You were very nearly devoured by a giant demon snake. The words 'let that be a lesson' are a tad redundant at this juncture.

Giles ,'Selfless'


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.


meara - Dec 05, 2016 7:47:25 pm PST #3363 of 30002

aurelia, that sounds like a fire hazard. And truly weird.

Yeah, I will try to remind myself of potential badness. Partly my concern is im really bad at hiding my feelings. So I worry the friend will pick up on it and awkward will ensue. But also because this is a friend and someone I like as a person, I want to hang out and have fun with them and not like, stop being friends! (Only hanging out in a group is one step but...apparently not enough, as there was some cuddling on the couch while watching movies that I should've not done)


DavidS - Dec 05, 2016 7:51:31 pm PST #3364 of 30002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

as there was some cuddling on the couch while watching movies that I should've not done

But cuddling is nice!


meara - Dec 05, 2016 8:00:46 pm PST #3365 of 30002

Cuddling IS nice!! And I feel like I've only recently got a group of friends again where we are more cuddly? I feel like it's depressing how little human touch single adults get. And that's probably part of why I am starting to crush, though.


DavidS - Dec 05, 2016 8:02:08 pm PST #3366 of 30002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

We're social animals! We need some consensual not-necessarily-sexed-up touching!


Dana - Dec 06, 2016 2:40:19 am PST #3367 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Before my alarm went off this morning (oh, 6:45AM meeting, je despise vous), I was having a dream where someone was illustrating something with a math concept, but (our) Hillary was sitting next to me and making frustrated noises until the person stopped and let her explain it correctly.


brenda m - Dec 06, 2016 3:46:09 am PST #3368 of 30002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Fancy cocktails with Jesse definitely helped my ratio!


Jesse - Dec 06, 2016 4:21:11 am PST #3369 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

There were no cheese or pickles, but it was still good!

Thanks to Lee on Facebook, I am now looking up Caribbean vacations...


Calli - Dec 06, 2016 4:41:00 am PST #3370 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I'm sitting in on a course in a university business school. It's actually a lot more interesting than I'd expected.


Laura - Dec 06, 2016 4:44:42 am PST #3371 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.

Anyone have any good methods for stopping an incipient crush?

Oh that is a tricky one. I am a natural flirt and generally good at keeping the crushing under control, but it is so easy for it to get messy and awkward. I'm still annoyed over one of my best friends that I would flirt with all the time. I knew he had a crush, but we were best buds and would go out to lunch together or whatever all the time. Until he got a girlfriend, then he couldn't anymore. What the hell? I was always married, we never dated, but now we aren't buds anymore because you are. People are flawed.

I just have to get to the 13th.

Fast forward now! May time fly without too much craziness for the duration.

Hillary was sitting next to me and making frustrated noises until the person stopped and let her explain it correctly.

I love when Buffistas visit my dreams. Get 'em, Hil.

Fancy cocktails with Jesse definitely helped my ratio!

Yes, this would help anyone's ratio. With or without cheese and pickles.

I am now looking up Caribbean vacations...

Ah, 12 days from now I shall be floating in the Caribbean with Pix and ND, and a cruise ship full of others. In anticipation I bought a pretty dress - [link]

And as of last night I have water! Plumber finally got here and fixed the broken stuff. So I showered. Woo! Now to do 3 days worth of dishes.

Also, still in a hate all stupid humans mode. I got super pissy with a customer last night. They have been vaguely saying there is an issue with prescribing for weeks. Takes them hours, get errors, etc. I have asked repeatedly, what user, what patient, what error, give me something to work with here. It works fine for me. Last night another email saying it had to be fixed tomorrow! All caps and all that. I wrote back that it was the same as asking the doctor to diagnose without seeing the patient or even getting a list of symptoms. I'm good, but not that good. I know they want me to go there or something, but this should be easy.

My patience is just gone for humans. Sigh. (wow, long post, let's see how many typos!)


Jesse - Dec 06, 2016 4:48:27 am PST #3372 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ah, 12 days from now I shall be floating in the Caribbean with Pix and ND, and a cruise ship full of others. In anticipation I bought a pretty dress

Excellent call!! And that dress is great!

Six more days, Sara! You can do it!!