I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the 'stay and gloat' that gets me every time.

Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

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


beth b - Feb 19, 2010 11:56:40 am PST #9462 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

Good insan, for sure.


Lee - Feb 19, 2010 12:00:20 pm PST #9463 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Now that lunch time is just about over, what are people doing this weekend?

Tomorrow I am getting a massage (purchased through Groupon) in San Jose, then having an early lunch with G&J. I need to come into the office for about an hour at some point, plus a Costco run and a TJs run and lots of laundry.


Daisy Jane - Feb 19, 2010 12:03:40 pm PST #9464 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

2 things that are kinda important to me

1- I get to do another guest blog at work. New Moon's coming out and the regular copy writer and I know nothing about it we could write, so I'm doing one on why women dig vampires.

2- Uhm...THIS IS MY DADDY!!! [link]

I'm really proud.


Ginger - Feb 19, 2010 12:04:22 pm PST #9465 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I know nothing about fixing cars, and have no place to fix them anyway--the apartment complex has rules about doing car repairs in the lot.

In my neighborhood, at least, the Autozone parking lot if full of people fixing their cars right there.

I think Jilli should be the spokesperson for Goth Disney.


Cass - Feb 19, 2010 12:07:12 pm PST #9466 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

There is a big-ass sqirrel cavorting on my balcony. It's scampering up the hanging bicycle even. The cats finally realized it was there and are *fascinated* though I expect Kittenish to become less amused when she realizes that there is no way to actually catch and kill the tail flipper. Puppycat? Could be amused for hours just watching.


§ ita § - Feb 19, 2010 12:10:19 pm PST #9467 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Dear lord. New Guy is talking size smack about a big guy at the office. Somebody needs to be sat upon.


ChiKat - Feb 19, 2010 12:10:55 pm PST #9468 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

Daisy, that is so cool about your dad!! And, I totally agree with this quote:

"Kids are so much fun to be around when they act right."

Truer words never spoken.


Daisy Jane - Feb 19, 2010 12:12:23 pm PST #9469 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Thanks! His kids really do seem to adore him.

He has been retired from football for over 10 years now, so it's really good to see him having success at what he's done since.


-t - Feb 19, 2010 12:21:13 pm PST #9470 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That's really cool, Daisy.

This weekend: birthday party out at Rush Ranch tomorrow (after paying bills, of course), seeing Curtains (a murder mystery farce, I think?) with my mom on Sunday.


Strix - Feb 19, 2010 12:21:42 pm PST #9471 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Jessica, I am glad to see you post. I've been thinking about you.

After my surgery, I was too weak to stand in a shower, and couldn't immerse the incision site for a couple weeks. I used 2 hand towels (washcloths, too small, bath towels, too big) -- one for soap, one for rinse -- and sat on the toilet with a towel under me. I used Ivory, because I couldn't soak the water off me, and very hot water. Couldn't wash my hair, leaning to have my mom do it hurt too much, but I used the clean water and hand towel to kinda do a hot water rub of my hair, then brushed it well and braided it.

Not as perfect as a hot bath, but the hot water and soap felt so damn good. Ask E. to change the sheets and straighten the bed while you're cleaning. That makes a world of difference, too. (As does rubbing lotion into your clean feet and hands, especially if it's a scent you love.)

I know none of this will help in a deep way, but I hope you get to feel clean. Hospital-clean is not uplifting.

{{Jess}}