I have bubbly in the fridge for after my 6:30 (ugh) work meeting tonight. And celebratory Indian food scheduled for delivery. It was so nice to listen to speeches from people who I didn't want to slap every other sentence. The unity message was nice, as long as we don't forget the justice aspect of things. And Michelle Obama looked amazing!
And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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 - Jan 20, 2021 11:10:59 am PST #2601 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Cass - Jan 20, 2021 11:21:51 am PST #2602 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.
I have an appt with my ugh physicians asst at 3:45 so no early celebrations for me.
Last night on a Zoom, I had my first glass of wine in a while. Went well.
Still cool with living mostly dry.
meara - Jan 20, 2021 11:32:09 am PST #2603 of 30000
I have a headache but did watch a chunk of the inauguration (starting with JLo I think, and through most of his speech). Relief.
Also rescheduled my dentist appointment that I had forgotten about tomorrow, the receptionist said they got their first shots last week and I was like “cool, let’s do this after your second shots?” Just a routine cleaning, and I deliberately went in July thinking “transmission will be worse this winter”, so not fussed about waiting until April. Just glad they weren’t mad I didn’t call before today!
-t - Jan 20, 2021 11:37:55 am PST #2604 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have almost caught up with my email backlog. So close.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 20, 2021 11:46:48 am PST #2605 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I ended up getting a waterfall of urgent work yesterday afternoon that kept me working until after 8:30 last night. But one of the solutions I turned in prompted the company's owner to say she loved it and call me a genius in writing, so I guess it was worth the extra time on the clock.
Jesse - Jan 20, 2021 11:54:30 am PST #2606 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Very nice, Matt!
A colleague called me like the minute the inauguration ceremony was over, asking me intense work questions about other people's areas of expertise, and I was just like, "I have no idea! Are you kidding me??" I did not actually say that, but it was basically the upshot. Just send me an email, sheesh.
Congrats on the vaccine availability, Shir! That's incredible!! Even general old people aren't able to sign up for anything yet where I live.
Steph L. - Jan 20, 2021 12:12:45 pm PST #2607 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
My dad (the grocery store worker and heart patient) gets his first shot of the vaccine on Monday, which is coincidentally the day after he turns 79.
lisah - Jan 20, 2021 12:21:42 pm PST #2608 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
That is a relief, Steph!!
shrift - Jan 20, 2021 12:26:15 pm PST #2609 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I have not done anything celebratory because my day so far has been consumed by work and last-minute meetings. Unless eating a sandwich using bread that I baked myself counts?
Sophia Brooks - Jan 20, 2021 12:41:19 pm PST #2610 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Yay Steph's dad!
Have we seen the marching band yet??? I just got to get on because work was so zoom meeting heavy.