I know! I went through enough tornadoes as a kid that I get all pissy with people who want to go out and look at one. Don't go out and look at it, idiot! Take shelter! Mother Nature pwns your ass, and she's apparently had a bad day.
I've tried to march in the Slayer Pride Parade ...
Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
Liese S. - Apr 27, 2011 4:59:40 pm PDT #5644 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Sue - Apr 27, 2011 5:09:09 pm PDT #5645 of 30001
hip deep in pie
"HOLY SHIT WHY ARE YOU NOT COWERING IN A BASEMENT LIKE AN INTELLIGENT PERSON! I DO NOT NEED TO SEE THAT VIDEO THAT BADLY!"
Seriously.
I have never been near a tornado, and those videos are freaking me out.
§ ita § - Apr 27, 2011 5:22:16 pm PDT #5646 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just talked my sister through a margin adjustment in Word. It went something like "Can you adjust the margin?" "No." "But I need it!" "I'm not doing it. Move the thing yourself." "Are you sure you want to give me the fish?" "The fish, the rod and the fish food. I'm not doing it." "Oh! Hey! Look at that. Nice talking to you."
I half expected her to tell me the cafe was on fire like the iPhone ad.
sarameg - Apr 27, 2011 5:39:12 pm PDT #5647 of 30001
I had nightmares about tornados before I ever experienced the edges of one (visiting relatives in the midwest.)
Just spent the last couple of hours drinking wine, eating guac and watching storms to the south with neighbors on a nearby porch. I wanted to stay out longer, but all day meetings tomorrow and I think 4 glasses of white is enough for tomorrow...
I FUCKING LOVE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
Liese S. - Apr 27, 2011 5:59:10 pm PDT #5648 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Aww, I love that you're still smitten with your neighborhood. It is a romance for the ages. I am still smitten with my house, too. Although my house seems to think that if I feel so enamored of it, I should keep it tended just a bit better.
amych - Apr 27, 2011 6:01:31 pm PDT #5649 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
My house feels the same way as Liese's. Entitled little thing!
Consuela - Apr 27, 2011 6:03:49 pm PDT #5650 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm watching last night's Colbert Report, and he just referenced Hookers and Blow.
... Colbert! Are you LURKING? C'mon out! We don't bite! (Unless you ask very nicely.)
Cashmere - Apr 27, 2011 6:08:53 pm PDT #5651 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Day three of Disney. Love that the kids wanted to go back to Pirates of the Caribbean twice. Owen has full pirate kit. Liv has her princess dress (Belle) and I'm freakin' exhausted. But I love that it's perfectly natural for kids to walk around this park dressed up and everybody treats them like it's the best thing in the world.
Tomorrow is pool and lunch and then flying home. Back to what is apparently SNOW and rain and 40 degree temps. Boo.
sarameg - Apr 27, 2011 6:09:13 pm PDT #5652 of 30001
Oh, my house is a demanding creature as well.
Figured out Loki's warcry source of tonight: grey tabby, I'd guess male, hanging around my deck. Loki goes crackers.
§ ita § - Apr 27, 2011 6:21:18 pm PDT #5653 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So I'm listening to a Jamaican radio show on polyamory (multiple consenting partners) (that tag is part of the title), and I'm wondering who her audience is, and if she's going to get poly people calling in to talk about their lifestyles--I think where poly traditionally exists in Jamaica, it's really not something you talk about while it's happening. You just accept and work with its rules.
And if you asked the average bougie, they will be terribly horrified, even if that's how they grew up.