I confess to having watched some more of The Vanilla Ice Project, where he flips houses rather more masterfully than you might expect.
Everybody plays each other. That's all anybody ever does. We play parts.
Saffron ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Theodosia - Oct 07, 2013 2:31:50 pm PDT #8297 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Ginger - Oct 07, 2013 2:32:48 pm PDT #8298 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm sorry, Amy. I hope you find an employer who deserves you soon and then your former company gets sucked into a hellmouth.
SuziQ - Oct 07, 2013 2:38:47 pm PDT #8299 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I confess to having watched some more of The Vanilla Ice Project
I'm actually curious to see his new season. He is working with Amish folks to work on houses.
§ ita § - Oct 07, 2013 2:51:11 pm PDT #8300 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I would love to the get the Amish and, like, Apple to make me a house. Hitting it from both sides.
Amy - Oct 07, 2013 2:54:42 pm PDT #8301 of 30000
Because books.
There are a lot of Amish guys working construction out here, which startled me the first time I saw it.
Cashmere - Oct 07, 2013 4:21:19 pm PDT #8302 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
My mom just asked me to tweet to Anderson Cooper. She wants me to tell him to tell Congress to get their shit together. Hilarious. She's 72. And doesn't call it The Twitter.
Dana - Oct 07, 2013 4:21:34 pm PDT #8303 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I miss my Social Fixer extension for Facebook. I had forgotten how unusable Facebook is.
lisah - Oct 07, 2013 4:31:31 pm PDT #8304 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
I'm sorry, Amy. I hope you find an employer who deserves you soon and then your former company gets sucked into a hellmouth.
THIS!
A friend of my friend whose place burned down set up a donation page for the family. And someone stepped up to foster their cats while they are figuring out where they'll be living. Their dogs died in the fire which is so very sad, I can't even.
Amy - Oct 07, 2013 4:37:34 pm PDT #8305 of 30000
Because books.
Oh, lisah, that's so sad. Great that someone is fostering the cats, though.
sarameg - Oct 07, 2013 4:47:14 pm PDT #8306 of 30000
God, lisah, I saw that. I can't even either. (One of my proof-anxiety-is-going-whacko, time-to-recalibrate-the-brain, is when I suddenly start having exactly that fear somewhat obsessively.) Can you point me to the page?
Also, I was thinking about things that would be helpful longer term and one of those mundane things that still might make life so much easier- once they have more permanent housing, depending on the storage situation,get a group to do a massive Sam's Club/Costco trip and stock up on all the boring shit: detergent, batteries, flashlights, cleaning supplies, spare towels, sheet sets, paper goods, a vacuum, containers for all of this... They'll quickly amass supplies for the short term. It's the back stock when they might really need to just buy enough clothes and toiletries for the next week.
Also, just thinking about it, while things like disposable plates and stuff might be the best choice for now, I'd appreciate a good (non formal, but fun and suiting them) set of dishes for a sit down meal. You know, pretty plates and enough wineglasses for the family.