Had to dispose of a dead rat (yay?) in my driveway tonight. Pretty sure it was the dying one from 2 days ago. Anyway, put it in the city trash cans since they pick up tomorrow after dropping it into double bags, with a shovel and garden implement, wearing industrial rubber gloves and carrying at arms length to the bin. Possible heebiejeebie dance.

Funny how for some reason this made me squeamish. I'm usually good with dead things and rats, but somehow dead rats?

Have never been a bridesmaid but have been a character witness twice. Not sure what that says about me besides there never being a rom-com about my life.

failing band. again. no raised weaponry or cursing this time. phone cleared of games and internet.

He already had a sleepover with a friend scheduled for Sat, so he will be playing games that entire time, but nothing he could be doing to get the grade up during that time anyway, really. Well, he could practice I guess.

He is choosing to play mad basketball (basketball while mad) in the driveway rather than do the chores he has yet to do this week. I count 3 that need to be done before 6pm tomorrow night. Then I guess he loses the phone outright? honestly I do not even know anymore, Just do your damn stuff kid.

and because it deserves its own post.

Jesse! I got mail! It is awesome.

Y'ALL, Jesse got me a Malcolm Reynolds Big Damn Hero poster a la Fairley's Obama Hope image. very cool.

Teppy, I think you should troll them with Tormented Artifacts leather belts and bag of fucks: [link]

And then you should send me the links to the sparkly bridesmaid belts, because I wanna seeeeeee. I like big sparkly belts.

Yay! I literally saw it from across the room and Had To!

Plei has been trying to convince me I don't need this: [link] I think she's wrong.

Oh Mac.i I wonder, is there some sort of volunteer thing (volunteered by you, haha) that you could sign him up for so someone else is the boss of him?

Not as punishment per se (except in your head.) Brought to you by my pool now has a teen volunteer that the guards have hand out swim bands, minor cleaning, answer questions,etc. Pretty basic, but someone else's authority, even if it's just a 18 year old.

Liese, I love the cat eye a LOT. And I feel your bridge of nose/needs nose pads not plastic frames pain.

I hate all the 9/11 tribute shit and memes. I'm sure it is worse for people who were in situ, but for me, it was the panic for my friends in the vicinity I could not reach and insanity. And the toll it took on them. And when my Midwestern baby cousin posts a godamn shared image meme and I'm like " you were TEN.IN BUMFUCK SD. And didn't find out till mama told you when you got back from school. SHUT THE FUCK UP."

I should be more generous, but I'm not. It's a lot like now, when I burst into yelling every damnedtime they call it 'Baltimore riots'. Stop redefining the reality I know is true. You don't know, you really don't know.