I am at work, but it's quiet here, so that's a plus.
I know, world in peril and we have to work together. This is my last office romance, I'll tell you that.
Buffy ,'End of Days'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
Scrappy - Dec 24, 2012 7:11:26 am PST #5515 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
sarameg - Dec 24, 2012 7:20:25 am PST #5516 of 30001
My father had the "here's what we want when we're infirm" conversation with me last night. Don't wanna!
I'm getting the 'we've got no infirmities' but LET US SHOW YOU THEM.
To which I'm apparently all practical and irritated which makes for fun times.
Eh, I'll live. What's bad is I really don't have anything for dad this year( he doesn't want stuff! He has everything!) and it looks like I'm holding a grudge, which isn't the case, just lacking inspiration.
Kat - Dec 24, 2012 7:40:58 am PST #5517 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I am so out of inspiration on the gift front. I just... I don't know.
The worst is buying stuff from the kids for K. I'm feeling Christmased out.
The twins are watching Charlie Brown Christmas which I bought yesterday and really love.
Nora Deirdre - Dec 24, 2012 8:00:59 am PST #5518 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I insist "it's Jamaica" is not a good enough excuse for not paying attention to your work, but he insists that's just the way.
Heh, Tom's your indignant New Orleans counterpart.
DavidS - Dec 24, 2012 8:10:45 am PST #5519 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I am at work, but it's quiet here, so that's a plus.
Insent, Scrappy.
tommyrot - Dec 24, 2012 8:20:34 am PST #5520 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.
I'm at work. There was almost no traffic on the way here.
I seem to be going through another Beatles phase, so I'm listening to Abbey Road. Next up: Let It Be, which I just bought.
shrift - Dec 24, 2012 9:22:28 am PST #5521 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
There's a toy that the two-year-old likes, so I've been Feliz Navidaded to death already.
Tom Scola - Dec 24, 2012 9:58:57 am PST #5522 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
People are leaving en masse here at work. I should have time to get to the theater in time for The Hobbit.
Dana - Dec 24, 2012 10:07:21 am PST #5523 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I tried to make a case for seeing The Hobbit again, but the husband wasn't having it.
DavidS - Dec 24, 2012 10:34:14 am PST #5524 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Today's Christmas Miracle:
We found Emmett's stocking.
This is the beautiful hand-made stocking that Emmett's Mom made for him when he was 1 year old and is - more or less - the center of all our co-parenting holiday traditions.
Not having it had cast a pall over my enjoyment of the whole holiday season and bummed me out. Plus EM was getting pissy about it.
I spent six hours tearing through every room in the house on Saturday trying to find it and turned up nothing. So disheartening.
And I thought about it and thought about and thought, "I think I remember I told EM to take it to her house after last Christmas, because this year's Christmas would be at her house."
And she looked again. And she found it. (And she apologized for being mean and blamey about it.)
Exhale.