You know, I've saved lives. Dozens. Maybe hundreds. I reattached a girl's leg. Her whole leg. She named her hamster after me. I got a hamster. He drops a box of money, he gets a town.

Simon ,'Jaynestown'


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.


Jesse - May 29, 2014 3:50:04 am PDT #28684 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I am grateful the sun is shining and I am no longer on the verge of tears. So that's good! Onward and upward!

I hope other people have ridiculous good-luck charm kinds of things, because I had my coffee this morning in the joke "Employee of the Year" mug an old employee gave me once. (It was a set from The Office.) I like to use it before big and/or tough days at work!


-t - May 29, 2014 4:31:53 am PDT #28685 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 a good one.


Jesse - May 29, 2014 5:17:49 am PDT #28686 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Hey grammar people, in "newly elected government," I don't need a hyphen, right?


Amy - May 29, 2014 5:26:06 am PDT #28687 of 30000
Because books.

No, you don't, Jesse. And good luck!


Dana - May 29, 2014 5:26:26 am PDT #28688 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Right.


Jesse - May 29, 2014 5:41:13 am PDT #28689 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Thanks!


Burrell - May 29, 2014 5:44:05 am PDT #28690 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Good luck, Jesse, may the day bring more light and happy than you are expecting.

I do that sort of thing too, turning everyday items into totemic objects that can help me through a tough day. The right coffee cup is key, and I wear something made by my daughter. I even carefully select for certain underwear on those days. Because I am a dork, apparently.


-t - May 29, 2014 6:33:17 am PDT #28691 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Underwear is excellent for that purpose, because you know it's there but no one else does.


flea - May 29, 2014 6:35:29 am PDT #28692 of 30000
information libertarian

I used to put on red lipstick and combat boots to go work in the library when I was having a hard time motivating myself in college.


juliana - May 29, 2014 7:16:53 am PDT #28693 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Many hugs to everyone who's had a hard day! And much plumbing~ma, sara!

And probably lots of other stuff I meant to respond to, but cannot brane.

All of this. And I also have totemic objects - well, usually makeup and/or scent, but the same idea of fortification.