You never know if a girl's gonna say 'yes', or if she's gonna laugh in your face and pull out your still-beating heart and crush it into the ground with her heel.

Xander ,'Help'


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.


meara - Dec 22, 2013 6:39:38 am PST #15276 of 30000

We are making five kinds of cookies today. Made the dough for two last night do they could chill. Mmm.


Jesse - Dec 22, 2013 7:13:06 am PST #15277 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Have ironed and hung (and/or rehung) more curtains, taken out recycling, cleaned the bathroom, showered, put away the laundry. Next I have to go out for a couple of Christmas things, but first lunch. Also hairdrying.


aurelia - Dec 22, 2013 7:43:54 am PST #15278 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I should be cleaning. Or doing something productive with my unexpected day.

If you need a break, try this. Composer or Pasta? [link]


Zenkitty - Dec 22, 2013 7:54:12 am PST #15279 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Last-minute shopping is done, I have to wrap this pile of presents now. And I think I'm coming down with a chest cold. Urgg. Just want to go back to bed.


Amy - Dec 22, 2013 7:55:45 am PST #15280 of 30000
Because books.

Wow, I only got 13 right. There is both a lot of pasta and a lot of composers I've never heard of.


Kat - Dec 22, 2013 7:57:07 am PST #15281 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Burrell, are you around post christmas? We have stuff for you.


Hil R. - Dec 22, 2013 8:00:05 am PST #15282 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I'm on the road to NJ. Stopped at Denny's for lunch. Route 80 is so boring.


Anne W. - Dec 22, 2013 8:06:46 am PST #15283 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

Today is present wrapping and pie-dough making day, although both may be slightly hindered by my taking a chunk out of my thumb while slicing potatoes for a gratin. The cut's not deep, but it's bleeding like whoa.

In other news, something that is unexpectedly delicious is the latte that the local coffee shop makes with a brown sugar and rosemary syrup.


Burrell - Dec 22, 2013 8:08:53 am PST #15284 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

We are, Kat. Let's make a plan to get together at some point during the break.

That latte sounds delicious, Anne, and I'm not usually a latte drinker.


meara - Dec 22, 2013 8:09:07 am PST #15285 of 30000

Ow, that sounds very painful, Anne!

Minor holdup in the cookie making--three kinds of dough done, one set of cornflake wreaths done, and THEN we discover my sister somehow only owns ONE COOKIES SHEET. Wtf, I ask. Brother in law has gone to purchase more.