Ok, random: there are some friends I have either seen in person enough, or seen enough pictures of, that I don't even notice they've gotten older since we've known each other. The changes are slow enough or subtle enough that I don't notice. It's only if I go back to old photos that I start thinking "wow, we look so young there!" But every once In a while I'll see someone who I knew in college post on a mutual friend's comment, or on a group wall, and go "holy GOD, when did he get so old? Do I look that old? Shit, he DID graduate almost 20 years ago..." (Brought to you tonight by someone who graduated in 1996 and I haven't seen since probably 1998? He looks so middle-aged in his profile pic! I remember when he was super cute!
Willow: Happy hunting. Buffy: Wish me monsters.
'Beneath You'
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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.
meara - Mar 15, 2015 8:38:34 pm PDT #22323 of 30000
Consuela - Mar 15, 2015 8:51:08 pm PDT #22324 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
OK, this is one of the happiest-making vids I've ever seen: [link]
So much fun. Great for Good Stuff, I think...
hippocampus - Mar 16, 2015 1:04:11 am PDT #22325 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
Typo - I think I can forward your question to a marine engineer - send it to me? Profile addy should work.
Anne W. - Mar 16, 2015 1:45:37 am PDT #22326 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
That is an awesome vid.
Jesse - Mar 16, 2015 2:39:14 am PDT #22327 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Brought to you tonight by someone who graduated in 1996 and I haven't seen since probably 1998? He looks so middle-aged in his profile pic! I remember when he was super cute!
A lot of the men look middle-aged now. Some of the women, too, of course, but a lot of the men. Because we are in our 40s! (Speaking from the class of 1995.)
flea - Mar 16, 2015 4:07:31 am PDT #22328 of 30000
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I was surprised at how much older the men looked than the women, in pictures from my 20th high school reunion (now 5 years ago; I didn't go, but someone posted a lot of pics.) I suspect maybe it has something to do with how golf-style shirts make everyone look balding and paunchy? But the women looked good! (In all seriousness, I think some of this has to do with the fact that it's okay for a man to look his age, but women are supposed to 'take care of themselves.' So as a group women make a lot more effort.)
Jesse - Mar 16, 2015 4:19:39 am PDT #22329 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also, hair -- women dye more, men bald more, etc.
Jesse - Mar 16, 2015 4:49:49 am PDT #22330 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Random comment for anyone who listens to the Fresh Air podcast: Is anything better than Terry Gross saying "Ali Shaheed Muhammad"? I love it every time, even though she loses the iambs by saying Ali wrong.
SuziQ - Mar 16, 2015 6:04:16 am PDT #22331 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I'm taking this morning off to go deliver my earnest money!!! OMG, the house will be mine, barring any odd stuff going on.
shrift - Mar 16, 2015 6:23:07 am PDT #22332 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Shrift, what vegetables do you put in red beans and rice??
Onion, bell pepper, and celery. I'm not a monster, I just decided to use up all of the celery because it just sits in the crisper unless I have a specific need for it.