I like the ruffles.

Kaylee ,'Shindig'


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 - Dec 31, 2012 11:32:23 am PST #6147 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I just turned on the space heater in the kid's room. It's 63 degrees in there. CHILLY!


Jesse - Dec 31, 2012 11:35:20 am PST #6148 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Except for the horrible your cat is dead book!

Ack!

But it's so good! I mean, terribly sad, but really good. I would recommend it for a kid with a dead cat. Except for all the crying.


Kat - Dec 31, 2012 11:38:55 am PST #6149 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Ah. Bibliotherapy at its finest.

I'm backing up my computer again. It took hours last time (20 days ago). I wonder how long it will take this time? Should be shorter, yes?


Consuela - Dec 31, 2012 11:41:32 am PST #6150 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Yikes, that's too close to home, Jesse. What were you thinking, Jesse's Mom?

I did see that after the St. Bernard died, my sister printed out an email I'd sent her several years ago, with the text of that Rudyard Kipling poem, the one with the line "never give your heart to a dog to tear".

In other news, I have a working washing machine again! And my new Kindle arrived! I splurged after Christmas and bought myself a Paperwhite, and it's so wee and light! I love it already.


Jesse - Dec 31, 2012 11:42:32 am PST #6151 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I think there's no way I'm actually going to this party tonight. If only it weren't a 45 minute bus ride away! If it were next door, I'd probably go, but ugh. But I want to be social! But maybe not enough to actually do it.


Jesse - Dec 31, 2012 11:43:18 am PST #6152 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yikes, that's too close to home, Jesse. What were you thinking, Jesse's Mom?

I'm sure she thought it was nice (appropriate/comforting), which it was, but still. You know.


meara - Dec 31, 2012 11:50:33 am PST #6153 of 30001

Jesse, I hate that kind of dilemma.

Which is why I'm having people come to my house tonight.

I did some work, but then I stopped. Now I'm reminding myself I need to go to the store and buy stamps, and dryel, and soda.


Laura - Dec 31, 2012 11:53:23 am PST #6154 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Last rant of the year! So I stayed at the office until about 10 minutes before 4 and then gave up on mail delivery. I checked with the tellers in the bank downstairs and they said they never saw mail being delivered, just FedEx. So I went back to the post office to attempt to get my package. They called the carrier and the lying sack of #$%& claimed he attempted delivery but my office was closed. Um, G gets in at 6:30am and I just left 2 minutes ago. He can go back again if someone is there... So I drive back in the 1 minute it takes to get there and the mail vehicle pulls in. Swears he was there a couple hours ago and the lights were all out in my office. Yeah right buddy, you are so busted. But, I Have My Nook! Charging now, then I am going to be a bum the rest of the year. Whee!


Jesse - Dec 31, 2012 12:13:27 pm PST #6155 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

They called the carrier and the lying sack of #$%& claimed he attempted delivery but my office was closed.

I hate that shit. My UPS delivery guy just did that to me last week, too -- "attempted delivery," but no notice or anything, and I don't actually believe that they couldn't leave it, since someone is generally home in the building.


Jesse - Dec 31, 2012 12:19:21 pm PST #6156 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

....so the Call The Midwife Christmas special was not the thing to watch to stop crying.