You do well to flee, townspeople! I will pillage your lands and dwellings! I will burn your crops and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters! Ha ha ha! Mark my words! Ooh! Ale! I smell delicious ale!

Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'


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.


-t - Aug 26, 2022 7:12:39 pm PDT #17174 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, no, askye! That’s a long time to wait around and not even know what you are waiting for!


Hil R. - Aug 26, 2022 8:21:34 pm PDT #17175 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Finished the first week of classes. I'm so tired of this already. There's not even anything bad that happened -- my students so far seem interested and engaged -- it's just that I'm so sick of everything, and sick of worrying.

Then I was trying to find something to do this weekend (I think I'm going to Shakespeare in the Park, but maybe also something else), and there's a local production of Carousel, and one of the ensemble members is named Rachel Dolezal. So that was a "...huh" for me.


Calli - Aug 27, 2022 6:29:10 am PDT #17176 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I hope someone comes in to help you soon, askye.

My weekend entails getting a haircut (just a trim—I think my current French Bob is working for me). I’ll also stop by a local toy store and maybe get little gifts for my great-nibblings who I’ll be seeing next week. There are three of them now. It’s not a required-gift situation, but if I get something for one I need to get something for all.


askye - Aug 27, 2022 7:45:21 am PDT #17177 of 30000
Thrive to spite them

I got home around 11.

It seems that somehow I got overlooked by one shift and then got picked up but the next.

But there were 3 traumas that came in after the dr ordered the breathing treatment and they were busy. We used to have a small ER in town here which was good because there are so much rural area around but when Prisma took over I guess they did the close a lot of smaller departmen4s that at3 vital to the community but not to the bottom line so the Greenville er gets overwhelmed.

They were going to give me more than peanut butter and crackers but they had run out of everything. Just had that and diet sprite as optopms.

I have prescriptions for inhaler and a steroid if I need it and a Dr's note so I'm out until Tues.

If I don't feel better or if I feel worse I have to go back there which sucks. But I'll be better prepared.

I emailed work. I haven't gotten a message from cvs my prescriptions are ready but I'm going to ch3ck that .

I have been forgetting to take my meds but took the duloxetine today. Woke up too late for Vyvanse and really dont need it to sleep mosr the day.I didn't need the excessive sweating side effect during this anyway. Did take it today though.


msbelle - Aug 27, 2022 8:45:18 am PDT #17178 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Congrats shrift.

I hope you are relaxing today Steph.

Glad you got seen finally askye and are home. Maybe set alarms on your phone for meds.

I’m having a good Sat thus far.


Sheryl - Aug 27, 2022 1:51:28 pm PDT #17179 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Woke up a bunch of times this morning, starting around 4:30. Bleah.


JenP - Aug 27, 2022 2:05:58 pm PDT #17180 of 30000

Weekend potatoing is going as planned.

Ordering Thai right now. Yum.

Movie or something later.

Listened to my audio book as planned (and fell asleep, which was no planned but totally fine).


Laura - Aug 27, 2022 2:53:27 pm PDT #17181 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

I've mostly spent the weekend skimming though my book club book before Monday. I really need to start these things earlier.


DavidS - Aug 27, 2022 4:24:22 pm PDT #17182 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Weekend potatoing is going as planned.

Are your stitches itchy?

JZ roused me out of the house to go to Lights Plus, where we dropped some cash and got fancy light features *and* I finally found a reading chair that's Just Right for my Goldilocks ass.

In and out in about 40 minutes, so that felt productive but expensive.

Matilda is out and about with her Nana doing some shopping and wearing a very pretty dress.


JenP - Aug 27, 2022 6:50:48 pm PDT #17183 of 30000

Are your stitches itchy?

Surprisingly not!