Timelies, all! The Slutcracker sounds fun.
Right. Piano. Because that's what we used to kill that big demon that one time. No, wait. That was a rocket launcher.
Xander ,'Touched'
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.
Calli - Dec 12, 2022 4:52:27 am PST #19086 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Laura - Dec 12, 2022 7:47:42 am PST #19087 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Have I mentioned how unfond I am of Mondays?
dcp - Dec 12, 2022 8:14:46 am PST #19088 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
"Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7th of your life." --Steven Wright
Jesse - Dec 12, 2022 8:28:48 am PST #19089 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I spent my first hour of work online with IT support, so that was not the best way to kick off the week, but I am fond of the support guy.
DavidS - Dec 12, 2022 8:48:29 am PST #19090 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's Finals Week for Matilda but she's in pretty good shape. She has two 2-hour finals per day, Tues-Weds-Thurs this week.
I drove her into school early today so she could study and prep. Early xmas break this year so everybody's back to school right after New Year's.
I haven't done a lot of xmas shopping but I have managed to track down and order deadstock Nick and Nora flannel pajamas for everybody. Not just for the immediate family but for Matilda's bestie, Mia, (Who is always happily borrowing JZ's pjs on sleepovers), and Emmett's gf, Kalena, and his best friend, Joey, and my MiL.
I trawl the interpipes! Thank you eBay, Etsy, Poshmark and Mercari!
Fancy Flannel for all!
Also, I got four things in the mail last week, and I'm going to focus on getting a batch more (including cards) out this week.
My friend Jes is coming over on Tuesday afternoon so we can watch the Kate Bush xmas special and the Judy Garland xmas special (on very fuzzy mid-sixties b/w video via YouTube).
And today I'm helping megan walker pick up her xmas tree. Ho ho ho!
JZ - Dec 12, 2022 9:01:45 am PST #19091 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 sad about us but happy for the pup, and hopeful that we'll get a chance to redo the back stairs before we get a dog (they're aging very badly and some of the lower braces for the railings have fallen out, and Matilda pointed out that a small dog skiddering up and down in a hurry could slide right out and go crashing down the stairwell). Also maybe get a low table to elevate the piggy cage, and a removable wire roof for the cage so we don't have to worry about prey instincts invading the peaceable kingdom.
Tom Scola - Dec 12, 2022 9:45:22 am PST #19092 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I am not in the mood this Monday to ask the guy in the next cube why he just passive-aggressively assigned me a ticket that had been sitting in his queue for four months.
-t - Dec 12, 2022 10:24:54 am PST #19093 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That certainly sounds questionable.
I desperately want to crawl back into bed but I have to lead a Zoom call within the next hour so I guess I'd better not.
Dana - Dec 12, 2022 11:58:44 am PST #19094 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I got summoned to jury duty on January 5, which is fine, but I have to be downtown at 8AM. Ouch.
-t - Dec 12, 2022 12:00:16 pm PST #19095 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ooh, that is harsh.
I was sniffly and hoarse enough on the call that my salesperson asked if I was sick, so I'm going to take the rest of the day off and go back to bed with a dose of Nyquil. Whee.