I'm just generally not interested in nuclear-family-centric narratives. But I am interested in popcorn, and I can always take a nap in the theater.
Mal: Well said. Wasn't that well said, Zoe? Zoe: Had a kind poetry to it, sir.
'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.
-t - Dec 14, 2018 6:47:43 am PST #3005 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jesse - Dec 14, 2018 6:51:04 am PST #3006 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Fair!
DavidS - Dec 14, 2018 6:56:58 am PST #3007 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So, I had some unsettling weirdness happen last night.
The contractor was working at our house all day installing a new back door off my nerdhole.
He had the new door up (but not complete with hardware or lock) by the time he left.
So I'm sitting at my computer at 10pm, pitch black out, and suddenly a flash of light is shooting in through the window. Then another. And I look outside and there's an old guy on my porch.
At first I think it's the contractor who came back because he forgot something.
But it wasn't. The guy approaches the window and speaking through it announces he's [name of ex-husband of my landlady] who I haven't seen for 20 years!
He's taking pictures of the work done. At 10pm. In the dark. On my back porch. Creepy as fuck. Sketchy as hell.
Now he's been out of the picture for a long time, but my landlady has been handing over duties to her son. So....maybe he's bringing his dad back into it. I don't know.
But you know what? You don't want a face looming up at your window out of the dark on your back porch at 10 o'clock at night. You do not want that.
meara - Dec 14, 2018 6:57:23 am PST #3008 of 30019
Popcorn, gingerbread pancakes, napping on the company dime? I'm in.
-t - Dec 14, 2018 7:07:45 am PST #3009 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yikes, Hec! Yeah, that's sketchy as hell.
Now all I have to do is avoid starting any actual work for the next, oh, half hour or so...
JohnSweden - Dec 14, 2018 7:27:50 am PST #3010 of 30019
I can't even.
Announcing his presence through flashing? Also a bit alarming. You may have had to take extreme defensive measures. (Holy water, summoning a protective deity, etc.)
Laura - Dec 14, 2018 7:31:19 am PST #3011 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Eeep, not cool! Sorry, David. My heart would be racing for sure.
Popcorn, gingerbread pancakes, napping on the company dime? I'm in.
Indeed!
Jesse - Dec 14, 2018 8:01:07 am PST #3012 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
He's taking pictures of the work done. At 10pm. In the dark. On my back porch. Creepy as fuck. Sketchy as hell.
WTAF??? That's ridiculous.
I am definitely not getting anything done today, but I am trying to at least respond to things that are showing up in my email....
DavidS - Dec 14, 2018 8:13:36 am PST #3013 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Dude is 87! He's lucky I didn't go out there with a baseball bat.
Katerina Bee - Dec 14, 2018 8:18:17 am PST #3014 of 30019
Herding cats for fun
What's the standard of the Stand Your Ground laws in California? Are we allowed to harm intruders?