Grace! I'm so excited for her!
Zen, if you wouldn't mind (and it wouldn't blow your Hydra cover), would you please email me the name of your company? I'm interested in anyplace hiring editors or writers, right now.
No studying? Damn! Next thing they'll tell me is I'll have to eat jelly doughnuts or sleep with a supermodel to get things done around here. I ask you, how much can one man give?
Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
Atropa - Jun 10, 2014 10:11:23 pm PDT #29645 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
-t - Jun 11, 2014 3:13:25 am PDT #29646 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Mmm, now I want Consuela's cookies for breakfast, please.
sarameg - Jun 11, 2014 3:15:30 am PDT #29647 of 30000
Gawd, people are talky and loud this morning.
And I'm sitting in the dark in my office because the bulb burned out on our lamp, it's dreary out and I refuse to turn on the florescent overheads. I feel as if I should start growling or something.
JZ - Jun 11, 2014 3:17:04 am PDT #29648 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
So excited for smiling naked-necked ready-for-swimming Grace, and for you too!
Cashmere - Jun 11, 2014 3:20:18 am PDT #29649 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
I am just so happy for Grace!!!!
Jesse - Jun 11, 2014 3:26:36 am PDT #29650 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Seriously -- what a journey!
I have all meetings today, and then vacation! For two days. (Plus the weekend.) With terrible flights. But STILL.
But seriously: I have a 9-10, a 10-11, an 11-1, a 2-3, and a 3-4. Good times.
Laura - Jun 11, 2014 3:39:02 am PDT #29651 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Grace has no trache at the moment!
This is such an exciting new chapter for Grace! The advantage of catching up on a day's posts is finding out that surgery is going to happen and getting the results in a few minutes. Much easier than real time. Also, that toilet looks like great fun.
Anyway, we had a fun conversation about the difference in mindsets between a competitive swimmer (even an ex) and someone like me.
I've had this conversation a couple times with my friend and now coworker. She competed in 4 Olympics and after she didn't qualify for her 5th attempt we discussed workouts for fun vs competition. I am her polar opposite. I enjoy madly many sports, but suck at all of them. I love to swim, but both my form and times are laughable. I did several marathons, but never did them in less than nearly 7 hours. Any injury stops me completely. She feels that I would benefit from learning how to work through the discomfort and would enjoy the activities a lot more if I were to get some coaching to up my game. She also knows that she has to find a way to find joy in the activity without comparing her performance with others.
I know she is right and that I should make more effort, but wimp here! She coaches a lot and what should happen is that I should go under her wing and let her push me. (but she is so strong and powerful, wimp out, wimp out)
Theodosia - Jun 11, 2014 3:49:26 am PDT #29652 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
It's amazing how much better my morning is if I let myself have three double-chocolate Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies first thing when I'm trying to wake up. Nomnomnom
Laura - Jun 11, 2014 3:57:47 am PDT #29653 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
My breakfast is looking pretty sad right now.
Fred Pete - Jun 11, 2014 4:15:49 am PDT #29654 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Yay, Grace! Good luck!