Granted, I'm not so much the corporate type, but I was completely unfamiliar with "fire drill" other than (a) Chinese, with car doors, or (b) the literal kind which used to happen several times a week at the looni, usually mid-meeting.
Don't worry, we're sure to spot Faith first. She's like this cleavagy slut-bomb walking around 'Ooh, check me out, I'm wicked-cool, I'm five-by-five.'
Willow ,'Get It Done'
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.
amych - May 16, 2012 4:58:28 pm PDT #5367 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
sarameg - May 16, 2012 4:59:29 pm PDT #5368 of 30001
No fire drill is a drill to me any longer... Even the head of mission know not to joke about it to me. Last actual drill, he actually came over and asked if I was ok. I must've looked REALLY bad when the halon went off.
lisah - May 16, 2012 5:08:31 pm PDT #5369 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
That cat video is hysterical. Cats!
Kat, hoping for decannulation for Grace next week. I love that she's vocalizing "bowtie"! So random and hilarious!
Kat - May 16, 2012 5:13:13 pm PDT #5370 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Not actually so random. She wears a split piece of gauze between her trach and her skin, beneath her ties. We call it a bowtie. Today she asked for water.
I got to see meara which was awesome even if all I can do these days is kvetch about my kids (whom I love, I swear! Even if they make me nuts).
sarameg - May 16, 2012 5:17:56 pm PDT #5371 of 30001
Amazing to think she's gone from whispering 'mama' to water and bowties and stuff since November. I'm already missing TG this year, but hopefully will pop by for 24 hours or so on the Australia trip.
meara - May 16, 2012 5:24:14 pm PDT #5372 of 30001
Hah. Kat tried to convince me kids are not a helpful gift with purchase. Or something. :)
Also, how the hell do you LA people not go on murderous sprees more often due to the traffic? Because seriously.
However that meant I got to hear ALL of NPR, and find out that 80 year old Senator Lugar runs a 5k as fast as I do (apparently neither of us are "breaking land speed records", per NPR). Jim Thune, however, managed to run one in 19 minutes. I don't even get that. How?!?
sarameg - May 16, 2012 5:27:00 pm PDT #5373 of 30001
I didn't find the traffic in LA nearly as annoying as DC and Baltimore. They follow rules in LA! They know what a merge is! Sure, the volume is insane and slow, but people are polite!
Consuela - May 16, 2012 5:32:34 pm PDT #5374 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
That cat video is awesome.
meara, there are reasons I don't live in LA. The traffic is definitely one of them.
I'm on a downswing: between my parents & the job situation, I'm just unable to summon any forward momentum. It's hard to get anything done in the office while I wait, endlessly, to see if I'm ever going to get re-hired.
Although at least I'm getting my $600 back. Woot.
juliana - May 16, 2012 5:40:55 pm PDT #5375 of 30001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
lisah, I'm sorry about Swifty.
Jim Thune, however, managed to run one in 19 minutes. I don't even get that. How?!?
A 6-minute mile is not unheard-of, especially if you're built for it. (I entertain vague fantasies of achieving an 8:45/mile race pace, because I am not built for speed on foot.)
I just shampooed my carpets, so my cat decided it would be a perfect time to puke all over them. Thank you, Damien.
sarameg - May 16, 2012 5:44:11 pm PDT #5376 of 30001
You and I named them well, we did.