Joyce: You don't think it's too obvious? I think I look like I have a cat on my head. Buffy: But a very well groomed cat. Joyce: Well that's a comfort.

'Bring On The Night'


Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


smonster - Jul 18, 2013 4:53:11 am PDT #1985 of 30002
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

I've just decided to stay home. That will get me to the weekend to have more time to recover. If I can borrow a roommate's computer, I can maybe do some admin work.


Steph L. - Jul 18, 2013 6:04:08 am PDT #1986 of 30002
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Okay. I booked a rental car for tomorrow, so I can take my car in to get the a/c fixed. The mechanic thinks they should be able to fix it in one day, assuming there isn't something horrifically wrong. (I wouldn't ordinarily rent a car -- I would just sit around the house all day, which I have no problem with -- but I already had 2 appointments scheduled for tomorrow, and I guess I could have re-scheduled them, but trying to juggle too many things right now is not humanly possible for me. And yes, re-scheduling things at the last minute is, at this point, too damn stressful for me.)

All digits are crossed that the a/c can get fixed in one day (and not horribly expensively would be such a damn bonus).

Now I need to clean out/pack up my desk. I've waited until today to do it, because I just needed things to look as normal as possible all week.


beth b - Jul 18, 2013 6:07:10 am PDT #1987 of 30002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

rescheduling drives me bugfuck - so I get it


Toddson - Jul 18, 2013 7:48:39 am PDT #1988 of 30002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

For your entertainment: dueling Tesla coils.


Steph L. - Jul 18, 2013 8:21:07 am PDT #1989 of 30002
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Today feels so weird. We've known it was coming, and here it is, and I feel like I'm watching it from outside myself.

I sure as shit hope my wedding day doesn't feel like this. (I obviously get the massive differences: layoff bad; wedding good. But the similarity is in the Very Big Life-Changing Event that I know is coming, have known is coming for quite a while. When the day arrives, will I feel like I do today, all detached, like I'm watching from outside myself? I hope to God not.)


lisah - Jul 18, 2013 8:24:12 am PDT #1990 of 30002
Punishingly Intricate

I was worried I'd feel like that on my wedding day, Steph, but I totally didn't. Good luck getting through today!


Steph L. - Jul 18, 2013 8:24:29 am PDT #1991 of 30002
I look more rad than Lutheranism

This is all the stuff I'm taking home (unless they have a secret pony waiting for me that I don't know about): [link] After 18 years, 2 bags and one small box for my toys. t edit And my Avengers cup, which I am currently using and therefore cannot pack until I leave for good.


Sparky1 - Jul 18, 2013 8:27:09 am PDT #1992 of 30002
Librarian Warlord

Steph, today has got to be hard.

One of the pieces of advice we got when we were wedding planning that I thought was good was that one the day we should hold hands, and keep holding hands so that we experienced it together. There are always people trying to pull you apart for "one picture" or "just a minute" but handfast we stayed, and we ended up with memories that really were our day.


Shir - Jul 18, 2013 8:30:05 am PDT #1993 of 30002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

I had the biscuit, smonster, and it was yummy. Thanks!


Steph L. - Jul 18, 2013 8:38:49 am PDT #1994 of 30002
I look more rad than Lutheranism

One of the pieces of advice we got when we were wedding planning that I thought was good was that one the day we should hold hands, and keep holding hands so that we experienced it together. There are always people trying to pull you apart for "one picture" or "just a minute" but handfast we stayed, and we ended up with memories that really were our day.

I generally stick close to him at parties because of my social anxiety (unless our besties are there, because I can chill and snark with them and feel fine [they also have similar social anxiety issues -- together we are like the Voltron of Awkwardness]). OTOH, the wedding guests are just family and the aforementioned Voltron of Awkwardness, so I should feel chill.

But yeah, I'd rather we be together a lot of the time, obviously.