Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


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.


Laura - May 07, 2014 8:12:29 am PDT #27048 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Isn't that a terrible picture of her?

Let me show you my teeth.

Yay Mac!!!


Jesse - May 07, 2014 8:13:25 am PDT #27049 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

ita, don't go to work.

Go, mac! At least he's keeping up with something? And you are also doing a great job with your exercising and whatnot!

She looks like she's trying to force a smile after being told she has to clean toilets all day.

That sounds about right. But maybe it's just her face? She should maybe be a person who doesn't smile in pictures?


Jesse - May 07, 2014 8:19:06 am PDT #27050 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Am feeling amazing about this Serious Eats iced coffee taste-test. [link] Amazing because (spoilers) I don't need to feel about about just brewing coffee and then putting it in the fridge any more.


-t - May 07, 2014 8:29:57 am PDT #27051 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

First chair! That's awesome! I was perennial second chair flute in middle school.


Steph L. - May 07, 2014 8:49:38 am PDT #27052 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Yay mac! That's excellent!

I don't need to feel about about just brewing coffee and then putting it in the fridge any more.

That's what I do! I'm too lazy to do otherwise. t edit And I drink it w/cream, so the article totally vindicates my laziness.


Atropa - May 07, 2014 8:55:18 am PDT #27053 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I don't understand not using moisturizer. My face feels dry just thinking about it!

Same here. I've become a convert to Bee Magic Healing Cream at night. It goes on heavy, but it absorbs quickly, and it really is magic for my skin.

Daytime, I use a light application of Weleda Skin Food under my makeup, and a dusting of powder sunblock. I've had to convert to physical sunblocks instead of my beloved super-high SPF chemical ones, because my skin has decided chemical sunblocks are The Enemy.


Jesse - May 07, 2014 8:55:45 am PDT #27054 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

And I drink it w/cream, so the article totally vindicates my laziness.

This is what I'm saying! I tried cold brewing, which is also very easy, but I just didn't like it as much. Maybe I need my coffee to be bitter because I do like to add milk and sugar?


Steph L. - May 07, 2014 8:58:09 am PDT #27055 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Back in the day, I seriously would brew hot coffee in the morning, and then dump it over a tumbler of ice to cool down (thus diluting it, which was NOT my goal), and then dumping the cool coffee over another tumbler of ice so I could have iced coffee, not tepid coffee. I grumbled about it, and I'm pretty sure it was a Buffista who said, just brew it the night before and set the carafe in the fridge. And it was like turning lead into gold, ISTG. I would never have thought of that on my own, because I have hilarious gaps in common sense.


Jesse - May 07, 2014 9:01:41 am PDT #27056 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Making coffee at night stills feels funny sometimes, though, right?


brenda m - May 07, 2014 9:08:12 am PDT #27057 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

It totally does.