Kat, it looks like maybe you were a day too early for Balians.
From here: [link]
Holiday: Christmas
When is this viewable?: From: 12/13/2009 To: 1/1/2010
Public or Private?: Public
Lorne: Once the word spreads you beat up an innocent old man, well, the truly terrible will think twice before going toe-to-toe with our Avenging Angel. Spike: Yes. The geriatric community will be soiling their nappies when they hear you're on the case. Bravo.
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
Lee - Dec 12, 2009 7:36:13 pm PST #24655 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
aurelia - Dec 12, 2009 7:42:50 pm PST #24656 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I've been too busy working on Christmas shows to do Christmas shopping. Tomorrow is my last day on Nutcracker, thank goodness. Today's double header was a little too full of adventure.
Oy, looks like my first free time slot is Tuesday afternoon. I hope I'm in a shopping mood.
Polter-Cow - Dec 12, 2009 10:15:18 pm PST #24657 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Told you, Perkins. And ditto. Except for the "A lot" part.
Sheryl - Dec 13, 2009 4:20:42 am PST #24658 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Still need to get gifts for my friends. Thank goodness for Amazon wishlists...
DavidS - Dec 13, 2009 5:37:17 am PST #24659 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Not-so-tiny Jewish not-Santa.
Nilly, are you trying to tell us something?
JZ - Dec 13, 2009 5:40:17 am PST #24660 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Minimal presents chez Zmayhem this year, as per usual over the past couple of years. My mom has actually forbidden me to get her anything at all, but, like Kristin, I just miss giving things to the people I love. If Christmas week is quiet enough, I'm going to at least attempt some beer bread variations for local family. If food and bread and beer aren't love, I don't know what is.
And, catching up from stuff I stupidly neglected upthread: OMG, Dylan skating is AMAZING.
And, Kat, the current preschool plan is to put Matilda in my uni's program when the new facility opens; the opening date has been pushed back and back and back from this past September 1 to January 4--but we haven't gotten any updates in over a month, so I suspect it's going to be pushed back again at least a couple of weeks. But she's finishing up with her current daycare at the end of this month no matter what. If she has to spend some time puttering around the city with Daddy before the facility opens, well, then, at least we'll save a bit of money because they'll have to prorate the first month. And it'll only be until September at the latest, possibly May or June, because the neighborhood elementary school's associated very low cost preschool will have openings by then and we're already on that waiting list.
So, in short, things will be financially pinchy for the next few months, but only for a little bit, and Matilda's got not one but two decent within-walking-distance places in the next few months.
eta: Hec's question above was exactly my very first thought when I saw Nilly's post. We definitely need some clarification of the tiny/not-tiny question, stat.
Laura - Dec 13, 2009 5:53:48 am PST #24661 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
I'm wondering how many of us did a double take at the not-tiny comment.
Jesse - Dec 13, 2009 5:59:41 am PST #24662 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm glad I was not the only one!
I just did a bunch of shopping on Amazon, but only for the easy people....
§ ita § - Dec 13, 2009 6:02:14 am PST #24663 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wondered at the comment too.
caught that I was being given 1/3 of the dilaudid ordered
Is just wrong. Do they do that to you a lot? No wonder you don't feel better when you go to the ER
Many of the doctors and nurses don't believe I'm supposed to get as much as my specialist wants me to. So even when they order that much, sometimes they like to stagger the dosage. Which is remarkably counterproductive.
I have been having insanely long and complicated dreams this weekend. I wonder what my subconscious is up to. They have been very interesting though--the sort of dreams it's disappointing to wake up from because real life is so much more boring. Also, no headaches in them.
Jesse - Dec 13, 2009 6:05:34 am PST #24664 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Many of the doctors and nurses don't believe I'm supposed to get as much as my specialist wants me to.
This just kills me. Why would someone who just met you think they know better than a long-term provider? I mean, seriously.
I have been having insanely long and complicated dreams this weekend. I wonder what my subconscious is up to.
A friend of mine was telling me that her boyfriend will variously laugh and yell in his sleep, which I think is fascinating -- he has a lot going on inside!