May her memory be a blessing, Nilly.
This has been a bad year for parents of Buffistas.
Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books!
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
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 01, 2025 3:19:25 pm PST #10421 of 10439
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
DavidS - Dec 01, 2025 6:30:16 pm PST #10422 of 10439
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm to the part where the anesthesia has worn off and my head is throbbing.
Also the sutures on my arm are gnarly enough to make Jacob Elordi weep in envy.
Also, no Pilates for two weeks.
At one point they left me unattended in the waiting room for two fucking hours. And yes I poked my head out before then and tried to corral somebody. (They were understaffed all morning and there was only one surgeon running from room to room. Turns out you don't want to be there the Monday after Thanksgiving.)
When they finally came back to take my blood pressure, I warned him he was going to be getting my Very Annoyed Blood Pressure reading.
meara - Dec 01, 2025 7:37:52 pm PST #10423 of 10439
unattended for two hours is shitty if they haven't warned you ahead of time it will be that long. you definitely start to wonder if they've forgotten you (and maybe they have!)
I need to make an appointment to get my skin looked at. Though I swear last time I think she took about one minute total to look. Which didn't fill me with confidence.
I did manage to watch Heated Rivalry tonight. Fun times. It's been a while since I read the series so I have no idea what will happen! Other than more hot gay hockey nonsense.
I also made it to Palm Springs, but my friends are not here yet, so it is me and my dog in a very big empty house. Boo. More people will arrive over the next few days, thankfully. And I am very glad to not be driving any longer, yikes. Dog is very glad of that too. Last night he thought I was trying to get him back in the car, from the hotel, and he planted himself and I had to drag him (I was not, I was trying to get him to go to the bathroom so I could go to bed!)
Shir - Dec 02, 2025 6:35:17 am PST #10424 of 10439
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I went to see Nilly today and printed your messages for her. She's thankful for your words, Buffistas.
DavidS - Dec 02, 2025 8:01:44 am PST #10425 of 10439
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I went to see Nilly today and printed your messages for her. She's thankful for your words, Buffistas.
Thank you, Shir.
I didn't think I was going to sleep that well with my new stitches but it turns out lying down is good for the blood pressure and the throbbing pain. Slept fine.
Now I just need to ingest coffee.
Oh, I watched the first three episodes of Pluribus last night! I got sucked right into the premise and I thought it was smart writing for Carol's angry outbursts to have such huge consequences. The promos made it look more like a dark comedy and it's not a comedy.
-t - Dec 02, 2025 8:39:34 am PST #10426 of 10439
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Pluribus is fascinating. The most thinky show I'm watching right now, for sure
I was thinking I need to read Heated Rivalry before watching, but maybe I will just dive in and catch up on the books later
Jessica - Dec 02, 2025 9:02:59 am PST #10427 of 10439
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I was thinking I need to read Heated Rivalry before watching, but maybe I will just dive in and catch up on the books later
It's so good as an adaptation that I'm glad I read the books first, but I don't think you NEED to have read the books. (It's not, like, a complicated universe with a lot of backstory. but as a Book Enjoyer I do have a pretty good idea what the secret title of episode 3 is going to be.)
meara - Dec 02, 2025 9:41:56 am PST #10428 of 10439
I feel like the book is always better so watching first and then reading (and then maybe rewatching!) makes for maximum enjoyment.
-t - Dec 02, 2025 10:50:34 am PST #10429 of 10439
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hm, I have become interested in assessing adaptations as adaptations, but meara makes a persuasive case. It will probably depend on how much video media I am wanting to consume, I suppose, sometimes it is not much at all (but I definitely should not be making my Read This Now pile any bigger...)
DavidS - Dec 03, 2025 8:32:58 am PST #10430 of 10439
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Voila! It is December the 3rd.
It is almost the end of 2025 which is an entirely confabulated, made-up, science fictional year to start with.
Things I have fixed in the last week: my furnace, my curved windows (which are now closed), my espresso machine.
So I'm not only do I have a functional executive, I'm maximizing the cozy.
My hot toddy and hot chocolate game have been strong this Fall.
Here's my favorite random fact about Agatha Christie: She's one of the first white people to surf upright when she was doing a world tour with her husband in 1922. She stayed in Hawaii for three extra months to learn how to surf which she described as one of the greatest pleasures of her life.
Today's project: Get several packages in the mail.