Shooting star! Visible in the city!
This here's a recipe for unpleasantness.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
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.
sarameg - Jul 24, 2014 5:42:42 pm PDT #2795 of 30000
Kat - Jul 24, 2014 5:47:54 pm PDT #2796 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
YAY ita. Good luck on the interview.
We are back from Yosemite which was a lovely trip until we got home. Yesterday we hiked 3 miles rt to Dog Lake. Grace handled the 600 feet elevation gain like a champ. The lake was lovely.
We got home. Kids were playing outside. I had them come in and bathe. As I was walking past the bathroom, I heard Noah say, "I hate Kathryn." He wasn't lashing out at me. He wasn't angry about taking a bath. He hadn't been angry with me all day. He wasn't speaking to me, but rather about me. He was just calmly recounting how he felt to his sister.
He totally hurt my feelings.
I can handle an I-hate-you as a vindictive move, but not a dispassionate one.
sarameg - Jul 24, 2014 5:52:13 pm PDT #2797 of 30000
Ooof.
sarameg - Jul 24, 2014 5:58:12 pm PDT #2798 of 30000
I don't know how you address that. Especially at that age ( um, or a lot of ages) where you aren't really sure wtf is going through their head. Recounting an incident? Play acting? Testing out a thought?
-t - Jul 24, 2014 6:00:40 pm PDT #2799 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ouch, Kat. I can't really imagine.
sarameg - Jul 24, 2014 6:09:50 pm PDT #2800 of 30000
I'm absolutely certain I managed to seriously hurt my parents' feelings( and vice versa) as a kid, if my track record as an adult is any measure. And most of the latter on my head I'm not sure how the fuck that happened. Difference is now I'm the one with the thicker skin who responds mildly with 'well, that was shitty, don't do that, I don't like you doing that' and they're the ones who sulk.
meara - Jul 24, 2014 6:26:45 pm PDT #2801 of 30000
Woot! I have an in person interview on Monday!
Woohoo ita!
Is your cousin super tiny or is the dude super tall? Or both?
He totally hurt my feelings.
Aw. Yeah, that's gotta suck. And as sara said, who knows what that's about. Dang.
(Tim is discouraging me from crashing the party. He's no fun.)
I would try watermelon beer. It sounds gross, but I"m not really a beer drinker, so I like the fruit beers (strawberry abita, and a grapefruit hefe have been my drinking companions this summer). And I would be VERY tempted to play that song. Or possibly be like "Hey, can you keep it down? Your RACISM is keeping me awake".
-t - Jul 25, 2014 3:59:29 am PDT #2802 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So it just occurred to me (after my daily-this-week breakfast of coconut milk, chia seeds and pecans) that since I've tested as allergic to walnuts and almonds maybe I shouldn't make tree nuts in general quite so frequent a part of my diet.
Zenkitty - Jul 25, 2014 4:24:41 am PDT #2803 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
-t, if you've been eating them for a week and haven't noticed any bad effects, maybe it's okay?
-t - Jul 25, 2014 4:38:59 am PDT #2804 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Well, I've been feeling bad all week, hard to say if that's why, though, because I was feeling bad last week, too. But could be contributing.