Honestly, you meet the most appalling sort of people....

Giles ,'Chosen'


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.


Jesse - Apr 27, 2021 8:13:35 am PDT #5924 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I know the meme, but I can't connect how ramen equals May.

Young JT's hair looked like dry ramen, with the bleach blond and perm and over-gelling. But I'm down with forgetting JT.

Yes and yes! (And the NSYNC song "It's Gonna Be Me" sounds like "It's gonna be May.") I am glad to confirm I shouldn't have tried this comment in any other setting!

Relatedly (?), Joss Whedon came up in my staff meeting just now, and I was like, "Historically, I was a HUGE fan of his work," but left it at that.

Like, imagine trying to write a job application letter, much less interview, while feeling like the world is shit and everything is useless. I'd need cocaine, I think.

No, it's a nightmare. This is part of why I've often had trouble getting a new job because it's usually when I'm a little depressed, feel like I hate my job and I'm no good at it.... so I'm going to sell myself on something else? Yeah, no.


-t - Apr 27, 2021 8:47:03 am PDT #5925 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Very true, job hunting is intrinsically pretty awful and doing it when so much else is generally awful can only be worse


Laura - Apr 27, 2021 8:55:14 am PDT #5926 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

The first step is to try to feel more like a functioning human being and less like a feral world-hating curmudgeon

Please share if you discover a solution to this one.


meara - Apr 27, 2021 9:09:52 am PDT #5927 of 30000

The first step is to try to feel more like a functioning human being and less like a feral world-hating curmudgeon, so I'm working on that. Starting with return to proper exercise

Um, I need this for several things not just work. So uh...if you have suggestions let me know. Exercise is a difficult one to enact when I’m feeling feral. But I’ve been watching tiktok and feeling like an ancient crone who cannot possibly plan to date anyone because I am actually a cave troll blinking in confusion at the light after merging to become one with my couch.


Jesse - Apr 27, 2021 9:26:23 am PDT #5928 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I was laughing this morning because a coworker said something about taking his dog for a walk and I was like, yeah, I took myself for a walk. I don't exercise but I always go for a stupid walk. [link]


DavidS - Apr 27, 2021 9:50:58 am PDT #5929 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Matilda has added doing a Chloe Ting YouTube workout to her morning routine, after she does her run /before school. She has become less feral and doesn't snap at my fingers when they wander too close to her cage.

There's your anecdata.

She has her position assignment for summer camp on Saturday. I get my second vax next week.

I'm liking this trendline.


Jessica - Apr 27, 2021 10:01:47 am PDT #5930 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

"Historically, I was a HUGE fan of his work,"

"Historically" doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence!

Matilda has added doing a Chloe Ting YouTube workout to her morning routine, after she does her run /before school. She has become less feral and doesn't snap at my fingers when they wander too close to her cage.

Dylan has been walking home from school since he returned to in-person learning and daily exercise has made a huge difference to his mood. Also anecdata-lly, I swam this morning for the first time in weeks (reserving a lap lane is a nightmare) and it was awful getting up early enough to do it but I felt wonderful afterwards.


flea - Apr 27, 2021 10:08:37 am PDT #5931 of 30000
information libertarian

I have actually been getting less exercise since we got a puppy, since our walks tend to be slow and short. You’re not supposed to take a dog running with you until they’re a year or more old! I had no idea. But this week I’m going back to my actual exercise walk after the morning dog walk, when mr. flea and the dog chill and drink coffee (not the dog). And next week I will start back couch to 5k. Really hoping I can get Dillo to join me, because he needs to get out, BAD.


Steph L. - Apr 27, 2021 10:18:30 am PDT #5932 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

when mr. flea and the dog chill and drink coffee (not the dog)

That pupper should stick to decaf only.


Laura - Apr 27, 2021 10:26:12 am PDT #5933 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Off in an hour or so to go stay with my sister for a week. Other sister is arriving from NY tomorrow. Whee, I be singing I got all my sisters with me soon.

Went to the doctor this morning about all my prolapsed parts. He was super nice and communicative, but I have 3 more appointments now. This test, that test, then the consult to discuss results and options. I'm kinda in a just fix it already mode, but apparently he wants to do stuff right. Sheesh. I don't know if surgery before I go north is going to be an option.