The count of three isn't a plan. It's Sesame Street.

Buffy ,'First Date'


Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration

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.


Steph L. - Aug 10, 2024 10:51:14 am PDT #2030 of 3466
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Fucksake, I went out to retrieve an Amazon package delivered to the next-door neighbor’s porch, walked up 2 of the 4 steps on their porch, and my right knee just decided it was done with being a knee. It just kind of collapsed in a direction that it shouldn't go.

It hurt so badly that I had to just hold the railing tightly and breathe deeply for like a minute so I wouldn’t yell, because I was on my neighbor's steps and that would be embarrassing. Then I leaned way forward to get the package, because I didn’t think it was a good idea to go up the last 2 steps, maneuvered my way back down the steps *backwards*, limped back across our yard with the box in my arms, figured out how to climb the 4 steps on our front porch, and now I am full of ibuprofen with an ice pack on my knee. What the fuck. It hurts a LOT.

I had other plans, none of which involved elevating my leg and icing my knee. Tonight we are getting sushi and seeing Deadpool & Wolverine, and the knee issue is not going to stop me. The movie theater seats recline, so that's a bonus for my knee.


Dana - Aug 10, 2024 11:22:00 am PDT #2031 of 3466
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Knees are bullshit.


Amy - Aug 10, 2024 11:39:06 am PDT #2032 of 3466
Because books.

I call this age The Age of Unreliable Knees.


Steph L. - Aug 10, 2024 12:21:02 pm PDT #2033 of 3466
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

I...may not be going to get sushi for dinner and seeing a movie. This shit really hurts if I move at all. It doesn't hurt as long as I have my leg propped up and don't move.

Fortunately, we are so decrepit and falling apart that we have many icepacks.


dcp - Aug 10, 2024 1:39:02 pm PDT #2034 of 3466
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Yeah, don't make it worse.

Is an ER visit getting serious consideration?


lisah - Aug 10, 2024 2:48:10 pm PDT #2035 of 3466
Punishingly Intricate

Oh no! Knees really are stupid


Laura - Aug 10, 2024 3:14:12 pm PDT #2036 of 3466
Our wings are not tired.

Whoever designed these mortal bodies should have been fired and replaced with a competent engineer.


Jessica - Aug 10, 2024 4:03:05 pm PDT #2037 of 3466
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Ugh Steph, knees really are the worst when they don't knee properly.


Steph L. - Aug 10, 2024 4:50:55 pm PDT #2038 of 3466
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Is an ER visit getting serious consideration?

If it seems worse tomorrow, then yes. But I figure I can do rest, ice, compression, elevation, and ibuprofen at home for the first 24 hours and see if that calms it down.


Sheryl - Aug 10, 2024 4:51:09 pm PDT #2039 of 3466
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

I'm sorry your knee isn't kneeing properly, Steph.