I have to admit, that was the one show I wasn't dying to see after the Tonys performance. And I thought I would be!
Tara: What's so bad about them coming here? Aren't they good guys? I mean, Watchers, that's just like whole other Gileses, right? Buffy: Yes! They're scary and horrible!
'Potential'
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.
Jesse - Jun 15, 2016 4:02:44 pm PDT #23155 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Dana - Jun 15, 2016 4:03:18 pm PDT #23156 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
For ten bucks, I think it would be worth it for Laura Benanti and Jane Krakowski.
Burrell - Jun 15, 2016 4:14:59 pm PDT #23157 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Go mac! I am all for celebrating even the little things.
Speaking of, two things worth celebrating over here. Big thing: Franny's final report card came home and she pulled up two of her grades, so now all As and Bs, with an A in math. Small thing: homemade bath bombs as an afternoon DIY project.
msbelle - Jun 15, 2016 4:32:39 pm PDT #23158 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
YAY!! HOUSE OF BURRELL FOR THE WIN!!
honestly I cannot even imagine all As and Bs, that right there is heaven.
Beverly - Jun 15, 2016 5:08:47 pm PDT #23159 of 30003
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Fantastic news, Burrell!
Has anybody shared this here, yet? Bright spots, gotta collect em, share em, and treasure em.
Bright spots, like mac coming around. Msbelle Rebecca, you are an amazingly strong and effective mama.
dcp - Jun 15, 2016 5:47:49 pm PDT #23160 of 30003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
The lightning bugs are out in force tonight.
meara - Jun 15, 2016 5:53:51 pm PDT #23161 of 30003
Aw. Lightning bugs are the one thing I miss from the Midwest...
Kat - Jun 15, 2016 5:59:50 pm PDT #23162 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I totally miss lightning bugs.
I have to get ready to go to UCLA tomorrow. blargh. It's all good, right?
DavidS - Jun 15, 2016 6:01:35 pm PDT #23163 of 30003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm going to my college reunion (in Ohio) next week and excited to see fireflies again.
Tom Scola - Jun 15, 2016 6:02:04 pm PDT #23164 of 30003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Uhm. Really bad day today.
So. Therapy this morning, Yet again, it's me trying to come to terms with the abuse I went through growing up, and not making much progress. I've always dealt with the pain of rejection and loneliness by withdrawing. It's just so hard for me to open up about it with anyone, including my therapist.
So then, I get into work. I keep hearing chatter going on in all the cubes around me, and then I piece together what happened: a coworker suddenly dropped dead yesterday. 50 years old (a few months older than me), a triathlete. Nobody knows why, lots of speculation. The thing is, I only learn the news by listening in on the conversations going on around me. There has been no official announcement, and none of my colleagues showed any interest in including me in their conversations. My supervisor was in the next cube over talking with some of my colleagues, but just didn't bother to call me over.
The thing is, if someone had come up to me and said that so-and-so had died, I wouldn't be sure who they were talking about. I've been at this job for several years, but I'm really, really bad with names, and it's incredibly difficult for me to put names to faces. Even though I was in a meeting with this guy the day before. So I'm thinking maybe they're right in assuming that I probably don't care.
So after work, I go to get a drink. I really need a drink. A bartender I know has a shift at a bar near me on Wednesdays. I get there, and notice that she is visibly shaken up. Yesterday, she had left her phone behind at one of her other gigs. Today, she recovered her phone, and there were a whole bunch of messages from her Dad. Her Dad went to the doctor yesterday, and then the doctor immediately called an ambulance and sent him to the ER with some kind of serious heart issue. She was freaking out, and was waiting for someone to come in and fill in the rest of her shift. I tried to be as supportive as I could, but really wasn't a whole lot.
So then, after drinking, I walked around for a while and took photographs. Which is how I deal with things nowadays.