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May. 24th, 2021


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Apparently "Dad Rock" Is no longer things like Aerosmith or Bon Jovi. I just found out that Blink 182 is now considered "Dad Rock" and I don't know how I feel about it.

On one hand, I'm not that old.

On the other hand, my daughters do know every word of "I Miss You" by heart and sing along when it comes on my playlist in the car. So. There's some truth there.

May. 13th, 2021


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I swear this pinball game is designed to drive me insane. How are you supposed to focus when everything in the back is moving and flying and jumping around?

Apr. 29th, 2021


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I'm making good progress on writing out the stories I'd made up for the twins and revising and polishing them. I still haven't found an artist yet to illustrate them. I know if I don't find anyone, the publisher will probably find someone they like for it, but I'd rather ask here first if any one here is either an artist who would like to work on a children's book, or if anyone knows anyone who would like to work on a children's book?

Apr. 26th, 2021


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I never thought that parenthood would consist of telling my kids pouring catnip into the water bowl so our cat can have tea time was a bad idea, but that was my day today.

So, parents of Orange County, what is your moment of "nothing prepared me for this weird part of parenthood"?

Mar. 28th, 2021


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I don't know which of their classmates told my daughters you could explode peeps in the microwave, but our entire kitchen smells like burnt sugar now. ...At least they had the thought to put a plate under the peeps first, so that's less cleanup than it could have been, still not the way I wanted to start spring break.

I think maybe taking them to see the horses would be a good idea, before they go on search for more candy around the house to turn into science experiments.

Mar. 26th, 2021


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I saw the White Rabbit again in my Dreams! And this time he talked to me! Well he thought I was someone named Mary Ann but that's not the important part! He needed my help to keep the Duchess from executing him over something or other by going to his house to get his gloves and fan that he'd dropped in the Hall we fell into. The Hall disappeared while the flood was happening so I went running off and find his house by following the signs that point in that direction. As soon as I went in the house it finally hit me how weird all of this is and I ended up fantasizing for a few minutes about what it would be like to have Dinah ordering me around the way the Rabbit did but then I realized she probably wouldn't be let in the house doing that.

I found his fan and gloves and right next to them a little bottle on the table and clearly dreamAlice hasn't learned anything about just eating and drinking what she sees in this strange world I'm dreaming about because she drinks the bottle down even though there's no label on it because her logic - something interesting is bound to happen - and she's not wrong. She starts to grow bigger which is great at first until she stops drinking from the bottle only to keep growing. Finally dreamAlice is so big that she has to lay on one side with her arm out the window and one foot up the Rabbit's chimney in order to fit in the house and that's when she quits growing.

And that was when I woke up.

Mar. 23rd, 2021


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Well I was right - Mum didn't let me stay home from Petunia and Vernon's wedding in the dreams. Although at least she did make Petunia seat me and James up front with her and Dad. Instead of the very back of the church like Petunia wanted. The worst part of it though came during the reception - someone asked who James was since they'd never seen him before. And instead of just introducing him the way Mum and Dad had - as my boyfriend from boarding school, which is technically true there, Vernon told them that James was some magician. Which honestly is the most insulting thing he could have said.

Not that there's anything wrong with magicians but...James is a wizard in my Dreams. I'm a witch. Vernon knows that there. He was supposed to be part of my family so we told him. Now...I think dreamLily made a bad choice to include Vernon.

Feb. 28th, 2021


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Ever since I came into Amycus and our girls' lives, I've made up bedtime stories that were just theirs, along with the stories their other dad and I read them. And we agreed as long as they were still little, those stories would still just be theirs.

And our daughters are still little, and will always be to us in a way. But. They're growing up. And agreed that they want to be able to share those stories with other kids. So it looks like I'm getting to publish them!

I'm going to fine tune them before sending them to my editor to look at to fine tune some more. Also, I'm going to need an illustrator.

Dec. 19th, 2020


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I'll never understand people, I think. If you have only one thing and there are multiple lanes open, including four self checkouts, why would you pick to stand behind the one person that has a full buggy? If he'd come up behind us BEFORE we started ringing, I probably would let him go through to be polite. But the cashier had already started ringing us up when he came up with one jar of salsa and took a look at our overflowing buggy and just went "Really?" Which... I didn't think much of, honestly. Our family has two grown men and two growing kids and we're doing our shopping for the week. We go through a LOT of food! I get it, I wouldn't want to stand behind us either.

But I'd have gone to look for a different line. And instead he just stood there behind us, staring, while he occasionally banged on the counter with his jar of salsa. Which then turned into him letting out these loud grunts that sounded like a dying donkey. I was trying to ignore it because I had the girls with me and I didn't want to make a scene. Well, more of a scene than he was already making.

