Murk: But you're a God! The Sacred Glorificus! Glory: I'm a God in exile. Far from the Hellfires of Home and sharing my body with an enemy that stabs my boys in their fleshy little stomachs!

'Dirty Girls'


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.


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 useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

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.


Tom Scola - Oct 14, 2021 11:51:14 am PDT #9925 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Happy Birthday, megan walker!

Have you heard about the Bennington College podcast?


-t - Oct 14, 2021 12:19:02 pm PDT #9926 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I was trying to fit the rest of the post into the rest of the song.

Same

Sorry about the stress, megan! And the high BP. I am looking forward to my inevitable BP follow-up today as the specialist has a very spa-like atmosphere with a comfortable chair and dim lighting and aromatherapy IIRC - probably why my numbers go down into the acceptable range when I go see her


megan walker - Oct 14, 2021 12:31:18 pm PDT #9927 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Have you heard about the Bennington College podcast?

I had not, but since Lethem actually gave the graduation speech the year I taught there (though, as he pointed out at the time, he did not actually graduate himself), I may have to listen. Especially since I love the fact that Tartt hates it (since I really don't think The Secret History is all that.) Thanks for the link.


Tom Scola - Oct 14, 2021 12:32:53 pm PDT #9928 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Tartt hates it

REALLY hates it.