M's mom is going to be admitted to a hospital. What we have in town isn't a hospital but an ER and like outpatient imaging and stuff. She is going to one in a nearby town (they are all owned by the same corporation). Whatever tests they did came back clear so they aren't sure what is going on but she isn't improving.
I'm so sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my fun-time-Buffy party night involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you want to trade... no wait, I wouldn't give up that memory for anything.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
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.
askye - Mar 11, 2025 3:49:32 pm PDT #6057 of 6065
Thrive to spite them
brenda m - Mar 11, 2025 4:25:29 pm PDT #6058 of 6065
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
Oh man askye. That’s a lot.
The dog just went and barged in on the third-floor neighbor and came back down with a whole carrot.
Dog is the new Bob I guess. (And he does like them, for the record.)
-t - Mar 11, 2025 4:44:02 pm PDT #6059 of 6065
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
"Dog is the new Bob" is making me happy
Hil R. - Mar 11, 2025 5:20:36 pm PDT #6060 of 6065
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
So, Trump is now threatening to cut funding from my university because of antisemitism. (I have not experienced any more antisemitism here than I have anywhere else in my everyday life. A few low-level incidents, one slightly bigger thing that I considered reporting but decided it wasn't worth it. No worse than any other place I've been, and definitely better than when I was in Pennsylvania. The university settled a lawsuit last year about a few incidents that they probably should have dealt with better, but those seem to have been isolated incidents. There is definitely not any kind of "rampant environment of antisemitism" or whatever here. There also aren't any big anti-Israel protests, which is the excuse they're using at other universities -- we've really had nothing more than a couple of kids wearing keffiyahs collecting signatures. But, somehow, we're in danger of losing funding unless we "solve" our "antisemitism problem.")
Jesse - Mar 11, 2025 5:21:45 pm PDT #6061 of 6065
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh man, askye, that's a lot for your household!
Unfortunately, I don't think blasting "you must chill" at brain weasels is very effective, but we can always try
I just don't see what that doesn't work.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 11, 2025 5:24:48 pm PDT #6062 of 6065
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Oh dear askye. How stressful when all of you are having health problems.
"Dog is the new Bob" is also making me happy.
I am getting a tabletop convection oven/rotisserie thing for my 25th!! Anniversary at my university. This is supposed to be the one where we get the rocking chair, but I was like WTF am I doing with a rocking chair? I love my Insta-pot from year 20. Apparently at 30 years, there is a steam cleaner.
lisah - Mar 11, 2025 6:55:33 pm PDT #6063 of 6065
Punishingly Intricate
So sorry about all the health issues, askye!
-t - Mar 11, 2025 9:50:01 pm PDT #6064 of 6065
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Argh, Hil. I’m sorry that’s happening. I hope your school fights it.
Congrats, Sophia!
meara - Mar 11, 2025 10:02:50 pm PDT #6065 of 6065
Wow Hil, that’s dumb and sucky. I’m sorry.