What I don't get was: What was her plan? Had her jump been successful, she would have landed either tires-down in the water (painful and terrible for the bike), or tires-down in the grass on the hill above the water (flipped the bike, landed on her un-helmeted head at the bottom of the hill, possibly died).
I really think this was the best-case scenario for her after all.
I don't understand how that was hard for you guys to figure out. Admittedly, I assumed "Shepherd's Pie" instead of "Bread Pudding," but the individual-casserole-dish-on-a-plate situation seemed pretty clear to me.
I didn't mean to make fun of you, That One! I would have been freaked out too, and part of that freakiness would have been because I would have immediately thought "ghost children."
Since my life is also very boring, I would find it easier to do sketches. You can treat it like homework, and rather than trying to turn yourself into one of those people who carries around a sketchbook so they can capture the world whenever inspiration strikes (in my mind, these people also smoke clove cigarettes), you can just set aside 30 minutes every day. Sit down, put something on the table, and draw it. Or draw the same seven things, over and over again, one for each day of the week. Then you can try a different style each week, or just try to capture it more accurately each time and see how your progress goes.
Or get a timer and do speed-drawing! Combine it with going for bike rides - sketch a tree!, or draw your lunch before you eat it.
On the other hand, super-fun wedding, I'll definitely be using some of the ideas from that dream in my (hopefully more successful) future real wedding. I had great purple shoes and a cute white mini-dress and it was under the apple trees at my parents' house.
Last night I had this really detailed dream about my wedding (note: I am single), which included details about the location and flowers and guests, and a long sequence in which I switched wedding dresses at the last minute because I decided that the first one looked like a figure skating costume. After the wedding my new husband hung out with a girl I didn't know during the reception, and I went on a really fun day trip around the countryside with a couple of the guests including my high school boyfriend. At the end of the day I got a message telling me to go to a petting zoo, and my dad, the Daily Show's John Oliver, and my new husband were waiting for me. I told my dad and John Oliver to scram, and my new husband broke up with me.
It was very upsetting and weird, and I woke up unsettled. It basically ruined my whole day.
I think I am going to try to find time to watch the rest of Game of Thrones. I have only seen the first 3 episodes, and that way I can know what the hell all of you are talking about.
I'm holding off on ordering it because I know that I'll read it as soon as I get it, and I can't afford to be distracted by school right now. But it is going to be my next read treat!
Have you tried making your own food? That's what my parents do for their dog (started out as a recommendation from the vet when our other dog had cancer). Generally we feed him a mix of meat, sweet potatoes, rice, carrots, and other veg. They'll make up a huge batch of it at once, and then freeze it in tupperwares that each hold a few servings. Since you're not getting the fancy cuts of meat (lots of butchers will sell meat specially labelled as dog food - it's usually the weird shapes and tough cuts all ground up), it's quite inexpensive.
Today is good. I made some really important steps on my schoolwork - I had sort of fallen behind in the last few weeks, and I think I'm on my way out of the hole. Though the next few days will be rough.
And the Habs play tonight! Aka, the Playoffs have now actually begun. Le bleu blanc et rouge!!!
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic, because I think she's probably ok! Type-A executive type, for sure, but she seems nice, and loves beautiful things and animals, and anyone who likes gardening that much can't be that bad. Good luck on your match.com dates, Martha Stewart! I hope you find a lot of handsome dudes who are funny and nice but have fewer crippling commitment issues than the ones I have met in my experience online dating!
Hey hey, I have no beef with his work as a production assistant on Night Court. That was solid work. He always put the right amount of cream in everyone's coffee.
I think if he'd snapped his head up, apologized and laughed self-deprecatingly, and then made eye contact with the camera while introducing himself, he would have kept his job.
I am staying with my parents right now toooooo! I have been here for 2 and a half weeks (my place is getting renovated, and my grad school is online so I can work from here. It is glorious!
I like hanging out with my parents, they're great cooks, they live on beautiful Vancouver Island (it has been snowing/slushy/brown back at home), and my dog is here too! And I get to work in their garden, and hang out with my uncle. My uncle and my parents all live together in the same house (it is like an old person sitcom). Great fun!
Also, the more I read from Bradley Cooper (only what is featured here, obviously), the more I like him!
Dissenting voice over here!
I have never gotten the feeling that people are just gunning for upvotes or downvotes (except for comedic effect, and facetaco with his horrifying ice cream baby). I really like the voting system because it feels like I'm interacting with people's ideas, and acknowledging them, even if I don't have anything noteworthy to say.
They might have said something really funny, or insightful, but I don't usually just want to comment "HA!" or "I agree." So it's nice to be able to upvote.
I'll only downvote if something is so horrible I want it to be hidden, or if there is a debate going on and I want to pick a side.
No one should have to shut up about being made to feel uncomfortable and violated, even if, as you're implying, they're somehow getting compensated for it or that it's a fair exchange for being able to do their job.
And I had hoped that we were over pitting our struggles against each other in an attempt to be the most oppressed. I am all in favour of calling out privilege, because that's a necessary step in achieving equality. But it's not a contest. Infighting between trans women and those who were born female doesn't advance the cause of feminism, and shutting down a man for feeling objectified doesn't achieve anything for opponents of objectification; in fact, it just makes us look like hypocrites.
Do I think the way people talk about Christina Hendricks is gross. Yes. I have called out FLW on this very blog and we had a respectful conversation. And this is different, but it's also gross. So we should call it out, without qualifications.
I prefer to work towards raising the oppressed, rather than dragging the privileged down to our level.
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