Man. I'm glad I don't date anymore. Too much stress, too many headgames.
It's warm, and the worst of the day's tasks are done. I'm pretty happy today.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
Zenkitty - Feb 18, 2017 8:43:56 am PST #7496 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Jesse - Feb 18, 2017 8:56:26 am PST #7497 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think she's been a star in the making for a long time.
Oh yeah, clearly.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 18, 2017 9:18:20 am PST #7498 of 30002
"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
I realized today that I haven't even tried to go on a date in almost 4 months. The holidays and being busy at work played a part, but I suspect that I've been subconsciously avoiding breaking my winning streak after the last one went so well.
Connie Neil - Feb 18, 2017 10:06:09 am PST #7499 of 30002
brillig
Woot! Vacuuming is done! Laundry is done but not put away, and my dishes are washed. Forget spoons, I keep running out of forks. And I'm out of diet Coke. I should probably leave the house sometime today.
Connie Neil - Feb 18, 2017 11:03:04 am PST #7500 of 30002
brillig
A question on English language dialect: Is anyone else familiar with the word Nelson being pronounced "Nelt-son"? My mother was born in 1929 and grew up in Washington state, then moved to Pennsylvania in the '50s. She could not pronounce Nelson without a T in the middle unless she spoke the word very slowly and deliberately, as two separate words. I was just listening to an ad on TV here in Utah, for a company called Nelson, and there was a faint T sound in the announcer's voice.
Has anyone else ever heard it? Is it a Western American thing?
Sheryl - Feb 18, 2017 11:16:15 am PST #7501 of 30002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Went to hippocampus's coffeeklatch this morning. It ended up being a joint coffeeklatch with Esther Friesner. Lots of fun.
Jesse - Feb 18, 2017 11:54:30 am PST #7502 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I was going to freak out about getting a Vera Wang dress at the Goodwill, but then I checked the label, and it's her line for Kohl's. I still like it, though! And it was still $7.
zuisa - Feb 18, 2017 11:58:42 am PST #7503 of 30002
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
That's awesome. I can't believe you worked on ships for six years! Weren't you here before that? Time flies, man.
I was! Which is insane. I found myself here when I lived in China, which is what I did before I worked on ships. But, six years! Dang.
That's so great! And bodes well for your relationship.
Thank you! I think it does! We technically lived together on the ship (because if you don't live with the person you are dating you will literally never see them) but this is way different. We've only been in the apartment 8 days but I am just loving it.
WindSparrow - Feb 18, 2017 12:04:17 pm PST #7504 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'm fairly sure at least some of my extended family in the Mohawk Valley in Upstate New York added the faint t sound in my Uncle Nelson's name.
-t - Feb 18, 2017 12:48:00 pm PST #7505 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Argh, meara. Disappointing.
Lovely to read, zuisa!
I like Vera Wang for Kohls, or whatever she calls it. Not as exciting a find as actual designer at Goodwill, I suppose, but still a good buy.
I don't think I've heard Nelson with a T in the middle, but I can be pretty oblivious to subtle pronunciation differences.
I am doing a whole lot of nothing today and it's great. Just reading and eating.
Can I start another sentence with I? Oops, already messed that up.