Hey there friends, neighbors, lurkers, ladyblog compatriots. It’s 10 pm and that means only one thing on a weekday around these parts. It’s probably time for an open thread! Thanks for reading and writing and sharing today, you all get gold stars.
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You guuuuuuys… I am really tempted to skip my (elective) classes today and just read and grade and catch up on things. But I don’t know. I am pretty good about showing up to things, even non-credit fitness classes, so I have this guilt thing…
Hi guys. Gotta share my excitement; my dream wedding venue is not booked on the date my fiance and I want. It looks like we’re going to get it, no changing the date, now further searching, as long as he’s okay with us just going for it and being done. I suspect he will be; it’s really affordable, all inclusive, and unique so there’s not a lot of reason to waffle on this any more. Hooray!!! This will knock out like 70% of our planning in one fell swoop!
Ohhh I know the feeling! That’s very exciting. You’ll feel so good once it’s done. :)
I can’t wait to get the deposit down this weekend! It’s already starting to feel much more real now that it seems like our date is firm and we have the space on hold. We’re getting married in an aquarium!
What a great feeling, congratulations!
From here on out, things should start falling right into place. And, I expect, feeling very real–the fact that you’re Actually getting married will start to sink in. And that’s a great feeling.
Thanks! I’m definitely already getting that sense of “this is really happening” now that our date seems completely firm and we have the date held until we can go in this weekend. We’re getting married in an aquarium! I can’t believe it worked out so well.
Tell us about the venue! What’s so dreamy about it?
It’s an aquarium! We’ll get married in the presence of the cuttlefish, and then our guests will get to go through the exhibits for cocktail hour while we take photographs in the shark tunnel and the room is reorganized for our reception. This aquarium is really big and elaborate; they have rainforest areas, monkeys, a sloth. It’s going to be a destination wedding for most of my side so this will be really fun and they’ll get to see something unique to our city.
Oh love this, what a great idea! Very romantic.
That’s awesome! I love the idea of getting married in an aquarium!
Hokay, so. When I get my tax return I am going to make one big purchase with it. I am looking for advice about that purchase.
I neeeeed to get a memory foam mattress cover. I loved my fairly-firm mattress until whatever nerve thing I have going on started happening.
Obviously, quality is important, but I don’t want to go spending ALL of my tax return (I need some of it for a security deposit for my own place so I can get my dog.) Where should I go? What, specifically, should I look for? Anyone have any suggestions? (Near me, I have Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, Sears, Macy’s, Bon Ton, and probably some other stores that I am not thinking of. Since I moved here with a then-sufficient mattress, I’ve never been to any local mattress-shops).
I don’t really know anything about mattress shopping, but I would start by looking at whichever one has customer reviews on their website. That is always a good place to start, in my limited buying-major-stuff experience.
That is good advice, thanks! I will check on Amazon and those other sites that have reviewing stuff.
Hi everybody. We’re on day two of a power-outage here, for no reason. Or, probably because I just went to the grocery store and filled the freezer with frozen chicken and fish, all of which will need to be trashed after another 12-hour blackout.
The upside: lots of eating out.
What is everybody else doing with their Tuesdays? Or Monday nights?
Oh, I hope your power comes back soon!
Thanks! It finally did, but it’s been over 24 hours so I’ve got to toss most of my food. Boo. That will teach me to think ahead at the grocery store.
At work, sadly. The weather here is beautiful for a change, so I’m considering going for a run down the waterfront later. If I’m feeling too lazy I’ll be going home to play with my sewing machine.
I hope your power-related issues get resolved soon. Sounds like you’re a victim of the fourth law of thermodynamics! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy's_law
Ah, yes, Murphy’s Law. Sadly, this one governs my life more often than not.
I hope you made it down to the waterfront. How lovely to be able to run outdoors!
I just wanted to share that Persephone is now one of my speed dial websites on Opera. That is all.
I’m on round 2 of antibiotics for the world’s most stubborn UTI
In other news, I have been working as an archaeologist on the Sunrise Powerlink monitoring their construction and tomorrow a bunch of people are planning on protesting right where I am working. Goody. I’ve been getting warnings all day to try to avoid them and essentially to stay out of harms way. Apparently some of the protesters are crazy. Tomorrow should be interesting
I’m all for protesting the stuff you oppose and being vocal about the causes you believe in, but becoming a threat to the people who are just doing their job is not cool. Stay safe tomorrow, hopefully you won’t have to deal with anything too serious!
It’s 5am and I’m printing out stuff using a printer that sounds like it is being possessed by the spirit of Johannes Guttenberg himself, and/or inhabited by a pack of rabid gremlins.
Why yes, I believe my neighbours do love me, why do you ask?
How did Monday treat everybody?
Does anyone know where you can get those pink signs and things that say “I stand with Planned Parenthood”? The recent legislation is driving me up a wall and I’d like to do something to show my support.
You can get them from Planned Parenthood. You should be able to find a number for the administrative side (not the clinic side) in your area if you just google around for “Planned Parenthood of [your region]”
I know they were giving them out like candy at the rally we had here last weekend, so maybe if there is an event in your area, you can just stop by that as well.
