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How long can a shooting star fly for? (apropos of nothing, Katherine Ho, from the Crazy Rich Asians soundtrack, live)
To continue my free thread tale:
1) Finished my NaNoWriMo writing... and still have a bunch to go to finish it. But that's still something I've done.
2) Didn't do much until today, but I got 10,000 steps in today walking - walked to the CVS 10 blocks away, picked up some things for me, picked up an order, then walked to Aldi, picked some things up there, then walked two blocks past home on a parallel street and came back. Tomorrow I'm getting out my resistance bands, which is going to also help get stuff in order.
Tonight's dinner will be homemade butter chicken, using chicken thigh meat, Patak's simmer sauce, peas, and white rice in the Instant Pot.
Tomorrow will also have me cleaning the apartment, doing laundry, and swabbing the floors. Also trying to figure out eyeliner and how it doesnt' look horrible due to my hooded eyelids. (I have decided that if I get any facial surgery as part of transition, It's going to be a blepharoplasty to deal with the damn eyelids.)
posted by mephron at 12:23 PM on December 4, 2023 [11 favorites]
1) Finished my NaNoWriMo writing... and still have a bunch to go to finish it. But that's still something I've done.
2) Didn't do much until today, but I got 10,000 steps in today walking - walked to the CVS 10 blocks away, picked up some things for me, picked up an order, then walked to Aldi, picked some things up there, then walked two blocks past home on a parallel street and came back. Tomorrow I'm getting out my resistance bands, which is going to also help get stuff in order.
Tonight's dinner will be homemade butter chicken, using chicken thigh meat, Patak's simmer sauce, peas, and white rice in the Instant Pot.
Tomorrow will also have me cleaning the apartment, doing laundry, and swabbing the floors. Also trying to figure out eyeliner and how it doesnt' look horrible due to my hooded eyelids. (I have decided that if I get any facial surgery as part of transition, It's going to be a blepharoplasty to deal with the damn eyelids.)
posted by mephron at 12:23 PM on December 4, 2023 [11 favorites]
How long can a shooting star fly for?
42!
posted by Greg_Ace at 12:39 PM on December 4, 2023 [4 favorites]
42!
posted by Greg_Ace at 12:39 PM on December 4, 2023 [4 favorites]
My local grocery store finally has frozen smoked ham hocks back in stock after 2-3 months, so I plan on making a big pot of beans with potatoes, kale, and chicken thighs. Maybe I'll sauté some extra-thick bacon cut into lardons with a chili or two to start with....mmmm.
posted by Greg_Ace at 12:53 PM on December 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by Greg_Ace at 12:53 PM on December 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
Wow, mephron, I am in awe of your productivity today and plans for tomorrow. My daily walk goal is 4000 steps. Mostly I make it, sometimes I don’t. I’ve done two loads of laundry for my young grandchildren today and made my steps and fed myself and spend a couple of hours on work so the day is ending on a high note for me here in chilly central Sweden. Thanks for the post!
posted by Bella Donna at 12:56 PM on December 4, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by Bella Donna at 12:56 PM on December 4, 2023 [4 favorites]
We're starting to plan the 10th annual MST Club Christmas Marathon, and I'm up for suggestions and input! Especially favorite Christmas content to put in.
I'm considering starting it a little early this time, around noon US Eastern time on the 22nd, to give us a little more time to squeeze in interesting things. My idea is, on the 22nd we'd show miscellaneous things unrelated to Christmas, including that night a sequence of especially bad movies, and ease into the more festive things.
I feel like it's been subject to a bit of feature creep over time? At first it was a sequence of Christmas specials with some Mystery Science Theater mixed in. Now there's a lot more riffing material, and other items besides that. Along the line we've accumulated yearly showings of some things, like Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny (which, if you haven't seen it, is bizarre).
But that causes me to wonder if the number of "must shows" has gotten a bit overwhelming? It does make it a lot easier to find things to fill out the whole time, but maybe they've been shown too much? Maybe we should go back to having a larger portion being specials?
Well, never let it be said that I won't willingly overthink something into a thick paste if given the chance.
posted by JHarris at 12:57 PM on December 4, 2023 [6 favorites]
I'm considering starting it a little early this time, around noon US Eastern time on the 22nd, to give us a little more time to squeeze in interesting things. My idea is, on the 22nd we'd show miscellaneous things unrelated to Christmas, including that night a sequence of especially bad movies, and ease into the more festive things.
I feel like it's been subject to a bit of feature creep over time? At first it was a sequence of Christmas specials with some Mystery Science Theater mixed in. Now there's a lot more riffing material, and other items besides that. Along the line we've accumulated yearly showings of some things, like Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny (which, if you haven't seen it, is bizarre).
But that causes me to wonder if the number of "must shows" has gotten a bit overwhelming? It does make it a lot easier to find things to fill out the whole time, but maybe they've been shown too much? Maybe we should go back to having a larger portion being specials?
Well, never let it be said that I won't willingly overthink something into a thick paste if given the chance.
posted by JHarris at 12:57 PM on December 4, 2023 [6 favorites]
How long can a shooting star fly for?
Shooting stars never stop, even when they reach the top.
posted by The Tensor at 12:58 PM on December 4, 2023 [2 favorites]
Shooting stars never stop, even when they reach the top.
posted by The Tensor at 12:58 PM on December 4, 2023 [2 favorites]
JHarris, you’re in the right place at the right time. Your fellowship of overthinkers welcomes you.
posted by Bella Donna at 12:59 PM on December 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Bella Donna at 12:59 PM on December 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
butts.
posted by bombastic lowercase pronouncements at 1:02 PM on December 4, 2023 [8 favorites]
posted by bombastic lowercase pronouncements at 1:02 PM on December 4, 2023 [8 favorites]
Ooh, what if you created a survey and put it on ask thereby promoting the event to people who don’t know about the MST Club already and collecting data from them as well as people who do? I will vote for noon Eastern on whatever day you start because I am six hours ahead of that time zone and that will give me a few hours to hang out with the club before I have to go to bed.
I genuinely appreciate all the work you do for the club, JHarris. I am not able to show up often but it was the highlight of Thanksgiving for me and it will probably be the highlight of the Christmas season as well. Which is not to denigrate my holidays but to acknowledge how much fun the club is for me.
posted by Bella Donna at 1:05 PM on December 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
I genuinely appreciate all the work you do for the club, JHarris. I am not able to show up often but it was the highlight of Thanksgiving for me and it will probably be the highlight of the Christmas season as well. Which is not to denigrate my holidays but to acknowledge how much fun the club is for me.
posted by Bella Donna at 1:05 PM on December 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
Film student update -- after three slow weeks, this week has been busy:
Turned in the final project, representing a dream, and we watched it in class today with everyone else's. Not entirely happy with it, but it's not bad.
