Never been to a HS reunion. I was never popular there and I'm pretty sure the people I knew in HS wouldn't be going either so there doesn't seem much point. Not that HS was a hellscape or anything, overall it was fine. I was a nerd, but I was a tough nerd so I didn't get bullied. I mean, you don't want to bully a nerd who could make you look bad.
Take jobs as they come -- and we'll never be under the heel of nobody ever again. No matter how long the arm of the Alliance might get, we'll just get ourselves a little further.
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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.
Gudanov - Aug 27, 2019 6:21:22 am PDT #10875 of 30019
Coding and Sleeping
-t - Aug 27, 2019 6:58:02 am PDT #10876 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I wouldn't mind seeing the people I went to high school with - it was a small school so I had at least a nodding acquaintance with everyone in my class. I really just want to spend about half an hour or so hearing how everyone's doing and be done with it for the next ten years, and it would be along trip for that. If I even heard about a reunion to go, which I have not. Seeing those of my classmates I see on Facebook (and haven't blocked) will have to satisfy that particular yen.
Theodosia - Aug 27, 2019 7:21:04 am PDT #10877 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Non-electric heating pads: you really can't top a hot water 'bottle', the rubber kind, for nice heating, as well that it cools off as you do, which makes it great for my cold cold feet. OTOH, they're not so great for forehead type use.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 27, 2019 7:47:39 am PDT #10878 of 30019
"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
The pedantic part of me is bothered by the "lungs of the earth" thing, but then the practical side thinks it's probably best to let people get panicked by hyperbole on this issue. It's not as if slash-and-burning half the Amazon rain forest is good for the planet's atmosphere.
DavidS - Aug 27, 2019 8:01:53 am PDT #10879 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm not so distressed about "the lungs of the earth," so much as the Ultra Right Wing President of Brazil purposefully burning down the Amazon for oil and agriculture.
Putin's done a fantastic job of installing right wing demagogues all around the globe.
Lately I've been thinking about how well capitalism pairs with Fascism.
EpicTangent - Aug 27, 2019 9:55:27 am PDT #10880 of 30019
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I have some of these:
chemical reaction heating pads. I like them, and they come in several different sizes (and they're starting to do some aromatherapy - or at least lavender scented heating pads).
Amy - Aug 27, 2019 9:57:55 am PDT #10881 of 30019
Because books.
And apparently the president of Brazil refused financial aid to help fight the fires, which seems stupidly petty.
Jessica - Aug 27, 2019 9:59:28 am PDT #10882 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
And apparently the president of Brazil refused financial aid to help fight the fires, which seems stupidly petty.
From what I saw, he's going to keep burning the Amazon until Macron apologizes to him for something mean he said. Because apparently the president of Brazil is in FUCKING MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Laura - Aug 27, 2019 10:00:31 am PDT #10883 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
He clearly is Trump's brother from another mother.
meara - Aug 27, 2019 10:29:17 am PDT #10884 of 30019
I have those microwave rice things, for heating pads, but finally got an actual plug in heating pad a while back and was like "why didn't I do this before??"
I can't believe how many toddlers are running the world's nations these days. Good god. It's so depressing for the future. I try and remind myself that people in other eras were probably convinced humanity would destroy itself, and we didn't, but global warming seems like something we can't really avoid...
And high school was before facebook, but mostly I just want a 30 second update on a lot of people. Like, college, I'm pretty much friends with anyone I cared about, on FB. I have a few hs friends on fb. But there are a bunch of folks I just want to know what happened to them. Married? Gay? Crazy career? Moved to Japan? Became a musician? No idea, and I want to know! But then once I know I don't need to like, keep being friends with them?