Spike: Heard what happened up top, offing your dad and all. Don't know if you know this, but, uh…I killed my mum. Actually, I'd already killed her, and then she tried to shag me, so I had to-- Wesley: Thank you. I'm…very comforted.

'Lineage'


Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Consuela - Jul 12, 2014 8:30:21 am PDT #1814 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Tom, the cuteness factor there will be off the scale. Awesome little Frenchie ears!

In other news, I finally started up the free trial of The Daily Burn today. I suspect that this will kick my ass on a regular basis. It's like having an endless series of workout videos, with a new workout posted every day. They have five-minute workouts or full 60-minute ones. And it's only a little bit more expensive than my Hulu Plus account: a year's membership is cheaper than getting my house cleaned once.

What I like is that I'm really bad at workout classes: they're never at the right time for me, and they cost too much, and I'm kind of uncoordinated. So I like being able to be awkward and not worry about bumping into someone else.

We'll see: if I do the workout even once a week, that'd be worth it.


Burrell - Jul 12, 2014 9:18:30 am PDT #1815 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

You make a good case for it, Conseula. Let me know how it goes, I might be interested.


meara - Jul 12, 2014 9:24:57 am PDT #1816 of 30000

Since I got 10000 steps (and 35(!) flights of stairs) according to my fitbit in by noon, I can just sit around for the rest of the day, right?

Uh, obviously! At one point I misspoke to someone and said I had almost reached the step limit for the day, on my fitbit, and they were like "you mean...GOAL?" and I was all "...totally what I meant..."

Ended up spending $70 for me and $100 for roomie on the sample sale--it's gotten more popular, last time I got there at 8:30AM (started at 9) and was second in line. This time I got there at 8:40 and there were 25 people ahead of me! Luckily most of them were skinny runner types, so they were not fighting me for the Large and XL sized clothes. Mostly out-of-season stuff (long sleeves and sweatshirts) but still--for a lot of it, ONE piece would be $70, and instead they were $10 each. Good deal! (http://www.oiselle.com/ for those curious--I bet Suela would like some of it!)

And now it is super hot and I am supposed to BAKE A PIE. Ew.


Sue - Jul 12, 2014 9:28:15 am PDT #1817 of 30000
hip deep in pie

And now it is super hot and I am supposed to BAKE A PIE. Ew.

I have have just finished making a pie in the heat. It was no fun. It's a custard pie, so I had to only blind bake the crust, but still.


-t - Jul 12, 2014 9:43:21 am PDT #1818 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I just remembered re: the trailers Hec linked to earlier that one of the recent Home Tours I went to had a vintage trailer on display and it was super cute. I want to say it was a Winnebago from maybe the 20s or 30s?


shrift - Jul 12, 2014 10:03:37 am PDT #1819 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Today is CSA day, so I'm eating a lunch made with Swiss chard, garlic scapes, and summer squash.


sarameg - Jul 12, 2014 10:04:50 am PDT #1820 of 30000

Unexpected downpour and of course there were leaves on the porch roof. And of course I manage to be out there clearing it in the heaviest part...


shrift - Jul 12, 2014 10:07:23 am PDT #1821 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

So what I'm getting from Natter is that Tom needs to steal us a bunch of Frenchies and that the universe wants sarameg to stay inside and chill on the couch.


Calli - Jul 12, 2014 10:14:03 am PDT #1822 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Say, does anyone know anything about some kerfluffle at Dashcon? I keep seeing references to it on Tumblr, but they seem to be sort of in the middle of the story. The hotel tried to kick them out? People sang Les Mis at the desk staff until they could get into their rooms? What?


Theodosia - Jul 12, 2014 11:19:42 am PDT #1823 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"

I'm out on the patio in front of the Readercon hotel enjoying the perfect temp and the relative quiet. The con is fun but chock full of noisy people.