Cordelia: You're him. You're Angel's son. Connor: It's not like I got to choose.

'Hell Bound'


Natter 56: ...we need the writers.  

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 - Jan 10, 2008 5:38:45 pm PST #2360 of 10001

That's why I stuck to "a while." I expect there will be tears and a bout of sorta wishing to do it myself (I know that sounds insane and backwards, but the thing is, I've so expected to never have a kid, having one is...curious.) Once my job is done. I'm good at keeping my shit together until no one needs me to keep my shit together.

Vortex, what kind of flooring? A lot of those things are fixable.

If my spelling improves at all, it is due to neighbor T making the finals in her spelling bee at school. She came over tonight to practice. A LOT of her words are the ones I routinely fuck up.


Vortex - Jan 10, 2008 5:39:57 pm PST #2361 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Vortex, what kind of flooring? A lot of those things are fixable.

hardwood. It's near the door, so I can cover it with a rug. It'll be fine when the floors are refinished.


sarameg - Jan 10, 2008 5:44:57 pm PST #2362 of 10001

Glad to hear it. Hardwoods are so much more fixable. Still a PIA. (My rental has hardwood parquet that has serious exposure damage pre-me by the windows. It's amazing what soaking it in lemon oil does. Some parts are irreparable, but it does help a lot where it hasn't completely dried out.)


JenP - Jan 10, 2008 5:51:32 pm PST #2363 of 10001

Wow, you know you've really been changed by a place when you read COMM and think, "Aw, mallard snuff porn. Memories."

I just had to skip about 800 posts. I kind of hate that.


aurelia - Jan 10, 2008 5:53:23 pm PST #2364 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

And a boardfull of Buffy fans didn't notice that boys' names "Parker" and "Riley" were right next to each other (at 75 and 76)?

I noticed. It amused me. The biggest ?! for me was Trinity. Really? In the top 100?


Kat - Jan 10, 2008 6:08:09 pm PST #2365 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I'm good at keeping my shit together

This is a true fact about you, sara. you're awesome in a pinch.

My mom's leaving tomorrow. I'm sad about it!


sarameg - Jan 10, 2008 6:18:49 pm PST #2366 of 10001

Aw, thanks. I'm glad I can be. I know I don't really have words in a pinch (btdt, was LAME. Pink hippos?!! jesus), so I stick to useful and taking orders.

You know, I'm glad you'll miss your mom. Not that you'll MISS her, but that she's been a boon to you and is missable.

My SIL isn't missing her mom these days , who hasn't yet met T. And that's just sad, to me. (Cause he's freaking ADORABLE. And they once had a close relationship and if there is any time to keep that with really nontoxic people, it's grandkids and and.)

People are hard, sometimes. I'm learning that. I'd been lucky, and discovering unlucky was rude and jarring. But still love the people. Even as my mouth screeches.


Burrell - Jan 10, 2008 6:20:52 pm PST #2367 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Frances barely registers, I think, because people named such are greatly annoyed at the lack of American ability to spell it any other way than Francis.

This is so true. I had no idea that Americans didn't know Frances is a girl's name, what with it having been so popular once upon a time and all.

One of my bestest friends named her daughter Clara Maud.

My mom's leaving tomorrow. I'm sad about it!

So was it a good visit Kat?


Kat - Jan 10, 2008 6:28:00 pm PST #2368 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

The visit for me has been fine. The missing her part has less to do with me and more to do with Noah and Grace. She's gone to see Grace almost every day she has been here and has spent ~3 hours a day holding her, which is exactly what Grace needs and I can't do. I wish she lived closer or would at least stay until March. Or April.


-t - Jan 10, 2008 6:40:46 pm PST #2369 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I had no idea that Americans didn't know Frances is a girl's name, what with it having been so popular once upon a time and all.

But, but a rainbow and a happy tree are not for Frances or for me! Are kids not drawing three legged cats any more?