Angel: Yeah, I never told anyone about this, but I-I liked your poems. Spike: You like Barry Manilow.

'Hell Bound'


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.


lisah - Oct 13, 2014 9:25:59 am PDT #8126 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

There may well have been wallpaper over the plaster and under the paint. sara, if you need help fixing that's right up my friend Brian's alley.


Maria - Oct 13, 2014 9:29:10 am PDT #8127 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

Ooh, good point. I don't know why I would assume that someone would actually take the wallpaper down before painting, except that I thought that's what you're supposed to do?


Cass - Oct 13, 2014 9:47:28 am PDT #8128 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Here's hoping you can safely and comfortably exercise soon, Zen.

but I guess I wasn't just whining when I felt like exercising was too hard and made me feel like shit.

I felt something similar when I got my neck x-rayed. Like, oh of course you are in constant pain and always have a headache. Because I wasn't just a whiny, fragile flower, it's legit all messed up.


Strix - Oct 13, 2014 9:59:29 am PDT #8129 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I get my first mammo and my first well-person blood draw in 8 years this week. Trying to be healthy is squeezy and pokey.


Maria - Oct 13, 2014 10:06:24 am PDT #8130 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

Zen, I hope the meds/BP/exercise ratios are figured out quickly and with minimal aggravation.

Strix, better than bitey and scratchy.


Sheryl - Oct 13, 2014 10:33:33 am PDT #8131 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Waiting to board my flight. Of course I can access the wi-fi now.


-t - Oct 13, 2014 10:34:18 am PDT #8132 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yikes, Zen. Hope the meds work.

I always get that "See, I'm not malingering!" feeling when I get a diagnosis. Who I'm proving anything to I don't know.

I really like my time traveler theory.

That does seem the simplest explanation. Be careful about causing paradoxes, just in case.


sarameg - Oct 13, 2014 10:36:23 am PDT #8133 of 30000

What, just randomly? You were sitting at the breakfast table and *boom* rogue plaster panel? Weird.

No, it's a section of wall damaged by ice dams a few years back. Idea was to sand down and skim coat. Sanding down yielded chunks popping free and soon was clear all of it has separated and was vertical by sheer miracle.

New plan: mount concrete board (Sheetrock too thick unless I was doing the whole damned wall) and use patching techniques to fill in the gaps between board and good plaster. And then skim coat that. Once I figure out how to anchor the concrete board, because this isn't cement over the brick, it's over lathe. Brick is somewhere back ther, but no idea where.)

Acquired a jigsaw and have the board all cut out.

But right now? I'm just sitting on my ass and shoving the first protein of the day in my face.


Steph L. - Oct 13, 2014 10:37:09 am PDT #8134 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Ugh. This is one of those days where I'm completely failing at my job and feel like I should quit before I bring shame upon the company. I'm trying to remember that my boss told me it takes quite a while before a new editor is fully up to speed, and I've only been doing this for 2 1/2 months. But that's hard when I keep getting feedback about the things I forgot or just plain got wrong. And I feel like a fucking moron and I secretly suspect my boss is kicking herself for even thinking I could handle this job.


Jesse - Oct 13, 2014 10:49:09 am PDT #8135 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Sara, your walls sound just like mine!

But that's hard when I keep getting feedback about the things I forgot or just plain got wrong.

That is how you get up to speed! Like your boss told you you would need to do over time.

I'm a little surprised, but I guess I wasn't just whining when I felt like exercising was too hard and made me feel like shit.

Confirmation is good! I hope the meds work, though.