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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.


sj - Mar 22, 2020 5:22:02 pm PDT #18441 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Ugh, Hec. That is awful! Everyone should want Matilda because she is awesome.


DavidS - Mar 22, 2020 5:33:08 pm PDT #18442 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

She got assigned to a fucking VOCATIONAL SCHOOL!! No, she doesn't want a career in the Culinary Arts.


JZ - Mar 22, 2020 5:46:53 pm PDT #18443 of 30019
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

The culinary arts are great, but this isn't even a culinary college feeder school for serious foodies--it's a vocational school with small AP and honors programs, but most of its energy focused on kids who will likely be going straight to work out of high school.


Sophia Brooks - Mar 22, 2020 6:19:01 pm PDT #18444 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

That must be a blow, for Matilda and you guys. I am so sorry.

Thanks for the nail "tips" everyone. I wasn't sure if acetone worked on acrylic. I really just need to get my thumbs and index fingers short.


Cashmere - Mar 22, 2020 7:56:31 pm PDT #18445 of 30019
Now tagless for your comfort.

Sophia, I am going to have to remove my gel coating in a week. Your nails will be thin, but buff them and put on a clear coat until the grow back out.


Theodosia - Mar 23, 2020 12:58:28 am PDT #18446 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"

It must feel like Disaster Voltron for Matilda -- sheltering in place, getting into none(!!!!!????) of her HS choices, AND her mom getting sick.

Good thing she has parents to advocate for her. Trying to find out what the fuck was wrong with the selection process for ALL of those schools, especially a review to see if some test score was recorded wrongly so the calculations as to whether she'd even get considered was below some threshold?


msbelle - Mar 23, 2020 3:36:01 am PDT #18447 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

forgot to take my meds this weekend. Turns out a respiratory pandemic is not a great time to not take allergy and anti-anxiety meds. Little anxiety attack this morning as I was all congested and couldn't get a deep breath.

le sigh

have taken meds, a hot steamy shower, and put some vapo rub on my chest. All seems better now.

I went with water instead of coffee this morning. My stomach is a bit wobbly, I am assuming stress related, and I think the acidity is not gonna help.

Back to work. I am going to do some adjustments to the home set up today, so my computer is higher and I don't have to look down all day.


-t - Mar 23, 2020 3:51:43 am PDT #18448 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

We got permission to run into the office long enough to grab a few things to make wfh easier today, so I'm going to rescue my poor plants and get my keyboard and mouse and probably a notebook and dayplanner. Exciting!


sj - Mar 23, 2020 3:53:34 am PDT #18449 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Yay, plant rescue, -t! I was just thinking of the poor seedlings that ltc and her classmates were growing.


Toddson - Mar 23, 2020 4:09:53 am PDT #18450 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

This situation seems to be bringing out both the worst and the best in people. Jim Bakker is pushing colloidal silver as a cure; seemingly, all it does it turn you blue (literally). So if you see someone with blue skin, they've been taking the silver. Either that or they're re-enacting Braveheart.