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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Nov 3, 2009 17:10:42 GMT -5
Urgh. Achoo and ow.
The padauk server is reorganized and dusted. Except for the pile of things about which decisions need to be made by The Husband, because some of them came from his mom's house, or she gave them to us. Not heirlooms, more like "Look what I got at the 99¢ Store for you", but still I can't just discard them without his sayso.
There is also a hoard of large scallop shells, which I think my mom used for serving seafood slop of some sort. Maybe Paul can use them to edge the garden or something, because I'm (a) sure not making exotic seafood salads, and (b) if I did, I'd use one of the nice dishes anyway.
I think the plastic coasters, shiny and sparkly and rainbowy and retro as they are, can go, because they aren't actually big enough to be of any use anyway. On the other hand, what if I drilled them and hung them in a window? Can you drill 3/8" (approximately) hard plastic with a hand drill? I'll have to ask Paul, because they'd make pretty windchimes or a suncatcher.
The rabbit mug Daria gave me when we were trying to get pregnant with what turned out to be Emily, on the other hand, is in my studio while I decide what to store in it. It was even blessed by one of her coworkers who had a large family, all girls.
Now, do I have enough energy to tackle the china cabinet? More tea first, I think. The thermos of tea is turning out to be one of those ideas I wish I'd found years ago.
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Post by beccaelizabeth on Nov 3, 2009 17:49:45 GMT -5
Today involved: irritation in the form of the techs from the place that sells computers to disabled people phoning me despite me telling them many many times to use the email because of my disability, then not emailing me back. (They sold me a computer to do my talking, and then they use the phone!) a meeting that basically consisted of the meeting from 2 weeks ago done over again because nobody did what they said they would lots of walking in the rain rain and more rain a disintegrating umbrella that kept poking me in the head that my employee was still sure was better than simply walking in the rain despite it not working very well even in those minutes it was in the right place and having parked on the roof of the car park so it was Very Wet getting in the car. but it also included win, because this time around the meeting turned into specific times and places to find out they've failed to do it again, there's another meeting set up much closer to my house so I don't gots to go to Norwich again, we sold some books, we got the vacuum cleaner bags we were looking for, and I found a new bra that fits Then I was home and went to sleep. Only then I woke up at 2130 and now I don't know when I'm going to get to sleep some more. I watched the season 2 finale of Chuck. I do not like the stuff at the Buy More ie the unique selling point of the series, but it's fun when they do spy stuff. ... after having watched 2 seasons that's actually all I have to say about it. huh. Oh, that and: Captain Archer! I've given up on watching Moonlight, partly because it doesn't seem to be on in the same timeslots any more. I only managed to watch 10 minutes of the other heavily advertised new series 11th Hour because they made it look more SF and then it was all dead medical stuff. TV is frequently boring, yet it fills many hours of my life with deciding if this particular bit is boring. I'm starting to miss the years I had no working television. Tomorrow I'm back at college without having done the reading or having written the essay that's due Friday. My tutor knows and thinks I can get more time. If not, fail! I'm actually cheerful about this. Modernism has killed my enthusiasm for the whole degree process. This is the other problem with studying part time, there's no alternatives if I hit a boring bits. Hope everyone else is having more fun than me.
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Post by SpringSummers on Nov 3, 2009 18:02:55 GMT -5
Ye Olde PostAs BtVS came to an end and we learned that Spike would be joining AtS, Patti, Gail, and I speculated on . . .THE TOP TEN WAYS SPIKE WILL DRIVE ANGEL NUTS: PATTI:10. Will be asked for autographs when he sings at the new W&H Kareoke club. 9. Will use Angel's credit cards on Rodeo Drive without permission. 8. Will steal and crash 11 of Angel's fleet of 12 cars. Will dent #12. 7. Will leave Ramones and Sex Pistols discs on Angel's CD player 6. Will tape over Angel's hockey games with episodes of Passions 5. Will tell every woman Angel meets that Angel is a poof who can't have sex...with women 4. Will then date all the women...(see #5)and return smelling like a Rose, (or a Diane, or a Lilah...) 3. Will invite Clem over and leave hot wings, blooming onions, Bugles and bourbon stains on the leather couch. 2. Will introduce himself to everyone at W&H as Angel's grandson And #1...will describe to Angel in detail what happened in the basement that last night after the screen went dark... GAIL:10. Hanging out in Angel's office, sitting in Angel's chair with his booted feet on Angel's nice expensive cherrywood desk. 9. Carrying a very loud boombox around the hallowed halls of Wolfram & Hart. 8. Referring to Angel as "You Stupid Git" when he disagrees with him. 7. Pinching Fred's rear at least once a day. 6. Mentioning how the earth moved for him and Buffy (and the house fell down too). 5. Becoming Wesley's new best pal 4. Singing "Mandy" over the W&H loudspeaker. 3. Organizing Rugby teams out of W&H loudspeaker. 2. Leaving his peroxide mix in the sink in Angel's bathroom. 1. Threatens to eat the Personnel Department if Weetabix and blooming onions are not added to the W&H cafeteria menu. SPRING:10) Hides hair gel at every opportunity. 9) Invites VHISN faculty and staff in to study Angel’s anatomy while he’s asleep. 8) Finds Angel’s closet of “skinny clothes” and starts wearing them, even though Angel insists he’ll get back into them someday. 7) Teaches Gunn & Wesley the fine art of using hand gestures to subtly direct female eyes toward their zippers. 6) Snickers whenever Angel turns on his table lamp. 5) Keeps “accidentally” leaving the detailed journal he kept in Season 6 laying around, open to the “Behind the DoubleMeat Palace” entry. 4) Purposely half-bakes all the cookies. 3) Puts up a motivational “foes defeated single-handedly” board for the Fang Gang and includes Ubervamps, so it shows: Angel: 3,764; Fred: 32; Wesley: 137; Gunn: 58; Spike: 334,891!!2) Keeps giving Angel’s cell phone number to Dru. 1) Takes a room next to Angel’s and has noisy sex often, yelling “Touchdown!!” as appropriate.* *for those who may not have been there or don't recall, this was in reference to a funny story Rob told us while still on ScoopMe, about some disturbingly noisy neighbors. Rob later posted to thank me "for the memory."
