DUDE. You know I'm going to totally pussy out and leave you cookies and Fernet or something nice like that. I have the mean, mean thoughts but I can't sustain them. No follow-through on my wicked, none at all.
And Kaylee, what the hell's goin' on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?
Mal ,'The Train Job'
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.
JZ - Dec 28, 2007 6:39:41 pm PST #9686 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Lee - Dec 28, 2007 6:43:51 pm PST #9687 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
sniff
Okay.
I won't be there until Monday
dcp - Dec 28, 2007 6:44:19 pm PST #9688 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
::waves as Tom Scola passes by, about 250 miles to the north::
He's halfway there.
§ ita § - Dec 28, 2007 7:01:50 pm PST #9689 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ohhh! Monday, ita! Will your sis still be here?
She's here until Wednesday morning.
I have some errands to run that day, but it's definiely workable.
beth b - Dec 28, 2007 7:06:45 pm PST #9690 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
mmm....bacon
mmm...fernet
mmm....cookies
mmmm.....beer
really, I'd be more grateful than lee - you can bring everything way over here instead
NoiseDesign - Dec 28, 2007 7:14:19 pm PST #9691 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
JZ, you may want to hide that post before Tom lands as he'll probably start reading this thread as soon as the plane hits the tarmac.
brenda m - Dec 28, 2007 7:40:04 pm PST #9692 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
Hee. Good point.
sarameg - Dec 28, 2007 7:44:18 pm PST #9693 of 10001
I told my mom about bacon salt. Since she's fretting about dad's cholesterol, that could be good (he had below normal readings until very recently, which is alarming.) Now she's shoving beans and oatmeal at him faster than he can appreciate (and there was NO CHEESE in the house, which I found alarming!) If he shopped for himself, he could complain or circumvent, but he doesn't. So he's in for a cheeseless existance.
lisah - Dec 28, 2007 7:51:12 pm PST #9694 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Cashmere, I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm glad your sister is there to look after your dad.
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Yoga is hard! There's nothing odd about feeling sore after doing it! My part that's most likely to hurt after a really hard class is my abs. Freakin' multiple boat poses.
Vortex - Dec 28, 2007 8:29:47 pm PST #9695 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Wait, so I am going to have to remove my lipstick from my purse and put it in the quart ziplock bag? Oh, how dumb.
Lipstick is fine. A pot of lipgloss should be in the bag. Apparently.
I carry Vaseline lip balm – a deadly gel.
I'm pretty sure everything has to be in original labeled bottles.
Ohgodpleaseno. Because certain things, like my sunblock, don't come in sample or travel sizes.
No, I don’t think this is the case. If so, just buy a sample size of whatever at the drugstore for .99 and dump it out. The TSA doesn’t know the difference between CVS lotion and Chanel.
the conference website says it's pretty much equidistant from Dulles or Joey Ramone Memorial. The distance may be the same, but I thought I should check whether one airport is markedly nicer (or wretcheder) than the other, or whether one will be an easier drive to Falls Church. Recs?
I’ve never even heard of Joey Ramone Memorial. I’d definitely go with Dulles.
In my opinion, National is a much easier airport to deal with. It's smaller, and you can walk from one end to the other in a few minutes. Dulles has this crazy transport system which is kind of cool, but an enormous pain to deal with. I don't know about driving, but public transport is simple from National, and a pain from Dulles.
Dulles is MUCH closer to Falls Church, and your boss will not have the same traffic issues. yes, he will have to rent a car, but a cab from National can cost as much as a day’s rental.