I caught her on a park bench, making out with a *chaos* demon! Have you ever seen a chaos demon? They're all slime and antlers.

Spike ,'Sleeper'


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.


meara - Oct 28, 2024 8:25:22 am PDT #3113 of 4195

Yikes that would be a scary way to wake up!! I recently saw a video about how a lot of fires start from bathroom fans that are full of dust and now I’m paranoid but not enough so that I’ve actually figured out how to, say, clean the fans.

I accomplished nothing this weekend. Which was nice but also I really should’ve done one or two things other than laundry and sitting on the couch watching TikTok or reading. Go for a run, or errands or cooking. Kicking myself a bit, because this is a rather busy week and I wish I’d set myself up better.

Happy birthday Aurelia!


Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 28, 2024 8:34:48 am PDT #3114 of 4195
"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

Happy Birthday, aurelia!


-t - Oct 28, 2024 9:16:42 am PDT #3115 of 4195
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Happy aurelia day!

Ugh on Monday backlog of security videos. Fie on that! We hates them, precious.

Yikes, Theo, waking up smelling smoke is never fun!


DavidS - Oct 28, 2024 10:06:10 am PDT #3116 of 4195
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Waking up to the smell of fire sounds very unpleasant.

Happy birthday, aurelia!

Matilda was up by 9:30 this morning! She's getting better.

Which is good because she has an interview with the Japan program coordinator tomorrow, and I'd like her to be coherent.

I just sent her a slew of Kyoto travel videos to give her something to talk about.

I have my second Therapy session today. I don't think I'm going to keep this therapist but I'll do this session and see.


Gudanov - Oct 28, 2024 10:15:43 am PDT #3117 of 4195
Coding and Sleeping

Happy birthday Aurelia!


Theodosia - Oct 28, 2024 11:40:56 am PDT #3118 of 4195
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Hippo birdies, Aurelia!

I'll tell you that it makes me a lot more sympathetic to people who've been through real wildfires.


-t - Oct 28, 2024 5:36:36 pm PDT #3119 of 4195
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Did you know they make little sunlamps for cheese? [link]


Calli - Oct 28, 2024 6:03:00 pm PDT #3120 of 4195
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Happy birthday, Aurelia!

I’ve fallen back into Vox Machina in a big way. Are we discussing it anywhere? It’s the perfect “Let’s not think about the election” media, interspersed with the occasional GBBO.


aurelia - Oct 28, 2024 8:21:02 pm PDT #3121 of 4195
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Thanks for the birthday happies! It was a pretty chill day. I was able to work from home and get some laundry done. I went out to get sushi and a slice of cake.

I was walking on the sidewalk, minding my own business, when a guy behind me started telling me my hair smells good. He kept repeating it, trying to get my attention, and hustled to get right next to me to tell me. Dude. First, hair sniffing strangers is super creepy. Second, maybe learn to pick up on some body language. Ignoring you is not meant to encourage further interaction. Isn't being 56 supposed to put me in the invisible category when it comes to this sort of thing?

Then I came home and watched the latest ep of Agatha All Along which was excellent!


meara - Oct 28, 2024 8:48:28 pm PDT #3122 of 4195

Wow that’s weird and creepy. Glad birthday was otherwise good.

Tonight’s music trivia round was identifying songs based on their theremin covers. We were mostly good.