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Post by SpringSummers on Nov 3, 2009 18:06:15 GMT -5
Today involved: irritation in the form of the techs from the place that sells computers to disabled people phoning me despite me telling them many many times to use the email because of my disability, then not emailing me back. (They sold me a computer to do my talking, and then they use the phone!) a meeting that basically consisted of the meeting from 2 weeks ago done over again because nobody did what they said they would lots of walking in the rain rain and more rain a disintegrating umbrella that kept poking me in the head that my employee was still sure was better than simply walking in the rain despite it not working very well even in those minutes it was in the right place and having parked on the roof of the car park so it was Very Wet getting in the car. but it also included win, because this time around the meeting turned into specific times and places to find out they've failed to do it again, there's another meeting set up much closer to my house so I don't gots to go to Norwich again, we sold some books, we got the vacuum cleaner bags we were looking for, and I found a new bra that fits Then I was home and went to sleep. Only then I woke up at 2130 and now I don't know when I'm going to get to sleep some more. I watched the season 2 finale of Chuck. I do not like the stuff at the Buy More ie the unique selling point of the series, but it's fun when they do spy stuff. ... after having watched 2 seasons that's actually all I have to say about it. huh. Oh, that and: Captain Archer! I've given up on watching Moonlight, partly because it doesn't seem to be on in the same timeslots any more. I only managed to watch 10 minutes of the other heavily advertised new series 11th Hour because they made it look more SF and then it was all dead medical stuff. TV is frequently boring, yet it fills many hours of my life with deciding if this particular bit is boring. I'm starting to miss the years I had no working television. Tomorrow I'm back at college without having done the reading or having written the essay that's due Friday. My tutor knows and thinks I can get more time. If not, fail! I'm actually cheerful about this. Modernism has killed my enthusiasm for the whole degree process. This is the other problem with studying part time, there's no alternatives if I hit a boring bits. Hope everyone else is having more fun than me. Sorry you're still having computer problems - it doesn't sound like "customer service" is exactly the strong suit of the company you are dealing with. But YAY! for the bra that fits!! I think maybe I am having more fun than you right at this moment, anyhow. No computer problems , no rain today, no modernism assigned, and I also have a bra that fits.
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Post by Squeemonster on Nov 3, 2009 19:32:31 GMT -5
Ye Olde PostAs BtVS came to an end and we learned that Spike would be joining AtS, Patti, Gail, and I speculated on . . .THE TOP TEN WAYS SPIKE WILL DRIVE ANGEL NUTS: PATTI:10. Will be asked for autographs when he sings at the new W&H Kareoke club. 9. Will use Angel's credit cards on Rodeo Drive without permission. 8. Will steal and crash 11 of Angel's fleet of 12 cars. Will dent #12. 7. Will leave Ramones and Sex Pistols discs on Angel's CD player 6. Will tape over Angel's hockey games with episodes of Passions 5. Will tell every woman Angel meets that Angel is a poof who can't have sex...with women 4. Will then date all the women...(see #5)and return smelling like a Rose, (or a Diane, or a Lilah...) 3. Will invite Clem over and leave hot wings, blooming onions, Bugles and bourbon stains on the leather couch. 2. Will introduce himself to everyone at W&H as Angel's grandson And #1...will describe to Angel in detail what happened in the basement that last night after the screen went dark... GAIL:10. Hanging out in Angel's office, sitting in Angel's chair with his booted feet on Angel's nice expensive cherrywood desk. 9. Carrying a very loud boombox around the hallowed halls of Wolfram & Hart. 8. Referring to Angel as "You Stupid Git" when he disagrees with him. 7. Pinching Fred's rear at least once a day. 6. Mentioning how the earth moved for him and Buffy (and the house fell down too). 5. Becoming Wesley's new best pal 4. Singing "Mandy" over the W&H loudspeaker. 3. Organizing Rugby teams out of W&H loudspeaker. 2. Leaving his peroxide mix in the sink in Angel's bathroom. 1. Threatens to eat the Personnel Department if Weetabix and blooming onions are not added to the W&H cafeteria menu. SPRING:10) Hides hair gel at every opportunity. 9) Invites VHISN faculty and staff in to study Angel’s anatomy while he’s asleep. 8) Finds Angel’s closet of “skinny clothes” and starts wearing them, even though Angel insists he’ll get back into them someday. 7) Teaches Gunn & Wesley the fine art of using hand gestures to subtly direct female eyes toward their zippers. 6) Snickers whenever Angel turns on his table lamp. 5) Keeps “accidentally” leaving the detailed journal he kept in Season 6 laying around, open to the “Behind the DoubleMeat Palace” entry. 4) Purposely half-bakes all the cookies. 3) Puts up a motivational “foes defeated single-handedly” board for the Fang Gang and includes Ubervamps, so it shows: Angel: 3,764; Fred: 32; Wesley: 137; Gunn: 58; Spike: 334,891!!2) Keeps giving Angel’s cell phone number to Dru. 1) Takes a room next to Angel’s and has noisy sex often, yelling “Touchdown!!” as appropriate.* *for those who may not have been there or don't recall, this was in reference to a funny story Rob told us while still on ScoopMe, about some disturbingly noisy neighbors. Rob later posted to thank me "for the memory."
