee, though.
Theodosia - Dec 06, 2007 3:19:11 am PST #5905 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"
You know what I like about showers? When you've put the shampoo in your hair and let it rest for a few minutes, which makes it cool off some, then you duck your head under the hot hot water and you can feel the trickles of the suds washing out. That's a lovely feeling.
Toddson - Dec 06, 2007 3:47:52 am PST #5906 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
In regard to the question about hypnosis, I tried it - had two sessions with a hypnotist to try to stop stuttering. I'm a very bad subject for hypnosis, it seems. I don't relax well.
Sue, your big tree is beautiful! and in the picture, your wall looks like you've painted it with clouds. The kitchen tree is cute! Last year I didn't go to my mother's for Christmas and a good friend - a REALLY good friend - sent me a tabletop "tree"; basically, a styrofoam cone in a bowl with sprigs of greenery stuck into it, a garland of gold cord with big gold jingle bells on it, and the most adorable mini-tree skirt ever. It made me very happy.
My family's ornaments ... we had some from my mother's childhood, some we'd acquired over the years, some I'd made (truly ugly ones). These days, I often make ornaments or buy nice ones for presents ... which, considering the tree's about 30" high, means there are a number that don't get put on the tree.
And Hil, about those menorah lights ... did Jilli or Cass have anything to do with the design? (snerk)