This is my boat. They're part of my crew. No one's getting left. Best you get used to that.

Mal ,'Ariel'


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 - Sep 24, 2023 7:31:05 am PDT #25604 of 30000
Thrive to spite them

David I think about that description of the Buffistas all the time and could never remember where it came from. Just thr first sentences because my memory is terrible ...but of course JZ wrote that it's so much her voice. The way she described Matilda's first week from the Facebook post.


sj - Sep 24, 2023 8:33:28 am PDT #25605 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I took smonsters carrot response to be tongue in cheek.

Oppenheimer felt as long as it was. The acting was great, and I feel like I learned a little bit more than I did before about how the bomb worked. We had a cheap and cheerful dinner at a pizza place. I’m headed back to Mom’s to pick up ltc in a bit, and she is cooking dinner for us. So, a very good weekend.


Laura - Sep 24, 2023 9:02:44 am PDT #25606 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Sounds like a delightful weekend!


DavidS - Sep 24, 2023 10:17:46 am PDT #25607 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I got to see JenK yesterday for dinner. She was attending to her mom who had surgery up at UCSF, so we scampered off to Nopalito after.

She regaled me with all sea creatures she and Matt had seen on their scuba trip in Malaysia, including a Blue Ringed Octopus (very rare and very poisonous).

Matilda was hanging out with her friends Iris and Melia, who lives a few blocks away. Because of the proximity I let her stay later but when she walked home at midnight, I sat on the stoop awaiting her. It's a pretty safe neighborhood (USF is nearby so lots of college students still walking out late), but you're never really comfortable with your teenage daughter walking around after dark in the City.


erin_obscure - Sep 24, 2023 10:28:26 am PDT #25608 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

I just couldn't resist the historical allure of "Robby like carrots." Sorry everyone :P I haven't had a human sweetie in so long that I can't share any tidbits myself. I am very sad to note that Casper the very floofy cat (no longer a kitten as of this month, he's past a year old now) is going through a very annoying teenager phase of "no don't hold me!!!" and literally putting his front paws on my face and pushing me away whenever I attempt to snuggle him the last couple of days. Breaks my heart a little, but Kazumi (void cat) made up for it by briefly getting on my blanket-covered lap last night and going to work kneading that lap blanket like it was the most important job in the world.

I'm waiting for Oppenheimer to be available via streaming, that's just too long for me to sit in a public place and not be able to get up and move around. Just got back from a weekend at OSF with mom and while I always enjoy a good theatrical endeavor, sitting still in the audience is still agony. I miss the days of being able to just ask the SM to watch from the booth with them so I could stand and pace.


erikaj - Sep 24, 2023 10:42:40 am PDT #25609 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!

Not really my style to flaunt the carrots, but I wouldn't mind coming back from a naughty weekend or something.ETA: Next time you see Jen, Hec, tell her I said Hi.


erin_obscure - Sep 24, 2023 11:18:25 am PDT #25610 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

Casper changed his walnut sized feline mind as soon as I started a kitchen project. He saw mountains of cherries and jelly jars getting sterilized and immediately started climbing my legs and demanding to be held. In that way that cats have of demanding your full undivided attention only at time when you really need both hands and to not have fur floating around. Harumph. So of course he is getting All The Snuggles because passing up a snuggle-opportunity is a crime against nature.


Laura - Sep 24, 2023 11:31:14 am PDT #25611 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Yay for kitty snuggles!

Delightful to hear you got to spend some time with JenK, Hec. Also, of course you waited on the stoop for Matilda!


Karl - Sep 24, 2023 1:08:48 pm PDT #25612 of 30000
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.

Much love to both JenK and her mother. I'm glad she and Matt are continuing to have adventures.


sj - Sep 24, 2023 2:41:59 pm PDT #25613 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I love hearing about Buffistas spending time together!

I’m home from mom’s overstuffed with food and in trouble for making Francesca cry when I put a timer on to get ready to go after asking her to put her shoes on at least five times.