I'm home, but I'm completely collapsified, though somehow I lasted through watching Dallas Buyer's Club on HBO. Vacationing is hard work.
Mal: You were dead! Tracy: Hunh? Oh. Right. Suppose I was. Hey there, Zoe.
'The Message'
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.
Theodosia - Sep 13, 2014 5:20:02 pm PDT #6118 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
SuziQ - Sep 13, 2014 5:45:55 pm PDT #6119 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I think I do, Jilli.
K-Bug scored some Jack Skellington understand too.
Now we are home, watching SOA. And tomorrow I want to sleep til noon.
§ ita § - Sep 13, 2014 6:19:32 pm PDT #6120 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Your whole week sounds surreal, ita! And not in a good way.
I am HTG scared to go to sleep tonight. It's anxiety that drives me to post in the middle of the night, and it takes unknown time for me to even struggle awake, and then paranoid it will start again if I go back to sleep (if I *can*--it's certainly not relaxing, anyway).
aurelia - Sep 13, 2014 6:44:56 pm PDT #6121 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Today has been the day of the coughing fit ab workout. Ow. And I've been at work for almost 14 hours now. I'd really like to be home and in bed.
§ ita § - Sep 13, 2014 7:35:55 pm PDT #6122 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
"sneaked" vs. "snuck"?
I can't say I've ever cared before today, but for some reason the form "sneaked" looks really alien to me today. Which do you say? Is it a UK thing like slept or dreamt (see how I'm obsessing here?)?
Theodosia - Sep 14, 2014 2:13:16 am PDT #6123 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I believe that 'snuck' is a back-formation and not yet considered proper in either parlance.
Kate P. - Sep 14, 2014 2:53:45 am PDT #6124 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Up at 5:30 because the damn smoke alarm is beeping. M tried to silence it but there seemed to be no fix other than replacing the battery. So I go off to the store to pick up new 9-volts, and come home to find that the alarm in Rose's room is beeping too. How she's managing to sleep through it, I have no idea, but I won't be able to go back to sleep until I can get in there and get it fixed...
Kate P. - Sep 14, 2014 2:56:57 am PDT #6125 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
And my condolences to you and the SO and his family, Liese. It sounds like his passing was as peaceful as anyone could want. Wishing you strength and comfort for the days ahead.
ita, I hope you've been able to get some decent sleep tonight.
Ginger - Sep 14, 2014 3:47:28 am PDT #6126 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Snuck was considered nonstandard or colloquial for years, but it has sneaked its way into standard usage in many dictionaries. I use both.
I hope you got some sleep, ita! Between chemo side effects and assorted pains, my sleep has been a mess.
sarameg - Sep 14, 2014 4:40:40 am PDT #6127 of 30000
Brilliant blue skies, cuddly cats and coffee.