Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.

Anya ,'Potential'


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.


lisah - Oct 18, 2011 5:36:09 pm PDT #2151 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

Why am I bumping into colorectal cancer depressing articles everywhere I go? I feel sick.

ugh I know this feeling. Talking to an actual oncologist about survival rates and seeing real statistics helped somewhat. Going to see one tomorrow actually for the regular every 4 months scan and visit. It is pretty routine now but the worry that there will be bad news is always there.


lisah - Oct 18, 2011 5:36:41 pm PDT #2152 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

In better news, hurray for FAQBaby!!!


Burrell - Oct 18, 2011 5:42:00 pm PDT #2153 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Yay baby! Welcome Aaron Wolf and congratulations to Jon and FAQWife!


Strix - Oct 18, 2011 5:42:46 pm PDT #2154 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

YAY BABY!

ita !, that app IS petty. I would say if you need that app, you either need better friends, or are kind of a shitty friend yourself. Who DOES that?!

I've got three tats; I want a wrist tat that says "Choice" in Latin. Just a wee one.

The plastic wrap is off, and my hair is not the screaming fire engine red I wanted, but it IS a very pretty bright red. I think I would have to bleach to get the screaming red, and that's just too damaging.

I've been trying to figure out where the Ringer talk is, too. I've got a theory...and it's not bunnies.


Consuela - Oct 18, 2011 5:48:06 pm PDT #2155 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I would say if you need that app, you either need better friends, or are kind of a shitty friend yourself. Who DOES that?!

Indeed.

YAY AWB! Congratulations to Jon and FAQWife! awesome!


Steph L. - Oct 18, 2011 5:52:23 pm PDT #2156 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Yay, FAQ!Baby!!!

Jilli, I love the new tattoo. I need that reminder myself. I have gotten in my own way more times than I can count.

I keep meaning to buy myself a ring that says "Breathe." Because I flip out really easily and drive myself into a panic more often than I can even say. Of all the worries and fretting that I share here with you all, I'd say that what I've shared with you is *maybe* 10% of the worry-panic-distress I throw myself into in the course of one day. Seriously.

But I can often stop my panic if I just take a deep goddamn breath. Sometimes 3 or 4. But it will usually get my racing thoughts to slow down and then I can get myself back on track.

I just don't always remember to breathe, you know? And so then I flip out. Hence, the ring (I'll see it all the time; I can't actually *see* earrings or a pendant while it's on me, and I can't wear a bracelet while I work because it just whacks against the desk while I type or write).


Sue - Oct 18, 2011 5:53:36 pm PDT #2157 of 30001
hip deep in pie

Jilli, that is a gorgeous tat. I need it tatooed on the inside of my eyelids.

Yay FAQBaby!!!


sarameg - Oct 18, 2011 5:55:20 pm PDT #2158 of 30001

My neighbor is loaning me proper sitting chairs for my parents' visit. We're coordinating a transfer tomorrow.

How fucking luck am I? I moved into a place with my tribe.


sarameg - Oct 18, 2011 5:59:54 pm PDT #2159 of 30001

Now I have to figure out where to feed them tomorrow night between here and the airport.


§ ita § - Oct 18, 2011 6:02:08 pm PDT #2160 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Talking to an actual oncologist about survival rates and seeing real statistics helped somewhat.

Colon cancer is the second most fatal cancer in the US. So that's something I didn't use to know, and didn't care to. Man, I just got back on the rails.