Yes, on handling the ick of dishes or bathroom cleaning. Rubber gloves help, but only some.
Illyria: Wesley's dead. I'm feeling grief for him. I can't seem to control it. I wish to do more violence. Spike: Well, wishes just happen to be horses today.
'Not Fade Away'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
Theodosia - May 25, 2009 10:30:57 am PDT #21103 of 30000
'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"
aurelia - May 25, 2009 10:35:32 am PDT #21104 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
My favourite chore? Cleaning the bathroom. It's finite and give me a sense of accomplishment.
I'll do your laundry and dishes if you'll clean my bathroom. And I'll do windows if you'll vacuum.
Tom Scola - May 25, 2009 10:45:41 am PDT #21105 of 30000
hwæt
Really cool optical illusion: [link]
Barb - May 25, 2009 10:46:30 am PDT #21106 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Laundry. Laundry can go away and DIE. Hate it with the heat of a thousand suns. I have no food issues, so I don't mind doing the dishes. The only time it ever bothered me was in college when I had roommates who would leave crap around for days on end--like the icktastic "Creamed chipped tuna" that the bitch left in the pan, on the stove. I threw it out, pan included, after about four days. She was furious because it was her "good pan." I said if it was so good, she wouldn't have cooked that shit in it to begin with, much less left it sitting there.
Juliebird - May 25, 2009 10:51:59 am PDT #21107 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
don't click Tom's link if you don't want to wind up with wee little finger babies!
Jesse - May 25, 2009 10:54:01 am PDT #21108 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That was awesome, Tom!
Cashmere - May 25, 2009 10:56:22 am PDT #21109 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Anyone want to buy a slightly used toddler?
Sorry! We're full up here. But mine were so wiped out by the cookout yesterday and the long drive home that they slept in until 8:30 without crawling into our bed once! It's a Memorial Day Miracle!
I'm trying to catch up on laundry and the kids are playing with new Lego blocks.
brenda m - May 25, 2009 11:03:20 am PDT #21110 of 30000
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
Excellent, Tom.
§ ita § - May 25, 2009 11:16:12 am PDT #21111 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My finger is unclean. Also my video quality from Vimeo sucks. All halty.
I have spent today watching tennis (Marcus Daniel is dreamy!) and reading project management texts. Half yawn. I have a phone interview in fifteen. For a job no one has described in detail yet, so I may be totally wrong for it.
Oh, and trying to convince my sister that bleaching my hair wasn't the source of my migraines. I'm not sure how she missed the year with pain and dark hair. But she says maybe stuff seeped into my skull. Because that's how it works.
Juliebird - May 25, 2009 12:45:25 pm PDT #21112 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I am out of boxes again, so it seems a good quitting point for packing. But the kitchen sink is whispering my name and the garbage cans are all full again.
On a more fun note, I dug out the flower pot I'm going to match paint to and a beautiful carpet in Company C's catalogue that matches perfectly without being matchy-matchy. Hopefully it's still in stock.
if all goes well, I can get the key to the new place early this week and start painting while it's empty.