Zoe: I thought you wanted to spend more time off-ship this visit. Wash: Out there is seems like it's all fancy parties. I like our party better. The dress code is easier and I know all the steps.

'Shindig'


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.


Trudy Booth - Oct 06, 2012 6:06:40 am PDT #24701 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Man, I wanna use a sword to cut a huge cake.


aurelia - Oct 06, 2012 6:31:37 am PDT #24702 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I woke to find that my cold has moved into the hacking cough stage. I probably shouldn't go stand in the cold to watch the Steppenwolf vs Goodman flag football game, huh? Hrmph. And I bought a Goodman hat this week just so I could wear it with my Steppenwolf sweatshirt.


Liese S. - Oct 06, 2012 6:37:14 am PDT #24703 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Ooh, the oven just beeped on my paleo banana bread (almond flour). I hope it turns out, cause it smells great!


§ ita § - Oct 06, 2012 6:45:52 am PDT #24704 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Recently I've been making an effort to be more friendly with more co-workers. I wasn't not friendly before, but since I refuse to do anything outside of the office, I figured I should shore up the inside the office stuff.

So yesterday is Security Fulfillment doublechecking a staticky phoneline telling me "That sounded like we're calling Abydos! But now it's fixed--cool cool cool." And the tea guy is all fist bumping over how much we don't drink black teas, as he rhapsodises about oolongs and senchas and I nod like I have a clue, and the guy who had been evangelising black tea has now given me 32GB of British documentaries because I opened my mouth at the wrong time (this is cannibal snake-owner guy, who's revealed a distinct aesthetic appreciation for the SS uniform, but ONLY aesthetic, in his defense--he bemoans that I'm one of few people here who knows the difference between Hummel and Rommel).

So now I got myself sucked into all these conversations that I feel barely qualified to participate in (well--the Stargate/Community one I can totally keep up with--I'm alright with that). But I am totally going to lose touch the people who speak English and watch football. Not that I have any idea what's going on in the NFL either...

Some days make me want to run away and hide on the internet, but the past few days at work, I haven't even had time to check mail from the office. And I'm putting off logging into work right now...

More breakfast.


Liese S. - Oct 06, 2012 6:49:38 am PDT #24705 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Woes! Containment failure.

But what I scooped into my bowl is crumbly banana goodness! I don't think I did anything wrong, other than maybe too much enthusiasm trying to get it out of the pan, but who can blame me? I'd definitely try it again.

However, I consoled myself with pumpkin chai latte mix from Trader Joes. I got to TJ's on vacay, yay, so I now have a couple of tins of chai latte mix and the last precious quarter of a loaf of green chile cheesebread. I wish I'd been able to stock up more, but I got there the second time and kinda froze up.

Anyway. Banana bread!


Jesse - Oct 06, 2012 6:53:33 am PDT #24706 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Cooking plans for this weekend include a butternut squash-farro thing and a potato-kale thing. I wonder if the butternut/farro thing would freeze. Probably, right? But I also keep remembering that I have Monday off, so no rush for anything! So far, I have done nothing.


Liese S. - Oct 06, 2012 7:01:18 am PDT #24707 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Probably!

I have Monday off too, in the classic irony of Native kids "celebrating" Columbus.

Tonight I'm having pork tenderloin, which I really need to get into the marinade, like, now. And I need to hang out laundry. But I'm doing the typical me thing which is, I got up, I did a mini workout, I made breakfast, what more could anyone possibly ask of me?


Jesse - Oct 06, 2012 7:04:34 am PDT #24708 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I have Monday off too, in the classic irony of Native kids "celebrating" Columbus.

Let's say it's a walk-out in protest?


SuziQ - Oct 06, 2012 7:05:43 am PDT #24709 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

I have the dojo kids by myself today. The eldest (4) had a total meltdown when mom dropped them off. I haven't had to deal with a kicking screaming child in a long time. He is now happily playing Legos. I've already sent mom a picture so she knows he is ok.


Liese S. - Oct 06, 2012 7:08:30 am PDT #24710 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

My older kids will do "indigenous peoples day" stuff instead, because they're savvy, but the kids at that school are totally all "hey, day off!"

Heh, Suzi, Legos solve a multitude of problems.