Ugh. Housecleaning is at that depressing stage where there's really nothing else to be done without serious culling and purging, which results in lots and lots of work with very little visible result. I am, at least, finding a bunch of stuff that I'd thought was lost forever, but it's hard not to get discouraged at the sheer magnitude of the mess and the lack of progress.
Aren't they something. They're like butterflies, or little pieces of wrapping paper blowing around.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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.
JZ - Jan 16, 2016 6:55:34 pm PST #13503 of 30003
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Jessica - Jan 16, 2016 6:59:19 pm PST #13504 of 30003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
(No joke, just now I found out a football game was on because DH is covering SNL tonight for work, and when we turned on the TV there was a football game in overtime. Apparently they had to flip a coin twice, which is one more times than usual? The commentators seemed to think this was a really big deal.)
Steph L. - Jan 16, 2016 7:06:38 pm PST #13505 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
According to FB, that might have been the Green Bay Packers game. (Maybe. I'm just going on FB posts.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 16, 2016 9:15:25 pm PST #13506 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Wow, I just got a UPS delivery at 1 am on a Sunday morning. (Well, I guess it was UPS, someone knocked on my door and then left a package in front of it before I could get a robe on.)
Jesse - Jan 17, 2016 3:21:44 am PST #13507 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
What?? That's so weird.
It would be hard to avoid baseball and football here -- people were timing their attendance at the party yesterday based on the Patriots' game. And this was a party to sing our friend's church music, remember. Not a stereotypically sportsy crowd!
Amy - Jan 17, 2016 4:02:00 am PST #13508 of 30003
Because books.
There's no way to avoid knowing it's baseball or football season in Philly. The top news on game days is usually the Eagles' or the Phillies' results.
Baseball's my sport, though. Just not the Phillies.
Calli - Jan 17, 2016 5:55:36 am PST #13509 of 30003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I catch Premiere League football when I can (go 'Spurs!), but otherwise I'm not too sporty.
Sheryl - Jan 17, 2016 6:13:08 am PST #13510 of 30003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
My MIL is coming over in a little bit to watch the little guy while I go to the supermarket and get lunch.
meara - Jan 17, 2016 6:25:22 am PST #13511 of 30003
Matt, maybe it was a neighbor who realized it had been mis-delivered?
I'm prepping for a baby shower later this afternoon. And mildly wondering if I should watch some of the Seahawks game if only so I can understand my FB feed.
Connie Neil - Jan 17, 2016 6:28:42 am PST #13512 of 30003
brillig
Adventures in commuting: Light slushy snowfall last night, fogbound freeway this morning. But God gave Americans the right to drive 80 mph on the freeway, so that's what my neighbors are going to do. Thank heaven this was a Sunday morning, and not Monday. Though I'd have taken the long, back way to work if it was.