Zoe: What's that, sir? Mal: Freedom, is what. Zoe: No, I meant what's that? Mal: Oh. Yeah. Just step around it. I think something must've been living in here.

'Out Of Gas'


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.


Strix - Mar 16, 2015 6:35:55 am PDT #22335 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

YEAH SUZI!!

ACtually, the weekend was shitty to the max, until Saturday night, and the utter surprise of being able to go to Planetcomicon free.

I got in a car accident on the way home from yoga Friday night at 7pm, but went to a rental house showing at 7:15 anyway, was shaken up a lot, but we filled out the app for the house and squeezed $100 out of our meagre finances for the credit check, because we needed to nail a place down because the inspections were going decently and we needed to find a home NOW.

Only to have the Realtor, who had told us total repair costs, of which we've already paid $190 OOP THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD, would total about $4000 but we could negotitate, and also take it out of closing costs.

The next morning Realtor FINALLY gets ahold of ExWife, leaving a message since E. doesn't actually PICK UP and she FLIPS HER SHIT at Dan, without calling Realtor first, sating abso not, she NEEDS that money, and nonononono, how DARE Dan and I agree to it) we got the paperwork, but hadn't signed anything, because we're, yanno RATIONAL people and knew Ex had to weigh in first.

So Dan is amazingly upset, and for him, in a RAGE, and basically this is the last straw. I'll keep you posted, but finally, finally, we are going to lawyer the fuck up -- Dan signed a divorce settlement decree that's AWFUL and eveery lawyer who's looked at it thinks his lawyer was a fucking idiot for letting Dan sign it.

If I have start a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for legal fee, D is finally ready to fight, and he's finally letting be untie my hands and do what I do best. Micah is old enough now.

So, we had a horrid start to the weekend, and I am SO GRATEFUL for my chances to go to the con, yes, of course -- but I am even more grateful I was able to surprise Dan with this chance and he was able to forget his trouble for a day and have so much fun.


sj - Mar 16, 2015 6:39:43 am PDT #22336 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Strix, that sounds horribly stressful. I'm sorry.

If I have start a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for legal fee, D is finally ready to fight, and he's finally letting be untie my hands and do what I do best. Micah is old enough now.

I would be more than happy to contribute to this.


Jesse - Mar 16, 2015 6:56:19 am PDT #22337 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oof, that is a lot.

I just got a kind of exciting assignment -- not often do the fundraisers have a key time-sensitive role!


Sophia Brooks - Mar 16, 2015 7:18:03 am PDT #22338 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Wow, that is a lot.

I am stressed because my iphone will not charge. I am sending it in for repair, but I cannot believe how hard it is to be out of touch of my email/texting while working in the costume shop (which has no computer) or on the bus (which I am on for about 2-3 hours per day).

How did we ever manage to put on theatre without immediate access to each other?


Burrell - Mar 16, 2015 7:18:35 am PDT #22339 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Ex sounds like a nightmare, Strix. She needs some kind of psychic containment field.

I just got a kind of exciting assignment -- not often do the fundraisers have a key time-sensitive role!

Groovy!


Burrell - Mar 16, 2015 7:19:46 am PDT #22340 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Sophia, might the problem be with the charging cable, not the phone itself? I've found those cables get a bit wonky after a while.


Strix - Mar 16, 2015 7:30:42 am PDT #22341 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

sj, I'll remember that! ;)

She needs some kind of psychic containment field.

Agreed, Burrell...although your plans is much more...pacific than mine, shall we say? Celt blood will out...


Steph L. - Mar 16, 2015 7:33:11 am PDT #22342 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Strix, I'll pony up $ for a lawyer fund and/or a RAMPAGE fund. Whatever you need; the money's not earmarked.


WindSparrow - Mar 16, 2015 7:38:38 am PDT #22343 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

The satisfaction of the tale of Dan getting a little of his own back from the nasty ex would be a definite perk of contributing to a Kickstarter fund.

ETA: Also, photos of the ex's face when the reality hits her that she is not going to get everything her way. That would be a good perk.


amyth - Mar 16, 2015 7:39:17 am PDT #22344 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

Strix, I'll pony up $ for a lawyer fund and/or a RAMPAGE fund. Whatever you need; the money's not earmarked.

Yeah, same.