I am going to get my hair cut ahead of schedule so I can stick lidocaine patches to my scalp. This isn't medically approved, but it seems less disapproved of then my other pain relief options.
MotherFUCKER.
Oh, yeah. There was this time I was pinned down by this guy that played left tackle for varsity... Well, at least he used to before he was a vampire... Anyway, he had this really, really thick neck, and all I had was a little, little Exact-O knife ... You're not loving this story.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
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.
§ ita § - Sep 11, 2013 4:08:45 pm PDT #4958 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jesse - Sep 11, 2013 4:11:40 pm PDT #4959 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oy vey, ita.
Yes, Daisy is a friend of mine as well.
Small world!
sarameg - Sep 11, 2013 4:12:27 pm PDT #4960 of 30000
A lot of my aunts and uncles share an email account (not my parents, though! Mom got a gmail account just this month! In addition to her yahoo because she prefers the interface) and I consider that a victory since getting them to USE email was such an ordeal. It lead to quite a bit of hilarity when Frank was here and on his 3rd disposable cell (kept losing them on the road. Note: he also was known for losing shoes, hats, pants, etc on the road*) and so Sue was emailing her(them)self and me to get info to/from Frank, and so I was reading aloud these exasperated notes from her telling him to read their goddamned mail. At one point he said "well, you have her intonation down perfectly. I think she's annoyed with me." Hee.
My second eldest aunt has embraced texting, though. Weirds her daughter out because she totally uses chat-speak, and if you knew Annalee...well, she has perfect Minnesota enunciation and grammar when she speaks. I don't think she's ever uttered a run-on sentence or fragment in her life. But she can out-text her 20-something grandson and future grand-DIL.
* One of the recurring themes from his fellow bikers at the memorial service was 'things Frank left behind.' Several from out of town actually brought some of the things they'd acquired. One guy pretty much won: 'He left ME! And didn't realize it for 90 miles!'
Jesse - Sep 11, 2013 4:13:59 pm PDT #4961 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's hilarious.
My mother has gotten into texting with the iPhone -- it took her a while to get the nuances of text v. email, now that they are both on her phone.
Cass - Sep 11, 2013 4:14:28 pm PDT #4962 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Damn. He posted. I liked. Time to go wrangle into a sports bra and stretch. I'll appreciate this later, I hope.
People embracing technologies is weird. And sometimes fun.
Ouch, ita. I hope it helps.
Cashmere - Sep 11, 2013 4:21:06 pm PDT #4963 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Repot, I covet those swanky, zero gravity chairs!!! Cool gift!
I am creeped out by couples Facebook accounts. My DH isn't into social media but he keeps an account to stay in touch with friends and to see whom I have offended on any given day.
-t - Sep 11, 2013 4:25:09 pm PDT #4964 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I treat my parents' e-mail addresses as if they were separate but they actually both have access to both of them because it's just easier for them that way. Shrug. Mom is really embracing Facetime and Google Hangouts.
Jeez, my dad is 72 tomorrow and I didn't get him anything. Oops.
meara - Sep 11, 2013 4:28:01 pm PDT #4965 of 30000
My parents share email (and don't Facebook) but I think it's ok if you hardly use email and its not how your friends contact you. They still make and get phone calls, not emails.
Atropa - Sep 11, 2013 4:31:37 pm PDT #4966 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
My dad used mom's FB account for a little while after she passed away. I finally had to say, "Dad, I get it, but I'm a goth and I find it a little unnerving to see mom leaving birthday wishes for Pete. Let me set you up your own account."
Dana - Sep 11, 2013 4:39:18 pm PDT #4967 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I think my computer just saved me. I got in the car earlier, and the rental car has satellite radio. The classical channel was playing the last couple of minutes of "On the Transmigration of Souls", John Adams' piece that was commissioned to commemorate 9/11. After I got done crying, I decided to listen to the rest of it once I got back to the hotel room.
My trusty little netbook, which is showing its age, got about five minutes into the YT video before it decided to stop. Or before it decided I should stop.