Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!

Xander ,'Lessons'


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 28, 2014 4:36:47 pm PDT #23888 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Suzie, that sounds awesome.

I am posting from the spa at the Claremont Hotel, which is a ridiculously posh 19th century hotel, a great white palace on the hill above Berkeley. Got a 90 minute massage, sat in the hot tub with a view of the bay, and now I'm lounging until I'm dry enough to change and go home to my pedestrian life where nobody gives me a fresh warm robe when I get out of the shower...


§ ita § - Mar 28, 2014 4:51:23 pm PDT #23889 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I don't often think of the Grand Canyon, but you have represented it beautifully, Suzi.

Consuela, do you want a stranger standing in your bathroom? Maybe they were warming the robe by sitting on it? Or wearing it?


Strix - Mar 28, 2014 5:07:40 pm PDT #23890 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Well, hey, its's ita! Lovely to see you again!

And I am not the only person to wear nightgowns out! HA! The one I wore out most often is pretty damned threadbare now, so it's demoted to around the house wear, and fast-food runs.


msbelle - Mar 28, 2014 5:09:01 pm PDT #23891 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Do any parents use Khan Academy?

Mac is about to start a homework tutorial program he is going to HATE, but he is failing 4 classes as of today and I am done with it.


Jesse - Mar 28, 2014 5:10:59 pm PDT #23892 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh, that sounds amazing, Suzi!


Laura - Mar 28, 2014 5:30:50 pm PDT #23893 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Oh that was beautiful, Suzi! The last time I was there I was pregnant with one of the boys, so clearly a long time ago. Must go back.

I have to share my favorite Grand Canyon story. On one of the lookouts there was a couple maybe in their 60s. She grumpily complained to her husband, "do we have to stop at every lookout, this is monotonous." I swear everyone's head turned and looked at the poor man with pity. And surely would have looked the other way if he tossed her off the edge. How do you please someone who finds the Grand Canyon monotonous?

Also jealous of Consuela! And delighted to read of people enjoying life. Well done.

Typos!


Connie Neil - Mar 28, 2014 5:31:08 pm PDT #23894 of 30000
brillig

People's bedclothes dilemmas always intrigue me, because I don't bother with them. I've got a robe handy if I need to interact with someone who's not a cat or Hubby, but otherwise my nighttimes are clothing optional.


Laura - Mar 28, 2014 5:45:56 pm PDT #23895 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

I didn't wear nightclothes for years, but I think I started when DH's grandparents lived with us for a while. Then the children were getting older and I just got in the habit.


Strix - Mar 28, 2014 5:46:42 pm PDT #23896 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I vary the night clothing wildly, depending on mood and weather and sleeping patterns. Most usually it's panties and a tank; when I'm sick, it might be full-on flannel granny nightgown, and when I'm all freshly showered and lotioned, I might slide into a nice nightie.

I have a lot of flannel PJ bottoms, but I wear them around the house, and ditch when it's time to go to bed. I can't sleep with too much fabric. And when it's hot out, it's just underwear.


sarameg - Mar 28, 2014 5:55:24 pm PDT #23897 of 30000

ita! ita!ita!ita!

Happy to see you!

I don't take the Grand Canyon for granted, per se (I'll ask people to look out their windows when flying over it) but I honestly can't remember the first time I saw it, I was probably wee. Last was 1996, that I know. But we went there pretty frequently, and while it never fails to strike me as incredible and result in a lot of mind-meanderings (so many things to think about: the geological scale, the time scale, life of the people on it, what people thought when they first encountered it, etc.) I never really got that first-time wowza. It was fun to read Suzi's.

Y'all. All the posts have their first coat of varnish. The only coat with a sensitive dark stain. And I'm very happy with the results. The next 2 coats (3 on the rail) will be a summer oak to add extra warmth, but I won't have to worry about brushmarks or too thickness or whatever. Should get done this weekend.

I'm NOT happy with my ability to take photos, because the flash seems to emphasize imperfections that you don't see, the color is wrong (there's one where post matches stairs. Um, no!) and ups the contrast so that it looks blotchy where it isn't. But still, proof I did something: [link]