DH and I bonded over Joss Whedon, escrima and Bruce Campbell movies in our initial pre-F2F meet on-line.

Thanks guys, now I'm afraid of my bathroom mirror!

Well, at least it loves you, right?

I am currently bonding via FB chat with a guy over Let the Right One In. He wants this to become a sex chat, I'm sure. Not sure how my celibate ass feels about that.

And now we're talking about what weirds us out about sex. I suppose at some point i should mention that I'm not actually having it anymore. How do these things work? I've never sex-chatted anyone.

Hell, I thought we were innocently flirting, but apparently he just likes to sext people.

Anthony Weiner?

We should do something about that." And he says, "Oh, yeah, right! What's your number?"

I need a clue-stick wielding woman like that.

sj, much job~ma for TCG.

I need people to talk me down from buying clothes that are not really in the budget to wear to the award luncheon thingy, that I would not likely have another occasion to wear unless I got fed up at this job and started going on interviews for fields that expect much more business-like attire. I have never met the CEO of this outfit before, so I have no idea where she falls on the jeans-suit spectrum. Day in and day out I wear jeans and a t-shirt to work, and things much fancier than that are few and far between. Tell me no one expects me to be there in suit or office-dress.

I have thought that the jersey split skirt, matching sleeveless top, and (handmade) splash-of-coordinating color bolero that I wore to a recent wedding in Daniel's family would be reasonably appropriate. Then I have to figure out things to put on my feet.

ETA: The thing about shoes is that none of the shoes I have that I consider truly appropriate for the occasion fit me anymore. And they would be painfully unsupportive even if they did. So I am down to some pretty-ish sandals (for instance the men's thong-style sandals that I glued mother-of-pearl ornaments to for the Madison F2F) or some canvas loafers.

I hate this.

Aw, Andi. It's you they're celebrating, not your outfit. It's time for sandals to go on sale, maybe you could find something inexpensive but sparkly? I'm sorry you are stressing about this.

Continued ~ma to TCG! And continued humanity~ma to your in-laws, sj.

Dude, autocorrect is coming up with some weird shit tonight. Hope I'm catching it all.

Happy road-tripping, Suzi!

Liese, I love that story.

Pix, what a bummer you missed that meal! I hope you have fun at your reunion.

I didn't have sex with anyone in college until the summer before my senior year (hello first girlfriend who was someone else's at the time) but there was a fair amount of making out.

I'm in Raleigh at my sister's apartment, awake at 4:20 am. I just ate some cookie dough, because she bought it for me; I couldn't eat it earlier because migraine. I hope I sleep in the car tomorrow, feh.

mearing with a bit of skimming. Sorry if I missed any ~ma needed announcement:

mostly I am glad to hear that the worst of the anxiety has passed.

Me too. Take care, Steph. And the buffistas advice are good.

(3) adequate self-care.

Ooh. I need to make a similar list too. And make sure I will do the stuff I write in it.

In this part of the world, giving a teenager a rifle is fairly common

Can you please explain to a non-American the difference between giving a teenager a rifle or a gun? I'm having trouble to wrap my mind around it. Maybe because I live in another certain part of the world that hands to most of its 18 years old assault rifles, and that with time I became a supporter of for pro-civil society organizations (such as New Profile [link] and Gun Free Kitchen Tables [link]

Andi, that letter is fantastic.

Glad to hear the interview went well, Maria.

Suzi, good to read your vacation updates!

WHERE THE FUCK DID THE WORDS COME FROM????!!!!

If someone in the recent past week or so wrote them, they might reappear in certain climate conditions. It happened to me before.

Interview ~ma to TCG.

Oh, and my braces were removed yesterday. Wore it for almost 5 years. It feels a bit weird now, as if something's missing.

Weiner is not alone(I know, amazing that Chris Matthews is not hip or with the program, even, but) If I, Ms. Uncool have done something twice(No pics, thank god) how weird is it? (Ok, still a little, but not the strangest peccadillo(?) paraphillia(?) in the history of ever.)

It just sort of makes me feel like a low priority in people's lives when these things happen.

I'm sorry. And I know how you feel. I have cousins who would drive within 3 miles of my parents' home twice every summer, and never stopped for as much as a cup of coffee. Even when Mom was dying. They also forgot about my existence, too, although that bothered me less than it bothered my parents. They remembered me when one of their kids was getting married, though. Funny how the possibility of a wedding gift will jar a person's memory.

Can you please explain to a non-American the difference between giving a teenager a rifle or a gun? I'm having trouble to wrap my mind around it. Maybe because I live in another certain part of the world that hands to most of its 18 years old assault rifles

Gun issues are pretty fraught in the US. On one hand, we have a line item in the Bill of Rights saying pretty much everyone has the right to them. On the other hand, we have no mandate saying that anyone has to know how to use them or take care of them. Which has led to people keeping loaded handguns in their dresser drawers and three-year-olds killing themselves or others with them, among other tragedies. But attempts to legislate gun control turn into a huge "gov'ment's comin' to take my guns!!!!!" thing. Probably because many people in the US neither trust nor like their government.

ETA: And it occurs to me that US gun policy is sort of a hot button political issue, and I think we usually discuss those in Natter. Please let me know if you'd like me to move this or continue the conversation there.