...burning baby fish swimming all round your head.

Drusilla ,'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.


meara - Jul 28, 2013 12:11:15 pm PDT #566 of 30000

It is fucking hot, and these people in Europe don't believe in air conditioning. They just run around in 100-degree heat, looking all chic and continental.

Damn them and their chic continentalness! Where do they learn it?

Dim sum was had, though both friends who were supposed to come bailed--one texted, the other said she had thought we were meeting at 1:30, not 11:30. Oops. Ah well. Then we ransacked Goodwill. Yay, sister.


quester - Jul 28, 2013 12:24:55 pm PDT #567 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

My ability to find horizontal surfaces to nap on on mornings of days I need to start cleaning remains epic.

Oh, yes! just thinking about cleaning makes me sleepy!

I too, bruise easily and I have my mother's nearly transparent skin so my veins look like road maps. You can imagine how well the bruises show. I discover new ones in the shower all the time. "wow, that's a big one, you'd think I would remember that happening!"

I can injure myself on anything. It's a proven fact.

I also hate vacuuming, but it's the noise. I'd rather use an old fashioned broom than put up with it. I keep my hair short so I don't need a hairdryer.


Burrell - Jul 28, 2013 1:46:30 pm PDT #568 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I have Ki! Love that color.

I keep my hair short so I don't need a hairdryer.

I don't use a hairdryer no matter what the length of my hair. Okay, I use one maybe 5-10 times a year, but not often. The one cut I had that required a hairdryer was a bob, and I grew it out when I realized that 2 toddlers = no time to style my hair in the morning.


Juliebird - Jul 28, 2013 1:49:47 pm PDT #569 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Wedding went off without a hitch, cousin of the mother's bride was content with the flowers I put in front of the offending mulch, rain held off until the very last guest got their car from the valet. Hopefully there won't be any complaining missives to the rental administrator. Very pretty wedding.


Jesse - Jul 28, 2013 1:57:16 pm PDT #570 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

My hair would never be dry if I didn't use a hairdryer, unless it were shorter than like an inch. It took hours to dry just from sweating this afternoon.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 28, 2013 2:09:37 pm PDT #571 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I can now cross having a threesome under the open sky in a backyard swimming pool off my bucket list. Needless to say, it was a fun afternoon.


Burrell - Jul 28, 2013 2:11:28 pm PDT #572 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

You chose well, Matt.


Jesse - Jul 28, 2013 2:12:00 pm PDT #573 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That sounds wonderful.


§ ita § - Jul 28, 2013 2:18:02 pm PDT #574 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I haven't used a hairdryer for almost thirty years now. One of the tips on handling lino for printing recommended warming it up with a hairdryer, and I haven't decided on the substitute yet--hold it face down over the hot stove, maybe?

I haven't bruised myself much recently, but you can't tell. I'm toting around bruises that are five, ten years old. I expect to take them to my grave, unless I misplace my legs before that for any reason.


Scrappy - Jul 28, 2013 2:35:02 pm PDT #575 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

No threesome, but I did get my nails done. A satiny green and I am quite pleased with it.