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Post by Squeemonster on Nov 3, 2009 19:37:28 GMT -5
Alrighty, here's my latest Supernatural video:
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Post by SpringSummers on Nov 3, 2009 19:50:13 GMT -5
Alrighty, here's my latest Supernatural video: Monnie - Here is what happens when I click on the video:
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Post by Sara on Nov 3, 2009 19:52:48 GMT -5
Just a reminder: It begins in about 8 minutes here on the east coast.
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Post by Squeemonster on Nov 3, 2009 19:54:33 GMT -5
Alrighty, here's my latest Supernatural video: Monnie - Here is what happens when I click on the video: Aaack, sorry, I forgot that I made it to where you can't watch it to make it public. Should be all fixed now. ;D
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Nov 3, 2009 20:01:52 GMT -5
Just a reminder: It begins in about 8 minutes here on the east coast. Thanks ever so for the reminder! Julia, ha, ha, joke's on me! I get to have a root canal!
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Post by Sue on Nov 3, 2009 20:10:35 GMT -5
Just a reminder: It begins in about 8 minutes here on the east coast. Except in Nashville. Where the local affiliate is broadcasting (as always on Tuesday at 7 pm: Channel 2 Sportscenter with Jeff Fisher (coach of the Titans). Not that it would matter, as NCIS gets first viewing here. Apparently I can tape it at 12:05 am. Although, watching the old eps on SyFy has not actually whetted my appetite. I'm wondering whether a preponderance of bad aliens vs good aliens (ALF, ET) depends on the economic climate and the level of consumer hope in the future?
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Post by Karen on Nov 3, 2009 20:14:54 GMT -5
Just a reminder: It begins in about 8 minutes here on the east coast. Except in Nashville. Where the local affiliate is broadcasting (as always on Tuesday at 7 pm: Channel 2 Sportscenter with Jeff Fisher (coach of the Titans). Not that it would matter, as NCIS gets first viewing here. Apparently I can tape it at 12:05 am. Although, watching the old eps on SyFy has not actually whetted my appetite. I'm wondering whether a preponderance of bad aliens vs good aliens (ALF, ET) depends on the economic climate and the level of consumer hope in the future? The old eps on SyFy were quite cheesy - but I remember thinking it was cool at the time. Marc Singer and his V-unbuttoned shirts? Sooooo smarmy. I am hoping for a BSG - type retoolling. Plus Morena and Alan! Woo-hoo! And Juliet from LOST, a nd the guy from The 4400. When verses' characters collide.
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Post by Karen on Nov 3, 2009 20:15:40 GMT -5
Just a reminder: It begins in about 8 minutes here on the east coast. Thanks ever so for the reminder! Julia, ha, ha, joke's on me! I get to have a root canal! Crap!
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Post by SpringSummers on Nov 3, 2009 20:20:11 GMT -5
Monnie - Here is what happens when I click on the video: Aaack, sorry, I forgot that I made it to where you can't watch it to make it public. Should be all fixed now. ;D Nicely done, Monnie! Lots o' brotherly angst and all. For some reason, I especially like the repeated use of the cell phone image, and then, at the end, how the car leaves, but then we see the car coming back, if you know what I mean. Does a nice job showing that there is conflict, but that there is also brotherly love that overcomes.
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Nov 3, 2009 20:26:39 GMT -5
Just a reminder: It begins in about 8 minutes here on the east coast. Thanks ever so for the reminder! Julia, ha, ha, joke's on me! I get to have a root canal! I'm recording the show in question. 8-9PM is Passive-Aggressive Newshour time here, and if it wasn't, a Certain Person would be watching election return coverage on MSNBC tonight anyway. It keeps him off the streets and out of bars, I guess that counts for something.
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