ita, this is where working from home is awesome....I'm on a concall and my netbook AND my work laptop doing work! And no one knows...ooh.
Saffron: You just had a better hand of cards this time. Mal: It ain't a hand of cards. It's called a life.
'Trash'
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.
meara - Oct 28, 2011 9:22:34 am PDT #3734 of 30001
Frankenbuddha - Oct 28, 2011 9:23:56 am PDT #3735 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Also: I AM NOT A COWGIRL.
Denial is not just a river in Egypt.
Steph L. - Oct 28, 2011 9:24:59 am PDT #3736 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Tell me y'all are keeping the oscilloscope, though.
Oh HELL yeah.
amyth - Oct 28, 2011 9:25:13 am PDT #3737 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Dang is right, Tep. GO TIM!
Also, woo hoo, Amy!
Lots of ~ma for your brother, Theo.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 28, 2011 9:30:47 am PDT #3738 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Mom update: she's been doing better with the gluten-free diet, but I'm not sure how much better. Anything better would be a great improvement. The big news is that she made the decision to go into assisted living. I was worried she'd be seriously depressed at the thought, but she's actually sounding very up about it, and she managed to get into a place she liked despite the waiting list (those ahead of her hadn't responded, so she scored bigtime there).
This will make going up to visit a lot different, but with her being almost 90, that was most likely going to be the case at some point in the not too distant future. I'm going up this weekend and I'll find out more details/logistics (my annual escape Salem during Halloween expeidition, but I need to go up anyway).
Consuela - Oct 28, 2011 9:32:02 am PDT #3739 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I was worried she'd be seriously depressed at the thought, but she's actually sounding very up about it, and she managed to get into a place she liked despite the waiting list
::sigh:: I'm envious. If only my mother would consider going into assisted living, but even when she wasn't demented she was irrational on the subject, and now she just flips out when we bring it up. Argh.
Liese S. - Oct 28, 2011 9:35:05 am PDT #3740 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Happy birthday aurelia!
I know where you can get a new cowgirl hat, cowgirl!
I really cannot believe the drill press is gone, Steph. It's like a tenet of my fundamental belief in the universe is gone. Your driveway looks amazing, completely different! Tim is totally a ROCK STAR and you can tell him we said so.
Yay for Gud's kids. They are smartypants like you! Now it only remains to see if they have inherited the couch-flipping proficiency genes.
I can't remember what I meant to post about myself. Brane shot.
Oh, right! So I want patted on the back because yesterday I was having a down day, but not only did I get out of the house and see friends, but I also submitted a song lyric to the Great American Songwriting contest, due today, which is a great contest because it gives specific feedback. So thanks to Hyperbole, because I did touch a metaphorical jillifont, even though my down was only a little down, it was totally helpful to recognize it.
-t - Oct 28, 2011 9:43:21 am PDT #3741 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Way to go, Liese!
Atropa - Oct 28, 2011 9:43:40 am PDT #3742 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Happy birthday, Aurelia!
Much ~ma to Maria and her DH.
Jilli, I'm assumung the the Damned interview never did happen because we would have heard the squeeing. If so, I'm sorry, that sucks
Nope, didn't happen. But the show was great, and due to a miscommunication, I ended up with a pass to the meet & greet after the show! Which Dave Vanian was conspicuously absent from, dammit. When I got to the front of the line, Captain Sensible told me I was the best-dressed person at the gig, and then said "I'm sorry Dave's not here, luv." I said that my gothy heart was full of woe, but it was okay. Captain Sensible then said, "Dave's ... shy. That's one word for it." Then the rest of the band snickered and rolled their eyes.
So I'm guessing the interview didn't happen because of diva-like behavior on the part of Mr. Vanian, alas. I didn't bother mentioning the interview to the drummer, because he looked pretty wiped out, but was still trying to be "on" for the fans. But hey! I got a photo with Captain Sensible, and the entire band called me adorable. So that was awesome.
Atropa - Oct 28, 2011 9:45:03 am PDT #3743 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Go, Liese!
(Also, "metaphorical Jillifont", hee!)