Right now the heat index outside is 109, and it's scheduled to go up to 117. I really hope our AC (window units in both bedrooms) can cope with being on all day while Aeryn is home with the nanny. (I feel bad that she basically has to stay in one room the whole day in order to not melt, but maybe she'll decide to take Aeryn to the library or something. She can strap an ice pack to the back of the stroller for the ride over.)
What you did to me was unbelievable, Connor. But then I got stuck in a hell dimension by my girlfriend one time for a hundred years, so three months under the ocean actually gave me perspective. Kind of a M.C. Escher perspective, but I did get time to think.
Angel ,'Conviction (1)'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
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.
Jessica - Jul 22, 2011 6:16:29 am PDT #17619 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Theodosia - Jul 22, 2011 6:35:05 am PDT #17620 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I've managed to hold out with just a fan and an icepack, but I'm going to have to make a strategic move to the AC soon....
§ ita § - Jul 22, 2011 6:41:16 am PDT #17621 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The biggest thing I found effective with cooling off a couple years ago when the LA summer was ridiculous was eating frozen food. I started skipping the blending stage of smoothing and eating the chunks of frozen fruit. And then I started chopping and freezing fruit myself. It was very refreshing.
§ ita § - Jul 22, 2011 6:43:25 am PDT #17622 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
beekaytee - Jul 22, 2011 7:00:41 am PDT #17623 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
The heat index here is up to 111. I have put down all my storm windows, on the assumption that the sun hitting the interior windows directly would increase the room heat. The shades are down and all the doors are closed.
My cpu is directly under the thermostat. It's the old, slider kind, which is surely as inexact as they come, but I've got it set around 80 and we are really doing okay.
I wonder if I should turn the computer off for a while.
DavidS - Jul 22, 2011 7:00:59 am PDT #17624 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm fascinated by his life and work. Freud's grandson, close friends with Francis Bacon, married to Caroline Blackwood. He's such a protogoth. In his youth he'd walk through the streets of london wearing his grandfather's great coat with a hawk on his wrist.
DavidS - Jul 22, 2011 7:02:14 am PDT #17625 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh look, and here he is with kestrel.
smonster - Jul 22, 2011 7:03:23 am PDT #17626 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Well, I hope this day gets better from here. Had insomnia, was up until past four am, just woke up to another torrential downpour. Already went out and popped two wheels up on the curb, to avoid another car flood. I hope that's enough. But today is the day I had arranged with a friend to go pick up my mattress/boxspring, since the first day got rained out, and it isn't looking good for that. Plus I'm supposed to go help another friend move.
I'm still in pjs and I already want a do-over.
OTOH, it's only 87 here.
eta with a heat index of 97
tommyrot - Jul 22, 2011 7:07:25 am PDT #17627 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hey Sail, are you around? I'm going to Madison this weekend and was wondering if you wanted to get together. You can email me (profile addy OK) your contact info if you want.
Or is Sail just in Bitches these days?
brenda m - Jul 22, 2011 7:08:22 am PDT #17628 of 30001
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. I love Lucian Freud.