...Meanwhile Laurel is definitely Amycus' daughter, because she finally turned around and looked at him and said "You're rude!"

And that's when I lost it. Because as much as I was trying to hold onto my composure and ignore his antics, I couldn't after that. Luckily he didn't say anything to her about what she said or to me as I'm laughing like an idiot. I think only because we were done and could make our escape back out into the parking lot before he could say anything. I really hope the cashier got to go on break after she was done with him.

It was fun explaining to my husband at dinner why our daughters kept going "UUUHHHGH" to each other and breaking out into giggles at dinner, though.

Nov. 25th, 2020


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I'm not sure whether to laugh or be horribly disappointed in Aslan. Regulus was checking to see if the turkey had fully thawed for tomorrow when Aslan attempted to steal it from him. He's normally a very well behaved dog but I guess his instincts got the better of his training when he saw the bird on the counter. He grabbed a hold of the loop on the bag and tried to drag it out of the kitchen before either of us could stop him. Apparently forgetting that he lives with an idiot cat who trips himself up let alone his dog brothers.

Apollo got under Aslan's paws and the two of them went tumbling down the hall with the turkey. It was pretty funny to watch even though I did have to scold him. Which I hate doing almost as much as I hate scolding Laurel and Madison.

Nov. 24th, 2020


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Well if I'm stuck reliving boarding school in my Dreams at the very least it's a magical one and I've finally reached 7th year in them. Being named Head Girl was a nice surprise, an even bigger surprise was James being named Head Boy. He skipped the step of being named Prefect for our house but that shouldn't surprise anyone who knows him - rules seem to not be an issue for him there. Lucky bastard

Nov. 2nd, 2020


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Honestly my brother saying 'I'm going to buy this for her because it'll be funny' should be the code for whichever of his friends is closest to just take his credit card and hide it. For his own good. And my sanity after this showed up at my house. Who in the world thought this was something that needed to be made?

Oct. 29th, 2020


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I'm so sad, for the first time the girls wanted their own costumes that they picked out separately. Not a family costume and not twin costumes. I get it, they're getting older and want to start slowly expressing themselves their own way. And I don't want to get in the way of that at all. I'm just not ready for them to grow up yet. Or course, I'm sure it's harder on Amycus. He's been their dad longer after all.

Still, Madison makes a cute fairy. Laurel wanted one of those inflatable T Rex costumes, but that wasn't happening, that's too expensive for something she's going to grow out of before next year. So she's having to settle for a plush T Rex costume. She's still a cute T Rex, though. Now if I can just keep them from getting their costumes dirty before Saturday.

Oct. 6th, 2020


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For anyone who ever wonders where I got my particular sense of humor perhaps knowing what my father emailed me today will help with that - screenshots of where someone on Twitter called author Neil Gaiman a fake geek who had just started watching Doctor Who because the latest Doctor is a female and not a real geek because he hasn't been watching Doctor Who since the very beginning of the series. For those of you who aren't aware Doctor Who first aired in 1963. Mr. Gaiman, author of American Gods, Coraline, Stardust, Good Omens, The Graveyard Book, introduction to the first Doctor Who novelization and the Sandman Comics as well as several comics, was born in 1960, so he would have only been 3 when the series premiered.

But by all means yes the man who has won more science fiction and fantasy awards than I could possibly ever remember is a fake geek for not following a series that started while he was a toddler from the very beginning. Twitter never ceases to amuse me even when I don't have the luck to stumble across these little gems myself.

Sep. 24th, 2020


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I realize being a lawyer you deal with a lot of people out of court, you actually try to settle before you go before a judge.

Sitting at the table for a deposition, the man kept referring me to as a child.


Sir, I'm here to take your statement, I'm the lawyer who is sitting opposite of you, not a child.

Sep. 20th, 2020


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Think I've sort of found a new hobby, been taking photos recently. Starting to get the hang of it I think. Landscapes are fun and all but I think people might be more interesting, anyone want to be a guinea pig and have a photoshoot at some places in town?

Sep. 9th, 2020


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That weird feeling of being happy for a friend that their career is taking off and hating it at the same time because you know you're going to miss seeing them since it's taking them out of the area for a while. Chloe wasn't the easiest person to get along with sometimes but she was a good friend when I first moved here.

Sep. 7th, 2020


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I have a seperate music playlist for when the kids are listening. It's mostly the same music as I usually listen to, just with some things removed the girls are too young for. I guess I didn't think over the songs on my twin safe list too carefully, because I forgot a few lines in "Sugar, We're going Down" (because no, my taste in music hasn't changed since I was in high school). I was worried they were going to ask what it meant and start a conversation I didn't want to have without both Amycus and I there, but instead Laurel just asked what language the song was in.

