Pretty house, flea. Any chance they'd negotiate?
There's more than one way to skin a cat. And I happen to know that's factually true.
Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
Calli - Jun 05, 2014 11:43:28 am PDT #29212 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
flea - Jun 05, 2014 11:45:10 am PDT #29213 of 30000
information libertarian
I think it is well-priced. In the current market my main hope is it doesn't go under contract before we can see it.
I am frantically doing math and self-justification, while I wait to see if we can see it tonight.
Dana - Jun 05, 2014 11:46:37 am PDT #29214 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Fingers crossed, flea!
Scrappy - Jun 05, 2014 11:48:46 am PDT #29215 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
That is pretty much my dream house right there.
Amy - Jun 05, 2014 11:53:32 am PDT #29216 of 30000
Because books.
But that's my dream house!
Can I live with you?
Scrappy, did you grow up on the East Coast? That's the sort of house I was used to growing up in New Jersey, and it's still my very favorite. Give me a porch and built-ins and fireplaces any day.
flea - Jun 05, 2014 11:53:33 am PDT #29217 of 30000
information libertarian
If we buy it, everyone is invited to come laze in our hammock.
Jesse - Jun 05, 2014 12:01:29 pm PDT #29218 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh shit -- why haven't I bought a hammock yet???
-t - Jun 05, 2014 12:33:33 pm PDT #29219 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yay, hammocks! I don't think I've set up my hammock yet this year, been making do with the folding chaise because I've been wanting sun more than breeze.
Have scheduled my parents' 50th anniversary party, go me! It's in two weeks, so I should probably get on sending out invitations soon. Some of the guests do not have e-mail so I will have to, like, buy paper invitations and write stuff on them and mail them out. So retro.
We're having it at a Thai restaurant, by the way, which my dad thinks is a little odd. My mom said they had Greek food at their wedding for no good reason so why not Thai for the anniversary?
Sheryl - Jun 05, 2014 1:01:08 pm PDT #29220 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I'm sorry, Calli.
Steph L. - Jun 05, 2014 1:17:05 pm PDT #29221 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
You all know that I'm crazy, right? In an endearing, yet maddening way? Good.
My boss at the AMA told me that a higher-level (read: much more complicated and shit, but also higher-paying) editor position is likely to be open in a couple of months, and wanted to know if I was interested.
A sane person would be like, hey, after 6 months my boss thinks I can handle harder, more complicated shit AND wants to pay me more to do so! I am so badass!
*I*, however, am all JESUS CHRIST WHAT IF I CAN'T DO THIS AND FAIL HORRIBLY AND THEY WON'T KEEP MY OLD JOB OPEN SO THEN I WON'T HAVE ANY JOB THIS IS A BIG RISK OH MY GOD WHY WOULD I DO THIS?!?!?
Because I am insane.
My boss wouldn't ask me if I was interested if she didn't think I could do it. She also wouldn't offer it to me without planning to train and guide me. My rational brain knows all this. Unfortunately my "rational brain" is about 2 cells, while 99.99% of my brain is Daffy Duck when he starts flipping his shit.
I am just not right in the head.
Anyway, she told me to take a few days and get back to her, and I told her I was flattered that she thought of me, and I would formulate a list of questions and get them to her by the end of the week.
Assuming the position really comes open in a couple of months, I'm sure I'll go for it. I'm just freaked out by the challenge and afraid I can't do it.
Even though it's what I did for EIGHTEEN YEARS.
Because I am insane.