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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Jan 12, 2010 11:08:50 GMT -5
Blearghl. We appear to have Chuck, Fringe and Castle on the new DVR machine. If all goes well, we might be able to watch one of them tonight between Rachel Maddow and Jon Stewart. The Husband will not be watching Stewart/Colbert with us, as he will be banished to the den. American Idol-worship season commences tonight. I will be spending a lot of time trying to look interested while going in my head. I slayed three important usefuls in one run: Move the car before the street sweeper gets here Vote Walk to the market Also, I took out the small hoops I wear most of the time and put in some silver goddess earrings with moonstones (and a moon, a star and a Mr Bolty in the upper holes). Daria is of the opinion that moonstones help to reduce stress, and therefore I should wear them. Besides, I am trying to remember to wear jewelry as part of the "get Anne out of the slough of dejection" plan. So far, results have been pretty erratic. I'm also going to make time this week to use part of the string of moonstone chips she gave me for Winter Solstice into a bracelet. In my copious free time, of course. Time, the Final Frontier. I'm beginning to think that I need to put even the basics on the usefuls list. Like, for example, "brush teeth", "take pain meds", "shower", and "eat breakfast". Hee. Emily just returned from the polls. She wore her vintage Russian fur hat, as she does whenever weather permits, and she says that one of the poll workers asked if she was from Alaska. No, she said, she's from Russia. Oh, said the poll worker, you can see Russia from Alaska. And on that note, I shall away. More usefuls to slay.
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Post by Karen on Jan 12, 2010 11:17:03 GMT -5
Morning. I watched Mother for the first time since Robin and Barney broke up. I liked it okay but it was no "Once More with Feeling" that's for sure. Cougar Town remains my favorite comedy right now. I just adore it. And sadly I haven't seen Chuck, Fringe or Castle yet. Too busy running around and/or huddling under covers. Still cold in Florida. This has been surreal. We are never cold this long. HIMYM was the only show I watched last night. Barney and the 'praise for the suit' skit was cute. Big Bang was a little weird. Do we really need to have Leonard start acting all superior to Penny now that they are together? I wish they would've shown his and Penny's trip to the psychic, although I don't think that would've ended well. It's a balmy 28 here today. Could almost golf in this weather if they ground wasn't frozen and covered with snow.
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Post by Pixi on Jan 12, 2010 11:20:51 GMT -5
Morning. I watched Mother for the first time since Robin and Barney broke up. I liked it okay but it was no "Once More with Feeling" that's for sure. Cougar Town remains my favorite comedy right now. I just adore it. And sadly I haven't seen Chuck, Fringe or Castle yet. Too busy running around and/or huddling under covers. Still cold in Florida. This has been surreal. We are never cold this long. HIMYM was the only show I watched last night. Barney and the 'praise for the suit' skit was cute. Big Bang was a little weird. Do we really need to have Leonard start acting all superior to Penny now that they are together? I wish they would've shown his and Penny's trip to the psychic, although I don't think that would've ended well. It's a balmy 28 here today. Could almost golf in this weather if they ground wasn't frozen and covered with snow. It was cute but I was just expecting more I guess. Buffy's musical episode has just spoiled me for musical episodes I guess. And now I want to go watch Once More with Feeling again.
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Post by Michelle on Jan 12, 2010 11:29:10 GMT -5
HIMYM was the only show I watched last night. Barney and the 'praise for the suit' skit was cute. Big Bang was a little weird. Do we really need to have Leonard start acting all superior to Penny now that they are together? I wish they would've shown his and Penny's trip to the psychic, although I don't think that would've ended well. It's a balmy 28 here today. Could almost golf in this weather if they ground wasn't frozen and covered with snow. It was cute but I was just expecting more I guess. Buffy's musical episode has just spoiled me for musical episodes I guess. And now I want to go watch Once More with Feeling again. I was amused that Alyson Hannigan had only one line to sing -- just like OMWF. NHP did a great job; it was silly fun.
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Jan 12, 2010 11:43:59 GMT -5
Blearghl. We appear to have Chuck, Fringe and Castle on the new DVR machine. If all goes well, we might be able to watch one of them tonight between Rachel Maddow and Jon Stewart. The Husband will not be watching Stewart/Colbert with us, as he will be banished to the den. American Idol-worship season commences tonight. I will be spending a lot of time trying to look interested while going in my head. I slayed three important usefuls in one run: Move the car before the street sweeper gets here Vote Walk to the market Also, I took out the small hoops I wear most of the time and put in some silver goddess earrings with moonstones (and a moon, a star and a Mr Bolty in the upper holes). Daria is of the opinion that moonstones help to reduce stress, and therefore I should wear them. Besides, I am trying to remember to wear jewelry as part of the "get Anne out of the slough of dejection" plan. So far, results have been pretty erratic. I'm also going to make time this week to use part of the string of moonstone chips she gave me for Winter Solstice into a bracelet. In my copious free time, of course. Time, the Final Frontier. I'm beginning to think that I need to put even the basics on the usefuls list. Like, for example, "brush teeth", "take pain meds", "shower", and "eat breakfast". Hee. Emily just returned from the polls. She wore her vintage Russian fur hat, as she does whenever weather permits, and she says that one of the poll workers asked if she was from Alaska. No, she said, she's from Russia. Oh, said the poll worker, you can see Russia from Alaska. And on that note, I shall away. More usefuls to slay. How does Paul feel about this being Simon Cowell's last season? I envy Emily her hat. Julia, was especially vigorous yesterday and as a result can barey stand for low back pain.
