I got stupid. The money was too good.

Jayne ,'Objects In Space'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

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.


Kat - Apr 06, 2013 5:13:50 pm PDT #17516 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Pix, I would. I really need to write my damn NBPTS stuff. But I also want to go to 10:30 yoga in the valley or church services at 10. And my fambly will be leaving J-tree at 10. I'm struck my indecision.

Amy, I know. I actually think the day to day thing is almost kind of healthy. In a weird way. Like it's okay to think only within one moment. But right now, my this thing now is... well.. just sitting in the couch in the dark.


Jesse - Apr 06, 2013 5:18:13 pm PDT #17517 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

When was the last time you sat quietly, Kat? Everyone must need that sometimes.


meara - Apr 06, 2013 5:18:22 pm PDT #17518 of 30001

Isn't it? He just had this interchange with Thelonious' son:

That's awesome, go Husband of Liese!

I went to see "Admissions", and probably should've gone to see it with the folks I had brunch with, who are all alums of my college. Whereas the friend I went with didn't quite find the elite college drama/jokes quite as hysterical as I did (especially because my roommate has been an alumni interviewer)


Jesse - Apr 06, 2013 5:21:22 pm PDT #17519 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I saw this kitten up for adoption on livejournal. [link] It's weird to get another orange cat or no?


-t - Apr 06, 2013 5:22:14 pm PDT #17520 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Not weird.


Jesse - Apr 06, 2013 5:24:49 pm PDT #17521 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Hmmm. Maybe I'll wait until morning to email them.


Amy - Apr 06, 2013 5:30:49 pm PDT #17522 of 30001
Because books.

Like Jesse said, sometimes sitting on the couch in the dark is what you need to do. I think as a society we've forgotten that every moment doesn't need to be planned and productive.

I'm still learning to let go of regret, or at least not make active time for it, and I'm trying harder to be prepared for the future, but I'm also trying to live in the moment as much as possible, enjoy what's good about it, and just keep moving. It is actually less stressful, I think, like -t said.


sarameg - Apr 06, 2013 5:39:52 pm PDT #17523 of 30001

Not weird. How many grey tabby cats have I had??

I have thoughts on being in the moment, for good or worse, for how that's hard for me as a planner and a slut to routine, and yet when I just let go and let fly, there's a kinda calm that descends. Like, I acknowledge I absolutely cannot control the externals, just put the next foot forward, don't plan, don't anticipate. Whether that is in the midst of a crisis (I don't think I've ever really flipped out in the middle of one) or something delightful that I've signed up for where there is no plan. I can Be.

Sometimes this has meant I'm not moving anywhere, but I'm not frozen by indecision or anything. I'm just taking it in, letting the next happen to me.

And that's about all I can articulate.


sarameg - Apr 06, 2013 5:43:28 pm PDT #17524 of 30001

Um, Jesse, I think you might need to get your cat a dog if you got that one...that's just too adorkable.


Jesse - Apr 06, 2013 5:44:12 pm PDT #17525 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I have literally no interest in having a dog.