Character sheet(s) is(are) updated. Still need to print them and put them in the gaming bag. Still waffling about multi-classing vs. sticking with straight paladin.
Cupcakes are baked, frosted, and in their carrier.
Birthday card for the son of our hosts (I can't believe he's already NINE!) is signed and in the gaming bag.
Clothes are packed for the overnight stay, so I don't have to drive two hours home at midnight tonight.
So answer the door in the buff, using a cowboy hat to cover your family jewels and invite them in. Sends 'em scurrying off every time. ;)
I once opened the door to a very nice young pair of Mormon boys in the buff and carrying a butcher knife and a dishtowel. They couldn't get away fast enough.
(What? It was a hot day, I didn't have air-conditioning in that apartment, and I was drying dishes. I just happened to have the knife in my hand when the doorbell rang.)
checks the hot tub for temperature and operational readiness, then settles in for a nice, long soak
What a lovely day it's turning out to be! ** spoiler omitted **
I hope the rest of you are having a wonderful Friday too!
Congrats on the good diagnosis!
Thank you. I've been very, very lucky. (I mean, getting a cancer diagnosis sucks, but compared to how bad this COULD have been, I'm fortunate beyond belief that the treatment and recovery has been as relatively simple as it has.)
You are my only employee. We can't lose you.
Oh, I'll be around for a while yet. :)
aeglos wrote:
Glad to hear that, Lindisty and best wishes for your future health
checks the hot tub for temperature and operational readiness, then settles in for a nice, long soak
What a lovely day it's turning out to be! ** spoiler omitted **
I hope the rest of you are having a wonderful Friday too!
Congrats on the good diagnosis!
Thank you. I've been very, very lucky. (I mean, getting a cancer diagnosis sucks, but compared to how bad this COULD have been, I'm fortunate beyond belief that the treatment and recovery has been as relatively simple as it has.)
checks the hot tub for temperature and operational readiness, then settles in for a nice, long soak
What a lovely day it's turning out to be!
Detailed nattering::
Picked up my taxes from the accountant, and it looks like my refunds are enough to completely replenish my savings from the surgery-related expenditures I've had to make in recent months.
I'm cancer free, and my physical therapist said in my assessment this morning that my range of motion and strength are almost back to normal.
I'm leveling up my paladin to 21st level today, and tomorrow night is Pathfinder gaming.
And finally, it's only 15 days 'til Opening Day Baseball!
I hope the rest of you are having a wonderful Friday too!
marches in, accompanied by bagpipes, carrying a set of tongs and a small plastic trash bag
My fellow FAWTLies, we gather here today to offer a respectful disposal of our vanquished foe, A. Nony Mouse, member of the house of Rodentia. She fought a valiant battle, avoiding my traps and foraging in the kitchen for days, but at long last, her excursions into Kitchen Cabinetland are over.
We must remain vigilant, however, for the armies of the House of Rodentia are legion.
My real name isn't British enough to carry off a 'Dame' appellation, more's the pity.
Though it would work nicely for the (sadly retired) character upon whom this forum alias was based. 'Dame Lindisty Alexander' sounds quite appropriate, I think.
I was just filling out an online form, and the dropdown box for 'Title' that usually contains Mr./Miss/Ms/Mrs./Dr./etc. also contained options for 'The Honourable', and 'Dame'.
It took an act of great will to resist representing myself to this organization as 'The Honorable $MYREALNAME'.
(I know that's a title that has a specific meaning, and I wouldn't *actually* do it, but it was so tempting, because it's not a normal option.)
And I will never understand the perverse part of my psyche that makes me want to react more to people being Wrong on the Internet when I'm short on sleep. I KNOW my judgment is questionable and my ability to be tactful is virtually nonexistent when I'm this tired, so why do I always want to go pick fights with idiots online at these times?
That's pretty much the reason, I think. Your judgement is questionable, therefore you fail to stop yourself from getting involved in arguments with people. (Insert "stupid" at appropriate place in the sentence of your choice.)
Well, yes.
On the other hand, coming here and venting about the desire seemed to stop me from actually going and starting fights, though, so that's a good thing. :) (Of course, the fact that work's been walloping me with the Stick of Busy-ness today also helped.)
Freehold DM wrote:
good luck ignoring the trolls, Lindisty. Remember, it's rarely worth arguing about.
So far, so good. :) (There is a fairly sizable set issues that I feel pretty strongly ARE worth arguing about, but I try to restrict those arguments to times and places where they actually matter. A gaming forum-- and the internet in general-- is not a venue in which social justice arguments are likely to matter in the least.)
