Oh, dear. I just glanced at my bag of dark-chocolate covered coffee beans and thought, very clearly, "Come to me, my precious."
I may have A Problem.
Time for some thrilling heroics.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
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.
Connie Neil - Dec 24, 2013 12:26:51 pm PST #15441 of 30000
brillig
Nora Deirdre - Dec 24, 2013 12:40:41 pm PST #15442 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
DH and I just watched the first three eps of the new Community, and OMG you guys, my show is BACK! Dan Harmon in the driver's seat and suddenly all the characters have shaken off the off-ness of last season and are back to being themselves.
YAY!
Atropa - Dec 24, 2013 12:41:41 pm PST #15443 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Sausage rolls are made, potato-ham-cheese bake for tomorrow's brunch is assembled. Next I make sausage stuffing, and then I go get ready to go to a party. When we come home, I wrap Pete's presents.
Yay productivity? I'm also tormenting Pete with my choices in holiday music: first it was John Denver and the Muppets, and now it's the Haunted Mansion Christmas.
Consuela - Dec 24, 2013 1:12:58 pm PST #15444 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Speaking of Christmas, here's a totally awesome flashmob (for anyone who didn't see it on GSHT):
-t - Dec 24, 2013 1:14:50 pm PST #15445 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Glad to hear it, Jessica! I was pretty sure that's what would happen, but it's nice to hear from the voice of experience, as it were.
I swear I've been productive today, but no one would be able to tell by looking at the results. So it goes. I can see the difference, because I'm all calibrated to the Before status.
Kat - Dec 24, 2013 2:14:18 pm PST #15446 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Ohmygod! Did you all read Linda Holmes's post about enthusiasm and learning to avoid narrowcasting? My favorite part:
Fall in love with things. Try things; dislike some of them. Love people who love things you can't imagine loving. Be thirsty and brave. Accept that if narrowcasting really is the future, considering what you don't love to be a threat to what you do is a fool's errand that will exhaust you and require you to police the joys of others in a way that will distract you from your own.
So worth a read: [link]
Liese S. - Dec 24, 2013 2:37:48 pm PST #15447 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Pie crust failure #1: inadequately floured equipment. Reassembled zombie style in smaller pan.
Pie crust failure #2: too small, fell down the edges of pan on oven. Discarded.
Pie crust attempt #3: in progress.
askye - Dec 24, 2013 2:40:06 pm PST #15448 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
Connie, I don't know of any good web resources, I tried to learn using various videos but finally gave up and learned with someone.
There are a lot of projects that are just knit or purl or alternate rows of knit and purl. It took me a while but if I can look I can see the difference between the knit and purl, but mostly I found I have to finish a row before I put something down. Or write down on the pattern (or piece of paper) which stitch I left off on. I
billytea - Dec 24, 2013 2:57:20 pm PST #15449 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Oh, dear. I just glanced at my bag of dark-chocolate covered coffee beans and thought, very clearly, "Come to me, my precious." I may have A Problem.
Only if it failed to obey.
Scrappy - Dec 24, 2013 3:06:23 pm PST #15450 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Hey, BT! Merry Christmas!