Happy Birthday Laura!
The task I have set for myself today is painting birdhouses and hanging them from the edge of my carport. In the hope that they'll be more attractive to birds than building a nest in the overhead lights and pooping on my car.
She's not just a blob of energy, she's also a 14-year-old hormone bomb.
Spike ,'The Killer In Me'
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 22, 2025 9:22:10 am PST #5678 of 5686
"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
shrift - Feb 22, 2025 9:41:36 am PST #5679 of 5686
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Happy birthday, Laura!
Calli - Feb 22, 2025 9:46:28 am PST #5680 of 5686
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Meara, I’m looking to move to a permanent location in MI. My current apartment was just a place to land and give me time to explore more carefully. My sister will be moving to a small town in Michigan’s thumb when she retires in 4-5 years, so Port Huron would be convenient for hanging out with her. We’ve done that a lot since I moved, and I’m enjoying it.
megan walker - Feb 22, 2025 11:34:26 am PST #5681 of 5686
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The status changes for Haitians in the US are horrible. And you know they wouldn’t be doing this if they were refugees from, say, Sweden.
As I find myself saying more and more these days, I'm a first-generation American, daughter of someone who never became a U.S. citizen, with a weird-ass name most people don't dare pronounce unassisted, and yet in my entire lifetime I can't remember anyone questioning my right to be here. Funny how that works.
meara - Feb 22, 2025 12:17:14 pm PST #5682 of 5686
Shocking, Megan. Can’t imagine why. Utterly baffling. (Ugh)
I’m left wishing any of my ancestors were more recent immigrants because even the most recent ones were my grandparents’ parents.
I am on a plane right now and dang this seat is uncomfortable! There’s like zero padding. Also I thought there was one hour left but there are two hours (my phone had magically updated to mountain time somehow?). But we had a successful takeoff and fingers crossed we will land successfully.
meara - Feb 22, 2025 12:18:25 pm PST #5683 of 5686
Calli that sounds nice, taking your time to decide where to land and spending time with your sister! I do wish my sister lived closer, though at least these days it’s a direct flight rather than a connection.
aurelia - Feb 22, 2025 12:26:22 pm PST #5684 of 5686
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Apparently bathroom signs on campus are being changed to say "Biological Men" and "Biological Women," based on a new Ohio law.
Who is paying for this bit of state sponsored bullying?
Looks like some students went the simpler route
Excellent. That would be my inclination as well.
JenP - Feb 22, 2025 12:27:29 pm PST #5685 of 5686
We’ve done that a lot since I moved, and I’m enjoying it.
Nice!
I went to a bridal shower today and decided two glasses of prosecco would be tasty -- which they were -- and now I'm lying in bed about to take a nice, long nap, because... two glasses of prosecco? Really, Jen? As if.
Sheryl - Feb 22, 2025 3:05:46 pm PST #5686 of 5686
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Gary has left for the Builders' Show this morning. I went up to the RTC and took Mr. S out for the afternoon. It went well, even if he decided to return to the unit earlier than I had planned. Of course, there was a shopping trip to Target where instead of the $X limit he had stated, I ended up spending $X+20. Sigh...(no wonder he was happy- I bought stuff for him)