• Giving notice at work, and getting a completely civilised reaction while still getting the satisfaction of seeing my soon-to-be-ex boss' face when he read that piece of paper.
• Using 'I Do What I Want' in a facetious joking argument I was having with my sister via email.
• Legitimately infiltrating the infamous 'loki' tag on tumblr with some sneaky Fat ( Read more... )

There was a tremendous hail- and thunderstorm here today, and I was seeking refuge under an awning while there was thunder and lightning and tremendous downpours that was so loud, I didn't even hear the loudly wailing (from the way its face scrunched up and its mouth was open) baby whose mother was hiding under the awning right next to me with the ( Read more... )

So, as you my dear flist know, I'm from Germany, and I sometimes dredge up background stuff about European politics because I find it important ( Read more... )

( Massive spoilers as I am ONLY talking about the very end! )

( Cut for spoileriness in case you haven't seen PotC4 yet )

I think this is the modern digital-photographic equivalent of what conscientious restorers of museum objects have been done for decades: when you put a Greek vase or a medieval garment back together for display, you use some contrastingly neutral material for the parts that are missing, plain grey linen among all the tyrian-purple-and-gold, or some ( Read more... )

... but as the Little Lady has gone home, I'm catching up with my usual life.

I liked this article about how repressed we are, today, compared to the sixties. Especially about the duty to be healthy at other people's standards ( Read more... )

I just allowed a Wagner opera (in which Siegfried was some blue dreadlocked orc with bare legs and big boots) to run on my telly, promptly fell asleep, and woke up two hours later to a some terribly TMI-y medical discussion program ( Read more... )

( Maru takes a snow day, posts a picture, and then teal deers )

There's snow outside. Hot tea to wake me up. Purring cats on my divan with me. A hot bath in my immediate future, before work, to keep nazgulwears' cold from even considering to settle on me next.

And a thread of others discussing my pup to read. Again. Urquhart is a bit of a plot centrifuge, really. He touches somebody, and they start reacting and talking ( Read more... )