Amyth, you are amazing, and I'm glad I know you.
Riley: Oh, yeah. Sorry 'bout last time. Heard I missed out on some fun. Xander: Oh yeah, fun was had. Also frolic, merriment and near-death hijinks.
'Never Leave Me'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
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.
P.M. Marc - Dec 24, 2015 7:19:12 pm PST #12139 of 30003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Consuela - Dec 24, 2015 8:16:37 pm PST #12140 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Amyth, your story is inspiring, seriously. Good on you for coming clean with your friends and family, and then going back and doing the work. I hope you're proud of yourself, because you should be.
I managed to make it through the day, and hosted Christmas Eve dinner for the family: I made Mark Bittman's Portuguese mussels with chorizo over pasta, with homemade French bread and a huge winter salad (2 kinds of kale, chard, green onion, red pepper, fennel, and wild rice). The mussels came out great, and I sent the leftovers off with my niece to be eaten by her boyfriend.
What I don't understand is how, even if you do a ton of prep and do as much of the cleaning in advance as you can, you still end up with a ton of dirty dishes in the kitchen. So annoying.
The dog (who I shall call The Boss because she is bossy) is settling down: she's laying on the floor next to me and, astonishingly, not badgering me to pet her or chewing on her ball on my lap, or anything. If this is what I can look forward to, I think she'll be okay.
Consuela - Dec 24, 2015 8:22:24 pm PST #12141 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
P.M. Marc - Dec 24, 2015 10:36:39 pm PST #12142 of 30003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I KNOW! After not going to bed until 6:30 this morning because of it, getting three hours of sleep + a 20 or so minute nap, and winding up helping out with a last minute pinch hit in effectively a script doctor position, I should be crashing hard.
But noooooooooo.
Because Yuletide.
Anne W. - Dec 25, 2015 3:50:16 am PST #12143 of 30003
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Amyth, you are a truly, truly awesome and inspiring person.
sarameg - Dec 25, 2015 4:10:57 am PST #12144 of 30003
Woo, power went off mid stockings and more importantly, mid rolls, ack!
sarameg - Dec 25, 2015 4:11:26 am PST #12145 of 30003
(But it came back, with more thunder.)
lisah - Dec 25, 2015 4:26:45 am PST #12146 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate
Consuela, that meal sounds amazing!
I had to have several conversations about BALTIMORE and what it all means at family get together last night. Kind of exhausting but I think I was able to take control of the conversations adequately. I hope. I did say I thought, basically, you either supported the Black Lives Matter movement or you were rascist.maybe not the most subtle argument ever.
WindSparrow - Dec 25, 2015 4:45:35 am PST #12147 of 30003
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Well really, if you won't say "Black Lives Matter", you can't say "All Lives Matter".
Zenkitty - Dec 25, 2015 4:47:51 am PST #12148 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
And WS nails it.