So there is something I can do, besides scream like a woman?

Wesley ,'Chosen'


Natter 62: The 62nd 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.


Strix - Dec 13, 2008 11:56:11 am PST #5972 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Barb, since you are El Cooko Excellente, you probably know this, but...my utterly slacktastic way to cook shrimp is slop a bunch of olive oil in a skillet, dump enough minced garlic from a jar to kill a platoon of sparkly vamps, add about 16 shakes of red pepper flakes, heat until garlic starts to brown, add 1 lb of shrimp with shells on (patted dry to help nix splatter) and sautee till shrimp is pink.

Whap it all on a plate, murder some parsley with shears on top, and sprinkle with a heart attack's worth of sea salt. Eat with a roll of paper towels (for hands; I don't recommend eating the paper towels) and a bowl for the shells. Don't forget to slop the shrimp through the oil once in a while, and have a roll of Tums on hands.

Made of heartburny NOM.


Jesse - Dec 13, 2008 11:57:09 am PST #5973 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I didn't leave the neighborhood, but I did find my local cute stuff store! And she said she's been there almost two years, so I have no idea why I've never noticed it before. So I still have two more people yet to buy for. And by "buy for," I mean "figure out what on earth to get them."


Dana - Dec 13, 2008 12:01:13 pm PST #5974 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I went with a digital picture frame for my mother. I think it's a good choice, and thank Jebus it's bought and being shipped.


Jesse - Dec 13, 2008 12:06:50 pm PST #5975 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That's a good one -- I gave my dad one last year.


Jesse - Dec 13, 2008 12:44:57 pm PST #5976 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Woo hoo! One scarf and one picture frame ordered, and maybe I'm done shopping! Oh crap, except for my father's birthday. Darn.


Jesse - Dec 13, 2008 1:00:24 pm PST #5977 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

In other news, I just deleted my friend out of my phone by accident, and we're supposed to have plans tonight. Sigh.


Barb - Dec 13, 2008 1:33:20 pm PST #5978 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”

Made of heartburny NOM.

::whimpers::

Want. And considering how much garlic I had today, that's saying something. The only downside to that delectable combo is that it has to be cooked at home. Lewis HATES shellfish, more specifically, he hates the smell of shellfish cooking-- it makes him seriously ill. Bad flashbacks to a childhood summer when his mom picked up many pounds of raw shrimp at the seafood market and on the way home, the styrofoam cooler overturned in the back of the car. In the middle of summer. In Florida. They never did completely get the smell out of that car.

So sadly, while I ADORE all manner of shellfish, I stick to only having it when we're out at restaurant.

Still... ::whimper::

And odd-shellfish hate notwithstanding, Lewis is the bestest of husbands. Not only did he get me Robin Williams tickets for Christmas, he got me FRONT ROW tickets.

Robin.

Front row.

Hold me.


erikaj - Dec 13, 2008 2:08:06 pm PST #5979 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!

Wow, that's awesome. I'm jealous. (passes thread virtual zantac for heartburn)


Tom Scola - Dec 13, 2008 3:05:44 pm PST #5980 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

A Miser Brothers’ Christmas is on the ABC Family channel.


sarameg - Dec 13, 2008 3:10:17 pm PST #5981 of 10002

Got my hair cut today. My regular hairdresser is back from mat leave. She styled it a little differently than she has been. It isn't as flippy and...I like it just as much as the other way. I'll have to practice at it a bit. I love that I can just let her do whatever, and she always manages to come up with something that looks good on me.

The stores themselves weren't that bad today; the traffic, OTOH...whoa. So much stupid out there.