Ah, the pitter patter of tiny feet in huge combat boots. Shut up!

Mal ,'War Stories'


Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.  

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.


askye - Dec 08, 2021 8:07:37 am PST #11170 of 30000
Thrive to spite them

JZ I'm glad you had a helpful ghost with the holidays.

I did skim the previous posts but I'll be honest I'm fuzzy on what everyone said so sending out lots of love and health ~ma to everyone.

I heard from workers comp. I have a new case manager, which is fine since I barely heard from the other. Because I didn't get permission to go to the ER Thanksgiving night it might not be approved. I stressed that 1) it was Thanksgiving night 2) I didn't have thr number for Corvel and 3) I hadn't heard from workers comp until over a week after my accident after I had initiated the first call.

Still haven't heard from work about going back. I think my manager got busy.

I think I stressed the point that I had a concussion that meant I wasn't thinking clearly and the guidance from the ER initially was not helpful and not hearing from workers comp and never filing a claim before meant I didn't know exactly what do do and to figure it out while I had a concussion.

Skyped with E. We played a tiny bit of Minecraft although I didn't do much because things moving too fast on the screen makes me dizzy/nauseous. And my eyes don't focus or my right eye doesn't focus right so things look funny/off.

But he was happy and I was happy to play with him so that worked out. He looks much more like a teenager than even a few weeks ago.


dcp - Dec 08, 2021 8:27:32 am PST #11171 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

so I don't.

"Do not feed the negative energy creatures" is a good policy both online and off.


JenP - Dec 08, 2021 8:41:39 am PST #11172 of 30000

Boyfriend, you say? Slipped that in quietly at the end. People who weren't born when I started on this board have boyfriends now. What the what?

I love a helpful ghost! And am glad you got your stockings back, phew.

I need to eat now. This morning was wonky, and I am hungry, hungry.


JZ - Dec 08, 2021 8:43:19 am PST #11173 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

I'm glad to have the stockings back, but I have to say it would have been more helpful if the ghost had just left the clearly labeled boxes in the closet next to the rest of the Christmas stuff instead of giving me days of stress over it!

And, yes, boyfriend. I have met him. He is very cute and very, very tall. They're in the weightlifting club together, they spend a lot of time walking around Irving Street and puttering in shops with their friends Carlin and Joshua, who conveniently are also dating, and they went on a midweek date to see Dune last night.


askye - Dec 08, 2021 9:08:13 am PST #11174 of 30000
Thrive to spite them

Is this the same boy who Matilda helped with eyeliner or eye make up?


JZ - Dec 08, 2021 9:11:36 am PST #11175 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

I *think* this is a different boy, but I'm not 100% sure.


meara - Dec 08, 2021 9:45:48 am PST #11176 of 30000

Weightlifting club?? Dang.

Askye that sucks but I’m sure their directive is to minimize workmen’s comp so…good luck??


Steph L. - Dec 08, 2021 10:06:24 am PST #11177 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Weightlifting club?? Dang.

Right? I think when Matilda says she and BF are doing this:

they spend a lot of time walking around Irving Street and puttering in shops with their friends Carlin and Joshua

They're actually FIGHTING CRIME!


Tom Scola - Dec 08, 2021 10:15:04 am PST #11178 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Any reason why I shouldn't get a Moderna booster if I've already got two Pfizers?


Jessica - Dec 08, 2021 10:22:02 am PST #11179 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

They're actually FIGHTING CRIME!

Weightlifting club + vague double-date outings definitely sounds like a team of teen superheroes keeping the crime-fighting shenanigans on the DL from their parents.