Oh, Susan, I'm so sorry.
It's my estimation that... every man ever got a statue made of him, was one kind of sumbitch or another.
Mal ,'Jaynestown'
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.
-t - Apr 29, 2020 5:56:17 pm PDT #20562 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Trudy Booth - Apr 29, 2020 6:34:54 pm PDT #20563 of 30019
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Susan, I think it's good that you came here.
I'm so sorry to hear about your brother.
JZ - Apr 29, 2020 6:40:20 pm PDT #20564 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.
I am so sorry, Susan, for your loss and for D in the struggles he couldn't find his way past and for all his family. That is a terrible lot of large and sad things to absorb all at once.
meara - Apr 29, 2020 6:45:09 pm PDT #20565 of 30019
Oh Susan that is really tough.
That's what I've been saying! I know I could make infused syrups and shrubs and whatever bullshit, and between my mother and me we have a bunch of kinds of liquor, but I want SOMEONE ELSE to do it!
Yes. I want someone to make me fancy cocktails with a twist of this and a hint of that. Also food like that. I am spending so much money at the grocery store and then I still have to MAKE the food? What. Why. Drinks wise I've only made dark and stormies and Paloma-ish (grapefruit soda and tequila and lime).
Also entertaining: I've been taking Spanish classes via Skype and tonight we started talking about fruit and my teacher was saying she really wants to try apples when she visits here. Because they basically get red delicious and Granny Smiths and she heard we have other/better kinds. She was also flabbergasted at some of the many tropical fruits we really don't get. They have such good fruit there but it didn't occur to me they don't get good apples or cherries or blueberries (she's never had those! And only canned peaches!)
Cashmere - Apr 29, 2020 7:04:27 pm PDT #20566 of 30019
Now tagless for your comfort.
Oh, Susan. I am so sorry.
sarameg - Apr 29, 2020 7:15:35 pm PDT #20567 of 30019
Susan, I'm sorry. Feel what you feel
My IT department successfully bricked my work laptop & then ignored me until mgmt intervened. And the solution is dumbassery. So it was a day that will stretch into the rest of the week. Oh & I have cramps. Shocked I didn't go totally scorched earth. But I got catfood, booze curbside, fresh greens, another mango, a truly delicious vegan coconut curry that I'm eating like soup, & a 20oz bag of white sangria (actually more like 28, now transferred to jars.)
Not sure how I'll play tomorrow. Too much that I do requires being on the internal network and my actual work computer. So.. I don't know. But I can & will charge admin leave. It requires someone to Explain. Ohh, I got plenty, darlings. I can be petty.
Weather will be shit, which screws with backup plans.
Consuela - Apr 29, 2020 7:25:04 pm PDT #20568 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, Susan, I'm so sorry. How awful for you and the whole family.
EpicTangent - Apr 29, 2020 8:02:10 pm PDT #20569 of 30019
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Susan, I'm so sorry. That must be so hard to process.
Susan W. - Apr 29, 2020 8:05:40 pm PDT #20570 of 30019
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Thanks again, y'all. It's good to be able to come back here.
DavidS - Apr 29, 2020 8:28:47 pm PDT #20571 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm sorry, Susan. My college roommate's brother died under shady circumstances. He fell to his death from a parking lot and nobody knows if it was suicide or his gambling debts catching up with him. It's just fucked up. It leaves such an unresolved mess of memories behind.