You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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.


msbelle - Jul 31, 2016 3:21:58 pm PDT #25375 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Unrelated

I got 3 new Pokemon over dinner. Where we went was a Pokespot and they had just put out a lure. YAY!


-t - Jul 31, 2016 3:32:42 pm PDT #25376 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

{{{Gud}}} I'm sorry you are having such a hard time.

That wedding sounds like it will be incredible, Tep!

Yes, Jesse, mulch over cardboard. The cardboard is definitely getting softer and none of my extremely hardy and forceful weeds have forced their way up through the cardboard and mulch, so I think it's going well. Another month or so before I try to plant anything.


Laura - Jul 31, 2016 3:45:04 pm PDT #25377 of 30003
Our wings are not tired.

I'm sorry things are so rough, Gud. I don't know if you can look at your accomplishments like you were looking at a stranger or friend and see them more objectively. I know losers and fuckups. You are not one. I can tell the difference.


Jesse - Jul 31, 2016 4:00:36 pm PDT #25378 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Sorry you're feeling so shitty, Gud. I am glad you're talking to someone, at least.

Yes, Jesse, mulch over cardboard. The cardboard is definitely getting softer and none of my extremely hardy and forceful weeds have forced their way up through the cardboard and mulch, so I think it's going well. Another month or so before I try to plant anything.

That's cool. I guess it's time for me to weed, but bleh! I wish I had a yard full of cardboard instead!


erikaj - Jul 31, 2016 4:08:31 pm PDT #25379 of 30003
Always Anti-fascist!

Everyone fucks up, sometimes. I think a lot of people have a "perfect" version of themselves that they are not, and they measure against it. That doesn't make you a fuck-up. I know I have a tendency to torture myself about not "overcoming" every day, even though,if I'm being my most honest? I don't care *that* much. It's all cultural baggage that says I've got to be a cheerful, self-effacing hero every day(heh, one out of three ain't bad, right) Real fuck-ups look for someone to blame.


Laura - Jul 31, 2016 4:26:56 pm PDT #25380 of 30003
Our wings are not tired.

Real fuck-ups look for someone to blame.

e.g. Donald Trump - I think that is a good way to measure it. When you think you are a loser or fuck up compare yourself with the Donald and come to your senses.


meara - Jul 31, 2016 4:31:18 pm PDT #25381 of 30003

Ring bear!!! Yes!!!!!


SuziQ - Jul 31, 2016 4:51:01 pm PDT #25382 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Teppy, you really should start the ceremony with the first bit from the recipe and then go "ooops, wrong page" and then go into the ceremony.

And I love the ring bear/unicorn. Have a blast!!!


billytea - Jul 31, 2016 5:01:14 pm PDT #25383 of 30003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

If the whole bear costume is too heavy, maybe she could just wear the arms. Because she has a Constitutional right to them.


-t - Jul 31, 2016 5:13:56 pm PDT #25384 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I wish I had a yard full of cardboard instead!

The reduction in area to mow makes for a noticeably shorter time spent mowing. It's great! I think I will do some more next year, assuming all goes well with this try.

Not so great, while I was taking a break the guys who were working in my next-door neighbors yard took my yard waste bin (that I was filing with blackberry vines) and put it somewhere not on the street. My neighbors rent that house out and I guess are between tenants so there is no one there for me to ask to get it back. Sigh.

Oh, wow, look at the time. I'd better have some dinner.