So, how was your summer? Mine was fun. Saw some fish. Went mad with hunger. Hallucinated a whole bunch.

Angel ,'Conviction (1)'


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.


Zenkitty - Apr 05, 2014 5:54:37 pm PDT #24493 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Jesse, I hope this transition goes as smoothly and trauma-less-ly as possible for you and your dad and your mom. It's so hard.

I'm imagining my mom in that wonderful German facility. Wait for a bus, shoot, my mom stole a delivery van and drove off in it.

My family, we're always the damn outliers.

tommyrot, those photos are lovely! You are surely helping those kitties get homes.


shrift - Apr 05, 2014 6:12:30 pm PDT #24494 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

tommyrot, those are BEAUTIFUL! You're giving those cats and the shelter a great chance.

What sarameg said!


Burrell - Apr 05, 2014 6:19:54 pm PDT #24495 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Oh Jesse, I'm sorry that your father has been struggling so. I hope you find a good place for him.

We got some bad news today. C's aunt has metastatic pancreatic cancer. Ugh! Universe, why do you have to be so brutal! Her grandson was just born about a week ago. I hope she gets to spend a good long time with him.


Amy - Apr 05, 2014 6:22:59 pm PDT #24496 of 30000
Because books.

I feel like I do better at TJ Maxx with clothes, and better at Marshall's with shoes, but I could be making that up. I like both. I think the only Ross I was ever in was in Seattle, when I got there and realized I really should have brought a coat.

My real favorite is Home Goods, though. I could wander in there forever.


sarameg - Apr 05, 2014 6:31:01 pm PDT #24497 of 30000

The main thing I find upsetting about getting older is that we're all terminal and it gets thrown in your face about people you care about more and more. The aches and new pains, those I can laugh at.


-t - Apr 05, 2014 6:33:18 pm PDT #24498 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I have once again failed to spend any of my Saturday lying in the sun reading magazines. I really thought that was one of my more achievable goals.


-t - Apr 05, 2014 6:36:11 pm PDT #24499 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That's rough, Burrell.

I get all the discount places jumbled together in my head, but Ross is closest to my house, so it's where I'm more apt to go.


tommyrot - Apr 05, 2014 6:39:40 pm PDT #24500 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.

Thanks for all the compliments, folks!


Liese S. - Apr 05, 2014 6:42:23 pm PDT #24501 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, I'm not dealing well with the whole concept of aging thing.

I would agree with that assessment, Amy. I think Marshalls has better coats too.


meara - Apr 05, 2014 8:49:27 pm PDT #24502 of 30000

I am about to go pace back and forth in my house because I am only 100 steps from hitting 20K steps today. Go fitbit? (Somehow "wander around stores, then run two miles, then walk to dancing, then dance, then walk to the hot dog stand, then walk back to dancing" added up!)