Good lord, at the rate this is going I won't be able to get to Mexico because seattle is the center of corona virus! Yikes!! (This is also making me super paranoid about the tickle in my throat that is probably either imaginary or allergies or possibly even a cold but almost certainly not corona virus)
Mal: How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne? Jayne: Money wasn't good enough. Mal: What happens when it is? Jayne: Well... that'll be an interesting day.
'Serenity'
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.
meara - Mar 01, 2020 5:11:06 pm PST #16937 of 30019
-t - Mar 01, 2020 5:19:55 pm PST #16938 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I was wondering how all you Washingtonians were doing. I heard there was a State if Emergency but I haven't figured out what that means. And apparently we have a State of Emergency here (in the county), too? It seems to just mean the schools are disinfecting surfaces more often so far, but I've been advised to have 3 weeks of food on hand just in case. Which I might already have, I need to inventory to e sure, but I could probably stretch it if I had to. 6 weeks of cat food, I know that.
Anyway, I hope you get your trip and stay healthy, meara!
Cashmere - Mar 01, 2020 5:43:30 pm PST #16939 of 30019
Now tagless for your comfort.
Cindy, msbelle, thanks for the calling and canvassing. I am so worn out over the past three election cycles that I am not sure I can handle it. I was a volunteer organizer in 2016 and, after spending 30 hours a week in the campaign office, the results gutted me. (I mean, they gutted us all, but I am not ready for phone banking and canvassing again quite yet.)
Except now we have a local candidate challenging the GOP state senator who won after some gerrymandering twisted the district enough to take a 35 year democrat-held seat with a University into a republican seat during the Scott Walker years. Gah. I at least made a donation to his campaign.
My goal was to survive the Trump years on wine and sheet cake. Well, dammit, I have the diabetes now, so we pretty much need this election.
Cashmere - Mar 01, 2020 5:49:40 pm PST #16940 of 30019
Now tagless for your comfort.
Oh, great. Now I can't even watch Steel Magnolias and say, "at least I don't have diabetes."
Katerina Bee - Mar 01, 2020 7:16:17 pm PST #16941 of 30019
Herding cats for fun
Long time no see pixels, Cashmere. Sending hugs.
DavidS - Mar 01, 2020 8:24:31 pm PST #16942 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Wish you all the 'ma, Cash.
Theodosia - Mar 02, 2020 1:49:31 am PST #16943 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"
All the -ma in the world, Cashmere.
Cashmere - Mar 02, 2020 4:02:28 am PST #16944 of 30019
Now tagless for your comfort.
Sorry to beep and run. I know I've been AWOL for a long time but I'm weaning myself off of FB and Twitter is a trash fire of a different sort.
The incident last night involved my brother who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and my frail, elderly father. There was a shooting. BOTH of them are alright but in the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. My brother is off his meds and Dad is 80 years old with some cracked ribs, a swollen eye, possibly a broken foot and who knows what else after my brother attacked him.
This just fucking sucks. Mental illness sucks. Guns suck. Everything sucks.
sarameg - Mar 02, 2020 4:15:10 am PST #16945 of 30019
Holy hell, Cash. I'm so sorry.
Jesse - Mar 02, 2020 4:15:41 am PST #16946 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh god, that sounds terrible for everyone. I'm sorry.