Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.

Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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.


Burrell - May 15, 2013 9:09:24 am PDT #22495 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I hope you enjoy it!

Thank you, I'm sure I will


Kate P. - May 15, 2013 9:12:24 am PDT #22496 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Which I admit is really tempting. Kilimanjaro! Just imagine!

!!!!!!! DO IT.

Burrell! Don't blow up!


Connie Neil - May 15, 2013 9:26:28 am PDT #22497 of 30001
brillig

And it's nearly time for the spring haircut, to get my hair off my neck as it gets hot. And it's also time for the spring argument with Hubby, where he pouts and moans at the very idea of me cutting my hair. "You could put witch hazel on your neck to cool it off!" "Or I could cut my hair and not worry about it." "A topknot! Why not a topknot?" "Because all that hair held close to my head keeps the heat in. Why don't you grow your hair long?" Shockingly, he had no reply to that one.


-t - May 15, 2013 9:31:36 am PDT #22498 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Kilimanjaro is an immensely exciting prospect!


brenda m - May 15, 2013 9:45:12 am PDT #22499 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Random awkward situations today (brought to mind by exciting travel):

The current high-up in our practice group is making noise about having our next annual meeting in Maui, a step up from this years' golf resort in Scottsdale. This is coming up because we have mounds of travel/expense money in the budget - because of the practice lead having a stroke a few months ago. Urp. He's still in rehab, not travelling obviously, and apparently there's a 100k or something burning a hole in someone's pocket?

Also, I'm struggling a bit with a sympathy card for my SIL, whose grandmother died this week. Said grandmother was good to my bro but apparently just horrid to her blood family - which may or may not have something to do with having been put to work in the coal mines by Stalin (presumbably not personnally) at the age of 10.


brenda m - May 15, 2013 9:49:10 am PDT #22500 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Also someone in our Hong Kong office commissioned a song - not an advertising jingle, but like a folksy singer-songwriter inspirational song - based on our corporate tag line. I can't even.


msbelle - May 15, 2013 9:49:49 am PDT #22501 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I just renewed by overdue car registration online. Last year if you missed the deadline you had to do it in person, now they give you up to 6 months to still do it online. YAY!

I realize this is not the WORK I should be doing, but I am getting a wee tired of going in to someone's office every 10-15 minutes with papers and files to ask them what they are and what to do with them. If this guy would give me 30 min of his day to just sit here with me, we could probably finish a box.


Dana - May 15, 2013 10:19:30 am PDT #22502 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

No chemo for my mother. She's met with all of the various doctors post-surgery, and all of her various scores (that I'm having a hard time keeping track of) are as positive as they could be.


Sue - May 15, 2013 10:24:49 am PDT #22503 of 30001
hip deep in pie

Great news Dana!


Connie Neil - May 15, 2013 10:24:56 am PDT #22504 of 30001
brillig

Yay, mom!