We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.

Spike ,'Sleeper'


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.


Atropa - Jul 24, 2015 11:51:46 am PDT #1567 of 30003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Dana totally wins!

I'm going to the Friday Night Horror Movies gathering tonight, then going to the sleep lab for a sleep study. Which, I'm sure, will show that HEY GUESS WHAT I DON'T FALL ASLEEP UNTIL AFTER 2AM JUST LIKE I TOLD YOU PEOPLE.

Saturday is a bbq, and Sunday is an Elder Goth Nostalgia shopping trip with the StuntHusband.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 24, 2015 12:01:59 pm PDT #1568 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Tonight is sushi for dinner, watching Killjoys, and recording a John Carpenter interview on the El Rey network.

Tomorrow I'm going to the farmer's market, then moving my mom's treadmill to my apartment. And possibly seeing Jurassic World again in the afternoon.


Jesse - Jul 24, 2015 12:11:56 pm PDT #1569 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That should just be a regular brag, Dana!


Burrell - Jul 24, 2015 12:15:33 pm PDT #1570 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

What are people doing this weekend?

Oo! I can play this week! Cody and I are going to see TV on the Radio tomorrow. Free show!


Hil R. - Jul 24, 2015 12:20:04 pm PDT #1571 of 30003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

They're giving me a 5-30 day spread of when my crap will be delivered. Which means I could end up in a hotel/AirBNB situation until I can get a couch delivered or an air bed to sleep on.

My movers originally gave me an estimate something like that, but then, closer to the move date, they told me something more exact.

And, yeah, I had the movers pack my stuff, and they did pack a lot of stuff that I really didn't need, like empty wrappers from stuff that had ended up under my desk. Also, they charge by the box for packing, and I'm finding a lot of boxes that are only half-full, with the rest of the space taken up with crumbled paper.


Zenkitty - Jul 24, 2015 12:23:14 pm PDT #1572 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Fooey. A part-timer, despite her normal awesomeness, made a rather serious error with one of my journals. It falls to me to deal with it. All we can do is run a correction. The author isn't happy with that. He wants us to bend time and undo it. Too bad, sad angry man, if you hadn't demanded we replace every single figure in your article because they were "fuzzy" (they were exactly as you sent them to us; we did not enfuzzify them) and then refuse to look at the corrected paper for the three whole months it was available before it went to print, this wouldn't have happened, so some of the blame is definitely yours even though I cannot tell you that. We are of course at fault, but my sympathy for you is low.


Steph L. - Jul 24, 2015 12:30:50 pm PDT #1573 of 30003
I look more rad than Lutheranism

if you hadn't demanded we replace every single figure in your article because they were "fuzzy"

When our authors get a typeset galley, it's not a PDF generated from the program; it's a PDF made from a scan of the galley that has been marked up so the author can see any last questions. And scans have poor resolution, especially for figures.

We had an author lose his shit with us when he got that scanned PDF about how we "ruined" the "grain" of his figures and we would have to fix them at our expense, blah blah blah. My boss tried to explain that she could send him a PDF generated from the layout program and he would see the resolution is fine, but he wasn't having it. I have no idea how it got resolved. (The resolution of the source art was just fine, and the only problem really was because he got a crappy scanned PDF. I don't expect all authors to know that we send scans, but I do expect them to act like adults when we explain stuff to them.)


msbelle - Jul 24, 2015 12:31:37 pm PDT #1574 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Tonight is wine. Maybe doing my toes. Tomorrow is nails and maybe a friend of Mac coming over. I guess I should make sure he cleans his bathroom.

Maybe I get motivated and deal with house things. Maybe I watch movies.


Lee - Jul 24, 2015 12:39:30 pm PDT #1575 of 30003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Yay Wine, and Toes.

I need to redo my fingers.


flea - Jul 24, 2015 12:41:34 pm PDT #1576 of 30003
information libertarian

I am flying to Boston tomorrow and going shopping with my sister, then ending the day on Cape Cod.

Before that, I have to pack all the things, mow the lawn, paint my toenails, and get up at 5am.