Timelies all!
Saw TDKR last night. Enjoyed it. Trailers we got were, for the most part, not to my taste. (In other words, no Hobbit)
My food is problematic.
River ,'The Message'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
Sheryl - Jul 22, 2012 6:00:08 am PDT #15005 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Anne W. - Jul 22, 2012 6:00:49 am PDT #15006 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Oh, I remember those!
Jesse - Jul 22, 2012 6:02:40 am PDT #15007 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I strongly suspect that it's also because the Paterno family donated a ton of money to build that library, and that's why his name is on it in the first place, so it would be kind of awkward to keep the building and take down the name.
There's probably also a contract around the donations that stipulates the naming.
Oh wow, le nubian - I would normally say to get rid of anything that hasn't been touched in 8 years, but not if you're maintaining the historical stuff.
Theodosia - Jul 22, 2012 6:17:53 am PDT #15008 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Sophia, I had a good friend of 8 years standing break off and (4 years on) still isn't talking to me. Evidently I rang her cellphone too many times in a row when she didn't want to talk. Anyway, when it's something so bizarre, I can intellectually say that they're not worth the effort of friendship.
But emotionally I still find myself bereft, especially as we have enough real-life and online places in common that I still come in passing mention of her often on a weekly basis.
Connie Neil - Jul 22, 2012 6:18:32 am PDT #15009 of 30001
brillig
One thing that hobbles me when I try to get rid of stuff is that I feel so damned wasteful throwing out stuff that could, with a little effort, be useful. Stupid stuff, like small plastic bottles with secure lids that would be great for holding beads--except I've already got a stockpile of those sorts of bottles. Recycling around here, for a great part, is "If it's not metal or paper, your recycling bin gets dumped with the other can at the transfer station anyway". It feels so incredible disrespectful to just toss things. The thrift stores throw out more than they sell--I've followed trucks with the stores' logos to the dump, and I've seen the sorting people open bags, glance in quickly, and just toss the whole thing into the dumpster.
Connie Neil - Jul 22, 2012 6:22:28 am PDT #15010 of 30001
brillig
A 30-year-friendship blew up 5 years ago, and she refused to discuss what she said, in an email, was the instigating issue. It probably wouldn't linger so badly if I could have looked her in the eye just once and asked "Why?" And gotten an answer.
amych - Jul 22, 2012 6:28:03 am PDT #15011 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Dude, I loved Merlin!
JenP - Jul 22, 2012 6:38:59 am PDT #15012 of 30001
I didn't have Merlin. I had Spirograph, though! Loved those things.
Amy - Jul 22, 2012 6:42:35 am PDT #15013 of 30001
Because books.
I had Spirograph, too. And Lite Brite, and the big Barbie head you could put makeup on. Oh, the Skipper whose boobs grew if you turned her arm. Good times.
le nubian - Jul 22, 2012 6:48:52 am PDT #15014 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jesse,
almost all of the stuff I haven't touched in 8 years IS historical stuff. I need to sort through it all at some point, but now is not the time. I would like to put stuff in a scrapbook or something, but I am not artsy. like at all. I have thrown out quite a lot though. I probably should just rent a bin and toss way more shit.
What I probably need to do for the papers is scan it in and then put it in a well-organized computer system. Good luck with that, I say to myself.