Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.

Andrew ,'Damage'


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.


Kat - Jan 03, 2016 4:53:43 pm PST #12684 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Well, bonny, it definitely makes the hummus yummy. I wonder if the TJs sriracha is better or worse?

I'm trying to write every day, but I'm using a composition book to do it and I refuse to pressure myself to write more than a sentence or two. I'm also trying to write one letter a week. This week it was to my dad.


shrift - Jan 03, 2016 4:55:50 pm PST #12685 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I roasted some garlic & sausage along with the veg, and caramelized some onions. It was delicious and I jammed that in my face so quickly.


Lee - Jan 03, 2016 5:29:43 pm PST #12686 of 30003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

There is quite a bit of unhealthy food still in my fridge from the holidays. I am going to try and limit what I consume while still trying to use stuff up.

I am doing the same. I decided to see how long I can go without buying any new alcohol or sweets, but I am letting myself finish off the stuff I already had.


askye - Jan 03, 2016 5:47:22 pm PST #12687 of 30003
Thrive to spite them

I'm going to try Buzzfeed's 28 day workout challenge instead of focusing on food. I need to get more active and I'm still trying to adjust to Mom's weird eating habits but I'm trying to make better choices eating.


-t - Jan 03, 2016 5:47:37 pm PST #12688 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I hadn't really formalized it to myself, but I'm doing the same things Lee, I guess.

OK, have given up on the kitchen for the day. Even though I know, intellectually, it's a many day project, seeing how much is left undone each night is disheartening. But I have picked out clothes for tomorrow and I'm freshly showered so tomorrow morning should be easy. With a little luck, work-work will not be too tiring tomorrow and I can put in a few more hours of kitchen wrangling in the evening.

Your dinner sounds delicious, shrift!


erikaj - Jan 03, 2016 6:26:44 pm PST #12689 of 30003
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal

Oh, I got to tell that Muslim guy with the great tweets he was awesome today.


Jesse - Jan 04, 2016 3:54:06 am PST #12690 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

So I made it to the office, but I feel like that may be all I can accomplish today. We'll see how I feel after a two-hour staff meeting at 9....


hippocampus - Jan 04, 2016 4:03:46 am PST #12691 of 30003
not your mom's socks.

I'd like to write more letters - thanks for the reminder, Kat.

Today I can't decide between my wonder woman t-shirt or my pink Marie Curie t-shirt. I think I'm going with pink.

This week's a mess. DH's last 'let's see what the whole stomach mess thing could bee' test is Wednesday and it's a big one. I'm a nervous wreck. All signs point to everything is ok and this is just A Thing, but augh. I am going to ask for ~ma and light candles but I'm also going to allow myself to be a wreck, quietly, where he can't see.

And work. SIGH.

So, hopefully 2016 can be a good year.


Calli - Jan 04, 2016 4:12:29 am PST #12692 of 30003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Stomach~ma for your DH, Sox.

I'm in the office wearing a bright pink, ruffled shirt under a long black cardigan and black trousers.


Dana - Jan 04, 2016 4:25:57 am PST #12693 of 30003
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

I am in the office, and that is about all that can be said for me this morning.