Saffron: I'll die. Mal: Well, as a courtesy, you might start getting busy on that, 'cause all this chatter ain't doin' me any kindness.

'Trash'


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.


le nubian - Aug 25, 2013 11:32:13 am PDT #3503 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I finished an article review and now I don't want to do another damn thing except run through a park barefoot.


Calli - Aug 25, 2013 11:45:22 am PDT #3504 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

15 more minutes and I'm done with the three-day online conference. Thank gawd!


Zenkitty - Aug 25, 2013 11:57:42 am PDT #3505 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

When I was 9 or so, I had an imaginary pet bat named Suspended Annamay.

That's wonderful.

While weeding this morning, I discovered a large yellow-and-black jillifont in a odd zigzag web. I don't know what they're called, but I've seen them before. I'd like to know what they are so I can find out why their webs are weird. I didn't kill it; I accidentally destroyed its web, but it lived to weave another day.


Juliebird - Aug 25, 2013 12:00:05 pm PDT #3506 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Argiopes. Black and Yellow Garden Jillifont. My favorite Jillifont. I like to catch ants and throw them on the web. Because they're usually low to the ground.


Ginger - Aug 25, 2013 12:03:04 pm PDT #3507 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Orb-weaver spider?


§ ita § - Aug 25, 2013 12:12:18 pm PDT #3508 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Bwah! My sister totally egged Nurse WooWoo on. It was brilliant. I thought she (Nurse WW) would be on good behaviour, just to show me up, but she was GOLDEN. Quantum physics and changing paradigms and everything.

Now Sis is walking her to her car and telling her to stop being late (she called at 12:30 to say she'd be here at 12:50 and showed up after 1) because my head hurts (she's too nice to say this herself, you understand, and she'd feel awful if she knew I was telling you this, but COULD YOU PLEASE STICK TO YOUR COMMITMENTS??). (I can still hear them talking--the fuck?)

If she hadn't done anything else to help me out (she just finished putting together the Adirondack chair and cleaning the balcony), and even if this doesn't work, this is worth the plane ticket I'm reimbursing.


-t - Aug 25, 2013 12:21:04 pm PDT #3509 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Go sister of ita !! That is awesome!


quester - Aug 25, 2013 12:30:45 pm PDT #3510 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

yay for sisterly support!

can she go to the doctors and emergency room with you?


le nubian - Aug 25, 2013 12:38:27 pm PDT #3511 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Man, your sis rocks my world. Love her.


Connie Neil - Aug 25, 2013 12:40:22 pm PDT #3512 of 30000
brillig

I have to give a shoutout to my Hubby.

He recently jointed the NRA, because that made entry into a recent gun show free. He's always been interested in gun, particularly historical and hunting ones. We own a few, and they're all safely stored and managed. I have no objection to guns per se, but I think they're too easy to get and too many morons have them. However, I despise the masturbatory rantings of many NRA members as well as the politics of the group's leadership.

Still, I'm not going to forbid a grown man from joining a group. He wanted to enter a raffle they were holding, because one of the hunting rifles they're giving way is one he's wanted for years. I expressed dismay at a check from an account with my name on it showing up with money for the NRA. Hubby obligingly went and got a money order. The money is still from our joint account, but they won't have my name anywhere.

We agreed long ago that political debates are often not a good idea, because I rarely have the points handy that backup my opinions, and Hubby is an excellent debater so I'm quickly on the defensive. Hubby cares a lot more about being right than I do. I see it as a huge thing, though, that he's willing to bow to what he sees as an unfounded bias against the group but one which I feel strongly about. I made sure to thank him, and I've even managed some rational discussions about gun policy.