But? There's always a but. When this is over, can we have a big 'but' moratorium?

Fred ,'Smile Time'


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.


Sheryl - Aug 16, 2013 12:24:30 pm PDT #2674 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

I'm wearing the same shoes I wear (just about) every day- black Easy Spirit walking shoes. (I'm not into shoes much and I tend to go for comfort over style)


§ ita § - Aug 16, 2013 1:03:25 pm PDT #2675 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Fedex delivered the Adirondack chair. The delivery guy looked at my crutches and asked "Do you need a bit of help with that?"

Bit of v. totally entirely all you? Mmmm....

Picked up my disabled placard, which means I drove. It's not fun, but it's doable. Could be worse.


JenP - Aug 16, 2013 1:15:28 pm PDT #2676 of 30000

Argh, just lost most of this post. Eh, it wasn't that great.

Jesse, the sandals are the best (online reviews support my stance -- I felt so validated!) Mostly sold out on line, but worth checking out and/or going to an actual Payless to check the clearance racks -- sandals are mostly gone by now, but you never know. I think they're around $9.99 at this point.

Man the weather has been so fabulous. Feels like the exact opposite of last summer.


JenP - Aug 16, 2013 1:18:54 pm PDT #2677 of 30000

Sorry to hear about your ankle, ita. I actually haven't caught up reading to the point where I know what happened, but I do hope it's getting better fast.


flea - Aug 16, 2013 1:32:07 pm PDT #2678 of 30000
information libertarian

Set of quadruplets: Kathryn, Elliott, Thompson, and Emerson. All except Elliott are girls. *Thompson*?? That's a new one on me.

Also I saw official documents belonging to a 30-ish woman named Jhonee Carson at work the other week.


DavidS - Aug 16, 2013 2:23:31 pm PDT #2679 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I'm wearing purple Converse.

We got Matilda's class assignment for this year. She got totally shut out from her besties! Norah, Isabella and Sena are all in other classes. And even her second tier of friends is fairly thin so she's not with Ellie, Iris, Sophie or Vivian either.

She does have Reece, Lucy, Angelika and Rayna in her class, but within the context of "she'll be fine, she's in a good school, with good teachers and knows everybody and the school" - pretty much the least desirable assignment for her.

I'm pretty sure she's going to cry when she finds out she's not with her friends. I would have been okay with her not being in the same class without her three closest friends if more of her other friends would be there to allow those friendships to grow. But she already knows all the other kids in her class and I know she's not that into them, so opportunities for new/deeper friendships there are slim.

From a parental point of view, I totally got my favorite parents in this group. But a lot of them are parents of boys who barely impinge on her emotional life at this point. (For those following along at home, Isaiah the boy who made the box for her and took her to Pixar is not going to be in her class either. He'll be bummed.)


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 16, 2013 2:43:52 pm PDT #2680 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Set of quadruplets: Kathryn, Elliott, Thompson, and Emerson. All except Elliott are girls. *Thompson*?? That's a new one on me.

Wait, so if they're mixed sex then they're all from different ova? Fertility treatments?


Juliebird - Aug 16, 2013 2:45:18 pm PDT #2681 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

So, my apartment is over the garage. It's a walkup with a cute curving staircase up to a small private patio and my stoop. My mailbox is down by the garage door.

I found a hairband on my stoop, and my own hair is three inches long.

WTF, neighbors? I don't go hang out on your deck. Maybe if I hadn't weeded my stairs you would have stayed the hell out of my space.

I think I'm going to change my lock again, because there's still the time when I let them house sit for me and they never gave back my key, but claimed they had put it in my mailbox.


flea - Aug 16, 2013 2:47:30 pm PDT #2682 of 30000
information libertarian

I don't know; friends of a friend. I assume so.

Casper weeps every other day about not being in class with her best friend. But I hope she has some better influences in her class this year, and makes friends with people I like more. Dillo's best friend changed schools, but he brought home a strange girl's address and phone number from camp this week, so I am overall positive on his social prospects right now.


-t - Aug 16, 2013 2:50:45 pm PDT #2683 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Mother's maiden name for a girl is pretty common, isn't it? Not in my family with our generations of hard to pronounce names, but I hear it's a thing that is done.

Today's shoes: [link] - off my feet because I am home. I love that when I opened up fickr I immediately got a stream of shoe pictures.

Today's was our employee sample sale. They aren't kidding with the bargains - my big ticket item was a roasting pan for $7. I'll give y'all a heads up before the next one in case anyone wants me to look for anything for them, now that I have some idea how it all works.

Got some sauvignon blanc chilling in the fridge and soon to have Saints football on the TV. Good day.