Thanks for the birthday wishes, everybody! We went to Catalina for the day and then a fancy dinner.
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
bon bon - Aug 22, 2009 9:04:27 pm PDT #5144 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
§ ita § - Aug 22, 2009 9:15:59 pm PDT #5145 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There's the birthday girl! Sounds like a great day was had!
§ ita § - Aug 22, 2009 9:28:24 pm PDT #5146 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't believe it's taken this long for someone to release scent bottled like an MP3 player. At that size it definitely needs a screen.
Caught a bit of a Hoarders episode, and it made me feel very self-conscious about the mail I have yet to clear up. However my apartment *is* tidy enough for a roomba to vacuum, so I'm nowhere near these people. I may have some dodgy broccoli I need to trash next time I take out the garbage, but at least my fridge closes and things aren't leaking and comingling. Listening to the woman explain why she wanted to keep the tofu whose best by date was in 2007 was just distressing. Tying her up and throwing everything away doesn't fix everything, but the people helping her kept going outside to gag, it was so nasty. If she gets therapy she won't be evicted, apparently.
Sparky1 - Aug 23, 2009 2:36:00 am PDT #5147 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
If she gets therapy she won't be evicted, apparently.
A co-worker of mine lived below a hoarder. She was discovered when my co-worker's ceiling cracked and started to cave in. What did she hoard? Her own poop. They carried over 2400 pounds of poop she'd saved in plastic bags. What did this woman do for a living? She was a nurse. The only consequences were that she had to pay for the ceiling. My co-worker had to move and sell the condo at quite a loss, but she just couldn't live there anymore.
Connie Neil - Aug 23, 2009 2:58:07 am PDT #5148 of 30001
brillig
Sunday morning and I'm at work. Here's hoping all the contractors and insurance adjusters of the world are having a lovely, lazy Sunday where they don't want to work.
Sue - Aug 23, 2009 4:10:40 am PDT #5149 of 30001
hip deep in pie
That's so disturbing on so many levels, Sparky.
It's breezy and there's lots of rain, but I suspect Bill is going to be as lame as Vampire Bill
Nilly - Aug 23, 2009 4:15:59 am PDT #5150 of 30001
Swouncing
Skipping (my computer completely died on Thursday. Maybe now I'll be forced to find the time to get a new computer and stop relying on stolen moments from other people's computers), because, according to Kat "If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me" Aug 24, 2003 3:58:47 pm PDT , today is Franny's sixth birthday.
Happy birthday, Franny! With lots of wishes for a great day and a wonderful year! And, of course, lots of wishes for your mom, your brother, and all your family!
msbelle - Aug 23, 2009 4:22:53 am PDT #5151 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
god, so disturbing.
we are off to church in 30 minutes. I have been fighting off the crankies all morning - did not sleep well. cranky me is NOT helpful to our life right now, so I am Faking it like a big fat faker politician or beauty queen.
Theodosia - Aug 23, 2009 4:29:18 am PDT #5152 of 30001
'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"
I watched that Hoarders show -- the food hoarder was so far beyond 'denial' that it was painful.
(Yes, I know for a fact that many "best used by" dates err on the side of caution, so there's some wiggle room if you're, say, a month past on some items, but it's better to err on the side of caution WHEN SOMETHING IS TWO YEARS OUT OF DATE.)
Let me tell you, it's encouraging me to clean up some of my mild-by-comparison clutter, anyway.
Jesse - Aug 23, 2009 5:02:00 am PDT #5153 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Holy crap, Sparky! (No pun intended...) That's bonkers.
I am totally throwing stuff out today!
In better news: Happy birthday, Frances!!