gold star for you smonster

Ah, Vortex, the more I learn about your dad, the more I think he was the bee's knees.

Ginger. I have nothing useful to say. In my head I'm just sitting with you.

I just had a piece of perfectly crispy toast with butter on it. I wish for everyone here to have one of those simply perfect moments, the kind that make you feel no matter how shitty every thing else is, at least you had that one piece of perfect toast. Or perfect pudding. Or perfect music on the radio. Or whatever. YperfectionMV

One Perfect Moment. I collect those.

I did Mavis Beacon in Elementary school, but then really learned to type when I discovered the Internet in Junior High. I got my first job out of college (my day job when I was in LA) because I could type acceptably quickly. My skills consistently impress the under-16 crowd. We also all had to do home ec (both cooking and sewing years) and shop in Jr Hi. But I really learned how to sew and use power tools doing theatre.

Ginger, I have to believe that having those moments is not Making It About You. If you took up residence in that space, then it is. And you have totally earned whatever freakouts you need.

Smonster, go team adulting!

Andi! The Arthur Shappey Theory of Happiness! I get to quote Cabin Pressure! (which, despite having ended, is STILL the best thing):

Arthur: [...] I'm fairly often just completely happy. Like, for instance, when you get into a bath quickly and it's just the right temperature, and you go "ooooh". I mean really no one gets any happier than that.

Martin: What a depressing thought.

Arthur: No, no, it's not though, because those sort of things happen all the time, whereas you're hardly ever, you know, blissfully happy with the love of your life in the moonlight, and when you are, you're too busy worrying about it being over soon, whereas the bath moments, there's loads of those!

Hah, I like that philosophy! I love baths, but haven't been taking many because I'm out of Lush bath bombs. Also, I think I should start listening to Cabin Pressure. I've downloaded the first couple of episodes and it's been sitting on my laptop for a while.

I love baths, but the standard bathtub is too short for me to lie down in. I'm either sitting up or lying down with my knees sticking out. I need a longer tub or a deeper one.

Both would be good. I crave one of those big, old-fashioned, claw-footed bathtubs.

Taking baths is actually generally a bad idea for me, for TMI reasons, but I support baths for others. More baths for people who enjoy them! Larger bathtubs where applicable!

Sail, you should definitely listen to Cabin Pressure (perhaps in the bath?) Don't put too much weight on the opening monologue. It's not in earnest and significantly different from what makes me love the show,and that character.

The one in Abu Dhabi, Debet?

Yeah, that one. Once you know the character, it plays very differently, but, IMO, it starts you off with the impression that Douglas is highly irresponsible, whereas, really, he's just moderately irresponsible, but in ways that he's pretty sure will work out just fine, and he's almost always right. And the tone is just...odd. The show has a complex relationship to alcohol, and it's almost never what it is in that first bit.