My heart expands / 'tis grown a bulge in't / inspired by / your beauty effulgent.

William ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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.


msbelle - Aug 20, 2021 4:08:48 pm PDT #8603 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

In non-gun news, I ordered delivery of wings last night and got someone else's order, but I did not even hear the delivery come (I was actually eating something else for dinner) and so it sat on my porch for an hour. so ugh - wrong food for today's lunch, but I damn sure still ate it.

In other other news - I decided to cancel my trip in October to the music festival in Austin. last year they cancelled ver very late and our tickets rolled over. I've gone since 2015, I think. Just seems too risky with Austin at Stage 5. My cousin that we stay with had open heart surgery in July and was planning on the festival being his big recovery celebration, but it is too risky for him now.


EpicTangent - Aug 20, 2021 4:46:26 pm PDT #8604 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

That's a bummer, msbelle, but certainly seems like a sound plan.


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 20, 2021 5:30:17 pm PDT #8605 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

A friend sent me this personality quiz that matches you against various TV and movie characters: [link]

Apparently my closest match was Charlie from The Perks of Being a Wallflower at 85%. That fits, though he was dealing with a lot more trauma than I ever had to.

Willow Rosenberg and Daniel Jackson at 78% each, I was nodding along.

Will Graham at 75%, I guess I can see in that we're studious, socially awkward animal lovers.

JD from Scrubs at 65%—YOU TAKE THAT BACK OR I'M SUING FOR DEFAMATION, PIECE OF CRAP SURVEY!!!


-t - Aug 20, 2021 6:27:01 pm PDT #8606 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ha, Matt!

I found that quiz harder to answer than I would have expected, but I come up 85% Charlie from Lost which I wouldn't have guessed but can't really argue with. 83% Luna Lovegood which seems fair. Also 83% Jesse Pinkman which I hope not but I can see the argument. Aw, 82% Mozzie from White Collar, I did always like him. 81% Klaus which is another weight tipping the scale towards WATCH THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY so maybe I'll start that this weekend. Heh, 80% for both Lilo and Stitch, that's pretty good. 78% for both Ophelia and Penelope Garcia, seems odd to match up with both of them. Also 78% Ally Sheedy in the Breakfast Club which should probably be higher


dcp - Aug 20, 2021 6:35:46 pm PDT #8607 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

91% match to Egon Spengler. Hah!


Steph L. - Aug 20, 2021 6:49:08 pm PDT #8608 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

81% Klaus which is another weight tipping the scale towards WATCH THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY so maybe I'll start that this weekend.

It is a sign from the universe.


msbelle - Aug 20, 2021 6:57:12 pm PDT #8609 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I don't know some of these:

Lois Lane (Smallville) 93% - didn't watch
Donna Pinciotti (That 70s show) 87% - seen a few eps
Misty (Pokemon) 86% - seen a lot, but really no idea who any of them are
Chloe Sullivan (Smallville) 86% - 2 people from Smallville, really??
Veronica Fraser (Shameless) 86% - have not seen


-t - Aug 20, 2021 7:00:28 pm PDT #8610 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I didn’t know 5 of my top 6, I think, and a large proportion of the rest. They cast a wide net fir characters, which I appreciate


Steph L. - Aug 20, 2021 7:05:33 pm PDT #8611 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

My top 2 were Leonard and Raj from Big Bang Theory, which is not that far off, I suppose. I think it's because I scored "Awkward" at 100%.

Ben Wyatt from Parks and Rec and Chidi from The Good Place weren't too far down the list, either. I am an awkward supernerd.


Consuela - Aug 20, 2021 9:00:36 pm PDT #8612 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Steph, I'm so sorry you're dealing with all this. It sounds so terrifying. But you have a plan. Hang onto that.

Best of luck.

I'm emailing with a friend in LA about meeting up somewhere on the central coast in early October for some downtime. Pretty sure I'm gonna push to go to the Madonna Inn. They have a spa, and a hilltop hot tub, and horses, and hiking trails, and a steakhouse. What more could one need?