Last Friday was the Division of Fine Art's winter open house; the film department is one aspect of this, and they had two things going on: a showing of student films in a small theater, and 'open auditions' for anyone who wanted to participate.
Yay: One of my films was in the student showcase! Mortified: they used my rough edit -- not the finished version -- which has bad color and no titles/captions/etc.
I went and did the auditions, too, since it gets you in a binder that gets reviewed before student projects hold their own separate auditions, so this makes me available for "hey, wanna act this weekend" kinds of projects.
There's a fellow freshman who I've been very impressed with her work, and I ran into her and got a chance to compliment her directly; she seems self-conscious about her work (at the film club student portfolio review, she checked the "no comments please" on the submission form) so I thought I'd be nice and let her know what I think.
The Dean of the film/animation program stopped me while I was perusing the art gallery and we had a nice chat about my work and how things are going, which was nice, I haven't really talked to her before beyond formalities.
Sunday was callbacks for another film I auditioned for a couple weeks ago. There's three characters: a struggling single mom, an absent alcoholic dad, and a son (the lead). Attending callbacks were one mom, two dads (one was me) and four sons. The mom and the other dad are apparently big actors in the community, so it makes me a little nervous, but, hey, the director asked me to come back. The mom is, well, a mom, of a student in the program and I've met her a few times and she seems nice.
The mom and the dad don't share any scenes, so the mom and dads took turns reading with the four sons. The sons read with the mom first, and I was the first dad to read -- on my way in, she was on her way out, and she smiled, pointed at me, and said "YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE", then laughed maniacally. The neurotic inside me is still panicking a little that I -- Azrael Brown -- unknowingly offended her, and she -- the mother of a student I respect -- is actually mad at me, but the logical side of me is going, "she's probably a Method actor and she just read her part, bitching about me, with four different actors, so I (alcoholic dad) deserve it."
The film that I acted in a month ago was shown in their class (I haven't seen it); the professor of the class, who I know outside of school and consider a friend -- sent me a "I DIDN'T KNOW YOU ACTED" email like what appears to be immediately after that class finished. He's filming a movie this winter/spring and has the perfect role for me in it... a middle-aged alcoholic priest.
So, I got a 'type' now: if your script has an alcoholic middle-aged male, I'm your guy.
Final note which probably only makes sense to people who work in the industry:
To film we can check out from the film department equipment room Zoom H4N recorders, which we can hook up to wired lavalier mics, shotgun mics, to do separate sound recording from the camera. I....hate the H4N recorder, and part of me thinks hate is too soft a word. It's like it's trying to be a bunch of different things for everyone but it doesn't do any one of the things very well. After my 4th project using the H4N from school, I relented and used some of my 'equipment budget' and bought myself a Sound Devices MixPre3 II. I budget some money every semester to buy equipment that will help me going forward, but this is a very expensive little machine, and I haven't gotten to play with it yet. As you can see, I've been pretty busy.
posted by AzraelBrown at 1:07 PM on December 4, 2023 [10 favorites]
Turned in the final project, representing a dream, and we watched it in class today with everyone else's. Not entirely happy with it, but it's not bad.
Last Friday was the Division of Fine Art's winter open house; the film department is one aspect of this, and they had two things going on: a showing of student films in a small theater, and 'open auditions' for anyone who wanted to participate.
Yay: One of my films was in the student showcase! Mortified: they used my rough edit -- not the finished version -- which has bad color and no titles/captions/etc.
I went and did the auditions, too, since it gets you in a binder that gets reviewed before student projects hold their own separate auditions, so this makes me available for "hey, wanna act this weekend" kinds of projects.
There's a fellow freshman who I've been very impressed with her work, and I ran into her and got a chance to compliment her directly; she seems self-conscious about her work (at the film club student portfolio review, she checked the "no comments please" on the submission form) so I thought I'd be nice and let her know what I think.
The Dean of the film/animation program stopped me while I was perusing the art gallery and we had a nice chat about my work and how things are going, which was nice, I haven't really talked to her before beyond formalities.
Sunday was callbacks for another film I auditioned for a couple weeks ago. There's three characters: a struggling single mom, an absent alcoholic dad, and a son (the lead). Attending callbacks were one mom, two dads (one was me) and four sons. The mom and the other dad are apparently big actors in the community, so it makes me a little nervous, but, hey, the director asked me to come back. The mom is, well, a mom, of a student in the program and I've met her a few times and she seems nice.
The mom and the dad don't share any scenes, so the mom and dads took turns reading with the four sons. The sons read with the mom first, and I was the first dad to read -- on my way in, she was on her way out, and she smiled, pointed at me, and said "YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE", then laughed maniacally. The neurotic inside me is still panicking a little that I -- Azrael Brown -- unknowingly offended her, and she -- the mother of a student I respect -- is actually mad at me, but the logical side of me is going, "she's probably a Method actor and she just read her part, bitching about me, with four different actors, so I (alcoholic dad) deserve it."
The film that I acted in a month ago was shown in their class (I haven't seen it); the professor of the class, who I know outside of school and consider a friend -- sent me a "I DIDN'T KNOW YOU ACTED" email like what appears to be immediately after that class finished. He's filming a movie this winter/spring and has the perfect role for me in it... a middle-aged alcoholic priest.
So, I got a 'type' now: if your script has an alcoholic middle-aged male, I'm your guy.
Final note which probably only makes sense to people who work in the industry:
To film we can check out from the film department equipment room Zoom H4N recorders, which we can hook up to wired lavalier mics, shotgun mics, to do separate sound recording from the camera. I....hate the H4N recorder, and part of me thinks hate is too soft a word. It's like it's trying to be a bunch of different things for everyone but it doesn't do any one of the things very well. After my 4th project using the H4N from school, I relented and used some of my 'equipment budget' and bought myself a Sound Devices MixPre3 II. I budget some money every semester to buy equipment that will help me going forward, but this is a very expensive little machine, and I haven't gotten to play with it yet. As you can see, I've been pretty busy.
posted by AzraelBrown at 1:07 PM on December 4, 2023 [10 favorites]
A shooting star is not a star, is not a star at all.
posted by The Ardship of Cambry at 1:09 PM on December 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by The Ardship of Cambry at 1:09 PM on December 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
A beautiful little moment today. I was so exhausted, I couldn't even cook or wait for a take-out meal, so I bought a frozen pizza. It was not good. I had a little more than half of it. Later, my son-in-law shouted at me if he could eat the leftovers. Of course. But we also had frozen food for lunch, not at all our standards.
