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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.


Sparky1 - Jul 07, 2016 5:50:06 am PDT #24160 of 30003
Librarian Warlord

Ugh, news.

Yesterday I got an email message for someone with my same name from her mother. I replied that she had the wrong person, and that her (highly personal) email hadn't reached her daughter as intended. This morning, the mother wrote me back that she absolutely had the correct address and I should stop this right now because she was my mother. Nope.


Steph L. - Jul 07, 2016 5:56:27 am PDT #24161 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

This morning, the mother wrote me back that she absolutely had the correct address and I should stop this right now because she was my mother.

Ahahahahaha! I can see my mom doing that, because she would totally believe that kind of response would actually be me trying to be a smartass.


Dana - Jul 07, 2016 6:08:45 am PDT #24162 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Husband just got a call for a job not only in this area, but in the specific suburb we live in. I told him that if he ends up getting a job 10 minutes away, after all of this, I might snap.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 07, 2016 6:11:34 am PDT #24163 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

Man, my reply would get Not!Sparky the cold shoulder at family gatherings for years to come.


Jesse - Jul 07, 2016 6:14:42 am PDT #24164 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Speaking of privilege, my non-white, non-citizen coworker said to me the other day, "Aren't you always nervous to talk to immigration?" Yeah, no.

This morning, the mother wrote me back that she absolutely had the correct address and I should stop this right now because she was my mother. Nope.

Ha! Classic mother.

Husband just got a call for a job not only in this area, but in the specific suburb we live in. I told him that if he ends up getting a job 10 minutes away, after all of this, I might snap.

But at least you wouldn't have to move?


shrift - Jul 07, 2016 6:18:16 am PDT #24165 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

But at least you wouldn't have to move?

But then Dana wouldn't be able to quit working for The Man.


Dana - Jul 07, 2016 6:18:17 am PDT #24166 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

But at least you wouldn't have to move?

I know. But it's a bit like the universe going "Ha-ha, all that stuff you were freaked out about? Never mind! Psych!"

But then Dana wouldn't be able to quit working for The Man.

But if he has benefits again, I could seriously job-search.


Sparky1 - Jul 07, 2016 6:29:21 am PDT #24167 of 30003
Librarian Warlord

I told her my mother would beg to differ, and told her to please check for typos in her address line. I left off the part where she now goes to spam.

I hope the job works out, Dana. I could live with the universe's bad joke if it meant you could job-search again!


meara - Jul 07, 2016 6:37:20 am PDT #24168 of 30003

Sparky that's kind of hilarious!

Jesse, how often do you have to talk to immigration? I mean, also sad that of course you aren't as nervous but...does she mean like, at the airport? That's the only time I can think of where I'd even interact with them!


SuziQ - Jul 07, 2016 6:43:14 am PDT #24169 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

I'm stepping away from Facebook for a while. Might be a day, might be a week, might be a few hours...but between the politics and the latest murders and the politics around them...I just can't handle it any more. FB is normally my escape. I think I'll stick to here and pinterest when I need an escape.