Sign of summer -- the cicadas are very loud this evening.
Maybe I've always been here.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
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.
dcp - Aug 11, 2025 6:15:24 pm PDT #8734 of 8761
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Steph L. - Aug 11, 2025 7:31:35 pm PDT #8735 of 8761
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Sign of summer -- the cicadas are very loud this evening.
I love that sound. The nighttime summer soundtrack of my childhood was cicadas, bullfrogs in the creek, the a/c unit humming around the side of the house, the hum in a different key of the pool filter running, and (sometimes) a transistor radio playing late 70s/early 80s top 40 music (I’m particularly remembering “Bette Davis Eyes” for some reason).
meara - Aug 11, 2025 9:51:07 pm PDT #8736 of 8761
I don’t really miss cicadas but they are definitely the sound of summer for me even though I never hear them out here
Laura - Aug 12, 2025 4:48:17 am PDT #8737 of 8761
Our wings are not tired.
We don't have cicadas where I live, north or south, but we stayed in Macon GA on the way drive north this year, and they were amazingly loud. I'd only heard them a couple times previously. Very cool. And Loud!
Calli - Aug 12, 2025 5:05:18 am PDT #8738 of 8761
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
We had cicadas in NC, but I haven’t heard them here in MI. Lots of fireflies though.
Taking care terminally ill loved ones is so hard. Dad was furious at his father for remarrying so soon after grandma died, and to her worst rival, to boot. But she took such good care of grandpa at the end, and we were hundreds of miles away. So we ended up very grateful to her (albeit grudgingly, in Dad’s case).
I’m sorry your life’s gotten so canceriffic, Steph. But I’m glad about the good news on the viral front.
I’m starting my second full week of being unemployed. Can’t say I’m a fan. I have had about a 10% interview-to-application return, which is pretty good. And three of the outstanding applications look like they’d would be really cool jobs. (Two remote and one in Ann Arbor—I’d definitely have to check in with our Ypsilanti Empress if that came through.) So any spare job~ma would be appreciated, please.
Laura - Aug 12, 2025 5:22:48 am PDT #8739 of 8761
Our wings are not tired.
Job~ma, Calli.
lisah - Aug 12, 2025 7:05:42 am PDT #8740 of 8761
Punishingly Intricate
That is a great return rate. Good luck with it all, Calli!!
JenP - Aug 12, 2025 7:30:34 am PDT #8741 of 8761
Pulling for the cool jobs, Calli. And a 10% hit rate is very encouraging. Job ~ma your way!
-t - Aug 12, 2025 8:00:47 am PDT #8742 of 8761
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Job~ma, Calli!
meara - Aug 12, 2025 9:04:58 am PDT #8743 of 8761
Wow that’s a pretty good return on submissions Calli!
I woke up wrecked with migraine. It’s supposed to be 91 here today. I don’t want to do today. Can we start over?