So then when I went towards the kitchen, I planned to apologize about the bad food today, but when I turned the corner into the kitchen, I could see him dancing to music on his headphones. It was so beautiful, the joy! I hurried off before he saw me, to let him have his moment.
posted by mumimor at 1:27 PM on December 4, 2023 [11 favorites]
So then when I went towards the kitchen, I planned to apologize about the bad food today, but when I turned the corner into the kitchen, I could see him dancing to music on his headphones. It was so beautiful, the joy! I hurried off before he saw me, to let him have his moment.
posted by mumimor at 1:27 PM on December 4, 2023 [11 favorites]
Having an evening course has wreaked havoc on my sleep schedule and subsequently on my workout schedule. But I was once an evening student so I do my best to keep going, knowing my students likely worked a full day and still made it to school.
My Spring schedule will be all day classes. I look forward to getting home in the afternoon.
posted by tommasz at 1:37 PM on December 4, 2023 [2 favorites]
My Spring schedule will be all day classes. I look forward to getting home in the afternoon.
posted by tommasz at 1:37 PM on December 4, 2023 [2 favorites]
I'm making bread! The amount of insecurity & self-doubt dough can inflict...... is it kneaded enough? I don't know! Will I know when to put it in the oven? Probably not!
I read all the tests and looked at examples but I still just don't know
posted by Baethan at 1:52 PM on December 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
I read all the tests and looked at examples but I still just don't know
posted by Baethan at 1:52 PM on December 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
receiving message......the lutchenko-smyth consortium for temporal events is indicated that Henry Kissinger is still dead.
posted by clavdivs at 2:03 PM on December 4, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by clavdivs at 2:03 PM on December 4, 2023 [6 favorites]
I am cramming for my last finals and finishing a paper and would very much appreciate everyone wishing me luck! Then I can relax with my partner and work out like, What We Are Doing With Our Relationship, which is still stressful, but in a very low-key way. (Things are good, it's just like What Do We Call Our Goodness).
Also I still have to work out what to do about my ex-husband who is now contacting me at all hours of the day being like "but you forgot to give me back my ice augur! Very important! I absolutely need it! Also a ton of other things I never asked you for before but have suddenly remembered the existence of!"
posted by corb at 2:06 PM on December 4, 2023 [12 favorites]
Also I still have to work out what to do about my ex-husband who is now contacting me at all hours of the day being like "but you forgot to give me back my ice augur! Very important! I absolutely need it! Also a ton of other things I never asked you for before but have suddenly remembered the existence of!"
posted by corb at 2:06 PM on December 4, 2023 [12 favorites]
All the luck, corb. I'm heading to bed now, but I have thoughts about the ex situation, and I will return
posted by mumimor at 2:09 PM on December 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by mumimor at 2:09 PM on December 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
AzrealBrown. Good job on the film. Making a movie seems to me a herculean task. Do you write it out first? Do you envision scenes in your head? Then you have to submit it to studios or go the independent route.And getting the money is another whole thing.If and when it's sold do you still have your hand in the project or are you out of the loop...So many questions...
posted by Czjewel at 2:23 PM on December 4, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by Czjewel at 2:23 PM on December 4, 2023 [4 favorites]
Since this is the 101st, perhaps it's fitting that today was the day we found out Boris Johnson considered the invasion of Europe back in March 2021. Apparently he had military plans drawn up to "raid" the city of Leiden in the Netherlands to snatch vaccine from storage there.
posted by biffa at 2:40 PM on December 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by biffa at 2:40 PM on December 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
AzrealBrown. Good job on the film. Making a movie seems to me a herculean task. Do you write it out first? Do you envision scenes in your head?
The film in my post, the final 'dream' project, was scripted out; it turned out pretty much how I envisioned it in my head. It was done as a team, me and one partner, but I had written the script before I got my partner, and we had to each do a substantial amount of the work.
I filmed the "dad" bookends, and my partner filmed the "playtime" scenes, so it was a little nerve wracking to have someone else film the very abstract scenes in my head, but I think she did fine. Then we sat together while we edited it and last Friday at the end we said "are you happy with this?" to each other, nodded, and then we were done. (well, not quite done, there was some polishing I had to do to turn it in since it was saved on my computer, but close enough)
I mentioned it in an earlier post, but this semester we did a 48 Hour Film Project, which means we get assigned to teams and given vague instructions at 7pm on Friday, and we had to turn in a completely scripted, filmed, edited, and ready to show 7-minute movie at 7pm on Sunday, at which point the films are shown to an audience at 7:30pm so there's no messing around, you better be done.
It is somewhat of a herculean task -- but film and TV are collaborative industries so unlike Hercules' solo tasks, if you get enough people with complimentary skills together you can make all kinds of things.
posted by AzraelBrown at 2:41 PM on December 4, 2023 [6 favorites]
The film in my post, the final 'dream' project, was scripted out; it turned out pretty much how I envisioned it in my head. It was done as a team, me and one partner, but I had written the script before I got my partner, and we had to each do a substantial amount of the work.
I filmed the "dad" bookends, and my partner filmed the "playtime" scenes, so it was a little nerve wracking to have someone else film the very abstract scenes in my head, but I think she did fine. Then we sat together while we edited it and last Friday at the end we said "are you happy with this?" to each other, nodded, and then we were done. (well, not quite done, there was some polishing I had to do to turn it in since it was saved on my computer, but close enough)
I mentioned it in an earlier post, but this semester we did a 48 Hour Film Project, which means we get assigned to teams and given vague instructions at 7pm on Friday, and we had to turn in a completely scripted, filmed, edited, and ready to show 7-minute movie at 7pm on Sunday, at which point the films are shown to an audience at 7:30pm so there's no messing around, you better be done.
It is somewhat of a herculean task -- but film and TV are collaborative industries so unlike Hercules' solo tasks, if you get enough people with complimentary skills together you can make all kinds of things.
posted by AzraelBrown at 2:41 PM on December 4, 2023 [6 favorites]
Honest to god the idea of the UK performing Brexit only to turn around and invade is so deliciously weird I'm totally surprised it didn't actually happen in this broken timeline.
posted by hippybear at 2:42 PM on December 4, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by hippybear at 2:42 PM on December 4, 2023 [5 favorites]
I am attempting to finish my last two assignments before Christmas, but have just been advised that the family christmas party is not only going ahead but will be at my place. Yes, I volunteered, but I wasn't expecting 1) that it would actually go ahead, or 2) that absolutely everyone would be turning up. So I will be catering for 20 people on the 16th. I'm an idiot.