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Jan 12, 2010 12:11:49 GMT -5
Blearghl. We appear to have Chuck, Fringe and Castle on the new DVR machine. If all goes well, we might be able to watch one of them tonight between Rachel Maddow and Jon Stewart. The Husband will not be watching Stewart/Colbert with us, as he will be banished to the den. American Idol-worship season commences tonight. I will be spending a lot of time trying to look interested while going in my head. I slayed three important usefuls in one run: Move the car before the street sweeper gets here Vote Walk to the market Also, I took out the small hoops I wear most of the time and put in some silver goddess earrings with moonstones (and a moon, a star and a Mr Bolty in the upper holes). Daria is of the opinion that moonstones help to reduce stress, and therefore I should wear them. Besides, I am trying to remember to wear jewelry as part of the "get Anne out of the slough of dejection" plan. So far, results have been pretty erratic. I'm also going to make time this week to use part of the string of moonstone chips she gave me for Winter Solstice into a bracelet. In my copious free time, of course. Time, the Final Frontier. I'm beginning to think that I need to put even the basics on the usefuls list. Like, for example, "brush teeth", "take pain meds", "shower", and "eat breakfast". Hee. Emily just returned from the polls. She wore her vintage Russian fur hat, as she does whenever weather permits, and she says that one of the poll workers asked if she was from Alaska. No, she said, she's from Russia. Oh, said the poll worker, you can see Russia from Alaska. And on that note, I shall away. More usefuls to slay. How does Paul feel about this being Simon Cowell's last season? I envy Emily her hat. Julia, was especially vigorous yesterday and as a result can barey stand for low back pain. I don't know how Himself feels, I'm afraid to ask. I have, it turns out, in one of my folders, a picture from the last election of Emily the Voter in her Russian hat: It's one of her self-portraits, so the angle on the hat is not optimal, but you get the idea. Note the terrorist fist-bump; for someone so serious, she can be very whimsical. Oh, and that is her normal smile, the one that got my dad so pissed off because she won't bare her teeth.
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Post by Matthew on Jan 12, 2010 12:23:02 GMT -5
Morning. I watched Mother for the first time since Robin and Barney broke up. I liked it okay but it was no "Once More with Feeling" that's for sure. Cougar Town remains my favorite comedy right now. I just adore it. And sadly I haven't seen Chuck, Fringe or Castle yet. Too busy running around and/or huddling under covers. Still cold in Florida. This has been surreal. We are never cold this long. Yeah, this is the longest cold snap I can remember, up here. Been below freezing every night for two weeks. For here, that's just unprecedented.
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Jan 12, 2010 12:59:56 GMT -5
How does Paul feel about this being Simon Cowell's last season? I envy Emily her hat. Julia, was especially vigorous yesterday and as a result can barey stand for low back pain. I don't know how Himself feels, I'm afraid to ask. I have, it turns out, in one of my folders, a picture from the last election of Emily the Voter in her Russian hat: It's one of her self-portraits, so the angle on the hat is not optimal, but you get the idea. Note the terrorist fist-bump; for someone so serious, she can be very whimsical. Oh, and that is her normal smile, the one that got my dad so pissed off because she won't bare her teeth. ARGH: people who go through life critiquing other people's smiles ... well, not to speak ill of the dead, but your mother's obviously some sort of saint, is all I can say. Julia, was once harrassed by a smile nazi who came to my office door every freaking day and told me to smile. While I was doing bookkeeping. While trying to deal with Franklin's bosses being murdered. Often while there was no heat in the building.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Jan 12, 2010 13:11:57 GMT -5
I don't know how Himself feels, I'm afraid to ask. I have, it turns out, in one of my folders, a picture from the last election of Emily the Voter in her Russian hat: It's one of her self-portraits, so the angle on the hat is not optimal, but you get the idea. Note the terrorist fist-bump; for someone so serious, she can be very whimsical. Oh, and that is her normal smile, the one that got my dad so pissed off because she won't bare her teeth. ARGH: people who go through life critiquing other people's smiles ... well, not to speak ill of the dead, but your mother's obviously some sort of saint, is all I can say. Julia, was once harrassed by a smile nazi who came to my office door every freaking day and told me to smile. While I was doing bookkeeping. While trying to deal with Franklin's bosses being murdered. Often while there was no heat in the building. Ian would drive me crazy with that command to smile. I don't know how many times I told him that while it was nice that he liked my smile, he was NOT going to get an honest expression that way.
