Laura, part of it burned down before, but it looks like it was a total loss this time. They may rebuild, but it will never be the same.

That's a shame, sj.

Ugh, got a mild migraine but I think I managed to pop the vertebra causing it back into place. Which is good, because I still have work to do. Crazy weekend - going to have to place time limits on hanging with K beforehand.

Blergh, I think I was out in the sun/heat too long today. Damn you summer heat! I thought we had a deal! I respect you and you don't give me heat exhaustion. No speakeasy tonight for me.

Good thing to accomplish this weekend: spoke to my sister for the first time in yonks, as well as my mom. I did not accomplish: many bloggings.

Ate and drank real good though.

Oh, Nora. Whereas here, we had a few moments of sun and were like "OMG, it's SO HOT on my jeans!" because it was like...68. And later while basking in the vague sunshine we were all "hmm, people probably wouldn't do this in other parts of the country", and then decided they would, because it would be an awesome mild day.

Yay and boo, Pride (didn't get to make out with Friday's girl again, even though I saw her and talked to her, boo. But did get to hang out with lots of friends, which yay)

Dammit, I ran out of weekend. I still have work to do and personal stuff to do. Dammit.

Bathed and dried both kittens. I put a litter box in there this afternoon and they're using it already! Not consistently, but that's pretty awesome.

I got to round out my birthday weekend today (after waking up with a headache from having 4 pints of cider over 4-5 hours last night -- I felt shamefully old this morning, but coffee and ibuprofen knocked the headache out) by going to the Cincinnati History Museum (more interesting than it sounds, really) with Maria and the Family Flea. Which was followed by Graeter's and then dinner, in that order. Really an excellent time.

We got a picture, which I will try to post tonight, although I need to go to bed since I have a chiropractor appointment early tomorrow before work. (And I never posted the picture from when Kate and her DH visited. I am woefully lax.)

Well, my parents have thrown down the gauntlet.

If my brother doesn't wait until graduating (in May) before getting married (in October), they will disown him, and he will never hear from them again.

Because apparently the worst thing in Indian culture is to get married before finishing school. Even worse than marrying a white girl, I guess. One of our family friends just got engaged but is waiting three years to finish school before getting married.

On the other hand, they seem to have accepted that it's going to happen, and now they're complaining that he hasn't even told them about her or convinced them about her, so he was like, okay, what do you want to know?

And my dad was like, what?

And he repeated that they just said they wanted to know about her, so what did they want to know?

My dad's response? "Just give me her biodata."

Just give me her biodata.

(Her biodata wouldn't impress them, though, so it wouldn't help even if she had one.)

And my mom wants her date, place, and time of birth for astrological shit.

I don't even know anymore. It just keeps getting more and more ridiculous.

If my brother doesn't wait until graduating (in May) before getting married (in October), they will disown him, and he will never hear from them again.

I am really mean, but this is funny. Because nothing is going to make them okay with this.

And she seems AWESOME.

He loves her, she loves him. That's kinda the end times. I am so rooting for them to having the happiest life ever.

Sounds like your parents are giving in, albeit unwillingly, to the inevitable, P.-C. Excellent!

Just give me her biodata.

In their situation, I would be so tempted to write something totally ridiculous to give to him. That's probably not the best solution, though.