Wine. WINE IS GOOD FOR YOU.
Lorne: Take care of yourself and ah, make sure fluffy is getting enough love. Gunn: Did he have anything? Fred: No. And who's fluffy? Are you fluffy? Gunn: He called me fluffy? Fred: He said make sure…wait. You don't think he was referring to anything of mine that's fluffy, do you? Because that would just be inappropriate.
'Conviction (1)'
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.
P.M. Marc - Apr 25, 2013 2:14:17 pm PDT #20546 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
meara - Apr 25, 2013 2:17:08 pm PDT #20547 of 30001
So in other news the job I put in for in Portland wants to talk to me. Hmmm. I mean, yay they want to talk to me, but I really just submitted for it as a lark.
Yay!surely worth a shot at least!
5:30AM is way too damn early to be calling. Unless you are texting the girl I'm dating. Because she works at Starbucks, and starts work at 430AM most days. She's nuts (but it was nice to have someone to chat it's when I'm on east coast or central time!)
Steph, a child is on fire! You have NO TIME for the serial comma!
Hahahah!
Amy, that sounds seriously shitty. And shady.
Zenkitty - Apr 25, 2013 2:29:24 pm PDT #20548 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Amy, that's a rotten sitch to be in. May you soon find something better so you can get yourself out from under their rock.
Trudy, how awful. Best wishes for all of you.
Is Strix usually in Natter? This is for her, and billytea, and everyone who likes gorgeous pouncing predators:
Barn Owl Attacking Its Prey In Slow Motion. Watch the whole thing, for two views of the gorgeous owl descending, and at the end, bonus shot of the owl eating her prey whole! Okay, some of you might want to avoid that last bit.
sarameg - Apr 25, 2013 2:47:08 pm PDT #20549 of 30001
erika, I am so sorry you joined my rotten club-of-the-week. My neighbor lost her pug yesterday, too. Bad week for beloved pets.
Trudy, I hope for the best outcome and easy dealings for you.
Amy, that's a shit sandwich. Sorry.
le nubian - Apr 25, 2013 2:48:12 pm PDT #20550 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
This woman receives street abuse because she is fat. She decided to take pictures of the people's reactions to her. "Wait Watchers"
Tom Scola - Apr 25, 2013 2:51:15 pm PDT #20551 of 30001
hwæt
This is a cool owl picture: [link]
JZ - Apr 25, 2013 3:14:21 pm PDT #20552 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Oh, Trudy, how scary, sad and monumentally stressful for all of you. Thinking all the best thoughts I can for your dad, his wife, her care team, and all your family.
Ugh, Amy, and ugh. That sounds so skin-crawlingly creepy. Yes, what everyone else said, six months and start looking, because you need work but oh that particular job sounds like it'll eat your soul, bit by bit. You deserve so much better.
Jury duty's done, and it was an intense and intimate and kind of heartbreaking case, and now it just feels weird and haunted to be out in the regular world again. Has anyone else done jury duty? How long does it take to shake it off?
le nubian - Apr 25, 2013 3:17:48 pm PDT #20553 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
My friend did jury duty and she swore she would never do jury duty again. The defendant yelled at the jury after they found her guilty and my friend was haunted by that. The defendant deserved it apparently, but the whole thing left a bad taste in her mouth.
I have never served.
Jesse - Apr 25, 2013 3:24:03 pm PDT #20554 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I've only been on one trial, and it was a stupid drug case and we were a hung jury, so no lingering effects.
JZ - Apr 25, 2013 3:26:21 pm PDT #20555 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
The defendant yelled at the jury after they found her guilty and my friend was haunted by that.
That'd be wrenching. Our not-a-defendant didn't yell at anyone; he just hung his head and looked dejected, and his lawyer patted his arm. He left almost immediately (disabled man hoping to end Dept. of Aging conservatorship and transfer back out into the world; his caretakers felt, and we agreed after an hour of talk, that he may be ready someday but that day is not now), and several of the jurors stayed behind to talk to his lawyer and try to get consoling messages to him.
It was absolutely the right thing to do, but it just felt shitty. He ended his testimony with, "I know I need help, but I just want to work and have my own room and maybe someday have a girlfriend. I don't want to die alone in a hospital."