In a sort-of-related-to-this-conversation context, my mother just said to me, "I don't think you're very neat." Seriously, mother?!?!?! I would say I'm about as neat as she is, but in different ways. Also she has a cleaning lady. Basically, she can kiss my ass.
I get confused. I remember everything. I remember too much, and... some of it's made up, and... some of it can't be quantified, and... there's secrets.
River ,'Safe'
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.
Jesse - Mar 31, 2017 1:24:36 pm PDT #9248 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesse - Mar 31, 2017 1:31:49 pm PDT #9249 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OMG, I just realized half the problem -- she's constantly walking through my spare bedroom, because that's how she walks through her apartment, but I use it for storage and it is a shithole in there. Oyyyyy.
NoiseDesign - Mar 31, 2017 2:09:02 pm PDT #9250 of 30002
Our wings are not tired
It's hard, but I've mostly made my peace with it. Mainly I so acutely feel for anyone else faced with these decisions with their parents. I was trying to cope with this when I wasn't even out of my 30s. There is no way to know if you are making good decisions.
Steph, I hope that everything plays out in the best possible way for your FiL.
WindSparrow - Mar 31, 2017 2:23:54 pm PDT #9251 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 have a question for the swimmers among us. I ordered this [link] two piece suit and recieved it today. The bottom part fits perfectly but the top is not snug, a bit loose. Given that pants I order to fit my hips (because what else can I do) are often loose at the waist, it isn't surprising. But will I be able to get in the pool and do an aqua-Zumba class without the top floating up? Should I try to take it in a bit? It doesn't look particularly snug on the model, but then she is not moving vigorous in the water.
shrift - Mar 31, 2017 3:12:14 pm PDT #9252 of 30002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Yay, I don't have to report for jury duty service on Monday! One day down, four more days of uncertainty to go next week.
aurelia - Mar 31, 2017 4:36:58 pm PDT #9253 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I'm lucky that my parents and my grandmother are doing okay, healthwise. I have wondered if I will eventually need to move nearer to them though.
it has awakened the temptation for me to daub the lintels of my cubicle with fake blood for Passover.
I would laugh.
I am sitting in my office listening to the first preview of King of the Yees, a comic fever-dream story that takes place in SF Chinatown. I can also hear Destiny of Desire in the other theatre which is a tele-novela musical. Trying to read Ah, Wilderness is not going well.
Kate P. - Mar 31, 2017 5:47:47 pm PDT #9254 of 30002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
OK, I was talking to my mother today about sewing, and I said something about tying the thread to the needle once you put it through the eye, and she looked at me like I had said something so crazy she wasn't even sure she understood it. Is this not a thing that other people do when they're sewing? Or is she the crazy one for not tying her thread to the needle?
meara - Mar 31, 2017 6:00:18 pm PDT #9255 of 30002
I....have never done that. Though I also don't do a ton of hand sewing?
Connie Neil - Mar 31, 2017 6:03:43 pm PDT #9256 of 30002
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How do you tie a thread to the needle?
msbelle - Mar 31, 2017 6:06:08 pm PDT #9257 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I have never tied a thread to the needle.