That said, I do actually enjoy cooking for large groups of people. And yes, I'm faffing about on Metafilter when I should be doing my assignments. Sigh.
posted by ninazer0 at 2:43 PM on December 4, 2023 [5 favorites]
That said, I do actually enjoy cooking for large groups of people. And yes, I'm faffing about on Metafilter when I should be doing my assignments. Sigh.
posted by ninazer0 at 2:43 PM on December 4, 2023 [5 favorites]
I completed my first marathon! It took me 5 hours and 21 minutes, which is pretty impressive, because it took me 5 hours and 14 minutes to complete that 18.97 mile run I mentioned previously. I'm not sure if I want to run another one, so I'll check-in with myself on that in a month...
posted by skunk pig at 2:48 PM on December 4, 2023 [19 favorites]
posted by skunk pig at 2:48 PM on December 4, 2023 [19 favorites]
Skunk pig that is awesome, congratulations!
posted by Vatnesine at 3:20 PM on December 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by Vatnesine at 3:20 PM on December 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
My ex (together for about 8 years, broke up 4 months ago) is mercurial AF.
He went from "I can't wait until you'll want me again"* two weeks ago to "The tone of your texts were off last week while I was away#, and I'm not happy you had a night out with your bestie because you know I don't like him^ so I'm gonna ooze my disdain for you when we're around each other."
In better news, the night out with the bestie was to see The Musical Box. My third time seeing them, and I will do my best to see them whenever they're in town because it's an amazing musical experience.
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*I'm open to dating him again in the future IFF he gets therapy and works on his anger issues.
#We share living space with our mutual boyfriend. We were a triad for like 3 years and are now a Vee. (Long story I'll share if anyone cares)
^Ex never liked that I have (cis) male friends I knew (both traditionally and in the biblical sense) before I met the ex.
posted by luckynerd at 3:50 PM on December 4, 2023 [4 favorites]
He went from "I can't wait until you'll want me again"* two weeks ago to "The tone of your texts were off last week while I was away#, and I'm not happy you had a night out with your bestie because you know I don't like him^ so I'm gonna ooze my disdain for you when we're around each other."
In better news, the night out with the bestie was to see The Musical Box. My third time seeing them, and I will do my best to see them whenever they're in town because it's an amazing musical experience.
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*I'm open to dating him again in the future IFF he gets therapy and works on his anger issues.
#We share living space with our mutual boyfriend. We were a triad for like 3 years and are now a Vee. (Long story I'll share if anyone cares)
^Ex never liked that I have (cis) male friends I knew (both traditionally and in the biblical sense) before I met the ex.
posted by luckynerd at 3:50 PM on December 4, 2023 [4 favorites]
This weekend I saw several shows, attended a double birthday party, and went to Dickens Fair, which was amazing and enjoyable. Today I took the day off from work (lol I came back for a week and already have to use some vacation time) and hung out with a friend I rarely see, all day. That was great. Now I am finishing sewing beads to a hat for upcoming Christmas parties.
posted by jenfullmoon at 4:32 PM on December 4, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by jenfullmoon at 4:32 PM on December 4, 2023 [4 favorites]
Given that the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor is coming up, I expected this 101st free thread to be about the 101st Airborne. Sure, the Normandy Invasion is at the other end of WWII, but it still seems appropriate.
posted by SPrintF at 4:33 PM on December 4, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by SPrintF at 4:33 PM on December 4, 2023 [2 favorites]
I had allergy shots this morning. I also have several more PTO days to burn and not much work right now, so I took the day off at the last minute and made a point of spending part of it outside, walking around in an attempt to get the lingering ick out of my body.
It was the correct decision.
Kiddo surprised me yesterday in a good way. We are in the process of setting up a spare room into a gaming/study space for him, which meant he got a brand new desk for his setup. Part of setup required moving two full cases of my books to a different room. While I was busy he took it upon himself to clear one of the cases and re-shelve them in the other room. And he did it with such loving care.
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs at 4:42 PM on December 4, 2023 [8 favorites]
It was the correct decision.
Kiddo surprised me yesterday in a good way. We are in the process of setting up a spare room into a gaming/study space for him, which meant he got a brand new desk for his setup. Part of setup required moving two full cases of my books to a different room. While I was busy he took it upon himself to clear one of the cases and re-shelve them in the other room. And he did it with such loving care.
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs at 4:42 PM on December 4, 2023 [8 favorites]
I'm coping with a stream of texts from a very old friend who really, really wants me to endorse everything they've read about Gaza on certain, let's say, rather charged websites whose analyses are overwhelmingly based on, at best, cherry-picked evidence of dubious provenance.
I am being very, very patient.
posted by senor biggles at 4:56 PM on December 4, 2023 [5 favorites]
I am being very, very patient.
posted by senor biggles at 4:56 PM on December 4, 2023 [5 favorites]
The short moral of the story -- love your knees while you are young and spry.
The background: I did a face plant a couple of weeks ago in the Walmart parking lot.
It was an average evening shopping trip before Thanksgiving, just me and about a thousand last-minute cooks searching for that elusive can of cranberry sauce. I unloaded the groceries into the car, put away the shopping cart, then walked back while reaching into my pocket for the keys... and tripped over my own two feet.
I landed on my hands and knees (and elbow, I found out later) but I still pitched forward until my nose made unpleasant contact with pavement.
Good news -- nothing was broken, nothing was bleeding. A nice gentleman helped me get up and I got back into the driver's seat, where I proceeded to have a cry and pull myself together. Later I found scratches and a little bruising, but mainly my ego took a hit.
Oh, and both lenses have scratches and will need replacing on my eyeglasses.
What I learned --
I now have renewed respect for gymnasts, track and field athletes, house foundation inspectors, gardeners, and toddlers everywhere. Knees take a beating.
posted by TrishaU at 4:59 PM on December 4, 2023 [9 favorites]
The background: I did a face plant a couple of weeks ago in the Walmart parking lot.
It was an average evening shopping trip before Thanksgiving, just me and about a thousand last-minute cooks searching for that elusive can of cranberry sauce. I unloaded the groceries into the car, put away the shopping cart, then walked back while reaching into my pocket for the keys... and tripped over my own two feet.
