A year and a half ago, I could have eviscerated him with my thoughts. Now I can barely hurt his feelings. Things used to be so much simpler.

Anya ,'Dirty Girls'


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.


Zenkitty - Aug 13, 2014 1:31:26 pm PDT #4099 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Sorry, ita.

I was going to post something about wishing I were in a movie sometimes, but you know the odds are better that it would be an action/disaster/some other kind of movie that means my car will get crashed!

If my life were a movie, I'd be the innocent bystander getting stomped by the rampaging giant lizard as the hero runs by.


§ ita § - Aug 13, 2014 1:36:46 pm PDT #4100 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Sorry, ita.

I kinda figured the first one it felt like I got close on would actually hit harder than losing my job in the first place. And now the whole thing is hitting me--the uncertainty, the end of severance, did I make the COBRA payment on time...

I need to take some time to fall apart.


Jesse - Aug 13, 2014 1:45:59 pm PDT #4101 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh too bad, ita. Definitely take some time.


Calli - Aug 13, 2014 2:07:46 pm PDT #4102 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I'm sorry, ita.


Juliebird - Aug 13, 2014 2:17:51 pm PDT #4103 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

So my older brother broke his hand after punching a table, rather than punching my younger brother. Mum says it would have been better if he'd punched Nate. Me and I'm sure Nate disagree. Her pre-surgery proclamation to kick him out has dissipated.

And she's over her post-op infection, thank goodness. But now she has a jobless son with a broken hand and an infection that grossed me out when I googled it.

I need to clean my apartment and invite the both of them down separately just to give them a break (and leave my oblivious father to deal with everything else --hmm, maybe I should invite them down together...).

ION, I continue to like my new boss.


Juliebird - Aug 13, 2014 2:42:45 pm PDT #4104 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Oh, and the surcharge, apparently they'll be sur charging me for another year, or maybe I have two more. They said three years of surcharges. I suppose it's a way of keeping me on my toes and instilling continuous fear in me regarding my registration and insurance. NJ MVC, you are bastards. Any way to make some money, huh?

Suddenly I feel like I'm in a WWI flick "do you have your papers?".


Juliebird - Aug 13, 2014 2:55:33 pm PDT #4105 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Congrats, Aims!


amyth - Aug 13, 2014 4:01:11 pm PDT #4106 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

Yay, Aims!


sarameg - Aug 13, 2014 4:36:21 pm PDT #4107 of 30000

It's august and I've turned off the ac and opened the windows. Crazy.

Aimee, my mom probably loved teaching first grade the most. Congrats!

ita, hope your speculations are wrong and that you get your fall apart if needed.


Jesse - Aug 13, 2014 4:37:53 pm PDT #4108 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I've used the A/C probably three times this summer. It is crazy.