On a completely unrelated and probably TMI note:
One of the downsides to losing 45 lbs over the last 8 months is that none of my bras fit any more, so I've had discomfort added to my general grumpiness today. I'm a saint for resisting the urge to tell people how WRONG they are on the Internet, I tell you!
stops in briefly for a soak in the jacuzzi before falling into bed
What a day! The bathroom is now painted (red!), but I have not yet been able to successfully reassemble the toilet. I'm a smart person, though. I'll figure it out tomorrow. Plumbing shall not defeat me!
What shade of red? Because that's a pretty intense color for a bathroom.
This shade of red. And yes, it is an intense color, but that's what I wanted. I'm very pleased with the way it looks. I still have to do the ceiling and trim, and get new accessories (towel racks, toilet paper holder, etc.) but the biggest part of the job is over now. :)
I like it. It's bold.
Thank you! I've spent way too much of my life living in rental apartments and houses with boring, bland, beige walls and carpets. Now that I own my house, I may be swinging a little too far toward the opposite extreme, but at least I won't have boring walls anymore! Or at least, I won't after I get through all the redecorating-- which is an interminable process, given the resources I can afford to devote to it. :)
Should we start a spin-off interior decoration thread: Fifty Shades of Red?
stops in briefly for a soak in the jacuzzi before falling into bed
What a day! The bathroom is now painted (red!), but I have not yet been able to successfully reassemble the toilet. I'm a smart person, though. I'll figure it out tomorrow. Plumbing shall not defeat me!
What shade of red? Because that's a pretty intense color for a bathroom.
This shade of red. And yes, it is an intense color, but that's what I wanted. I'm very pleased with the way it looks. I still have to do the ceiling and trim, and get new accessories (towel racks, toilet paper holder, etc.) but the biggest part of the job is over now. :)
I like it. It's bold.
Thank you! I've spent way too much of my life living in rental apartments and houses with boring, bland, beige walls and carpets. Now that I own my house, I may be swinging a little too far toward the opposite extreme, but at least I won't have boring walls anymore! Or at least, I won't after I get through all the redecorating-- which is an interminable process, given the resources I can afford to devote to it. :)
wanders in and grabs a handful of tissues and wipes her eyes before sneezing
Ugh. I just had to ride in an elevator for 14 floors with someone who seemed to be wearing every scented grooming product imaginable. My sinuses may never be the same.
In unrelated news, I just got around to watching the first three Bourne movies. (I discovered while watching The Avengers that Jeremy Renner apparently lights me up like a Christmas tree, and thus I must now track down and watch every movie he's ever been in, so I felt I had to catch up on the earlier Bourne movies before I go see Bourne Legacy.) I think I'm less impressed with the first three than most of my friends have been. The action was good, Matt Damon (and/or his stunt double) did a fine job of looking pretty and being athletic, but I would have preferred to have more story connecting the action sequences. I suspect I'm a non-standard consumer in that regard, though.
hm. considers Jeremy Renner lmd for Spokesmodels birthday wearing nothing but tinsel and garland
I'll be in my bunk.
(My apologies for using a Whedonesque line on you, FHDM, but it fit the occasion far too well to pass up. ;))
I lived in Tempe and Mesa for a while in the late 1990s. There was a lot that I loved about living there, and I still miss it sometimes. Every now and then I dream about retiring there, though I think I'd prefer Tucson or Sedona for a retirement home.
In other news: Tonight is movie night, which means I'll be able to stop avoiding spoilers for Dark Knight Rises after tonight. :)
See I love urban environments. You can see people and hear people, but none of them ever expect you to actually interact with them. It's awesome!
...also there is significantly less driveway shoveling than when one lives in a house in the country. Country driveways are usually basically roads. >.<
Agreed on all counts.
Also urban houses typically have less grass to mow. I HATED mowing the lawn when I lived in rural/suburban settings. So much so that when I bought my house in the city I had the grass removed from my (tiny, tiny) yard so I could put in a flower garden. I never have to mow the lawn again! :)
This would really be more appropriate for a ToP post, but here it is:
So, my usual work attire in summer consists of the usual undergarments, pants, a sleeveless top, and a short-sleeved jacket or cardigan. When I leave for the evening, I usually take the jacket off before I get in my car. Today, I broke tradition and wore just a short sleeved blouse instead of the sleeveless top/jacket combo.
And yeah, I got about three buttons undone before I realized I was about to strip down to my bra in the parking lot at work. *sigh*
My last cigarette was Jan. 10, 2012. I still want one every time I go to a bar (and I spend more time than I should in bars), but haven't broken down yet. The cravings don't go away, but I'm finding it easier to resist them now than in the beginning. It helps that my best friend hangs out with me in said bars and talks me down when I start making noises about wanting a smoke. Having support makes it difficult but possible rather than unachievable.
enters, pausing expectantly for her trombone fanfare
Fear me, for I have conquered printer installation on my work computer! (No, it should not be a cause for celebration under normal circumstances, but the security measures make it far more complicated than it needs to be. At least I now have administrator privileges, so I don't have to wait for ever for our IT folks to get around to it.)