Thank you, Patrick, for singing the way same way that doctors write.

Aug. 28th, 2020


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Aslan, Chip, and Apollo would all like to let you know that I am in fact the world's worst dad because there were strangers in the house and I closed them in a room to keep them from running out to inspect/greet/trip said strange people. It doesn't matter that they had food, water, and a litterbox dragged into the room for the small time they were in there. I apparently deserve the shunning I'm getting.

In other news, when people come to deliver things to your house, does anyone else feel awkward? Like am I supposed to offer them coffee? Would it be weird? Or is it rude not to?

Aug. 27th, 2020


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Well this was an interesting night. While Regulus was cooking dinner I was playing with the girls at the table when all of a sudden I heard this...only word I can think of to describe is crackling noise coming from the stove. Normally I stay as far away from it as possible for everyone's sake but that worried me so I went over to see what happened and found that one of the burners had popped a hole in itself. I immediately turned all of the burners off, moved the pots and pans off it, bundled him and the girls into the car to go to dinner and then to buy a new stove. They're supposed to deliver and install it tomorrow while I'm at work. And I already told the clerk at the store - I don't care what they do with the old one so long as they remove it from the property.

Aug. 3rd, 2020


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My mom in my dreams is not at all surprised that I skip classes. She wasn't upset or mad when Vanessa and I showed up at her bookstore. But Vanessa needed her to translate something in Latin.

O Mater Luna, Regina nocis, adiuvo me nunc.

Later that night after Vanessa's date with Michael she calls me to go come sleepover at midnight. Which is okay with my mom...because she thinks I'm an alien so rules just kind of never applied to me. She found me on the side of the road near a crash and I only have two memories before Kendra found me. Memories of a crash and a fire.

Jul. 28th, 2020


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Is it normal for girls' clothes to not have pockets? Even though I'm usually the one doing the laundry, I honestly never noticed it before. Not until Madison said something about it today, that she wished all of her pants and skirts had pockets in them the way her jeans do, so she always had somewhere to put a cool rock if she came across one.

Jul. 23rd, 2020


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So I got a call to come by the stable this afternoon because they needed to talk about one of our horses. My immediate thought of course was that Shadowdancer took a bite at someone again but no. While he is involved in the situation it's not because of biting. It seems that the reason he's always been calmer with Regulus' mare near him is that he fell for her and now she's pregnant so we're about to have our first foals.

I was hoping to be able to put off that particular talk with the twins until they were closer to being double digits at the very least.

Jun. 30th, 2020


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Away from the Network, I don't use the twins' names, ages, or anything to identify them online. That's a decision Amycus and I made a long time ago, because the girls' digital footprint should be entirely theirs when they're old enough to have them. Not something their friends can google when they're teenagers to find embarrassing stories about them later on.

So if I have to mention them at all, I call them Thing One and Thing Two. Before anyone says anything, the girls know this and they're okay with this, except that they disagree on who is one and who is two. Our animals, however? I've got their pictures and names. The dogs, the cat, and the horses.

I had a fan on twitter today ask me what species Thing One and Thing Two are, and I'm just at a loss of words on how to handle this. I finally said my kids, and apparently they now think I have pet goats?

Jun. 25th, 2020


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I don't care if Daddy says we don't need one - when this is all over, I'm buying another generator for the house. Flashlights are wonderful and are helping with reading and everything but it has been a longtime since Daddy had to take care of a two year old during a blackout. I'm two minutes away from screaming and pulling my hair out

Jun. 23rd, 2020


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Yes, this sounds about right. I thought we were overdue for freakish weather.

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Snow.

It's June. Note to Mother Nature - you suck.

Hi. I'm Michael. I don't know why someone pointed me at this network as a place to network or whatever. I thought it might be like Tinder, which is complete shit, but funny at the same time. I have an audition today, but it's snowing, the traffic is brutal because nobody can drive in it, and my cat spilled my coffee everywhere. How is your day?

May. 20th, 2020


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Laurel decided today that the best way to convince us to agree to take her and her sister to Disney Land every day of summer vacation was to sit us down and give us a presentation on exactly why it would be a waste of money to not go to Disney every day. I'm kind of impressed that she did her research. We've got seasonal passes, because we do go that often and it just made more sense to get them. She did her research on how much it costs for all of us, how much it would cost to buy it individually, and how much money we'd be saving by going every day.

