And boys -- let's watch the swearing.

Mayor ,'Chosen'


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.


lisah - Jan 04, 2010 11:12:44 am PST #29218 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

I don't understand how anyone can do their own nails period! My hands are too shaky. My nail lady has been doing this OPI gel thingy lately. Awesome. It lasts forever!


Jesse - Jan 04, 2010 11:14:55 am PST #29219 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

When I do my own nails, I slop it on and clean up later.


msbelle - Jan 04, 2010 11:15:13 am PST #29220 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Non-fiction just reminded me, I need a little vent: right next to the worker marking down the Christmas merchandise? A HUGE VALENTINE DISPLAY - and entire row already filled up with chocolate hearts. good god y'all.


Gudanov - Jan 04, 2010 11:15:33 am PST #29221 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

The World's tallest building opened today in where else? Dubai. No other building even comes close to its height at 2,716 feet or 828m for non-Americans. For comparison, the Sears Tower (yeah, called Willis Tower now, whatever) is 1,450 feet high.

[link]

That's a f'ing tall building.


P.M. Marc - Jan 04, 2010 11:18:16 am PST #29222 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

How do you do your nails in the evening and not end up with sheet marks in the morning?

Nubar Diamont and, if I'm pushing it really late (like, five minutes before bedtime late), I use cuticle oil over the manicure. (Seche doesn't play nicely with me. When I don't use Diamont, I use Poshe.)


Vortex - Jan 04, 2010 11:19:19 am PST #29223 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Kat, I found a cream colored sweater (with some small holes, dammit) that's 50% wool, 45% acrylic and 5% cashmere. Will that work for your project?


Kat - Jan 04, 2010 11:22:00 am PST #29224 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Vortex, you are a doll for looking, but it won't. I'm going to felt the sweaters and I think the acrylic will stop it from felting.

Okay, gotta get off my butt and get my sewing machine set up. I'm making an apron for Noah and I'm finishing a dress for myself. Sigh. Then I'm going to finish one of these damn quilts or else.


Vortex - Jan 04, 2010 11:26:12 am PST #29225 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Vortex, you are a doll for looking, but it won't.

darn. Thanks for the compliment but I can't take too much credit. I was looking for a sweater to wear this weekend, and came across this one, which I don't want to throw away for a few small holes, but know that I will never mend it myself, and this would have been a good compromise :)


Hil R. - Jan 04, 2010 11:30:51 am PST #29226 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

"Vegetarians who eat meat." [link]

But only recently have former vegetarians been so smug about their forays to the dark side. "There is something almost primal about it," writes lapsed vegetarian Tara Austen Weaver, describing her first meat-buying expedition in The Butcher and the Vegetarian. "I haven't actually hunted dinner myself, but I set my sights and claimed the prize I sought."


ChiKat - Jan 04, 2010 11:32:55 am PST #29227 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

right next to the worker marking down the Christmas merchandise? A HUGE VALENTINE DISPLAY - and entire row already filled up with chocolate hearts. good god y'all.

The day after Christmas...Dec. 26...my brother and I were at Walmart and they already had Easter candy out. EASTER. CANDY.