I am going to bed soon because I want to try spinning tomorrow. I went to one class years ago and it almost killed me then and I was in much better shape than I am now. BUT! As everyone as posted in all my whiny posts about being unmotivated to work out, it’s important to mix it up and challenge myself. If I don’t report back by 10:30 am, send help to the New York Sports Club.
Did you end up trying spinning this morning? How did it go? :)
Hi, I’m new. Can we do introduction posts here?
I’m a twenty-something hetero-normative lefty with a penchant for Viggo Mortensen, Martin Freeman, and getting to sleep early. I like long walks through the woods, short stories, and medium length movies. I just ate 5 cookies in 2 minutes. I want to grow up to be a librarian/crime-fighter, but will probably end up an unemployed lady who reads too much when she’s not memorizing whole episodes of Castle or Parks and Recreation.
If you like any of the pop culture references I just casually dropped, maybe we could be friends?
Hi! It’s nice to meet you — thanks for stopping by and introducing yourself. I think a librarian/crime-fighter is a great combination, and with all the budget cuts going on, some municipality will be lucky to have you!
As for me, I hang out a lot around these parts, with my fam, and at my PT job. I am far closer to 40 than I like to admit. I’ve probably missed more than half of your pop culture references ,but I do like Parks and Rec!!
thanks, Sally! and your Monday sounds rough. I’m virtually handing you a quinoa chocolate bar (it’s the most delicious thing I can come up with at the moment).
why thank you! That sounds delicious. I’m being overly dramatic you know – it’s always the annoying that stands out on some days.
Two good things – I passed a certification test and my boss took me out to lunch FTW!
Welcome! I’ll join you in the Castle love! We’re always happy to have more awesome people around. Make yourself at home!
Thank you! and yes, mmmm, Castle, so good. Sooo gooooood.
I confess, I’m a little overwhelmed. I tried to navigate some page …I don’t even know what I was looking at MYGOSHI’MSOTIRED. So.I think I’m going to go to bed and attack the site head on in the morning. Or the afternoon. After an energizing lunch.
GOODNIGHT, PERSEPHONE
Hi there, future Barbara Gordon! I’m a twenty-something feminist writer. I’m a grad student in creative writing. I love video games and comic books. I have a dog named Tobi.
Comic books! We can totally bond over that! That’s probably the one great thing about Borders closing its huge doors — X0% off graphic novels. I’m holding out for 70% off, everything-must-go madness before I descend on that place like a flock of carrion birds on a beached whale. Oh, the spoils!
What sort of comics do you like? Are you primarily a hold-the-paper-in-your-hands, feel-the-thin-pages, smudge-the-ink-with-your-sweaty-palms type or do you read any totally rad web comics? I just finished 1000! Thousand! Demons! by Lynda Berry. Mmmm, terrific.
I also like creative writing, but my friends are all so much better at it and blah blah blah, competitive field, not much money, no chance, blah. You know?
(Also, I’m going to bed, but I look forward to reading your response in the morning!)
Ahahaha, no money, oh do I know!
Well I read both physical comics & webcomics. I’m a DC kind of person, and I dig things that Gail Simone writes, I adore Manhunter, Teen Titans, Outsiders, as well as most things Batman. Expired things I like include Static Shock and Madame Xanadu. As for webcomics I like Templar, AZ; the Less than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal, Gunnerkrigg Court, Dresden Codak, Vattu…
Let me know your tastes tomorrow! Hope you sleep (slept) well!
You ma’am are clearly an intelligent, right-thinking person of character (meaning I agree with basically everything you just said)! Welcome!
I’m pretty new too – I switched over when I finally got fed up with Jezebel.
Besides the excellent past-times you mentioned, I’m rather fond of Terry Pratchett, the new Hawaii 5-0, and the poetry of Billy Collins. I like interesting pathogens and the occasional mysterious disease (relax, I’m a pre-med student)! I generally like to go to bed early, but at the moment I have to aim for getting to bed before midnight.
Welcome to the craziness!
AAH! TERRY PRATCHETT! I love him! Monstrous Regiment has to be one of my favorite books in the whole world. I mean, it’s just brilliant. And Cap.’t Sam Vimes, how cool is he? But I think my favorite group of books would be the Tiffany Aching series (Wee Free Men, Hat Full of Sky, etc.).
And I totally switched over from Jezebel, too. Ha, Jezebel. …and that’s all I’ll say about that.
I have not seen the new H5-o, although I have seen some promotional clips and, man. I am a big fan of that one guy who was also in LOST. Unf.
Pre-med sounds interesting; I was into toxicology for a while, but, like so many other interests of mine, it sort of fell by the wayside when something else captured my attention. I read this book called The Poisoner’s Handbook. It’s about Charles Norris and Alexander Gettler and the birth of toxicology in the 1920s. I highly recommend it; It’s like a good CSI season.
… I am le tired. Also, ouchied. I will go to bed now. Everyone else enjoy the open thread!
good night!
I suck. THANK YOU for opening up this thread tonight! *Such* a Monday.
My Monday: whole house overslept, almost mailed a form w/o a check, almost missed one deadline, and did miss one deadline.
You?
I decided hours ago just to let Monday happen around me and try to sort it all out later. So far that’s working pretty well.
Also, no problem! That’s why we have lottsa editors. We can swoop in with reserve awesome in an emergency. : )