Happy new year all. Fireworks or sweet dreams or anything in between to everyone.
Why couldn't Giles have shackles like any self-respecting bachelor?
Xander ,'Beneath You'
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.
chrismg - Dec 31, 2024 8:29:03 pm PST #4257 of 4324
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
JenP - Dec 31, 2024 9:04:24 pm PST #4258 of 4324
Happy New Year from the East Coast, friends.…
Steph L. - Dec 31, 2024 9:05:19 pm PST #4259 of 4324
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
2025 in Cincinnati has a lot of backyard fireworks. (Not us.)
Steph L. - Dec 31, 2024 9:15:37 pm PST #4260 of 4324
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Hey, I managed to stay awake until midnight! Now I can go to bed. Or at least, I can go to bed after our neighbor stops blowing up his entire roadside stand's worth of fireworks. I think he's been hoarding fireworks for the past 10 years just for this moment.
Steph L. - Dec 31, 2024 9:35:26 pm PST #4261 of 4324
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Hey, there are 3 police cars on my street -- 1 directly across from us, 1 blocking the nearest side street, and 1 about 4 houses up. Very curious. Maybe I won't go to bed just yet.
Me starting 2025 like an old lady, peering out the front blinds at all the goings-on.
quester - Dec 31, 2024 9:46:19 pm PST #4262 of 4324
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I am unintentionally staying up till Midnight. not a party. more like a Doom Watch. shit's really gonna happen in 2025. I am not ready.
A Not too terrible New Year all.
Steph L. - Dec 31, 2024 9:54:25 pm PST #4263 of 4324
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Update: 4 police cars. We’re pretty sure it’s because the guy diagonally across the street was shooting his gun at midnight, instead of setting off illegal fireworks like everyone else.
Calli - Dec 31, 2024 10:14:14 pm PST #4264 of 4324
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Happy New Year, central time zone folks and points east!
Theodosia - Jan 01, 2025 6:46:22 am PST #4265 of 4324
'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"
First post of 2025?
I stayed out to 2 AM, including a long ride home to drop off an old friend in another town, lots of good chatter and reminiscing.
I test drove and started the process of buying a used car -- a 2020 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid, which will wreak havoc with my finances but will also be a step up carwise and an investment for the future.
So even if '25 is going to be a national horror show (and I mean that unironically, because cattle cars and work camps for deportees are a distinct possibility), my own personal situation may still be OK.
Laura - Jan 01, 2025 8:35:26 am PST #4266 of 4324
Our wings are not tired.
I wish you happiness and sanity in the new year! I'm not ready for the year to come, so I am focusing on my personal health and keeping my head in the sand for a bit. It seems my activist days are over, and I can only deal with things I have control over.
I was indeed up until 1 or so. We had lots of fireworks starting around 6. I could see at least 5 locations from the balcony. I was going to walk over to the beach, but I could see more from a higher level. I didn't watch any of the specials because I have been avoiding any look back on 2024 stuff.
Headed across the alley to see my sister, and brother if he is up for it. He did respond to our midnight sibling exchanges, but my sister said he didn't want to see her yesterday because he was too sick.
Son and GF were partying with friends last night, and plan to see other friends today, which is more than okay with us. I love them, but in close quarters, they are a lot.