And now we have a fire of our own, I can see it at the far end of the lake.
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
'Time Bomb'
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.
Connie Neil - Aug 24, 2015 11:18:54 am PDT #4008 of 30003
brillig
Juliebird - Aug 24, 2015 11:50:07 am PDT #4009 of 30003
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Am psyching myself up to go home to see my parents, and stupid shit like "where will I sleep?" and "should I get a hotel room" and "can I sleep in my bed knowing it had been Chris' bed for the past year and a half" and "will it be torture for my mom to wash the bedding" and "how awful is it to have her erase his presence from my room to make room for me" is running through my head? Will my going up be more of a strain? Are they super pissed that I didn't go up straight away (because I got stinking drunk and have only just gotten over my hangover)?
Laura - Aug 24, 2015 12:02:58 pm PDT #4010 of 30003
Our wings are not tired.
Oh Juliebird, may the trip be healing. I really hope things go better than expected.
Zoe update. I have her home and in a t-shirt to keep her off her sutures. She has 4 prescriptions with pain and antibiotic stuff. She has been snoozing since she got home, with occasional moans.
Tom Scola - Aug 24, 2015 12:05:12 pm PDT #4011 of 30003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Aww man, Zoe.
Jesse - Aug 24, 2015 12:16:24 pm PDT #4012 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Julie, if it wouldn't cause a shitstorm, I can see a hotel room being a great call for you.
Zenkitty - Aug 24, 2015 12:24:27 pm PDT #4013 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
tommy, glad the job stress has eased up. That's gotta be a great relief.
I set pots and pans to dry in the dish rack if there's room, or just dry them. I think we're "supposed" to dry pots and pans as we go because they'd rust or something, as if they were all still cast iron. Drying rack technology needs to catch up with the modern world!
Julie, trying to second-guess what your mom needs from you right now is just going to put more stress on you, without necessarily helping her. If she can tell you what she needs, that's great, but if she can't, then I say, do what you need to do for yourself, and factor in what other people need as you discover it. Me, I'd go on and get a hotel room, and take myself out of the dynamics of the house arrangements this time. (I, of course, am most concerned about you, so any suggestions are biased in your favor.) I hope this all goes as well as it possibly can, and you and your family can get through it together.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 24, 2015 12:53:59 pm PDT #4014 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
Humpfh. I got all enthusiastic yesterday about an open call mural project my hometown is conducting, came up with a concept and did preliminary photo reference research, and then looked up a more detailed rules paper and realized what I had in mind is completely wrong for the project and I don't have the examples of previous mural/large format art experience they're asking for.
Oh well, maybe I'll see if my landlord would be OK with me painting an apartment-long mural of Atrani on the Amalfi Coast.
Sheryl - Aug 24, 2015 12:59:32 pm PDT #4015 of 30003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Today was the little guy's first day at daycare, and it went well.
Laura - Aug 24, 2015 1:27:18 pm PDT #4016 of 30003
Our wings are not tired.
That's wonderful, Sheryl. Always a stressful first.
erikaj - Aug 24, 2015 1:44:43 pm PDT #4017 of 30003
Always Anti-fascist!
Pretty much, no writer ever just gets what they submitted published(Which is sometimes really great, like the last time Victor edited my work and made my transitions smoother) Sometimes really annoying, when they let their pet bonobo handle their spacing and copy edits(probably should have kicked up a fuss about that one, but at the time I felt like "I know them and I took the money. Eh.")