Went to the gay bars here, which were hopping. Picked up a sweet older man who shared my love of Heated Rivalry and his husband, went to a different bar, was v amused by all the boys, came home and it’s not yet 8pm. Poor planning on my part—I’ve had a drink and now want to go to sleep.
It's a real burden being right so often.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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.
meara - Dec 25, 2025 7:47:00 pm PST #10765 of 10878
-t - Dec 25, 2025 8:32:56 pm PST #10766 of 10878
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
First choice Chinese restaurant told us there would be a long wait for food, I think they had a private event monopolizing the kitchen, so we went to plan B - an Indian restaurant that had an offering on Too Good To Go so I was pretty sure it was open. Really good food, nice to add that to the pool of eateries near mom&dad.
If I don’t watch Heated Rivalry tonight I’ll be taunted by everyone’s reactions all day at work tomorrow. I don’t think I have to stay up that late to do it, though. Already looking forward to rewatching in binge mode
-t - Dec 25, 2025 9:39:16 pm PST #10767 of 10878
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Dad reports ice packs and resting while watching football has been very therapeutic.
msbelle - Dec 26, 2025 6:16:20 am PST #10768 of 10878
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
At stoopid work.
Laura - Dec 26, 2025 7:08:12 am PST #10769 of 10878
Our wings are not tired.
Our day after Christmas birthday Buffistas are Theodosia, Jesse, and Rayne. I hope they are all getting the birthday spoilage they deserve. May 2026 be all we hope for and more.
-t - Dec 26, 2025 8:11:55 am PST #10770 of 10878
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Happy Boxing Day and birthday happies!
Ostensibly working but that amounts to setting myself to "Active" on Slack and opening a tab for gmail for now. I have a giant cup of coffee to sip on while I figure out if there is something I actually should be doing...
DavidS - Dec 26, 2025 8:42:08 am PST #10771 of 10878
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Happy boxing birthday to Jesse and Connie and Rayne!
Steph L. - Dec 26, 2025 10:25:32 am PST #10772 of 10878
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
My lazy day off today involves sleeping until 10, weeding out/cleaning off my skincare shelf in the bathroom, mini spa day with stuff from the skincare shelf, a little laundry, washing some dishes, breaking down Amazon boxes for recycling and getting them out of the house, and cleaning the bathroom. So, really, less of a lazy day than I had intended.
Dinner tonight will be our December 26 tradition of Indian takeout. Maybe we'll get around to watching Wake Up Dead Man.
askye - Dec 26, 2025 10:43:02 am PST #10773 of 10878
Thrive to spite them
I had a good Christmas and Christmas eve. M went over to his sister's in the afternoon of Christmas Eve because that was when the grandkids were there.. He filmed them with the lion rocker and the oldest with the mermaid tail blanket he got her. She is so cute. She was trying to get into standing up and declares "mermaid ! I'm a mermaid!"
And both girls loved the lion rocker.
After work we went over to his brother's and instead of nearly 30 people there it was only around 10. So we got to pet and play with their cats and visit with them. Very low key.
Went to Moms on Christmas Day. We ate, I fought with her tv trying to get Discovery Plus up so we could watch some Tournament of Champions Christmas special. She has a very expensive Lg Smart TV and half the apps don't work on it like Hulu. She got a Fire stick trying to stream the cable company's cable options but that doesn't have the sports channels and she got YouTubeTV which she hates because she couldn't get Hulu to work on the fire stick. I got Hulu to work so I'm going to get her setback up with that but Discovery wouldn't load on the Fire stick.
Work was ok Christmas Eve. They had one of the assistant managers outside the door at 5:50 telling people we were closed. Someone got mad around 5:57 and was filming and yelling about false advertising.
When I left after 6 there were people pulling into the parking lot and realizing we were closed.
The only real drama was bitter coworker who works in the back was supposed to work her regular shift Christmas Eve but she left around 9 (she works 4-1) and didn't tell anyone . No one has any idea where she was. They called her and she claimed the HR person said it was ok . I don't know about that but to just leave and not say anything is wild. No one was happy with her .
JenP - Dec 26, 2025 11:10:50 am PST #10774 of 10878
Happy, Happy Birthday to Jesse, and Theo, and Rayne!
We had a very low key Christmas, the highlight of which was dinner at my cousin's, which was lovely. Filet roast, which is my fave and what I like to make for NYE, but I'm not doing this year, so yay for getting it in anyway!
Met the newest baby -- my first cousin, twice removed. She is an absolute cutie.
Today is light physical chores and medium light finance stuff. Also prepping for 2026... what do I want to do, etc. A good deal of the 2025 list will be transferred over! It's mostly fun stuff, so not stressful.