I landed on my hands and knees (and elbow, I found out later) but I still pitched forward until my nose made unpleasant contact with pavement.
Good news -- nothing was broken, nothing was bleeding. A nice gentleman helped me get up and I got back into the driver's seat, where I proceeded to have a cry and pull myself together. Later I found scratches and a little bruising, but mainly my ego took a hit.
Oh, and both lenses have scratches and will need replacing on my eyeglasses.
What I learned --
I now have renewed respect for gymnasts, track and field athletes, house foundation inspectors, gardeners, and toddlers everywhere. Knees take a beating.
posted by TrishaU at 4:59 PM on December 4, 2023 [9 favorites]
Maybe grasshoppers have the right body model.
At any rate, my dreams of being an expert trampoline acrobat are on hold.
Darn knees.
posted by TrishaU at 5:28 PM on December 4, 2023 [4 favorites]
At any rate, my dreams of being an expert trampoline acrobat are on hold.
Darn knees.
posted by TrishaU at 5:28 PM on December 4, 2023 [4 favorites]
My nephew passed away yesterday after a protracted illness. Middle aged but too young. He was a longtime lurker on Metafilter and was Cold Chef's IRL best friend. We are all still trying to figure out how to process this.
posted by neuron at 5:50 PM on December 4, 2023 [20 favorites]
posted by neuron at 5:50 PM on December 4, 2023 [20 favorites]
I drove for an hour to do a wellness check on a friend who said she hadn't gotten out of bed in a week, no job offers were responding to her resumes, and she was afraid of losing her house to the bank. I had not been to her home in quite a while.
When I got there, all the blinds were drawn. The doors were locked. She did not answer the phone. So, I climbed in through a tiny window over the kitchen sink that was unlocked.
The house was in squalor. Every horizontal surface covered with dirty dishes, empty packaging, bags, boxes, stacks of papers and unpaid bills. Stuff all over the floor too, toppled furniture, piles of clothes, half filled garbage bags, a pair of overflowing litter boxes, regurgitated furballs and litter strewn about the hardwood floor and rug. The air was tinged with the smell of cat urine. I have known this person for fifteen years; she has always been a tidy person before.
I called up the bedroom stairs, and she answered, coming downstairs to complain weakly about how embarrassing this all was while I started scooping the litter boxes. I agreed, said she didn't need to stay if she felt uncomfortable and could just go back to bed while I worked.
I felt quite overwhelmed at first, but after six hours I had the entire main level cleaned up - floors, tables and counter tops. Ten boxes of odds and ends went into the basement and eight garbage bags full of kitchen waste, broken items and cat litter went into my truck.
The next day I drove back down there for another six hours. Three were spent just washing dishes. Every one in the house had been used, some just piled up in shopping bags. Twelve garbage bags of dirty clothes went into my truck, some from the main floor but most from the bedroom, along with some garbage from the front and side yard. She helped quite a bit, but every hour standing had to be followed by three hours in bed. She has been taking two antidepressants for years, but they don't seem to be doing a damn thing. After I left I emailed her a link to a nonprofit debt relief counsellor. The next day she texted me to say thank-you, that with the house clean again she felt more alive and capable, she had made an appointment with her doctor, and she was doing laundry for the first time in a while.
I will go there again for an hour next weekend to make sure she's not sliding again.
posted by CynicalKnight at 5:52 PM on December 4, 2023 [59 favorites]
When I got there, all the blinds were drawn. The doors were locked. She did not answer the phone. So, I climbed in through a tiny window over the kitchen sink that was unlocked.
The house was in squalor. Every horizontal surface covered with dirty dishes, empty packaging, bags, boxes, stacks of papers and unpaid bills. Stuff all over the floor too, toppled furniture, piles of clothes, half filled garbage bags, a pair of overflowing litter boxes, regurgitated furballs and litter strewn about the hardwood floor and rug. The air was tinged with the smell of cat urine. I have known this person for fifteen years; she has always been a tidy person before.
I called up the bedroom stairs, and she answered, coming downstairs to complain weakly about how embarrassing this all was while I started scooping the litter boxes. I agreed, said she didn't need to stay if she felt uncomfortable and could just go back to bed while I worked.
I felt quite overwhelmed at first, but after six hours I had the entire main level cleaned up - floors, tables and counter tops. Ten boxes of odds and ends went into the basement and eight garbage bags full of kitchen waste, broken items and cat litter went into my truck.
The next day I drove back down there for another six hours. Three were spent just washing dishes. Every one in the house had been used, some just piled up in shopping bags. Twelve garbage bags of dirty clothes went into my truck, some from the main floor but most from the bedroom, along with some garbage from the front and side yard. She helped quite a bit, but every hour standing had to be followed by three hours in bed. She has been taking two antidepressants for years, but they don't seem to be doing a damn thing. After I left I emailed her a link to a nonprofit debt relief counsellor. The next day she texted me to say thank-you, that with the house clean again she felt more alive and capable, she had made an appointment with her doctor, and she was doing laundry for the first time in a while.
I will go there again for an hour next weekend to make sure she's not sliding again.
posted by CynicalKnight at 5:52 PM on December 4, 2023 [59 favorites]
You are a saint, CynicalKnight!
posted by JHarris at 6:00 PM on December 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by JHarris at 6:00 PM on December 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
To neuron, I'm so sorry to hear about you and ColdChef's loss. I hope my posts gave him some enjoyment over the years.
posted by JHarris at 6:02 PM on December 4, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by JHarris at 6:02 PM on December 4, 2023 [4 favorites]
(And I say "I'm sorry to hear" to mean, I'm sad that it happened, not that I'm sad that you told us, I recently learned that some people take that statement to mean the latter. This isn't intended as anything against them either, just, I had always assumed!)
posted by JHarris at 6:04 PM on December 4, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by JHarris at 6:04 PM on December 4, 2023 [4 favorites]
condolences to coldchef and neuron.
Rose of memory
Rose of forgetfulness
Exhausted and life-giving
Worried reposeful
The single Rose
Is now the Garden...
posted by clavdivs at 6:25 PM on December 4, 2023 [4 favorites]
Rose of memory
Rose of forgetfulness
Exhausted and life-giving
Worried reposeful
The single Rose
Is now the Garden...
posted by clavdivs at 6:25 PM on December 4, 2023 [4 favorites]
Michael Emerson as creepy scientist type
Wait...Michael Emerson is in Fallout? I was already sold when I found out Walton Goggins was in it, but it just went from "I'm looking forward to it" to "I must watch this".
