I-I'm just taking things without paying for th... In what twisted dictionary is that stealing?

Willow ,'Showtime'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

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.


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 05, 2013 4:27:51 am PDT #1359 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Yikes Jesse. May things go with as little suffering as possible.


Laura - Aug 05, 2013 4:47:04 am PDT #1360 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

You and your family are in my thoughts, Jesse.


WindSparrow - Aug 05, 2013 4:49:57 am PDT #1361 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

Jesse, sending lots of ~ma to you and your grandma and your whole family.


lisah - Aug 05, 2013 5:05:08 am PDT #1362 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

Oh, Jesse, that's rough. Keeping you in my thoughts!


Sophia Brooks - Aug 05, 2013 5:06:12 am PDT #1363 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Lots of ~ma for Jesse and her family.


Lee - Aug 05, 2013 5:07:54 am PDT #1364 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I'm sorry about the news, and the missed phone call, Jesse. My thoughts will be with you and your family today.


§ ita § - Aug 05, 2013 5:27:19 am PDT #1365 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Hang tight and peace to you, Jesse. Don't beat yourself up about the phone call. Unless there was also a drunken coke binge with loud music going on at the same time--sometimes you're legit in the wrong place.

Non-hugs to your entire family.


§ ita § - Aug 05, 2013 5:29:34 am PDT #1366 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

In a separate post, I managed to wake up without my alarm this morning (not only was it not in my room, it didn't go off anyway--did it miss me?). I have made an *entire* lunch, including a sandwich, fruit, and appropriate dessert. The kitchen is even half clean from all that, and will be clean before I go.

I should stop lounging here with the tea, though. It's just so tea-ey.

*And* I think it's time for a (virtual) trip to Adagio today.


tommyrot - Aug 05, 2013 5:41:55 am PDT #1367 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Headline o' the day:

Titanic lump of fat & wet-wipes dislodged from sewer

Noted tax-avoiders Thames Water's press release trumpets the news that they have excavated the largest ever "fatberg" -- a technical term denoting a huge, impacted lump of "festering food fat mixed with wet wipes" -- from a London sewer.

“Given we’ve got the biggest sewers and this is the biggest fatberg we’ve encountered, we reckon it has to be the biggest such berg in British history.

“The sewer was almost completely clogged with over 15 tonnes of fat. If we hadn’t discovered it in time, raw sewage could have started spurting out of manholes across the whole of Kingston.

“It was so big it damaged the sewer and repairs will take up to six weeks.


Consuela - Aug 05, 2013 5:57:15 am PDT #1368 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Oy, Jesse. My sympathies.

We've thought my Dad was doing pretty well recently, but yesterday was pretty sobering. We took him to the museum--they finally opened the natural history hall--and he seemed to be having a good time, but after a couple of hours he got really disoriented and started bumping into things. He couldn't identify me or my sister at any distance, and was generally pretty out of it.

So my sister took him home & he rested and had dinner with them. And he perked up, some. But when we were waiting for my BIL to bring the car around at the museum he basically said that he was ready to die now. And he told my sister over dinner that he's sure he doesn't have much time left.

This is a man with no chronic health conditions, full mobility, and only mild cognitive problems. We were hoping he'd have at least a couple of good years now that the burden of caring for my mother is over.

SIGH.

I'm going to email his doctor today, and check in with Dad later to see if he's feeling better. I suspect some of this is from no longer having what he saw as a purpose in his life.