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Post by Squeemonster on Jan 12, 2010 13:14:30 GMT -5
I don't know how Himself feels, I'm afraid to ask. I have, it turns out, in one of my folders, a picture from the last election of Emily the Voter in her Russian hat: It's one of her self-portraits, so the angle on the hat is not optimal, but you get the idea. Note the terrorist fist-bump; for someone so serious, she can be very whimsical. Oh, and that is her normal smile, the one that got my dad so pissed off because she won't bare her teeth. ARGH: people who go through life critiquing other people's smiles ... well, not to speak ill of the dead, but your mother's obviously some sort of saint, is all I can say. Julia, was once harrassed by a smile nazi who came to my office door every freaking day and told me to smile. While I was doing bookkeeping. While trying to deal with Franklin's bosses being murdered. Often while there was no heat in the building. OMG, I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE TELL ME TO SMILE. It is one of my biggest pet peeves. I mean, really? You dare to say that when for all you fucking know my entire family may have just kicked the bucket. What's it to you if I fucking smile or not?! You can't make me do something with my body that I don't want to fucking do, and how dare you insinuate that I am less attractive if I'm not smiling?! Smile nazi, indeed. Bite me, smile nazis, bite me and choke on it.
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Post by Queen E on Jan 12, 2010 13:20:38 GMT -5
At some point I should post my fourth-grade school picture. That was the year I stopped smiling in pictures, as one of my teeth grew in...or rather, out. It lay flat and pointed outward. I got so tired of everyone making fun of my teeth, I stopped smiling. That picture is uncharacteristically somber in tone. I'm still not super great about smiling in pictures. it feels plastic. And I'm with Monnie on the pet peeve. Worse? When they add "It increases your face value!" Then I bare my teeth like I'm rabid...
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Jan 12, 2010 13:30:06 GMT -5
ARGH: people who go through life critiquing other people's smiles ... well, not to speak ill of the dead, but your mother's obviously some sort of saint, is all I can say. Julia, was once harrassed by a smile nazi who came to my office door every freaking day and told me to smile. While I was doing bookkeeping. While trying to deal with Franklin's bosses being murdered. Often while there was no heat in the building. OMG, I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE TELL ME TO SMILE. It is one of my biggest pet peeves. I mean, really? You dare to say that when for all you fucking know my entire family may have just kicked the bucket. What's it to you if I fucking smile or not?! You can't make me do something with my body that I don't want to fucking do, and how dare you insinuate that I am less attractive if I'm not smiling?! Smile nazi, indeed. Bite me, smile nazis, bite me and choke on it. Oh, Monnie. You don't have to hold back. You can tell us how you REALLY feel. Diane *who thinks smile nazis deserve to sent to the part of hell where they are always receiving horrific news and then being told to "smile"!*
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Post by Matthew on Jan 12, 2010 13:31:08 GMT -5
ARGH: people who go through life critiquing other people's smiles ... well, not to speak ill of the dead, but your mother's obviously some sort of saint, is all I can say. Julia, was once harrassed by a smile nazi who came to my office door every freaking day and told me to smile. While I was doing bookkeeping. While trying to deal with Franklin's bosses being murdered. Often while there was no heat in the building. OMG, I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE TELL ME TO SMILE. It is one of my biggest pet peeves. I mean, really? You dare to say that when for all you fucking know my entire family may have just kicked the bucket. What's it to you if I fucking smile or not?! You can't make me do something with my body that I don't want to fucking do, and how dare you insinuate that I am less attractive if I'm not smiling?! Smile nazi, indeed. Bite me, smile nazis, bite me and choke on it. A coworker gave me the perfect comeback to the "it takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown, you know!" line. "How many muscles does it take for you to mind your own fvcking business?" Never used it: oddly enough, I haven't had that line used on me since I complained about it that one time. And if given the imperative command to smile? I just give them the rabid monkey death-rictus with glowering eyes and growling. They normally ask me to stop smiling then.
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Jan 12, 2010 13:33:12 GMT -5
ARGH: people who go through life critiquing other people's smiles ... well, not to speak ill of the dead, but your mother's obviously some sort of saint, is all I can say. Julia, was once harrassed by a smile nazi who came to my office door every freaking day and told me to smile. While I was doing bookkeeping. While trying to deal with Franklin's bosses being murdered. Often while there was no heat in the building. OMG, I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE TELL ME TO SMILE. It is one of my biggest pet peeves. I mean, really? You dare to say that when for all you fucking know my entire family may have just kicked the bucket. What's it to you if I fucking smile or not?! You can't make me do something with my body that I don't want to fucking do, and how dare you insinuate that I am less attractive if I'm not smiling?! Smile nazi, indeed. Bite me, smile nazis, bite me and choke on it. Nothing like being told to smile when one has, for instance, put one's weight dwn wrong on the bad knee and is actively engaged in not puking, also. Julia, it's a topic that gets addressed in sexual harassment training, like first issue on the first day.
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Jan 12, 2010 13:35:44 GMT -5
I go to make the brave experiment of showering and getting dressed. This should be interesting as just standing up is a multi-stage act of will and owie.
Julia, I'm remembering why I usually have other people do the vacuuming when possible
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