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 2:50 AM on December 5, 2023 [1 favorite]
Wait...Michael Emerson is in Fallout? I was already sold when I found out Walton Goggins was in it, but it just went from "I'm looking forward to it" to "I must watch this".
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 2:50 AM on December 5, 2023 [1 favorite]
Had lunch with one friend— I mentored him so many years ago. He’s doing so well, it was great to get back in touch.
And FINALLY called up my grad school buddy after about four years of mutual silence.
There is no animosity between us only love & friendship. We’ve both have been going through rough times these past few years.
And we picked up right we’re we left off so long ago. We laughed, we cried!
❤️
posted by calgirl at 6:04 AM on December 5, 2023 [12 favorites]
And FINALLY called up my grad school buddy after about four years of mutual silence.
There is no animosity between us only love & friendship. We’ve both have been going through rough times these past few years.
And we picked up right we’re we left off so long ago. We laughed, we cried!
❤️
posted by calgirl at 6:04 AM on December 5, 2023 [12 favorites]
I inadvertently almost caused the choking death of my partner's son's Pomeranian on Friday, there were solid minutes of uncertainty as he struggled to get a duck treat down his throat. Never a complete airway blockage but he was in bad shape, I was giving little compressions to his gut and at one point I tried to clear the airway with my pinkie. A panic, like I said. Meanwhile the other two bozos, picture hounds for brevity, are obtrusively interested in the proceedings and I can guarantee it had nothing to do with concern for Pomeranian's welfare, they're all greedy thieves and it's always about the potential for Another Treat.
posted by elkevelvet at 10:00 AM on December 5, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by elkevelvet at 10:00 AM on December 5, 2023 [6 favorites]
Condolences to neuron and ColdChef. I'm so sorry.
CynicalKnight, what an amazing friend you are!
My news: I paid my divorce attorney today. It's an amicable split. I'm moving back to Canada. He's not. We still live together til April. He's being an absolute prince about my decision to leave. I feel all kinds of ways about it.
posted by joannemerriam at 10:57 AM on December 5, 2023 [13 favorites]
CynicalKnight, what an amazing friend you are!
My news: I paid my divorce attorney today. It's an amicable split. I'm moving back to Canada. He's not. We still live together til April. He's being an absolute prince about my decision to leave. I feel all kinds of ways about it.
posted by joannemerriam at 10:57 AM on December 5, 2023 [13 favorites]
Wow, so many experiences and so many feels from reading about them. My condolences to neuron for the loss of his nephew and to ColdChef for the loss of his best friend. That is horrible.
CynicalKnight, you are an amazing friend. You made it possible for your friend to get a new start in life thanks to hours of hard work and also sending that link to a useful resource. What a rare and precious gift!
joannemerriam, it makes sense that you have lots of feelings. I bet your new life in Canada will hold good things. Certainly hope so.
I turned in my first of three features for a client. Yay! And now, back to work!
posted by Bella Donna at 11:40 AM on December 5, 2023 [7 favorites]
CynicalKnight, you are an amazing friend. You made it possible for your friend to get a new start in life thanks to hours of hard work and also sending that link to a useful resource. What a rare and precious gift!
joannemerriam, it makes sense that you have lots of feelings. I bet your new life in Canada will hold good things. Certainly hope so.
I turned in my first of three features for a client. Yay! And now, back to work!
posted by Bella Donna at 11:40 AM on December 5, 2023 [7 favorites]
I feel all kinds of ways about it.
joannemerriam, I hope you let the feelings reside and move on as needed
when my marriage ended after 8 years, I'd say we both wanted it but she had the guts to begin proceedings. I remember sitting at a booth with a mutual friend, signing papers, we did not end up retaining an attorney and things worked out. More than 10 years later I can say it was definitively the right choice for both of us.
A lot of marriages needed to end a lot sooner (or not have been formed in the first place!). It's beautiful to see people spend their lives together and experience the world together and life is short, it's not long enough when the whole 'life partner' thing is the factor. it feels like the odds are against making that partnership choice your first, maybe second or many, times at it. Then again, who would we be without our 8 years together? Live is life as the one 80s tune went.
posted by elkevelvet at 12:10 PM on December 5, 2023 [4 favorites]
joannemerriam, I hope you let the feelings reside and move on as needed
when my marriage ended after 8 years, I'd say we both wanted it but she had the guts to begin proceedings. I remember sitting at a booth with a mutual friend, signing papers, we did not end up retaining an attorney and things worked out. More than 10 years later I can say it was definitively the right choice for both of us.
A lot of marriages needed to end a lot sooner (or not have been formed in the first place!). It's beautiful to see people spend their lives together and experience the world together and life is short, it's not long enough when the whole 'life partner' thing is the factor. it feels like the odds are against making that partnership choice your first, maybe second or many, times at it. Then again, who would we be without our 8 years together? Live is life as the one 80s tune went.
posted by elkevelvet at 12:10 PM on December 5, 2023 [4 favorites]
I hope I'm not too late to wish you luck, corb! I hope everything goes fabulously with your finals and your paper, and I wish you some nice actually relaxing relaxation, and a sense of real ease and release, segue-ing into a great conversation with your partner.
You are smart, dedicated, hard-working, and thoughtful -
you've got this!
posted by kristi at 9:32 PM on December 5, 2023 [2 favorites]
You are smart, dedicated, hard-working, and thoughtful -
you've got this!
posted by kristi at 9:32 PM on December 5, 2023 [2 favorites]
Oops, apologies corb! Sorry I forgot to wish you luck. You have worked so hard to make your life better. Wishing you smooth sailing with the finals, the paper, and that annoying ex.
posted by Bella Donna at 2:50 AM on December 6, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by Bella Donna at 2:50 AM on December 6, 2023 [2 favorites]
tw: pet illness and death (merciful)
We had to say goodbye to Vash yesterday. His appetite and activity levels had been declining slowly for a few weeks and took a sudden turn for the "not eating" on Saturday. We suspected stress due to household shocks and did a bit of syringe feeding, but his condition declined rapidly to the point where he could not keep things down. Diagnostic imaging at the vet showed an enlarged liver, a massive spleen (about the size of a small banana), and two plum-sized distinct masses in his abdomen. All of this was pressing on his intestines so he could not process food at all. We gave him a quick and merciful exit. Cancer sucks. Everything about this cat was primed for a long life, he had great health otherwise, and it was taken from him by undifferentiated bullshit.
