Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage, and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny.

Oz ,'Beneath You'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

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.


Kathy A - Oct 04, 2011 12:20:02 pm PDT #137 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Pictures of the new glasses, Kathy?

I know the brand but not the model number, so I can't find them online right now. I'll post a pic after I find out the info from the doctor's office.


Scrappy - Oct 04, 2011 12:21:19 pm PDT #138 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I have a pretty normal-sized head, but barely any neck at all, so if I wore a turtleneck I would look like that guy Morty from the Bazooka gum comics. My skating coach is always telling me "Long neck." and I finally said to him, "Dude, I'll try, but this is all the neck I got."


juliana - Oct 04, 2011 12:28:13 pm PDT #139 of 30001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

the midnight sun, or complete lack of sun. She said, yeah, it pretty much just sucks either way.

I loved the midnight sun. So! Much! Energy! Blackout drapes are a necessity, though.


Kate P. - Oct 04, 2011 12:33:39 pm PDT #140 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

So we are looking at 5.5 hours of dental fun.

Good lord, Suzi! I'm sorry. Hope it goes more quickly than they expect.


§ ita § - Oct 04, 2011 12:35:17 pm PDT #141 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Another thing my sleep psych said (bear with me--she talks a lot, and it's on my mind) is that I need to have a peak operating time during the day. I don't. I never have. I've been just as good in the morning as in the evening as at noon. But apparently that's bad.


Hil R. - Oct 04, 2011 12:35:39 pm PDT #142 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Video of a Deaf woman who hears her voice for the first time after cochlear implants.

That video is leaving me with all sorts of questions. There are clearly a few places in it where she has her eyes closed or her hands over her eyes, and the technician asks her a question and she answers it. Everything I've ever read about cochlear implants says that an adult who gets an implant will not be able to understand speech right away, or perhaps ever, unless they became deaf later in life, after learning the language.


-t - Oct 04, 2011 12:37:29 pm PDT #143 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yikes,Suzi, that's a long time in the chair!

I am wearing pink, but it's the same pink I slept in and it doesn't look like I'm leaving the house today, so I don't know what to conclude about that.

I like turtlenecks in theory, but in practice I spend all day tugging on the neck to relieve the being strangled feeling they give me. Crew necks sometimes give me the same sensation.


Cass - Oct 04, 2011 12:37:59 pm PDT #144 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Polishistas: Zoya buy one, get one free. [link]


Kat - Oct 04, 2011 12:41:51 pm PDT #145 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I did not wear pink.

But I did trick grace's doc into telling us how much longer we have to do this by mentioning Grace is desperate to swim.


brenda m - Oct 04, 2011 12:50:57 pm PDT #146 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

Oh man, you guys. Can I brain dump for a moment?

I'll delete some or all of this shortly, but I need to say it to *somebody* just to get it out. Feel free to TLDR.

I feel like I'm on a rollercoaster (OF DOOOM...) and man, I just want it to stop.