I did sleep ok last night but had a dream that the house was burning down. lol brain. Way to be super subtle.
Man, you just get darker and darker, and the weird thing is, your aura? Beige.
Host ,'Why We Fight'
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.
lisah - Jan 29, 2025 6:15:54 am PST #4943 of 4980
Punishingly Intricate
brenda m - Jan 29, 2025 6:30:06 am PST #4944 of 4980
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Same. I haven’t been sleeping well at all. And some really effed up dreams.
I’m remembering suddenly that my mom had a colleague years ago who was doing a study on masochistic dreaming in divorced men. The theory being that it was one of the brain’s mechanisms for processing pain when the conscious brain was resistant to doing so. (Masochistic meaning “bad things happen to you” in this context.)
Really don’t think that’s our issue though. More like the system is flooded.
JenP - Jan 29, 2025 6:40:44 am PST #4945 of 4980
I had a dream I fell for a cute and sweet... uh, terrorist, basically? Revolutionary would be kinder. I knew it couldn't actually be a lasting thing, but I snogged him anyway. I felt somewhat ambivalent about it, at least. He gave me blue and pink recycled gum in a container that looked like a mini egg carton, too, so there's that.
Steph L. - Jan 29, 2025 6:41:25 am PST #4946 of 4980
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I think the universe heard me, because after I posted here, I checked Facebook, and saw a post that this Sunday, several organizations in my neighborhood are having an appropriately named Anti-Despair Resource Fair. Various organizations (mutual aid, reproductive justice, food access, disaster resilience, etc) will be there with ways to get involved. I definitely need this.
I'm also giggling because the post included: "Raffle! All prizes rad!" I can't pass up a chance to win rad prizes, can I?
JenP - Jan 29, 2025 6:53:46 am PST #4947 of 4980
Clearly, you cannot.
Steph L. - Jan 29, 2025 7:14:10 am PST #4948 of 4980
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I need rad prizes. At least *a* rad prize.
meara - Jan 29, 2025 10:58:32 am PST #4949 of 4980
Anti-despair fair seems like an excellent plan. I am absolutely remembering some books about 1930s Germany right now and wondering…
askye - Jan 29, 2025 11:01:34 am PST #4950 of 4980
Thrive to spite them
I want an anti despair fair.
I was amusing myself by filling out the DoGE application website with various names. And random info. And using a copy of the Constitution as my resume.
It wants 3 bullet points about experience so for Andrew Tater I put alpha male Alpha Male ALPHA MALE.
Dana - Jan 29, 2025 11:28:31 am PST #4951 of 4980
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Nutria are all over Louisiana. That’s basically the extent of my knowledge.
Yeah. Do not squish the nutria.
-t - Jan 29, 2025 11:35:17 am PST #4952 of 4980
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
IIRC the nutria were brought in deliberately to eat the water hyacinth (another invasive species that escaped decorative ponds) and have been impossible to control ever since.
Obviously, couldn’t try gorillas because that whole freezing to death part wouldn’t work although if there’s gonna be snowstorms as a regular thing….