The answer is still no, Disney is a privilege and not an expectation. And she didn't take food and souvenirs into her math. But she is in elementary school and there were hand drawn graphs. So I'm still impressed.

May. 8th, 2020


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So. Waking up with artifacts from the dreams is a thing?

Because I've got a god damn bracelet on my wrist and it's reading my vitals and sending them back to the mother ship or something.

What the hell?

Apr. 28th, 2020


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I've been typing most of the night since the girls went to bed, and I decided I really needed a snack break. I go to make a sandwich and something to drink. And I came back to my cat curled up asleep on my laptop keys. And of course he added his own words to the story, but given he's a horrible speller, he'll have to forgive me for not including them.

This is exactly why I'm paranoid and back up my work every time I step away from the computer.

Mar. 26th, 2020


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I'll never understand people that say it's cruel to keep domesticated animals as pets, that they should be allowed to roam and live free. I want to invite them into my house and I want to introduce them to my cat.

Today Apollo could not stop meowing at his food dish because his own toy that he put into his dish himself was blocking him from eating the food in it. I had to make a grand show of taking out his toy fish and shaking his bowl before he would come eat, and then he couldn't stop gratefully weaving himself around my ankles.

My cat needs a parent.

Mar. 25th, 2020


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Mid-May is when I will get my results back.

The last four week have seem to drag by....not sure if I can make it another month or so.

Mar. 12th, 2020


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Am I the only one who's more amused than annoyed over the fact that the coins we got from those boxes turned into chocolate once Mar10 Day was over?

Feb. 21st, 2020


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Yes you heard me speaking Japanese on the phone in the campus computer lab. And you were absolutely right in saying I don’t look Japanese. Good to know this year’s freshman class is so observant.

Now if only I could get some assurance that they aren’t all judgemental jackasses like this guy. I wasn’t speaking Japanese in an attempt to be “trendy”. I was speaking it with okaasan because since we found out that I understand a lot more of the language than any of us thought - we’ve been speaking it on the phone so that I can learn even more. One of the benefits of my best friend’s parents being my second parents.

Feb. 6th, 2020


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It's not my job in life to parent other people's kids. I've got two, I'm responsible for them. More if you count the ones with fur. But that's all I'm responsible for. So I'm not going to tell other people how they should and shouldn't raise their kids.

However I can silently judge them when we have story time at the library and one kid will not stop talking over the guest because he thinks whatever he's talking about is more important.

Feb. 4th, 2020


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So I'm going to have to add a new clause to my contracts after this picture if I'm going to have any sanity in the future - that I will not work with this petulant moronic spoiled overgrown child again. We're having to do even more reshoots because she doesn't like the colors that wardrobe put her in for some of the shots and claims they're unflattering. Because of course waiting until after things have been shot is the perfect time to bring that up and throw a fit to get your way.

Jan. 28th, 2020


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Is there a reason that legos are shaped like they are? I know they need to be able to lock together, but I feel there should be a way of doing that without it being so sharp. On that note, why are there always spare legos around, no matter how well you thought you cleaned up? My current theory is they're multiplying.

Jan. 20th, 2020


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I was told that this place was good for networking and socializing. I intended to see about potential job connections, but there seems to be quite some talk about dreams here. Though this is the internet, I suppose oversharing and such things are to be expected.

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I'm not sure exactly what my cat has against the laundry, but every time we've got a load going? Apollo just sits there and meows loudly at the washer and dryer. Which is apparently gaining the dogs' attention and they start running when they hear him crying. The laundry room isn't big enough for the four of us. Ever tried to fold sheets while trying not to trip over a mastiff?

Jan. 12th, 2020


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February 25 and 26, 2020 are the dates set for the bar exam.

It's time to buckle down and to a refresher, so I can ace this test and get a job within a law firm.

Jan. 6th, 2020


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There’s a large sign on my horse’s stall that says ‘Do not enter without owner’. When the staff lets him out to pasture on days I can’t get up there they make sure to put him in the pasture that is furthest from the stable and the trails. And then go and put a sign on the fence around it that says ‘Do not enter. Do not feed.’ There’s a reason for that, other than my being a possessive asshole when it comes to my animals - although that is a part of it - Shadowdancer is extremely skittish with most people. He was abused before the organization I adopted him from rescued him and treated his wounds. It took me weeks to earn his trust enough to even step into his stall without him getting aggressive. And that was with regular daily visits to talk to him from outside the stall so that he’d know me. Longer than that for me to able to touch him let alone put a saddle on him and take him for a ride. Even now that we know each other and he trusts me - he still tries to take a bite out of me if I startle him. He’s always likely to be skittish.

