She didn't even touch her pumpkin. It's a freak with no face.

Willow ,'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.


Scrappy - Mar 21, 2014 10:49:05 am PDT #22977 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Congratulations, Dana!

This weekend we are finishing taxes. But also sloungng around, which I am looking forward to.


shrift - Mar 21, 2014 10:49:51 am PDT #22978 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Hey, it's Friday! What are people doing this weekend?

Groceries and laundry tonight. I'm going to the 10pm Welcome to Night Vale live late show on Saturday. I might go over to a friend's place on Sunday to watch a Bollywood movie, but I may be too lazy to put on outside clothes if the WTNV show keeps me up really late.


Calli - Mar 21, 2014 10:53:02 am PDT #22979 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

That's great, Dana!

Hey, it's Friday! What are people doing this weekend?

Groceries tonight, spending as much time as possible out and about tomorrow, curling up with a good book (and laundry) Sunday.


Jesse - Mar 21, 2014 10:53:34 am PDT #22980 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yay Dana!

Dinner with Ellen tonight, furniture shopping tomorrow? And then some lying around.


Steph L. - Mar 21, 2014 11:01:59 am PDT #22981 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

What was it that Kat and/or Amy said yesterday? My head is stormy? Because mine is.

Work is stupid. I was told yesterday to not make so many "subjective wording changes" but stick to things that are objectively incorrect, which, hello, EDITOR, but fine, and then today I got feedback in the form of 2 articles I edited with subjective wording changes marked on them by the coordinator and highlighted so I can see what changes I should have made. So I shouldn't make them, but I get busted for...NOT making them? (My boss told me yesterday not to make those changes, and a different coordinator is the one who busted me today for not making them. My boss was out today, so you can damn bet I'll be following up Monday.)

The potential new freelance job where the emails were bouncing back? I left a voicemail yesterday, and then sent a new email today, which seems to have gone through. But no reply to either the voicemail or the email. I'm trying to stick with the fact that the managing editor told me the job is mine if I want it, and he's probably busy with a million things, because he's the managing editor and the last 2 weeks of the month are his super busy weeks. But A REPLY WOULD BE NICE.

Meh. Dislike.

I'm craving red meat big time, so I think maybe tonight we will have to go out for burgers. Maybe that will help my bad attitude.

And now I need to get my ass to the gym.


tommyrot - Mar 21, 2014 11:10:54 am PDT #22982 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.

Hey, it's Friday! What are people doing this weekend?

Hopefully I'll hear back from the volunteer coordinator at the cat shelter so I can meet with him on Sunday and figure out my volunteer schedule.


Amy - Mar 21, 2014 11:11:19 am PDT #22983 of 30000
Because books.

That was me, Steph. Sorry the stormy headed your way.

I've been dealing with my ex-job all day doing freelance editing, and it's essentially just as poopyheaded as what you're going through. One day, the editors will rise up ...

Dana, good news!

This weekend I'm doing All the Laundry and writing and watching Teen Wolf. Whoo.


msbelle - Mar 21, 2014 11:16:15 am PDT #22984 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Tomorrow all 3 pets go to the vet in the morning, then a guy comes over to get instruction on yard work. Then nothing, hoping to watch tv and movies.


-t - Mar 21, 2014 11:20:21 am PDT #22985 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Congrats, Dana!

This weekend I am doing All the Household Chores (and lying in the sun reading magazines because I promised myself I would spend some time doing that every weekend once Spring sprang) because NEXT weekend I'll be running a 5k on Saturday and brunching on Sunday and the house will probably go to hell.

Meanwhile: more high profile responsibilities at work. Yay?


tommyrot - Mar 21, 2014 11:29:19 am PDT #22986 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.

And now I need to get my ass to the gym.

I wonder if things would be easier if you could just send your ass to the gym while the rest of you stays home...