Hey, cool! You know that show "What Would You Do?" where they set up some situation and show how people react to it? Tonight's episode had one of the parts filmed in the town where I grew up, and my friend's mother was on it. (The scene was at a grocery store, with a customer yelling at an employee who has Down Syndrome, and my friend's mom immediately stood up to him and told him to knock it off, and told the employee that he was doing great and didn't need to apologize for anything.)
Dawn: You're not fleeing. You're... moving at a brisk pace. Buffy: Quaintly referred to in some cultures as the Big Scaredy Run Away.
'Touched'
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.
Hil R. - Jun 17, 2016 5:16:55 pm PDT #23293 of 30003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Jesse - Jun 17, 2016 5:31:27 pm PDT #23294 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's great, Hil.
ION, mac DID ALL HIS CHORES THIS WEEK BEFORE I GOT HOME!!!
Nice!
Connie Neil - Jun 17, 2016 5:37:56 pm PDT #23295 of 30003
brillig
Utterly random question: Lots of shows feature some unfairly convicted person breaking out of prison to prove his innocence, and once the dust settles the person gets to try and put their life back together. But isn't breaking out of prison a crime in and of itself? Wouldn't they just get sent back to the pokie for a new sentence?
Steph L. - Jun 17, 2016 5:46:31 pm PDT #23296 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The only single men I know really need to work on their shit before they can be allowed near a relationship.
Apparently I was coherent enough to realize I was getting a migraine and had painkillers in my hand, but not coherent enough to take them. Something like four hours later, I finally found them in my pocket.
I feel this.
Consuela - Jun 17, 2016 6:40:57 pm PDT #23297 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
But isn't breaking out of prison a crime in and of itself? Wouldn't they just get sent back to the pokie for a new sentence?
Yes, I should think so. Unless the prosecutor decides not to charge them, although most people hate to be embarrassed, so I can totally see a DA charging someone for escaping. After all, they're supposed to work through the system. (This implies a naive faith in the system.)
Burrell - Jun 17, 2016 6:47:14 pm PDT #23298 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I know some nice single men in LA, it's just they are in LA and Rebecca isn't.
Also go mac! Here's to the summer system working!
Consuela - Jun 17, 2016 6:54:27 pm PDT #23299 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Indeed, go mac!
And... I cannot even believe this. We're on our third chief of police in 8 days: [link]
WTF even.
EpicTangent - Jun 17, 2016 10:48:30 pm PDT #23300 of 30003
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Standing. Right. Here, Burrell. (Granted 2 or 3 hundred miles, still...)
Yikes, Consuela.
sarameg - Jun 18, 2016 2:33:49 am PDT #23301 of 30003
Uhg, just looked at the forecast and I guess I'll also be putting in the ac this weekend.
Zenkitty - Jun 18, 2016 7:34:10 am PDT #23302 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'd like a boyfriend, too, please. I mean, I have no real hope I'll ever find a compatible guy, but as long as we're putting it out there...
I've found my girl, but she's far away, and at this point I feel like we may never coincide locally. We keep talking about "when we move in together" but it's feeling like a fantasy lately.
Speaking of which/whom, remember my BFF's troublesome youngest daughter? Good news and bad news! Bad news is, she flunked junior year. Didn't pass a single class. And since she was held back one year already, she's now 18 and having to repeat her junior year. The good news is, she got a job! Working at MickeyD's. She's happy with it so far. Having a job has made quite a difference in her attitude, she's become more engaged and responsible and doesn't stay on the computer 24/7.
And relatedly, good going, Mac, keep it up! I hope Mac can keep his head in the right place, Rebecca. Both of you need some calm and order in your lives.
I really have come to believe that staying on a computer for hours at a time is bad for all of us. It's certainly bad for ME. So I'm going to go fold some laundry now. Yay.