Mal: Go on. Get in there. Give your brother a thrashing for messing up your plan. River: He takes so much looking after.

'Objects In Space'


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.


erin_obscure - Sep 22, 2020 10:17:30 am PDT #26520 of 30019
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

Gud: status check

Are you still alive? Delirious from fever? Starved and dehydrated because your "partner" can't be bothered to help keep you alive?


sj - Sep 22, 2020 10:23:06 am PDT #26521 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Cindy, I text vw almost daily. Our girls are 6 months apart and we talk constantly about parenting and such. The girls adore each other and have been very sad that we can't see each other right now.


Jessica - Sep 22, 2020 10:32:28 am PDT #26522 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I mostly follow my favorite authors on twitter. Which doesn't necessarily preclude politics, as authors are people who have to live in the world, and politics affects them, too.

Same. Writers + people I know + plentiful use of the mute/block features when Twitter tries to recommend things to me means my feed is fairly nonterrible most of the time.


Atropa - Sep 22, 2020 10:36:48 am PDT #26523 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Twitter is a hellscape. I'm there to talk to other gothy types, follow favorite authors, and hang with the Hannibal fandom. I'm trying to lure everyone over to Dreamwidth.


Atropa - Sep 22, 2020 10:38:14 am PDT #26524 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

And I'm barely on FB, especially because the latest redesign means NOTHING shows sequentially for me, even with FB Purity. I spend most of my time on Tumblr.


Consuela - Sep 22, 2020 10:41:59 am PDT #26525 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I'm so frustrated, we are getting "encouraged" to come back into the office next month, although the county's numbers are still going the wrong direction. Our reconstitution plan will require us to work in the office 2 weeks out of every month, but that depends on the county status changing. In the interim, it's just "encouragement" rather than required.

And you know, I would consider going back into the office on a more regular basis, if I wasn't sure that at least some of my coworkers are not socially-distancing or wearing masks when they are out of the office. And we can't open the windows: it's a modern 17-story building. So the risk of going back in is not insignificant.

But the bosses (not my direct boss) are implying that work isn't getting done and so people must come back in. And that's not on us: the problems with the work have to do with the agency fucking around with our ability to telework. They shut off webmail without giving us more slots to dial in to the network, so of course people are less productive!

Grr, argh. I'm assuming this is coming down from DC, but it's infuriating when I know that my branch is actually doing really well and getting our work done.


Topic!Cindy - Sep 22, 2020 10:44:50 am PDT #26526 of 30019
What is even happening?

I love that your daughters love each other, sj. I'm sorry they're sad.

At the beginning of the pandemic, I remember wishing my kids were little again, because then I could just decide what's safe, what's not, and who gets to do what with whom. Not any more. It's been too long for the little ones, and it is just so hard.

Trump prolonged this by refusing to treat it properly and worrying more about the stock market (and his polling) than stopping the spread. The only thing we've really done in the US is stop the hospitals from getting overwhelmed (and not always, but better than what we saw coming out of Italy in the beginning).

When I wished my kids were small, I also thought we'd treat it more or less right, get a true respite in the summer, and be ready to head into flu season like a country run by adults.

My young adult kids have been awesome. B had moved home right before it started. While he was here, he didn't see his GF at all (except on her BD, he brought her a present and take out food and they ate outside). When summer came, he knew he'd want to see her, and that that would put us at risk, so he moved out again. They're careful (no bars, no indoor restaurants, no parties). They mix a little more (indoors) with her family and roommate than I'd like, but since he doesn't live here, it's not something I have to involve myself in.

J & C have been home. J sees a small group of friends, outside, distanced, and masked, in either our yard or one other girl's yard. It will be hard for her once the weather makes that impractical. She's in a tough spot. She decided to take some time off from college right before. She's not in the place to start up again, but she can't really take any job she could get right now.

C has been the most restricted, but although I agree with his choices (and have made the same ones for myself), I didn't have to impose them on him. There's never a moment's complaint from him. I suppose that comes from his health being so hard won.


Sheryl - Sep 22, 2020 12:01:54 pm PDT #26527 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Ugh, I have a headache. Probably tension.


Dana - Sep 22, 2020 1:32:28 pm PDT #26528 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I'm starting to think I'm not designed to give blood. I've gotten hives, apparently not made it through a full donation (not that anyone told me), and this time they tried 4 times to take my blood pressure with one of those automated machines. No luck, so I couldn't donate. I expect to have some lovely bruises tomorrow.


Theodosia - Sep 22, 2020 1:42:12 pm PDT #26529 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"

I got the work bus inspected, and two tires needed replacing. That cost the company over $800, because of course they're special tires, and commercial plate inspection is $165! Yikes!

But at least that's over. The downside is that I slipped stepping out of the bus and twisted my ankle -- not ruinously badly, but enough to need icing and OTC painkillers. I can't ever remember messing up an ankle this way, I must just have been lucky. Downside: I don't know how to wrap an ankle with an Ace bandage correctly. SIGH