We are having folks over for an impromptu gathering in honor of a friend in from out of town tomorrow night. I should be cleaning right now, but I'm watching an episode of "The Saint" and slounging instead. I realized while driving home tonight that our gathering will include one Oscar nominee and one Oscar winner (both screenwriters).Pretty snazzy! Luckily, since they are merely writers, I'm pretty certain they will enjoy sitting around our small-but-comfy North Hollywood house and eating cheap take-out Thai food, since they have in the past.
I'm thinking about buying something very expensive. Maybe an antelope.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
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Scrappy - Feb 27, 2014 7:24:24 pm PST #21071 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Cass - Feb 27, 2014 7:45:38 pm PST #21072 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I love watching the weather roll up the valley. Clouds are now hiding the mountains. I can see the world!
Oh, I love that part. Watching weather happen is like earthy magic.
AND, my team got a $10,000 award which we are going to spend on books, mostly non fiction -- Henrietta Lacks, A Few Seconds of Panic and Unbroken are my first choices.
ALL of the Henrietta Lacks. Until I read the other two, at least. I need to read more.
aurelia - Feb 27, 2014 8:42:43 pm PST #21073 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
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Scrappy, that sounds like a delightful evening.
-t - Feb 28, 2014 4:24:09 am PST #21074 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Man, $35/month for thistle seed seems like a lot. But goldfinches are delightful, so I guess I'll keep doing it.
That sounds lovely, Scrappy, have a great time! How funny to realize you are having Oscar contenders/winners over for takeout.
Lee - Feb 28, 2014 4:58:17 am PST #21075 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I know what you mean, -t. I amuse myself every month trying to save a dollar or so on it, but it still adds up
flea - Feb 28, 2014 5:18:56 am PST #21076 of 30000
information libertarian
Grow thistles yourselves! Cut out the middleman!
Strix - Feb 28, 2014 5:46:26 am PST #21077 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Grand news, Kat!
Consuela - Feb 28, 2014 6:42:22 am PST #21078 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So I'm finally at the point of negotiating salary with this firm, although the client, my Former Employer, is asking them to cut their bid by 19%. WTF.
They won't give me any flexibility on leave, but apparently the job is 3 days telework/2 days in the office. I want a big-ass flatscreen monitor for that. And a standing desk, although I forgot to ask for that...
-t - Feb 28, 2014 6:55:24 am PST #21079 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Good luck negotiating, Consuela!
Grow thistles yourselves! Cut out the middleman!
I do leave the thistles in the backyard to go to seed, but I'm not going to harvest the seeds so I can fill the feeder in the front yard where I can see the goldfinches from my couch. And there are community standards against having huge thistle plants going to seed in your front yard, sadly.
Burrell - Feb 28, 2014 7:01:01 am PST #21080 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Fingers crossed, Consuela