That is so sad, I am sorry to hear of this loss.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'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.
Laura - Oct 14, 2021 9:13:17 am PDT #9915 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
-t - Oct 14, 2021 9:45:53 am PDT #9916 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, JenP, how sad. I'm sorry.
JenP - Oct 14, 2021 9:58:27 am PDT #9917 of 30000
Thanks, -t and Laura.
-t - Oct 14, 2021 10:31:49 am PDT #9918 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Matt, megan, Cashmere - sorry to have missed your actual birthday, but I hope today is good!
shrift - Oct 14, 2021 10:45:42 am PDT #9919 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Oh, that's rough, JenP.
I literally have no idea. I want to be able to walk into a new stylist and, rather than a pic from a magazine, hand them some notes and say, "do this."
I hear that. I'm only seeing this stylist for the second time, as the stylist I've had since I moved to San Francisco is in the wind. Instead of taking pictures from a magazine, I brought reference photos of my own hair last time, and new stylist said that actually was more helpful.
Mostly I just need to decide if I want to go with a taper cut like usual or do something dramatique.
I am sorry to have laughed at that. That was just plain cruel.
You absolutely should have laughed at that. It was a sad trombone moment.
JenP - Oct 14, 2021 10:47:36 am PDT #9920 of 30000
In cometely light news, I found some Fall clothes I liked at Kohl's today when I made an Amazon return. So I bought them.
Of course, it's 80 degrees here today, so I'm not wearing any of them right now.
ETA: Thanks, shrift.
EpicTangent - Oct 14, 2021 11:20:09 am PDT #9921 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
That sounds like a lovely birthday, Matt.
All the leaves are brown, and the sky is grey. Going to take a ride to where my son lives about 45 minutes away.
Who else heard the Mamas & the Papas sing this? Just me?
So sorry, JenP.
I brought reference photos of my own hair last time, and new stylist said that actually was more helpful.
Noted! I'll try to remember to take a selfie next Good Hair day.
Of course, it's 80 degrees here today,
There was a guy from DC at the Con I was at this weekend. I was chatting with him & talking about how hot & humid DC was on my bday and he just kept saying, "people forget DC was built on a swamp."
Dana - Oct 14, 2021 11:29:30 am PDT #9922 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Who else heard the Mamas & the Papas sing this? Just me?
I was trying to fit the rest of the post into the rest of the song.
EpicTangent - Oct 14, 2021 11:39:20 am PDT #9923 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
The meter is a bit off, but the Mamas & Papas in my head make it work.
megan walker - Oct 14, 2021 11:42:42 am PDT #9924 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Auspicious day -- Happy Birthday to Matt, Cash, and megan!
Thanks to everyone for the best wishes. I can't help but think it was also ita's dad's birthday as well.
I have an appointment tomorrow with the blood pressure specialist and Kaiser asked me to check in now, so I did, and one of the pre-appointment questions is “is this a work-related injury” and I said no but now I’m vaguely wondering if it could be what with the stress from work for the last, um, however long it’s been. Probably not, right?
I got this question, too. For something that would likely (hopefully?) not be work-related. Never seen that before.
I spent much of my birthday stressed about not being able to find my new Real ID, stressed about missing a delivery I had to sign for, and stressed about a health-related thing. Unsurprisingly, when I did get to Kaiser, my BP was high! Everything seems to have worked out for the best so I'm really hoping when I have to go back for the inevitable BP follow-up it is back to a respectable number. God I hate getting old.