Vash the Stampede, Cat Scientist is survived by his littermate Spike Spiegel, who is wondering where the hell his brother is. I hope he remembers in his own way.
I am sitting shiva, of a sort, for this cat. I am posting memories and photos of him for the next week on my personal mastodon thingy. It hurts. Pet your furry companions for me.
posted by seanmpuckett at 7:21 AM on December 6, 2023 [8 favorites]
We had to say goodbye to Vash yesterday. His appetite and activity levels had been declining slowly for a few weeks and took a sudden turn for the "not eating" on Saturday. We suspected stress due to household shocks and did a bit of syringe feeding, but his condition declined rapidly to the point where he could not keep things down. Diagnostic imaging at the vet showed an enlarged liver, a massive spleen (about the size of a small banana), and two plum-sized distinct masses in his abdomen. All of this was pressing on his intestines so he could not process food at all. We gave him a quick and merciful exit. Cancer sucks. Everything about this cat was primed for a long life, he had great health otherwise, and it was taken from him by undifferentiated bullshit.
Vash the Stampede, Cat Scientist is survived by his littermate Spike Spiegel, who is wondering where the hell his brother is. I hope he remembers in his own way.
I am sitting shiva, of a sort, for this cat. I am posting memories and photos of him for the next week on my personal mastodon thingy. It hurts. Pet your furry companions for me.
posted by seanmpuckett at 7:21 AM on December 6, 2023 [8 favorites]
Condolences, seanmpuckett. Losing a pet is so hard.
posted by joannemerriam at 10:01 AM on December 6, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by joannemerriam at 10:01 AM on December 6, 2023 [3 favorites]
As I was in the office today, I scheduled an appointment with the on-site IT and had them look at the laptop. I walked the very nice IT dude through all the troubleshooting I had done over the past months to solve the battery drain issue.
The very nice IT dude ran one test, declared the battery defective and put in a ticket to send me a replacement laptop, which will arrive tomorrow.
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs at 12:02 PM on December 6, 2023 [4 favorites]
The very nice IT dude ran one test, declared the battery defective and put in a ticket to send me a replacement laptop, which will arrive tomorrow.
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs at 12:02 PM on December 6, 2023 [4 favorites]
The very nice IT dude ran one test, declared the battery defective and put in a ticket to send me a replacement laptop, which will arrive tomorrow.
That's awesome! I recently left a tech support position and we had a warranty program with Dell. Batteries were typically the easiest to replace. There was definitely some xkcd levels of "shiboleet" going on when you would talk to them regarding any repairs, but tell them you have a bulging battery and the chat lasted about a minute. (Didn't matter if the battery was bulging or not. You could send them a picture of a non-bulging battery and say it was just starting so not obvious in the picture, but you could feel the bulge and they would still send a replacement.)
Good for you for getting one of the competent techs!
posted by a non mouse, a cow herd at 12:30 PM on December 6, 2023 [3 favorites]
That's awesome! I recently left a tech support position and we had a warranty program with Dell. Batteries were typically the easiest to replace. There was definitely some xkcd levels of "shiboleet" going on when you would talk to them regarding any repairs, but tell them you have a bulging battery and the chat lasted about a minute. (Didn't matter if the battery was bulging or not. You could send them a picture of a non-bulging battery and say it was just starting so not obvious in the picture, but you could feel the bulge and they would still send a replacement.)
Good for you for getting one of the competent techs!
posted by a non mouse, a cow herd at 12:30 PM on December 6, 2023 [3 favorites]
Good for you for getting one of the competent techs!
I tried getting this resolved a year ago and the IT tech I spoke with flat out refused to admit there was a problem in spite of watching the battery drain during a screen share and kept insisting the battery was fine because "the diagnostics said so". It was infuriating.
So I was really shocked at how easy it turned out to be. As the laptop is still under warranty, it will just get shipped back to Lenovo.
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs at 12:52 PM on December 6, 2023 [3 favorites]
I tried getting this resolved a year ago and the IT tech I spoke with flat out refused to admit there was a problem in spite of watching the battery drain during a screen share and kept insisting the battery was fine because "the diagnostics said so". It was infuriating.
So I was really shocked at how easy it turned out to be. As the laptop is still under warranty, it will just get shipped back to Lenovo.
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs at 12:52 PM on December 6, 2023 [3 favorites]
... refused to admit there was a problem in spite of watching the battery drain during a screen share and kept insisting the battery was fine because "the diagnostics said so".
Support services are a cost, not a money-maker, so *because capitalism* far too many under-trained and under-paid people are dubbed "competent", with typical results like the one you experienced. On top of that they're often incentivized (or forced) to get you off the phone quickly and with the least actual support effort possible. It's a rare day when I get someone on the phone - for example at my ISP - who actually knows what they're doing and cares enough to actually try to help me.
I've been in IT support all my life, and I knew this would happen as soon as companies started outsourcing IT services to the lowest bidder instead of maintaining their own in-house team.
posted by Greg_Ace at 1:34 PM on December 6, 2023 [3 favorites]
Support services are a cost, not a money-maker, so *because capitalism* far too many under-trained and under-paid people are dubbed "competent", with typical results like the one you experienced. On top of that they're often incentivized (or forced) to get you off the phone quickly and with the least actual support effort possible. It's a rare day when I get someone on the phone - for example at my ISP - who actually knows what they're doing and cares enough to actually try to help me.
I've been in IT support all my life, and I knew this would happen as soon as companies started outsourcing IT services to the lowest bidder instead of maintaining their own in-house team.
posted by Greg_Ace at 1:34 PM on December 6, 2023 [3 favorites]
So it's taken... 2-3 weeks? I have lost track, for my HMO to finally call me for a psychiatrist appointment for next week. I note that I called my alt-insurance and got one for tomorrow last week. I'm inclined to keep both appointments and see how it goes, albeit this is a concern since both are Let's Discuss Medication appointments. I note that I'll be losing my alt-insurance next month so that's a factor as well, and if forced to pick one I should probably go with the HMO because I can get that through unemployed insurance in the future. But I'm so annoyed at City Psych for taking 3 weeks that I don't want to throw away a bird in the hand either.
posted by jenfullmoon at 1:47 PM on December 6, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by jenfullmoon at 1:47 PM on December 6, 2023 [3 favorites]
Discuss meds with the alt-insurance resource tomorrow, and see if you can get it in writing to take to your HMO appointment next week. Can't hurt...
