Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter  

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.


Burrell - Jul 18, 2014 5:39:57 pm PDT #2278 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

My favorite ice cream store makes an affogato that I am dying to try, but we are always going there after dinner, and I can't with the coffee 8 o'clock at night or I'll never get to sleep.


-t - Jul 18, 2014 5:52:10 pm PDT #2279 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Well, popsicle mojo not entirely regained, although I have a much better success rate with my older single-serving quick pop maker than with the new three-serving one, so I feel a little bit justified in blaming my tools some.


Zenkitty - Jul 18, 2014 5:57:29 pm PDT #2280 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I promised my boss I would work this weekend. She wants "to see some progress" on The Thing by 11am on Monday. And she tells me this on a Friday. It isn't even due until November! Damn it.


lisah - Jul 18, 2014 6:06:36 pm PDT #2281 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

I do not like my coffee sweetened at all. But I do like it creamy. I don't drink tea much anymore but, when I do, it's sweet and milky. Aside from booze, I really only drink water now. I used to like the unsweetened Smart flavored waters--cucumber, lime, and such--but they stopped making those when they were bought by Coke. Of course.

My phone refuses to charge consistently anymore. One charger works somewhat but others don't at all. I could get an upgrade now but I'd have to pay $50 extra and I refuse on principal. Unless I really have to. Ugh, technology is the worst sometimes!


Kat - Jul 18, 2014 6:09:20 pm PDT #2282 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

-t, we were given a 3-hole one and it ended up self-destructing in the cabinet so....

yes, I blame the tools also.

I have had an emotionally toxic day which is pointless to try to recap.

My new seersucker shorts, though, are, in a word, awesome pants!

Also, I have made an appointment to see a new eye doc. I'm having trouble seeing and lots of eyestrain. My usual doc doesn't have an opening for a month. So I'm going to a place in my neighborhood instead on Monday. We'll see how it goes.


-t - Jul 18, 2014 6:15:25 pm PDT #2283 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Huh. Well, two points of anecdata makes a convincing line of something.

Yay seersucker!


Kat - Jul 18, 2014 6:27:40 pm PDT #2284 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Yay! A line!

My latest favorite drink is black currant iced tea (thanks, Kristen, for the rec!). I love iced tea in general though and drink it by the gallons.


sarameg - Jul 18, 2014 6:28:13 pm PDT #2285 of 30000

She really does!


erikaj - Jul 18, 2014 6:28:30 pm PDT #2286 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-

I'm thin. While I am improving my habits(less meat, less soda) I get many diet-karma points I don't deserve.(When I was younger, I ate some Blizzards, man, but I guess it only matters if they show, or someone thinks they do.) But I do know what diet concern trolls are like, because I was on food stamps for a bit, which apparently made my digestion public domain or some shit. Yes, occasionally, I watch things on TV, and say, for instance, "Deep-fried Twinkies! Uch, who eats that?" But I have been online long enough to know that my revulsion is probably someone else's cherished memory.(and I am that person to a lot of my way-granola friends, and vegans) Every single food troll should have someone say "It's all she wanted(pause) after the chemo.


Steph L. - Jul 18, 2014 6:29:27 pm PDT #2287 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Every single food troll should have someone say "It's all she wanted(pause) after the chemo.

I don't mention often enough how hard you rock.