JZ, I think teaching our kids that we're human, too, and get overwhelmed and upset, is really important. What Jesse said about no damage done.
I have nothing else. My rage is fading into despair.
Man, you just get darker and darker, and the weird thing is, your aura? Beige.
Host ,'Why We Fight'
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.
Amy - Sep 28, 2018 3:32:21 am PDT #83 of 30019
Because books.
Jesse - Sep 28, 2018 3:36:00 am PDT #84 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In related news (bear with me), my office does a crazy Halloween thing with every section having a different theme. My hallway was successful last year with Stranger Things, and the ringleader has suggested Handmaid's Tale for this year. Is it weird that I'm excited to dress up like a Handmaid??? (I don't know if others will have an opinion about wanting to show more characters, but I feel like a bunch of Handmaids is the way to go....)
Maria - Sep 28, 2018 4:39:26 am PDT #85 of 30019
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Fuck all of this. I can't even talk about the Supreme Court hearings, but the awesome opportunity that I was up for? The company had other priorities come to the forefront. I blew them away but they can't currently prioritize the resources I'd need to be successful. They want to keep the door open.
I'm trying really hard not to burn it all down and curl up in a ball.
Gudanov - Sep 28, 2018 4:40:48 am PDT #86 of 30019
Coding and Sleeping
Sorry, msbelle.
I haven't heard anything about Ford not writing her opening statement.
It's clear the Republicans are going to pretend the Ford testimony didn't happen, that there aren't other allegations, that Kavanaugh is obviously being dishonest about his drinking at that time.
Gudanov - Sep 28, 2018 4:41:11 am PDT #87 of 30019
Coding and Sleeping
Ugh, sorry Maria.
Dana - Sep 28, 2018 4:43:48 am PDT #88 of 30019
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Sorry, Maria. That sucks.
Calli - Sep 28, 2018 4:53:47 am PDT #89 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm sorry, Maria.
JZ, I don't think it's a bad thing to show children that we're affected by hard things in life. I think showing that life can make us weep on the floor, but then we get up the next day and keep going, can be useful to them. It would be lovely if Matilda never had to deal with problems that weighed her down so profoundly. But if she does, it will be good that she can remember her mother doing so as well, and getting through them. Sort of like what someone or other said about fairy tales with monsters. Fairy tales don't tell kids that the world has monsters—kids already know that. Fairy tales tell kids that monsters can be survived, or even beaten.
WindSparrow - Sep 28, 2018 4:55:58 am PDT #90 of 30019
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I wouldn't blame you for wanting to slam that door so hard it breaks their foot, Maria.
-t - Sep 28, 2018 5:18:44 am PDT #91 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm sorry, Maria. How frustrating!
5 minutes of Grassley and Hatch this morning was all I could take. Hornets and wasps.
meara - Sep 28, 2018 5:30:06 am PDT #92 of 30019
Aargh Maria, that sucks.
I also just want to bury my head in the sand and not know what is going on in America.