Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.

'Underneath'


Natter 74: Ready or Not  

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.


Connie Neil - Dec 15, 2015 6:24:12 am PST #11492 of 30003
brillig

Suzi, that was very wise. It's ten times worse in the Salt Lake Valley than it is in my valley just to the south. It took my housemate two and a half hours to get home last night, and it's normally 45 minutes.

ION, a lot of my co-workers apparently had a multi-player game of something last night, because they're all going "And then that tank came over the ridge, and I was like, crap! I'm out of ammo!" and "I know, dude, it was hysterical! Did you see Tim stuck behind that tree?" "I know, dude!" I kind of love my geek co-workers. At the end of the day, when things are very slow, we'll get into political discussions, and the ones that are conservative have brains. Though the guy with the Family Guy imitations can stop any time now.


Connie Neil - Dec 15, 2015 6:36:05 am PST #11493 of 30003
brillig

Is that--it is! It's a patch of blue sky! And there are actual shadows on the ground! Huzzah!


-t - Dec 15, 2015 7:20:40 am PST #11494 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ugh, I forgot to pay my car insurance. Fortunately, my insurance agent calls me to tell me i need to pay rather than just cancelling my insurance, but that's a major adulting fail right there.

I hope I paid my registration but I don't think I can check easily while I'm at work. Gah.


meara - Dec 15, 2015 7:24:07 am PST #11495 of 30003

Oops, -t. I forgot to cancel a recurring order--I had moved it as far out as possible, got their "it will ship in 4 days if you don't change/cancel", and....didn't do anything. It's a bunch of stuff I may eventually use but really didn't need and is like $200 worth. Got the "it shipped!" email today. Argh.


-t - Dec 15, 2015 7:34:42 am PST #11496 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, I did that, too! Caught one but not the other one - actually didn't even know about it until the stuff showed up on my porch yesterday, that's how not on top of things I am.

Well, the good news is I can check my registration online. The bad news is of course I didn't pay it, so late fee, and I need a smog check. Sigh.

I guess the other good news is that my car is old and not worth much money so the registration and insurance bills are both relatively low, so they can just both go on a credit card today. But I didn't really need another reminder of how much I suck right now.


Steph L. - Dec 15, 2015 7:38:38 am PST #11497 of 30003
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.

Test-driving cars after work. Nervous with this level of adulting. (Well, not nervous about test-driving cars; just nervous about writing a giant check for a car. Yikes!)


sj - Dec 15, 2015 7:39:52 am PST #11498 of 30003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Good luck, Teppy!


Connie Neil - Dec 15, 2015 7:44:50 am PST #11499 of 30003
brillig

I hope the weather stays good for your test drive, Teppy.


-t - Dec 15, 2015 7:45:30 am PST #11500 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Enjoy test-driving! You have done the hard part of writing the giant check - saving up to have the funds to pay.


Tom Scola - Dec 15, 2015 7:58:11 am PST #11501 of 30003
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.

NYC got the same threats as LA, but didn't close any schools: [link]