Poke and destroy.
Dana, you did an amazing job packing them! I loved that they were all color sorted.
Oh, I can't take credit for that. I just put them back the way they came, more or less. But I did have fun repacking everything.
Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.
Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Jan 07, 2011 5:30:20 pm PST #15503 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Liese S. - Jan 07, 2011 5:32:07 pm PST #15504 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Polar bear spycam destruction fills me with unholy glee.
Isn't it great? They are just so pleased with themselves for the destruction. Although it makes me want to give them tougher balls that they can just play with. Although I realize that's not the non-intervention model.
I have on my left hand purple, green, ice blue, mint green and nude polishes since I was testing.
Yay! The polish box makes me so happy. I can't believe we're this successful with it.
sarameg - Jan 07, 2011 5:36:49 pm PST #15505 of 30001
You know they were all "well, that's dumb" once the cams stopped making noises. Which, actually, reminds me a lot of my cats, especially Loki. Who is determined to dismantle the salad spinner, which resides on the top of my 6 ft wire kitchen shelves.
JZ - Jan 07, 2011 5:38:52 pm PST #15506 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.
Matilda and I are cuddled on the couch watching Animaniacs while she gives me head-skritches. A few minutes ago she was sorting through our jar of foreign coins (I swear, every house with kids old enough to be trusted not to stick 'em up their noses should have two or three of these--this, the bottlecap jar, and the button box keep Matilda contentedly entertained for hours), singing to her baby coins:
Hush little baby, don't say a thing, Mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring
If that diamond ring goes away, Mama's gonna buy you a diamond day
If that diamond day don't sing, Mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring
If that diamond ring gets gone, Mama's gonna buy you a diamond horse
If that diamond horse gets broke, Mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring
Zenkitty - Jan 07, 2011 5:39:46 pm PST #15507 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
The playing destructo-polar bears reminded me of cats, too. They went straight from "can I eat it?" to "can I break it?" They were having such fun.
Lee - Jan 07, 2011 5:58:05 pm PST #15508 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Yay! The polish box makes me so happy. I can't believe we're this successful with it.
Me too!
brenda m - Jan 07, 2011 6:00:02 pm PST #15509 of 30001
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
Polar bears!
Who says they far exceed expectations? Seriously? Anyone? IDGI.
I, um, came very close to saying that.
My new very demanding boss apparently has this process where after you turn in your self-eval, she wants you to walk her through why you said what you said before she adds her comments. Meep. And then she asked how I would score myself on our scale. And yeah, I pretty much went there.
And then she said I was being a little harsher than she was.
Dana - Jan 07, 2011 6:01:13 pm PST #15510 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I rated myself far exceeding expectations of two of my goals this year.
Not that it mattered.
Burrell - Jan 07, 2011 7:02:48 pm PST #15511 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Polish box with Kat was fun, and I offloaded more than I added, which was good. Relatedly, thanks Cass!
aurelia - Jan 07, 2011 7:11:48 pm PST #15512 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I think there are two independent bookstores in Kansas City, but one is specifically a children's bookstore. So there's one general purpose one. Unfortunately, it's a pretty long drive to get there.
There's a kids bookstore in downtown Lee's Summit.
I think the last time I was caught up in Natter was mid-December. I'm bummed that I missed the grey vs. gray discussion. I've always thought of gray as hard and cold like gunmetal and grey as soft like a kitten, so I guess I agree with this:
Grey is alive, like fog, or silvery fur, or tree bark, or the Elven cloaks in LotR. Gray is flat, inert, like paint on a wall, or paper, or concrete.