RL things I love

Thenomain

(Does this make me a Stark or a Targaryen or both?)

This makes you a nerd.

And you know what he would say about that.

"Hello, fellow nerd!"

silverfox

My spider plants threw out a bunch of little babies this year and I actually managed to capture them, soak them in water for long enough, and now plant them so that I can give a few kids some baby spider plants to take home!

I'm super excited about this because my Third grade teacher gave me a spider plant that I kept all the way up till 5 years ago when my husband (love him, will never forgive him for this) threw it away in our move to our current state in favor of keeping the vacuum because he thought that the vacuum was more important (it wasn't). Thankfully my parents had a child of the original plant still that I'd gifted to a sister before college and I was able to get a baby of that plant. So the plants my students are getting will be the great-grandchild of the original plant.

TLDR: 9th year of teaching and I finally get to pass on a tradition from when I was my student's age. Warm fuzzies.

Auspice

Blue Bell ice cream has a new flavor: Raspberry Brownie Fudge. The base ice cream itself is almond flavored.
I decided to pick it up to try today and it is amazing.

I kinda hope it moves out of their rotational and into the regular stuff.

Pandora

Home sick and asking Alexa over and over again:

"What's black and white and red/read all over?"

Best answers so far:
"A honey badger in a fight with a tomato."
"A well-educated penguin."
"A panda in an Elmo costume."

Sparks

Good timing on new things.

At the beginning of last week I got a nice OLED TV for my bedroom, just to have the option to watch things in there if the living room TV was in use (like a housemate watching sportsball when I wanted to watch a movie), or if I was home sick or whatever. Set it up, all very nice, yay, hooked up an Apple TV as well so I have my iTunes library and whatnot.

Friday morning I wrecked my right foot. I have thus been confined to my room for the moment with my foot elevated, inasmuch as if I try to limp around the house with a cane going "ow" repeatedly as I attempt to actually do things, it gives my housemate/best friend a Very Large Sadness seasoned with exasperation. (And also may not be great for my foot, either.)

Having this TV set up here has been very helpful for the whole "not going completely stir-crazy after being largely immobilized for four days" thing.

TNP

@Sparks Get a cheap chair on wheels and just wheel yourself around without needing to put your foot down. A used one should be cheap.

Tinuviel

I've been without glasses for almost two years, thanks to various medical mishaps going on with poor diagnoses and other bodily fuckery. BUT TODAY I HAVE NEW GLASSES. I CAN SEE AGAIN. And my SO is still attractive, so that's a plus.

Ganymede

Michael Bolton.

It's always nice when folks don't take themselves too seriously.

surreality

OK, so... they changed brands, and it's not as good as the former brand, but...

...the local farmer's market is open as of today, and that means 3lb bukkits of fresh mozarella cheese come home on the regular.

Awwwwwwwwwwwyiss.

(Seriously, tho, it's time to track down the original brand and send the husband on an excursion to get it semi-regularly.)

Rinel

@Ganymede said in RL things I love:

Michael Bolton.

It's always nice when folks don't take themselves too seriously.

I never really liked Teen Titans, and I have even less interest in Teen Titans Go, but that and this appearance of the Golden Girls has me appreciative of the creators slipping in little things for parents to enjoy.

Auspice

I really like the guys I work with on Thursday and Friday. They're fun to be around and they're genuinely good people.

I've needed to get my days covered for this weekend (despite putting in over two weeks early) and one has spoken up to ask second shift before I even get a chance to open my mouth# asking them on my behalf (I mean, he knows I'll gladly cover shifts when he needs, but still!).

He picked up quick on my anxiety and has been cool about shit like that and making calls for me when I'm having bad days. I put in extra work elsewhere to compensate, but it's just really awesome to work with people who look out like that.

Ghost

@Cupcake said in RL things I love:

I just learned something mind-blowing - although admittedly it has no real relevance to my life, unless I go to a convention and meet the guy.

My 11th great grandfather is a fellow named John Harington, who many people credit with the invention of the flush toilet.

You know who else is a direct descendant of John Harrington?

So I can be all, "Hey, cuz!"

(Does this make me a Stark or a Targaryen or both?)

If you were his aunt, you'd have a shot at tapping that.

Ganymede

Dave Chappelle.

I mean, he's a gifted comedian with flaws, but he's a genuinely good guy, it seems. Here's him talking about his current place of residence, and sticking up for the people living there. He's also an intelligent man, who figured out when and why it was best for him to walk away.

But he's still a local celebrity, so when his local NPR affiliate was looking for donations to keep running, he elected instead to put on a show in nearby Dayton, with all of the proceeds going to the station (WYSO). The story is that the station invited him and his wife down, and that's when he told him that he'd rather donate his time.