And one of the most gorgeous horses I’ve ever seen so I do understand the desire people who see him have to touch him. But those signs are up for a reason - to protect you and him. If you ignore them and he bites you? It’s your fault. Not his. Read the damn signs people. Animals are not public property.

Dec. 10th, 2019


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I hope that whoever wrote the sign I found in the teacher's lounge today didn't mean for it to come across as creepy as it did? At the same time I think I am going to give up coffee at work for awhile and just drink water instead...

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Nov. 4th, 2019


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MySpace is dead, gone, and buried along with all the embarrassing pictures of me on it. I'm a married man with two daughters, three pets, a career, and a day job. I am long since out of high school and college. Now is NOT the time for my inner emo kid to want to spring back to life.

But am I still going to go to MCR's reunion show and drag my husband with me? Yes, yes I am.

Oct. 31st, 2019


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Have you ever tried finding a costume for a lion sized dog, just because your daughters say he feels left out? Maybe if I tried earlier I could have ordered something, but they insisted tonight. Best I can find are ones that would fit our cat.

Oct. 27th, 2019


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Don't worry, this was taken at a redlight. I'm not about to use my phone in a moving car, especially not with the twins with me. It's just. There are so many things wrong with this that I don't know where to begin.

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Oct. 14th, 2019


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I woke up this morning with a mandrake leaf in my mouth. Let me tell you, that is not a fun experience. I'm pretty sure I very nearly died. Aside from the choking hazard, this is vile tasting.

[Lily]
And, according to my dreams, I'm probably going to have to keep it there for at least an entire month. Sorry, luv.

Sep. 27th, 2019


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The school is getting ready for that magical time of year again, or at least it always was the most magical time of the year for me growing up, the school book fair. I always saved my allowance as soon as it was announced every year so I could blow it all at once on one huge book spree... I'd probably still do the same now if our bookshelves weren't already overflowing, if I was going to be perfectly honest.

We were expecting the books we ordered for the sale to come today, and it was getting close to the end of the school day without any packages being brought to the library. We checked with the office, and there weren't any packages brought there by mistake. I figured it was just delayed and went on the website with our tracking number for it to say it had been delivered at noon today.

No, no it hadn't been.

I clicked on the link to talk to their AI, because fed ex apparently is too cheap to hire an actual representative to handle the chat. Maybe I should have called, I'm not sure, but I wanted to be able to do this without leaving the library if possible, in case it turned up. So I explained the problem, gave it the tracking number, and it told me that the package had been delivered and to please check where our mail is normally delivered. I said that was the problem, it had not been delivered.

And the computer's answer? "I'm about to show you an answer I have already given you. Would you like to see it? Yes No."

I am pretty sure I was just told by a robot to go fuck myself. I mean, is there any other way of taking that?

We FINALLY found the packages as the teachers were getting ready to take the kids to line up for their buses. The driver had decided that the back door, out in the open and far away from the library or even the office, was the perfect place to leave all the packages. No security at all, no one signing for them, out in the open for anyone to take. And I'm pretty sure given the amount? They were supposed to be signed for. They just didn't want to take them all the way inside. Not their problem, apparently.

Sep. 23rd, 2019


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We wrapped up filming on Byron's Trinity days today, and my bear costar's handler came up to me at the end of the day and asked if I was still interested in taking her home with me, since we'd bonded so much during filming. She actually has reached the point where she'll eat right out of my hand, which is absolutely adorable to me and apparently terrifying to everyone who sees it. He didn't think she'd be as good on any future films because of it. We worked it out for me to have all the proper paperwork, and since my house is pretty far from any neighbors it worked out for me to bring her home today.

This is Winie.

Sep. 19th, 2019


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I figured it was about time to clear out the last of Sam's stuff from the attic since I'm going to be doing some remodeling on the house here pretty soon. Finishing up the process of making it mine. Putting in new windows on the backside of the house to keep some of the sun out while not obstructing the ocean view that I'm never getting tired of. I got off topic I know - anyway while I was going through the boxes I found some old Christmas decorations that he'd held onto for who knows what reason since he never decorated this place and one of them was something called the Christmas Pickle which from what I found online is a tradition that gives the person who finds it a very special Christmas present. I still haven't decided if that's creepy or sweet. What I do know is that damn ornament is going to be out of my house before I go to bed tonight.

Sep. 18th, 2019


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I was very proud of the fact that until now I had not actually heard that bloody Baby Shark song, but today that all changed. I had a meeting with a client for their kid's first birthday and the meeting was at their house, which is fine, but they must have played that bloody song for the kid at least a dozen times. And now it's been popping up in my head ever since. No matter what else I listen to, it just pops up when I least expect it. I think I need a few drinks.