amyparker, sorry to hear that. dcp, you are a good egg.
ugh, mac.
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
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 29, 2021 11:05:13 am PDT #5995 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Pix - Apr 29, 2021 11:51:44 am PDT #5996 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
Amyparker, I'm so sorry to hear about your dad. Thinking about you and your loved ones.
Also, msbelle, ugh. I don't even know.
And yes, Dcp is, as always, a good egg.
Calli - Apr 29, 2021 12:01:23 pm PDT #5997 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Much health~ma to your father, amyparker.
It has not been an easy year to be a student, and some schools are doing better in accommodating that than others. I hope Mac can find a way to move forward that isn't too onerous for you, msbelle.
-t - Apr 29, 2021 12:18:19 pm PDT #5998 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
{{{amyparker}}}
meara - Apr 29, 2021 12:50:29 pm PDT #5999 of 30000
Ugh. Mac!! Cut it out!!
JenP - Apr 29, 2021 1:41:02 pm PDT #6000 of 30000
Love and good healing vibes coming your and your dad's way, amyparker.
Agree on dcp and good egg-ness.
Such a weird day. It started out with missing half of my bi-weekly call with my sisters, because I just forgot and was asleep, then my friend-boss forgetting about our 10:30a call, then being late for my book club Zoom... because I was finishing this week's reading, tbh... and then all of a sudden it was 3p, and I had the hungries.
I am supposed to start my online meditation learning course today. Perhaps if I had gotten up earlier and started with that, things would've been less... thing-y.
Toddson - Apr 29, 2021 1:50:28 pm PDT #6001 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I've been wrestling with the notes for a Zoom call yesterday (yes, another one) and I am really struggling. I was late to the call (which annoyed my boss), so I missed the first five minutes, got repeated phone calls during it so I missed out on some of what was said. I've been working through the recording but keep losing track of what people were talking about. And I keep getting phone calls with no one on the line when I answer (I suspect butt-dialing, but can't think how or why there are so many). I keep trying to block the numbers, but they still get through. sigh ... just my rant for the day ....
Sheryl - Apr 29, 2021 3:17:37 pm PDT #6002 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Health~ma to your dad, amyparker.
Hil R. - Apr 29, 2021 4:52:51 pm PDT #6003 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
It's the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba'omer starting tonight, and at a celebration in Israel (at the tomb of the rabbi that this holiday honors), we're seeing news that there was a crowd stampede, with numerous casualties.
I'm kind of numb, and trying to figure out who I need to check in with, and I fucking hate all of this.
EpicTangent - Apr 29, 2021 4:53:31 pm PDT #6004 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Seriously unfortunate cross-post. Hil - that's awful. I wish you peacefulness of heart.
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Catching up after a busy as heck day (in person) at the office. Too much to meara, but love & ~ma to all, as needed.
I'm certainly not comfortable being "successful" by not treating people as well as I can.
But I had to comment on that. Thank you, Drew, for saying it. I sometimes feel like too many people are lacking in empathy, compassion, fellow-feeling, just general being a decent person-ness. Thank you for being a good guy in deed as well as word.