First, all of the orchestra level seats at the local Schuster Center, where the show will be, sold out. Today, they started to sell the lower and upper balcony seats, and were sold out in under an hour. Naturally, I got my tickets because, well, it helps to work in downtown Dayton.

So, I'm Rick James, bitches. And Dave's a stand-up guy for his joint, Yellow Springs, Ohio.

Cupcake

I'm going to see Angels and Airwaves in September!!

They practically never tour but along with the announcement they also released a new single! I am the happiest ever to happy.

Wretched

@Ganymede I am made of Jelly.

Auspice

So, I head home this afternoon.

I have some hours to kill before then, but my mom won't be up until after noon (she's where I get my night owl tendencies from). As such, I called a friend I have in the area who was super excited to find out I'm in town and we'll be meeting up in an hour-ish when they're free.

I'm glad I'll have the time to see them. I didn't have many friends while I was married (thanks to a very controlling, manipulative, gaslighting husband) and I retained even fewer after the divorce, but she and her husband are some of the best. The rare times I do make it to town, I try to see them.

Auspice

The utterly confused look on my seat mate's face when muffins fell out of my hoodie pocket.

...what, you don't have pocket muffins?!

mietze

Trying really hard not to lose it. School board room is over capacity with spillage into the hall, rainbow and trans pride flags and stickers e everywhere.. All parents/kids/community supporters. My kid is first on the speakers list followed by nearly all of the speakers being other students also. Trying hard to not bawl and embarrass my kid and their friends who I am sitting with. Things were so different even 4 years ago. I guess sometimes when you jump and trust your community they will catch you and hold you close. No room for bigotry today in our district.

Aria

This is probably more along the lines of "RL Things I Find Fucking Hilarious", but I had a friend of a friend start screeching at me about how I need to get down on my knees and earnestly repent before Christ....

I am not sure that dude realized our mutual friend was one of my teachers during the twelve years I spent attending religious schools and universities, and that I have a fairly solid grounding in Biblical exegesis and Augustinian ethics.

OOPS.

Pandora

"Co-worker is leaving, drinks tonight?"
"Can't, I have work at 9AM."
"Come, on, just a couple drinks, it's his last night out!"
"...Fine."

Turns into:
7:30PM: Fuck wearing jackets, let's just do a few shots, we won't feel the cold.
8PM: A 37-person zerg descends on a pub. Halfway through security, one co-worker gets turned away as he's wearing shorts. We all pile back out onto the street.
8:17PM: Oooh, McDonalds.
8:45PM: Zerg has inflated past the point of a headcount. Descends on a pub. Shots, shots, shots.
Somewhere after 11PM: Someone orders a Sex on the Beach. It's fucking terrible. Bartender should be ashamed. We nominate new names for the drink. Winner: Foreplay on Damp Pavement. Notable mention: Interrupted Head on the Boardwalk.
Around 1AM: The beautiful Polish translator has fallen so many times it's a bit concerning. Sweet younger guy in the office is throwing up on the dancefloor.
After 1AM: Me, having an 'earnest conversation' with the bouncer about maybe letting my friends back inside, they'll be better, honest. He tells me off about health and safety & says the only reason he hadn't kicked us all out sooner is because the manager didn't want to offend such a huge party. We were ridiculously proud of this for some reason. Shots!
Around 1:30AM: Listening to denied-entry translator tearfully recount her ejection: "I was lying on the floor and he was shouting at me in Polish. I was doing this." proceeds to wave arms beautifully above her head "I was trying to look classy but I know I didn't..." (She's so cute you guys, her sad face made me wanna fight the bouncer.)
A bit after 1:30AM: We leave, the bouncer seemingly enjoys trading insults with those of the party who use their choicest disses, found at the bottom of Jager Bombs a few minutes ago, on our way out.
1:45AM: The zerg has gained and lost mass, I lost count. We descend on a nightclub. SHOTS.
3AM: Club closes, we get booted out.
3:05: The one kebab shop still open welcomes the zerg. Kebab does not mean what I, the lone American, think it means. It was gross. I slathered it in ketchup. It was gross but tolerable. The ketchup also wasn't great. I ate it all.
A bit after 3:30AM: Alexa, set alarm for 8AM.
All the hours since 8AM: Pain.

Seriously, the office was full of zombies today. It's Ramadan, so our co-workers who were fasting and thus did not come out with us? Seriously unimpressed. I brought in Krispy Kremes for everyone though, so we mostly muddled through on carbs, sugar, and that twilight between 'still kinda drunk' and 'hungover'.

Verdict: Would do again. Great time. Best co-workers ever. My boss dances like a dork, would not trade him in.

Edited to fix club closure time, which makes me feel even sleepier.