Ben: I didn't ask for any of this. I just want to be normal. Gronx: I wanted to be an underwear model. We play the hand we're dealt.

'Touched'


Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served  

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.


Sheryl - Jun 29, 2018 3:56:57 pm PDT #26821 of 30002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Am at Concertino, after a loooong drive with some horrible traffic. (Connecticut, why is it always Connecticut?)


WindSparrow - Jun 29, 2018 3:59:48 pm PDT #26822 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

I know this has been their plan since inauguration night, and I hate it's succeeded with me, but I just... I'm worn out. I've got no more reserves of outrage and...just rage. I'm hoping this hiatus I'm trying to take will help top up my reserve tank, because I really really hate feeling both apathetic and impotent to withstand and work for change.

I saw someone post a thing on Facebook about when you are in a choir and you have to hold a note longer than any one person can sustain the note, everybody takes turns taking a little breath, the audience does not hear it. This is a perfect idea for resistence and advocacy work. No one can go at it hammer and tongs forever. But we can each do what we can, taking a little break when w have to - it isn't quitting. It isn't giving up.

Incidentally I have never considerered myself an activist, I'm a hobbit. But dammit, Saruman has come to the Shire and by Eru I will not be one of Sharky's men. I'm going to a rally tomorrow.


Sophia Brooks - Jun 29, 2018 4:07:34 pm PDT #26823 of 30002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Homemade mashed cauliflower is better. It is basically heavy cream, butter,salt and pepper tool. I can't taste the cauliflower.


-t - Jun 29, 2018 4:23:23 pm PDT #26824 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, man, happy hour with my dance sisters was so fun! Now a recital. My friend isn't on for an hour, I probably didn't need that last pint...


aurelia - Jun 29, 2018 5:09:37 pm PDT #26825 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I was absolutely planning to go to a protest tomorrow but in the last 5 hours I've been body slammed by a cold or something. Postnasal drip, scratchy throat, cough, sinuses filling up, and within the last hour or so chills (in my 83 degree home). Ugh.


lisah - Jun 29, 2018 5:13:56 pm PDT #26826 of 30002
Punishingly Intricate

Roast cauliflower with capers is nom! I'm not sure what the convenience of frozen mashed cauliflower is? Unless you have trouble chopping things, I guess?


aurelia - Jun 29, 2018 5:41:34 pm PDT #26827 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Gud, I had seen the beginning of that film, but not the whole thing. That was fascinating.


WindSparrow - Jun 29, 2018 6:12:31 pm PDT #26828 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

Mashed cauliflower with garlic, parmesan and cream cheese is smooth and creamy if the cauliflower is steamed sufficently and food-processed with allacrity. It does not taste quite like potatoes, but I love it with homemade sloppy joes (of the ketchup, molasses, and mustard type).

I made my sign for tomorrow. One side says "There is no room in Liberty and Justice for All for White Supremacy". The other side says,"Families Belong Together —- The American Dream Belongs to Immigrants and their descendants" Which is not terribly inclusive of Native Americans, but I cannot think of a better way to express what I mean. (I have more poster board, If a better line comes my way)

Things I refrained from putting on my sign: "You know its bad when the fat white woman shows up to march" and "Immigrants get the job done."


WindSparrow - Jun 29, 2018 7:31:33 pm PDT #26829 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

Ok, I have decided to go with "Would Mr. Rogers Take Kids Away From Their Families?"


WindSparrow - Jun 29, 2018 7:32:30 pm PDT #26830 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

I may or may not have drawn a Captain America shield at the bottom.