Like I'm going to say no to photo references.

Go soft butch, Shrift, choose soft butch.

Hey! So I'm not bothering to Beep Me this, but the old house is GONE! Closed today. NOT MY FUCKING PROBLEM!

Also, remember when the most vaguely shameful thing I had purchased because fandom, kind of enjoyed, and made other people watch, too, was that Alexis Denisof movie, Murder Story?

I have trumped that. I have purchased (and am at this moment ripping) a mid-90s educational video called Biodiversity: Wild About Life!

I'm not proud, but I do find it hysterically funny.

Steph, would Tim's dad qualify for and/or be receptive to meals delivered through a seniors nutrition program such as they have with CASS [link] (Cincinnati Area Senior Services)? My sister went a few rounds with my mom over her eating style, going so far as to buy unbreaded chicken tenders and veggies that can be heated up in a microwave, but Mom was not using that food. Meals on Wheels has been a very good thing for Mom, because they deliver her a well-balanced meal just before noon. That tends to be her wake-up call, so it is what she has for breakfast. She tells me that they bring her more food than she can eat in one sitting, so it does duty as lunch and then dinner. This eliminates her temptation to go get a cheap sloppy joe or hot dog at the lunch counter place across the street from her appartment. And hey, if she ends up having a less than optimal snack later, at least she had something substantial and reasonably balanced during the day.

ETA: One thing I appreciate about several of the parents/guardians of people I support, is an attiitude of quality of life includes real choices - ie, "Yes, water is the best beverage, but my son wants Mountain Dew, so try to steer him toward the diet, caffiene-free stuff, but he can have what he wants."

The hockey gods are pleased, shrift, I have taken on the burden of superstition for this series by wearing my (now) lucky jacket.

Yay for house!!!!

Man, so, like I'm seriously emotionally unstable! Working on this new song. It's about the concept of kintsugi where you repair broken ceramic pottery with gold, emphasizing the damage and honoring the object's passage through time instead of hiding or discarding it. So, kinda intense. Finished up the vocals a few minutes ago. Walked out of the studio thinking, man that went really well. I love how that came out. Headed into the bathroom..total sobbing meltdown. Uh...

I guess I effectively emoted?

So then I ate chocolate ice cream plus peanut butter on a spoon and cuddled the dog and now I feel better, but wow, that was fatiguing! And I checked the calendar (ok, I checked my menstrual tracking app, because that's how I roll) and yup, time for the good drugs to resume.

Yay, house! That's awesome news.

Liese, that sounds like an amazing song. I would love to hear it!

Congrats on the house!

Neat idea for a song, Liese.

So eating more or less like crap as long as your numbers are good is basically how I keep eating a 90% starch diet, so I wouldn't criticize anyone else for doing the same.

Am I wrong for thinking it's kind of weird that we have extremely strict photo use policies, including full photographer credit for even internal uses, but no writers are credited on our website?

That does sound like some effective emoting, Liese. I look forward to hearing the song, it sounds like very much my kind of thing.

Tim's dad's diet sounds pretty okay to me. Find a couple of things you like to eat and don't mind preparing and stick with that, why not? Also, pancakes do sound delicious right now. Been a while since I had pancakes. I did have blueberries in my salad yesterday, but it's not the same.

Congrats, PMM! I hope that feels every bit as good as I imagine it does. Which is pretty damn good.