I've discovered that the closer the polls show the race, the worse my anxiety gets.
I may need more meds to get through this election.
Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.
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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.
tommyrot - Sep 15, 2016 7:29:23 am PDT #27671 of 30003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Connie Neil - Sep 15, 2016 8:04:57 am PDT #27672 of 30003
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I just talked to the person confirming my housemate's references for his apartment hunt. I feel so weirdly adult dealing with this apartment thing and vouching for housemate's fitness as a tenant.
-t - Sep 15, 2016 8:19:27 am PDT #27673 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You are an authority!
Jesse - Sep 15, 2016 8:20:41 am PDT #27674 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ahhhh. I finished my big draft. I mean, just the first draft, and someone will still tell me it's garbage, but still. The capital-W Writer has been working on two sections for weeks now, and I basically banged out the other 10 this morning.
-t - Sep 15, 2016 8:29:19 am PDT #27675 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Go Jesse, show 'em how it's done.
I have acquired a big project. Sigh. I mean, I always knew it would be my baby, but I was hoping to put it off for a while longer, not start it during our busy season. Oh well.
Scrappy - Sep 15, 2016 8:51:04 am PDT #27676 of 30003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
There are some Buffistas in the Portland, Oregon area, right? Just got off the phone with the DH (who is in Vail on a Volvo launch) and an autojournalist friend of ours has made a strong case that DH could continue to do his review work from there (access to press fleet cars is THE deciding factor in location) and that we could find a nice house. Not as cheap as the Detroit area, but still half as much as our current house.
This is intriguing.....
meara - Sep 15, 2016 9:04:29 am PDT #27677 of 30003
Erin is in Portland, and SA (though she's not here much anymore)
I totally support Scrappy in PDX...but only coming from a few places would it be "cheap"
-t - Sep 15, 2016 9:04:33 am PDT #27678 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
erinobscure (wait, as that her board name? I may be conflating) and SA, I think. I like Portland a lot and think you would, too, Scrappy.
only coming from a few places would it be "cheap"
Anywhere in California, I think.
Jesse - Sep 15, 2016 9:06:42 am PDT #27679 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm embarrassed to say I was kind of wondering why you were thinking Detroit in the first place, Scrappy. But duh! Cars are your DH's job! They have a lot of those there!
sj - Sep 15, 2016 9:08:13 am PDT #27680 of 30003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Scrappy that sounds nice!
TCG really needs to find a new job, not because of the job itself but because of the commute, which is getting worse and worse. We really can't afford to live any closer to his current job, and we wouldn't really want to anyway.