Also, the National League won the All Star game last night, and all is right with the world.
No way I'm catching up on that just now. I hope the weekend was good to everyone.
I had a wonderful time at our Pathfinder game Saturday:
My Paladin got to kill the king of the fire giants for the second time. Part of her backstory is that she'd killed this particular king during her mid-career (we started the campaign at 14th level), and now we're all journeying through the layers of Hell, and ran into this same king, who apparently after his death ascended to become one of the Dukes of Phlegethon. It was an awesome, awesome fight. It could have been a tpk very easily, but we managed to pull off some very good teamwork and come up with a couple of game-changing tactics at crucial moments. AND we circumvented what was supposed to be another combat encounter with diplomacy immediately following that fight, which was a great relief, because I don't think we'd have survived another fight with the resources we had left. Now, we're on to Stygia.
Also, bonus for the evening: no rape jokes from That Guy, which made the evening more pleasant than anticipated.
nibbles blueberries and the last of the season's farm market strawberries for lunch
Are any of you FAWTLies fans of Dr. Who? I never watched the original series, or the reboot, until I happened to catch the first couple of episodes of the reboot on my local PBS station a couple of weeks ago. Then I discovered the series is available via Netflix streaming, and I seem to have gotten myself hooked. I've watched about half of the first season, and I have some observations:
Exterminate!:
1. Daleks are really very silly looking.
2. John Barrowman is one of the prettiest men I've ever seen.
3. They seem to spend an awful lot of time on earth, when (in theory) they have all of time and space to explore.
I will close by saying, No-F!&&ing-One wants to see a trilogy of films about Super Leia flipping around Star Destroyers and helmet kicking Storm-Troopers while evading snarky British-actor portrayed Imperial assassins.
I disagree. Of the two Star Wars EU books I've actually read, one of them only got my attention because it had a woman on the front cover with a yellow lightsaber that I thought was Leia, and thought that I'd get to read about her actually finally doing some Jedi stuff in the story. Presumably including some crazy Force-propelled gymnastics mid-combat.
Turned out it was some other character and I was disappointed.
+1
The original Star Wars movies (I do not acknowledge the existence of any SW movie made after 1983) are some of my favorite movies ever. But they're a product of their time, in terms of gender roles. It's one of the few things about them that I think hasn't stood the test of time particularly well, and I think it would be great to see Leia doing the same kinds of cool Jedi stuff that Luke got to do in Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
I'm getting things back on track today. Spent the morning at the DMV replacing my driver's license, stopped at the police station to file a report, and stopped by the bar to thank the manager for following up on checking their video surveillance and letting me know that they have good video of the theft happening. It sucks that this happened, but it's giving me so much reason to be grateful for good friends and local business proprietors who do right by their customers.
At the very least, that's the impression I got while I was growing up. I guess that stuck with me.
men tend to be rewarded for stoic behavior.
Women who spend a lot of their formative years being bullied until they snap and show anger (or get upset and cry or whatever) and are then mocked for showing emotion tend to come out of it with a similar sort of stoicism.
Though when I write it up that way, I recognize that it probably describes the formative years of a lot of men, and that particular form of bullying/abuse is probably less common for women to go through, cultural norms being what they are.
Sometimes I think I should carry around notecards that say, "There's a difference between being socially awkward and being a jerk. Learn it."
(This applies in both my personal and professional lives. My profession seems to attract those who are... eclectic and often socially inept. And I'm a geek who hangs out with a lot of geeks, for whom inclusiveness often seems to translate to tolerating jerkish behavior.)
'Decisioning' is not a word. No matter how many times you use it in the course of your incoherent paragraph, it's not a word. The word you're looking for is 'deciding'.
Also, I don't care what dictionary.com says, I don't think 'architect' is a verb.
Now if only the people responsible for editing documents put out by my library's parent agency would learn these things.
These are trying times for English majors, folks. :P
Why, oh why do so many people use merge lanes incorrectly? As I understand it, the whole point of a merge lane is to let one adjust one's velocity to prevailing traffic before merging into the next lane. Coming to a screeching halt at the beginning of the merge lane defeats that purpose, and puts one at risk of of being plowed into by the next car in line.
(Why yes, I narrowly avoided an accident this morning, why do you ask?)
Weird when your kid's friends have babies. Getting old. ...
Shaping up to be a busy week. (hehe, typo. Typed busty week. I wish!)
Yeah... I've been hearing lately that some of the people I went to high school with are now grandparents, which is just bizarre to me. I still think of them as being too young to have kids, much less grandkids!
Every week is a busty week for me. Most of them are busy, too. :)
Orthos wrote:
At least I seem to be out of that depressive funk I was in over the weekend. =/
This is good. I'm sorry to hear you've been having a tough time.
