Wesley: All right. I'm going to let you all in on something you may have trouble comprehending. I assure you however-- Gunn: Vampires are real. Wesley: I was telling!

'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'


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.


Consuela - Mar 01, 2014 9:04:03 am PST #21170 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Argh, Strix, that's awful.

But yay that you have family who are willing to help out.


Jessica - Mar 01, 2014 9:08:30 am PST #21171 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I'm sorry Strix, that sounds like a really messy situation.

My neighbors are going through what has suddenly become a REALLY nasty divorce, and I'm trying very hard to stay completely out of it. (And more importantly, to keep D completely out of it - their son is one of his closest friends and I do NOT want their friendship to be affected by a stupid custody battle.) Neither of them has overtly asked me to take sides yet, but they keep blind-copying me (and DH) on emails that neither of us wants to see, and it's becoming incredibly uncomfortable.

Anyway, tomorrow is D's friend's birthday party, and I just hope we can get through it without the kids being exposed to any drama.


-t - Mar 01, 2014 9:25:12 am PST #21172 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, man, Jess, good luck with that.

3 lessons down one to go. This is totally doable, woohoo!


Strix - Mar 01, 2014 9:28:49 am PST #21173 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

They're BCCing you on private emails pertaining to their divorce? WTF; that is so 9th grade. How inappropriate!


SuziQ - Mar 01, 2014 9:35:40 am PST #21174 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Strength to you Jess. That sounds like a disaster in the making.

Strix, so glad you have family support.

Why is packing so taxing? I've been trying to bite off small bits each day but I only have two weeks before we move and Doing this alone is just...slow.


Jessica - Mar 01, 2014 9:36:22 am PST #21175 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

SO inappropriate!! The reason I can't take sides is because they are BOTH acting like children.


-t - Mar 01, 2014 10:21:17 am PST #21176 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

It's pretty impressively bad behavior. I almost feel like them both doing it makes it better - not for you, obviously, but as a value judgment on them. If it was one of them, I would judge that one more harshly than I do the both of them combined. Which doesn't make sense, but I don't have to make sense when I'm morally judging people I don't know, now do I?

Caught up on my class, hooray! I might actually be able to manage a lesson in my lunch break on the days when they are released, that would be pretty painless. Not like I ever go out to lunch, anyway.

And I found clean clothes at the bottom of what I thought was a basket full of towels, which tempts me to downgrade the need to do laundry. I'll still do some, but it can wait until tomorrow and may only be a load or two.

Having an infomercial on with the sound turned off while I study is kind of making me want to buy a T-fal Opti-grill. I cannot emphasize enough my incredible lack of need for one. I have an indoor grill and a Weber on the patio and I just don't grill very often. And yet. It knows how thick my steak is, that's just neat.


Kat - Mar 01, 2014 10:22:52 am PST #21177 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Wow Kat--how long had your leg been hurting??

Six days. So....

Laundry, schmaundry, -t. But I may be an enabler.


-t - Mar 01, 2014 10:39:04 am PST #21178 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yikes again on the leg! Pain is not really a great problem reporting system, is it? So hard to interpret and so many false positives.

I may subscribe to your laundry, schmaundry philosophy tomorrow, we'll see how it goes. I'm feeling oppressed by the amount of recorded TV on my DVR right now...


SuziQ - Mar 01, 2014 10:49:58 am PST #21179 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

And my packing roll has hit a rock. I'm out of paper/bubble wrap and I was going to start on kitchen stuff. Gonna take a break and then figure out non delicate stuff to work on.