No, it's shiny! I like to meet new people. They've all got stories...

Kaylee ,'Serenity'


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.


Kat - Dec 18, 2008 6:41:41 am PST #6793 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

So excited and happy today. I'm pleased to report that the BPAL Beaver Moon has beaten my weltschmerz into submission.

There is snow on the low mountains. I had Porto's for breakfast. Today is the last full day of work before a 3 week break. An acquaintances adoption paperwork is all approved and she is getting ready to go to Vietnam to meet her son for the first time. I'm seeing Alibelle for dinner at Ikea.

Seriously? It's such a good day that the coworker who snaked my parking space and then tried to write it off with a wave didn't even phase me.


amych - Dec 18, 2008 6:43:40 am PST #6794 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Yeah, sarameg is totally into GOSUB and GOTO and global variables....

sarameg considered harmful!


lisah - Dec 18, 2008 6:48:53 am PST #6795 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate

Yay Emily Flake in TIME! She's never not funny to me!

We're having a potluck here today and I met a friend for breakfast (in town from Hawaii for, like, 5 minutes for the holidays) so I was late getting here. Maybe I'll get a leeetle work done but probably not much. oh well!

Kat, what's a Beaver Moon smell like?


Toddson - Dec 18, 2008 6:52:37 am PST #6796 of 10002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Yesterday the Post ran their food section, including Christmas dinner menus. One involved cooking a pot roast in EIGHT POUNDS (!!!) of butter.


Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 18, 2008 6:57:15 am PST #6797 of 10002
"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

Was this for Christmas with convicts on Death Row, or just a family gathering with relatives you really, really never want to spend another Christmas with?


aurelia - Dec 18, 2008 6:58:41 am PST #6798 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I just took a look at the Dec 22 Time magazine, The List Issue, and on the cover is a list of the Top 10 TV series of 2008.

1. The Shield
2. Mad Men
3. The Presidential Election
4. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
5. The Wire
6. Breaking Bad
7. Lost
8. Battlestar Galactica
9. Architecture School
10. Chuck


Toddson - Dec 18, 2008 6:58:57 am PST #6799 of 10002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

It's supposed to be really, really good ... they do say it's cholesterol-intensive (possibly leading to intensive care). I got to the eight pounds of butter and my brain just stalled out.


Kat - Dec 18, 2008 7:01:57 am PST #6800 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Kat, what's a Beaver Moon smell like?

Cupcakes!! Or at least buttercream. It's really lovely enough to buy another vial or 2. I wish they'd make a scent with maple syrup.


P.M. Marc - Dec 18, 2008 7:05:05 am PST #6801 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Beaver Moon smells like Jilli minus the chocolate.

Gronk. WOO! ACTUAL SNOWPOCALYPSE.

As expected, I'm WAH again today. I connected at 7:30 before the Mad Rush.


Shir - Dec 18, 2008 7:05:14 am PST #6802 of 10002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Man. Working at night sure is weird.

Hello, student life.