posted by Greg_Ace at 1:50 PM on December 6, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by Greg_Ace at 1:50 PM on December 6, 2023 [4 favorites]
I ended up in the ER last week. I didn't want to go but my mom was in town and saw what I had been going through the past few months and took me there. They put in me in a room overnight with three other people moaning and screaming. Medical equipment beeping constantly. I couldn't get any sleep. They wanted to keep me the next morning but I refused and left. It was like a torture chamber in there. I saw what hell must be like. I went to a normal doctor on Monday and he was much better. Wasn't freaking out acting like I was gonna die immediately. Just calm and suggested things to try. So long story short my blood pressure is sky high and I need to make some life changes.
posted by downtohisturtles at 6:48 PM on December 6, 2023 [7 favorites]
posted by downtohisturtles at 6:48 PM on December 6, 2023 [7 favorites]
downtohisturtles, this is anecdata but for what it's worth: I resisted statins for a couple of years despite my doctor pushing them pretty hard (due to a couple of websites I can no longer find, that warned of some fairly significant side effects), but in my own case at least I've found that atorvastatin has (along with moderate exercise and reasonable diet) made a huge difference in my blood pressure. I went from Stage 2 hypertension to well within normal range within just a few weeks, with none of the feared side effects.
Good luck!
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:37 PM on December 6, 2023 [3 favorites]
Good luck!
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:37 PM on December 6, 2023 [3 favorites]
The HMO booked me with an LCSW, not a psychiatrist. They can't prescribe medication. Which was the entire reason my PCP wanted me to go to the psych dept. I'm keeping the alt-insurance appt and way lowering expectations on the LCSW one.
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:20 PM on December 6, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:20 PM on December 6, 2023 [3 favorites]
Welp, it was a good news, questionable news, bad news sort of day of appointments. I had very good experiences/appointments that went well, I'm fairly confident on my assessment and mildly "we'll see" on next medical treatment, BUT I also received some bad news that means my Quest To Postpone The Inevitable is probably doomed. I have a few more appointments with others over the course of the next month, but I was told that due to Policy I'm probably SOL on getting anyone to sign off on work things entirely. Fuuuuuuuuuuuck.
posted by jenfullmoon at 5:34 PM on December 7, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by jenfullmoon at 5:34 PM on December 7, 2023 [3 favorites]
Apropos of nothing, really, here near the antipode of Monday, I have to share what might just be my finest achievement. The culmination of a life's work.
My masterpiece.
My sister is coming to visit, and has requested, nay, demanded, that we watch Die Hard on Christmas.
I looked it up on JustWatch, and it's not going on any of the streaming services we have here.
I have it on disc, probably, in a box, boxed up since I moved, and since I don't have bookshelf space in my room, or anywhere else in the house, the movie boxes are in the attic.
It's a pretty old house, and we don't really use the attic for anything but storage, tale as old as attics, really.
The attic is, thereby, a kinda nasty place, full of dead flies, mouse poops, dust, and other unpleasantness.
So I said to my sister I'm pretty sure I have it, but since all my movies are boxed up, that means I'll have to venture into...
The Filth Dimension.
That's it. Wrap me up. I shall never produce any finer work than this.
posted by Mister Moofoo at 7:43 PM on December 7, 2023 [4 favorites]
My masterpiece.
My sister is coming to visit, and has requested, nay, demanded, that we watch Die Hard on Christmas.
I looked it up on JustWatch, and it's not going on any of the streaming services we have here.
I have it on disc, probably, in a box, boxed up since I moved, and since I don't have bookshelf space in my room, or anywhere else in the house, the movie boxes are in the attic.
It's a pretty old house, and we don't really use the attic for anything but storage, tale as old as attics, really.
The attic is, thereby, a kinda nasty place, full of dead flies, mouse poops, dust, and other unpleasantness.
So I said to my sister I'm pretty sure I have it, but since all my movies are boxed up, that means I'll have to venture into...
The Filth Dimension.
That's it. Wrap me up. I shall never produce any finer work than this.
posted by Mister Moofoo at 7:43 PM on December 7, 2023 [4 favorites]
You can actually buy one of those tyvek disposable suits if you feel the need.
I refuse to acknowledge what I've just encountered. It is too disturbing.
posted by hippybear at 8:03 PM on December 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
I refuse to acknowledge what I've just encountered. It is too disturbing.
posted by hippybear at 8:03 PM on December 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
Yippee-ki-yay motherfifther
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:04 PM on December 7, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:04 PM on December 7, 2023 [4 favorites]
My sister is coming to visit, and has requested, nay, demanded, that we watch Die Hard on Christmas.
My local faux Alamo Drafthouse is actually playing Die Hard right now. Perhaps for it's 25th anniversary? Perhaps something similar is going on in your area?
posted by a non mouse, a cow herd at 6:07 AM on December 8, 2023
My local faux Alamo Drafthouse is actually playing Die Hard right now. Perhaps for it's 25th anniversary? Perhaps something similar is going on in your area?
posted by a non mouse, a cow herd at 6:07 AM on December 8, 2023
Setup of the work machine is going well, except that POLICY has deemed that Ecosia is the only acceptable default search engine and I cannot change it.
I can live with that.
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs at 6:33 AM on December 8, 2023
I can live with that.
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs at 6:33 AM on December 8, 2023
This is a fun article on wacky/fun/different holiday celebrations.
posted by jenfullmoon at 7:15 AM on December 8, 2023
posted by jenfullmoon at 7:15 AM on December 8, 2023
a non mouse, a cow herd, I appreciate the sentiment, but for a litany of reasons, it's much easier for us to watch a movie at home than to try going out on Christmas. Even if that means that in preparation I have to put on my garbage bag spacesuit and spend a half hour or so in the cold, dark void of attic space, among the bones of old memories (and really a truly horrifying number of dead flies).
posted by Mister Moofoo at 8:05 AM on December 8, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by Mister Moofoo at 8:05 AM on December 8, 2023 [2 favorites]
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Ella Purnell has been a delight in Yellowjackets and Walter Goggins is usually magic and Michael Emerson as creepy scientist type is playing to type.
It's supposed to be canon according to Todd Howard which means it's going to be very curious in how it relates to New Vegas and that we have what looks like a fully functioning BoS based on the East Coast Model.
I fully believe that Nolan can deliver at least one good season before getting too wrapped up in the stuff that ultimately undid Westworld.
posted by drewbage1847 at 12:23 PM on December 4, 2023 [4 favorites]