Oh, for fuck's sake, Bengals. Look at your lives, look at your choices.
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
Book ,'Serenity'
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.
Steph L. - Sep 17, 2023 1:04:55 pm PDT #25432 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
sj - Sep 17, 2023 1:36:34 pm PDT #25433 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Football season has started? That’s not sarcasm. I’m just unaware.
Cass - Sep 17, 2023 2:41:24 pm PDT #25434 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
My little Nephlet who is 27 now got married last weekend. I adore his bride and they've been together for years. So proud and happy for him.
He lives in Cleveland and it was shockingly (to me) nice. Really green and a lot of open spaces in what appeared to be contiguous parks.
I had a nasty sinus infection and barely rallied for all of it. But Sudafed existed and I took it.
But! After the wedding reception some of us got on a party bus to go see Duran Duran. My new niece-in-law loves them and I instigated the idea that D2 was a good wedding band several months ago. Such a good concert but so glad to be home and recovering.
Boggled my Nephlet is old enough to marry but he chose well. I love that crazy girl.
Our first flight home was delayed so our entire itinerary was borked. But we got a hotel room, food/drink voucher and, honestly, a better trip with a layover in SF. Spent a couple of hours there and missed Jacqueline so much. Wasn't long enough to see anyone but Cowboy kept asking me to tell him about JZ. She is missed and loved.
Cass - Sep 17, 2023 2:44:25 pm PDT #25435 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Football season has started? That’s not sarcasm. I’m just unaware.
Second week.
And wow, being in Cleveland on a game day is intense. They gather and party for the games.
Glad to be home but Ohio was nice.
We have new mosquitos that can get through screens. I am eaten alive but they don't itch as much as usual, so that's a good thing. My arms are scary though.
erikaj - Sep 17, 2023 2:49:00 pm PDT #25436 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
there is no other kind of sinusitis but a nasty one. So gross. Had it many times in high school and college. Had to do it without sudafed too. Cause ironically? I'm kind of allergic.
teacher in my workshop said my work "had natural authority"--check that out.
Cass - Sep 17, 2023 3:12:23 pm PDT #25437 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Oooh, rough without Sudafed. I hate it because it makes me feel weird but it really works. I just elected Minders to tell me if I was acting weird.
There is a lot of drama and bad things in the family currently so I needed a Minder.
Still I love the Nephlet. I think he's the closest thing I will have to a child. It's good to see him with a good partner where they mesh and support each other. He's a good kid. Adult. Whatever.
my work "had natural authority"Whoo!
smonster - Sep 17, 2023 3:17:44 pm PDT #25438 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Duran Duran!! That sounds amazing.
I can totally see “natural authority” as a thing your work would have, erika.
erikaj - Sep 17, 2023 3:22:32 pm PDT #25439 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
I'm not even sure if allergic is quite the right word...maybe just "highly sensitive to." But it makes me so dry that my system freaks out. I know, right? It probably helps to write things that I really know, instead of wishing for some other life as a district attorney. Nephlet is lucky to have found his person, so young, too.
Cass - Sep 17, 2023 3:28:36 pm PDT #25440 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Duran Duran!! That sounds amazing.
If you imprinted on them young the way I did, it's a ducking (we're in Natter, not Bitches) amazing show. They played the hits but some amazing deeper tracks. I didn't vibe with one song and it was the perfect time for a potty break.
The open was Waiting for the Nightboat and I was gone. Love them. They were the music of my 14-22 year old self.
Steph L. - Sep 17, 2023 3:34:29 pm PDT #25441 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
He lives in Cleveland and it was shockingly (to me) nice. Really green and a lot of open spaces in what appeared to be contiguous parks.
Cleveland is pretty nice. Excellent Polish food.
And wow, being in Cleveland on a game day is intense.
Well, you were there for the (1) season opener (2) against the Bengals, so I imagine it may have been even a little more intense than usual.
But! After the wedding reception some of us got on a party bus to go see Duran Duran.
What. That is awesome!
Next Saturday (the 23rd), I'm one of the neicephews (a nephew, to be exact) is getting married, and I am officiating. I'm basically the Beckmeyer family wedding officiant now. And I need to practice the ceremony with Tim and the kitty as the audience, so that I don't cry while I'm doing it for real, and also so I don't talk too quickly, which is a really bad habit I've never been able to break.