It's not like she blew me off. She just left with another guy, that's all.

Riley ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Daisy Jane - Aug 18, 2008 6:06:10 am PDT #3901 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

I don't particularly care, but I will watch if it's on.

I can't wait until football season really begins though.


Kat - Aug 18, 2008 6:07:13 am PDT #3902 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I'm the exact opposite of DJ. I love the olympics and make an effort to watch. But football season? Don't care at all.


Nora Deirdre - Aug 18, 2008 6:08:12 am PDT #3903 of 10003
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Although, I have to say I'm somewhat boggled by people who aren't into the Olympics at all, and I've come across several lately.

I'm not at all. I really don't care. I'm not into sports or anything and the added bonus of jingoism (in my perception) pretty much turns me off. I think watching sports is boring. It's a very YMMV thing, don't see why it's boggling.


tommyrot - Aug 18, 2008 6:08:57 am PDT #3904 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Tips from a Bitter Temp

How to survive in a bureaucracy

When I tell people I work at an insurance company, I feel I need to explain myself. Sure, I work in insurance, but I'm "in insurance" about as much as a Giants Stadium security guard is "in professional football." See, I'm a temp. An outsider. My industry? Survival.

I love this part:

I've adapted so well to my new environment that my boss wants to offer me a job, make me legit: an underwriter. "So, Anne," he said. "Do you like insurance?" After some stalling I said: "Look, I don't understand this stuff, but I love the cereal here. I love the chairs. I really, really like a few of the people, and I'd like to stay. How can we make that happen? Could I have a demotion? Order staplers and stuff? That I know how to do."


Tom Scola - Aug 18, 2008 6:09:32 am PDT #3905 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I like sports, but I'm not really into the Olympics. Mostly because it takes too much effort to follow closely.


Barb - Aug 18, 2008 6:09:46 am PDT #3906 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”

I particularly don't understand she keeps telling me about it when she knows that I don't.

See, this is the kind of thing I don't understand. I'm a sports geek, but I definitely get that not everyone is. So when I'm with people I know don't give a rat's ass, I don't go on about it and I certainly don't question why other people aren't into it. To each their own and all that.

I guess it's the by-product of having grown up a figure skater/skating fan in Florida. I had very few people around me who cared about it, so I kept it quiet.


Kat - Aug 18, 2008 6:16:06 am PDT #3907 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Oooh. it occurs to me that my Make an Effort to Watch It is sort of a lie. I watch it, especially summer, because there is not much else on. But I let my Tivo override it to record Mad Men, Project Runway and A Long Way Down.


tommyrot - Aug 18, 2008 6:17:30 am PDT #3908 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

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Jesse - Aug 18, 2008 6:18:05 am PDT #3909 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I like sports, but I'm not really into the Olympics. Mostly because it takes too much effort to follow closely.

Ah, I don't put any effort into it. I just turn it on and see what happens. I have realized I like the things that are quick for this very reason -- a race, a routine, a dive, whatever. Looked good! Oh no! Whatever.


sumi - Aug 18, 2008 6:23:25 am PDT #3910 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!

There are events I want to see that I make an effort for - but otherwise, the tv is on and if I want to I can watch it. Usually not for team sports though.