New hamster! She is called Hamish! She is a grey dwarf hamster. I'll take a picture as soon as she stops digging up sawdust and peeks her head out enough.
Shir, the Arab-Israeli arts festival sounds interesting. At least it inspired debate.
Jayne: We was just about to spring into action, Captain. Complicated escape and rescue op. Wash: I was going to watch. It was very exciting.
'Shindig'
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Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 09, 2009 1:47:04 am PDT #25823 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Shir - Oct 09, 2009 2:01:58 am PDT #25824 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Yay Hamish!
At least it inspired debate
That's the thing. There's always that debate in the background, and I'm not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing anymore.
Because once it's always on, it fades into the background, an it seems normal to have that debate - it seems part of the normal lives.
And the whole point is that it isn't normal to have this situation in the first place, and the whole debate makes it look normal.
I don't know anymore.
Fay - Oct 09, 2009 2:02:19 am PDT #25825 of 30000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Aww, bless! Hamster for the win!
On the subject of winning: I won the Fancy Dress Competition! Go Team Me!
Shir - Oct 09, 2009 2:08:22 am PDT #25826 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Go Team Fay!
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 09, 2009 2:19:41 am PDT #25827 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Hamish! [link] Hope you can see that photo.
Shir, I guess it's like The Girl says: "Three Israelis, sixty opinions" (or something like that). She's at the point where she just won't discuss the Arab-Israeli situation. I think that, like you, she feels that debate isn't working at the moment. At the same time, though, unacceptable situations can seem more acceptable the less they are debated. So I don't know.
Shir - Oct 09, 2009 2:23:58 am PDT #25828 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Awwww! Hamish is a one good looking hamster.
I agree with The Girl. We need more doing, and less talking about optional doing. This just got old.
§ ita § - Oct 09, 2009 2:57:37 am PDT #25829 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sincere discussion lets you know dissent is alive, especially in the times where you can't do, or can't see what's being done. I guess I'd always rather know there are two sides to a problem than think I wandered into a monolith. It can be really scary when the silence sounds like it's against you, and everyone sympathetic is too busy to pipe up.
Laura - Oct 09, 2009 4:42:17 am PDT #25830 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
A week's worth of posts in another window because I have been absurdly swamped. Sucked this thread, there was a couple thousand posts in Natter so that was a big ole skip. meara later
Happy Belated Birthday to omnis!
I won the Fancy Dress Competition!
Woot! Well done.
Cute Hamish.
Jessica - Oct 09, 2009 4:48:32 am PDT #25831 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I still want the very tiny hamster. Possibly two of them.
It looks like you went with just the one, but I was going to say - make ABSOLUTELY sure you're getting all girls if you decide on multiple hammies! (A friend of mine used to run a hamster rescue center before her allergies got the better of her. Even after years of experience sexing the hammies, she'd occasionally wind up with an accidental litter.)
sj - Oct 09, 2009 4:54:32 am PDT #25832 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Our apartment is a total disaster, so I am using the timer productivity method. Set a timer for 15 minutes and get done as much as I can, and then I get a small break. I'm impressed at how well it is working for me. I should have tried it sooner.