Very cool first date, tommyrot! Hope y'all have fun.
Early: So is it still her room when it's empty? Does the room, the thing, have purpose? Or do we -- what's the word? Simon: I really can't help you. Early: The plan is to take your sister. Get the reward, which is substantial. 'Imbue.' That's the word.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
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.
-t - Sep 28, 2011 8:59:40 am PDT #28917 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Amy - Sep 28, 2011 9:07:26 am PDT #28918 of 30001
Because books.
Wow, a little sunshine makes a huge difference in my mood. There's been way too much gray and rain.
Jessica - Sep 28, 2011 9:18:16 am PDT #28919 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
On Saturday we're driving to Mobile to tour the battleship USS Alabama.
Ooh, I love this as a first date!
I suck at positive reinforcement. It works really well but requires so much planning or else it just turns into shameless bribery.
§ ita § - Sep 28, 2011 9:18:46 am PDT #28920 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That's the sort of date Geek 2 Geek is made for, and that completely evades me.
Kate P. - Sep 28, 2011 9:19:27 am PDT #28921 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Woot, tommyrot! Hope it goes well!
The reality: a listeria outbreak that has killed 13 people so far.
Yes, and then I got to spend the morning freaking out about the fact that I've eaten quite a lot of cantaloupe since becoming pregnant, and of course Listeria is linked to miscarriages and stillbirths. Fortunately, the grocery store near work, the only place I've bought cantaloupe in the last few months, put out a press release saying that they don't get their cantaloupes from the farm that's the source of the outbreak. But I'm still reluctant to eat the cantaloupe in my fridge now. (Also, they didn't have deviled eggs at the supermarket this morning, so I bought egg salad instead, and it's kinda gross. I think they put sugar in it. Why would you do that to egg salad?? I really need to remember to boil some more eggs when I get home tonight.)
edit: sorry for all the egg talk, ita !
Amy - Sep 28, 2011 9:20:42 am PDT #28922 of 30001
Because books.
Sugar in egg salad? That's really wrong.
Kate P., check in Literary! I left a message for you.
Kate P. - Sep 28, 2011 9:22:11 am PDT #28923 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I just saw! Yay!
le nubian - Sep 28, 2011 9:26:46 am PDT #28924 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I love eggs, but I am dry heaving at the idea of sugar in egg salad.
Kate, do you think perhaps instead of sugar, they used Miracle Whip (and not mayo). I have a strong aversion to MW and I think it taints the taste of anything used with it.
aurelia - Sep 28, 2011 9:27:35 am PDT #28925 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Kate P. - Sep 28, 2011 9:33:35 am PDT #28926 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Just looked at the ingredients again -- apparently my egg salad has HFCS in it. Gross. (le nub, it does list mayo as an ingredient, but who knows what kind.)
Ack. I was really hoping I wouldn't have to go out anywhere for lunch, since I came in late today and am trying to work a full 8 hours, but clearly my grocery-store lunch is not working out for me.