that's lovely 'Suela.
...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.
le nubian - Oct 06, 2013 5:20:26 pm PDT #8201 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jesse - Oct 06, 2013 5:30:41 pm PDT #8202 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm just sad because I haven't seen the sun in days. (It's possible there was some I missed yesterday...)
brenda m - Oct 06, 2013 5:33:12 pm PDT #8203 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
Aurelia, yrs. we enjoyed it a lot.
Ginger - Oct 06, 2013 5:42:12 pm PDT #8204 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It sounds like a picture-perfect day, Consuela. Given the sock swallowing, sock barfing is a good thing.
lisah - Oct 06, 2013 5:56:14 pm PDT #8205 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
For a fruit fly trap that uses science instead of plastic wrap
I'm pretty sure plastic wrap is 100% made of science.
Consuela, your day sounds magical!
Sometimes I want Owen to be my best friend. He'd be the coolest best friend EVER.
Seriously! I just read Cashmere's fb post about this out loud to Bob. What a cool kid!
I'm thinking about getting my friend who's house burned down a Sephora gift card because she loves makeup and I feel like that's the sort of thing that insurance wouldn't replace.
Amy - Oct 06, 2013 6:09:32 pm PDT #8206 of 30000
Because books.
Last hivemind question for the night: If you were charging for writing trivia questions, how much would you charge? Between $5 and $10?
I'm thinking about getting my friend who's house burned down a Sephora gift card because she loves makeup and I feel like that's the sort of thing that insurance wouldn't replace.
Plus, it'll make her feel a little better right now, which would be a good thing.
le nubian - Oct 06, 2013 6:16:23 pm PDT #8207 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Amy,
is the charge per question? Do you have to do research for it? Do it by the hour? How many Qs can you write per hour? What is your hourly rate?
aurelia - Oct 06, 2013 7:19:40 pm PDT #8208 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
we enjoyed it a lot.
I'm glad! It's been fun to work on.
Burrell - Oct 06, 2013 7:26:26 pm PDT #8209 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Consuela, what a lovely day, thanks so much for sharing it. It made me happy just to read it, but it made me even happier that it happened to you because you've been stuck in such a long awful slog, and I know what that feels like. Those days of respite are such a gift.
meara - Oct 06, 2013 7:37:16 pm PDT #8210 of 30000
Suela, that sounds awesome, other than the dog eating a sock (!?!)
Speaking of bald (or very short haired) beauties, ever since you commented on it here I've been noticing whenever I see a woman with hair around your length and I can see what you mean. Far more black women of all ages tend to opt for that hair length. White women, especially older white women, run a very distant second
Definitely--I think also there's less lesbian association with it for black women. I mean, yeah, I'm sure there's still some questions, but I feel like it's way more of a signifier for white women to have a shaved head/very short hair than for a black woman to have a TWA.
but did you know that Craisins are made of the leftovers from juicing the cranberries??
Are raisins juiced-grapes? If not, why does that work for cranberries? (I mean, I know Craisins are also sweetened and shit, but...would they taste more cranberry-y if they weren't juiced first? NOW I WANT TO KNOW.)