Well, we may not have parted on the best of terms. I realize certain words were exchanged. Also, certain... bullets. But that's air through the engine. It's past. We're business people.

Mal ,'Serenity'


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.


Amy - Jul 29, 2013 4:29:27 am PDT #627 of 30000
Because books.

After Darth Ratzenberg it's nice to have a pontiff who actually emulates Jesus instead of just using his biography to rationalize prejudice.

This.


Jesse - Jul 29, 2013 4:31:07 am PDT #628 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, I like him quite a bit. He seems like he actually follows Jesus for real.

Theo, that sounds like a great family visit!


Jesse - Jul 29, 2013 4:32:04 am PDT #629 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

You know what I am unprepared for today? Being back at work. At least I only have a hundred and some emails to go through? And many of them are just news stories I can skim and delete.


Sue - Jul 29, 2013 4:46:26 am PDT #630 of 30000
hip deep in pie

You know what I am unprepared for today? Being back at work.

Ugh. So tired. So bored. I ran out of internet before nine!

Also, I stepped in a huge pile of cat puke this morning. Not a great way to start the week.

I have resorted to doing work related research to keep myself from dying. t /melodrama


msbelle - Jul 29, 2013 5:19:47 am PDT #631 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

re: my parents

They like the fiance. And it is really more my mother than anything. Everything is fine as long as no one talks about anything that makes, you know, the GAY, a reality. I think they would prefer if we just all spoke about fiance as a roommate and lalalala. I kinda don't know how I am gonna look at them when I see them next. Get over yourself and be happy for your son.

I kinda view it as my mom have a very long pout that she is not having the life she expected. No wedding of her children when they were young, no bio grand-children - a gay child, a grandchild that is a lot of work. wah wah wah.


§ ita § - Jul 29, 2013 5:25:50 am PDT #632 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The Pope is good news for gay priests, bad news for female ones. Ah, well.

Woke up exhausted this morning, and in extra pain. I was going to tell my boss I'd work until noon, but I think the issue is more that I'm not up to starting work right now.


Connie Neil - Jul 29, 2013 5:50:33 am PDT #633 of 30000
brillig

get together with a former roomie for discounted all-you-can-eat steak at a churrascaria tomorrow.

Matt and discount beef. My mind went to a weird place.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 29, 2013 6:05:04 am PDT #634 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

There will be no double-entendreing where this particular former roommate is concerned! Though I did have a big crush on an earlier one.


le nubian - Jul 29, 2013 6:10:38 am PDT #635 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

After Darth Ratzenberg it's nice to have a pontiff who actually emulates Jesus instead of just using his biography to rationalize prejudice.

I think he is actually the Emperor, but otherwise I support your statement.


Kat - Jul 29, 2013 6:33:33 am PDT #636 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I kinda view it as my mom have a very long pout that she is not having the life she expected. No wedding of her children when they were young, no bio grand-children - a gay child, a grandchild that is a lot of work. wah wah wah.

This is not in defense of your mother's response to your brother's engagement, msbelle. But I can so understand that feeling of expectations not being what reality is. Grace is not the kid I dreamed of or expected at all. Then there is also the guilt and upset that you even feel disappointed with reality, that it doesn't really detract from the people you love in reality. It's a complicated place to be emotionally.