Hey, preaching to the choir. I thought our Lady of the Perpetual Sea Breeze was the real deal until the Divine Miss J walked right through that door and right into my ass—which is where my heart is…physiologically. I could show you an x-ray.

Lorne ,'Time Bomb'


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.


DavidS - Jun 13, 2014 11:21:24 am PDT #29819 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Is he excited about college? What kind of a program is he entering? (forgive me if I should know this, mind like sieve you know)

He's cautiously excited about college. Not as gung ho to go as I was. He loves his friends in High School. He told me I couldn't look at his Yearbook because of things people wrote about him but I took peek anyway. He's well loved by his friends in return.

He's interested in kinesiology, and Sonoma State has a good program for it. Most importantly for him, Sonoma State was voted as having the best college dorm rooms in the country. Woot! One of their townhouse suites shared by 6 students.

It's a pretty campus, and while he won't play on the college baseball team (which is Div 2), they have a club team that he wants to play for.

It's only an hour away, so far enough away to avoid drop-ins, but close enough for Matilda to visit and vice versa.


Steph L. - Jun 13, 2014 11:24:03 am PDT #29820 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

One of their townhouse suites shared by 6 students.

That's a dorm? Daaaaaang.


DavidS - Jun 13, 2014 11:29:10 am PDT #29821 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

That's a dorm? Daaaaaang.

Since it's in wine country and gets a lot of monetary support from the wine industry, all the residential villages are named after wines and territories.

There's a good chance he'll wind up in Zinfandel village.


Laura - Jun 13, 2014 11:29:22 am PDT #29822 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

That sounds ideal! It is a very exciting time. Bobby is studying physical therapy. He is always showing off his knowledge of anatomy around me. I think he knows every single muscle and bone and so forth at this point.


§ ita § - Jun 13, 2014 11:29:34 am PDT #29823 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Thanks for the congrats, guys.

I did put everything into a nice spreadsheet.

Mine's filed in Evernote. I wish that could come up in interviews.


DavidS - Jun 13, 2014 11:32:07 am PDT #29824 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Bobby is studying physical therapy. He is always showing off his knowledge of anatomy around me. I think he knows every single muscle and bone and so forth at this point.

My dad did PT for his first seven years in the Air Force, rehabbing guys who came back from the Korean War. So Emmett is not just a fourth generation catcher, he might have physical therapist in his blood.


Maria - Jun 13, 2014 11:37:05 am PDT #29825 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

My lord, Emmett is graduating? That's just not possible. Congratulations to all who love him.


§ ita § - Jun 13, 2014 12:08:40 pm PDT #29826 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

My sister and some of her friends wanted to switch to PT to get closer to the sports teams. None of them did, but I did later meet one woman who went into it with that as her motivation.

And now I have a cousin who PTs the Jamaican fucking Olympic sprinting team, and...shit, what choices did I make?


Sheryl - Jun 13, 2014 12:21:57 pm PDT #29827 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Congrats to Emmett!


brenda m - Jun 13, 2014 12:27:12 pm PDT #29828 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

Based on my experience of having an umm friend who was an anatomy major, that should set him up well with the ladies.