Tree 1, Bitter Guy 0
Dec. 9th, 2004 08:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thebitterguyFeh.
So, while Snra is at interviews, YHB availed himself of the opportunity to get a tree and put it into the stand.
Oh, lordy. We do so love to pick our own deaths, don't we?
The tree is, to say the least, cumbersome. And prickly. And lying on its side in the living room.
There's no way, barring the addition of another set of arms (and even then, it's doubtful) that I can put that sucker into the base and screw the supports into place. So, it'll have to wait until I pick Snra up from school and shlep her home.
The cats are crawling around it like cautious recon troops around a crashed UFO. The fact I've filled up the water basin may help.
And, Jesus, I haven't eaten dinner today. Got a tree, bought big Styrofoam balls, dragged the tree inside, and vacuumed up what must be 3% of the fallen needles, but
And speaking of Crashed UFOs, I'm reading Chronoliths. Very enjoyable. I'm kinda regretting not getting more Robert Charles Wilson, he's a good Canadian SF writer. It's enjoyable the way he builds the dread very slowly.
Heh. 45 hours until the party. I'm terrified.
So, while Snra is at interviews, YHB availed himself of the opportunity to get a tree and put it into the stand.
Oh, lordy. We do so love to pick our own deaths, don't we?
The tree is, to say the least, cumbersome. And prickly. And lying on its side in the living room.
There's no way, barring the addition of another set of arms (and even then, it's doubtful) that I can put that sucker into the base and screw the supports into place. So, it'll have to wait until I pick Snra up from school and shlep her home.
The cats are crawling around it like cautious recon troops around a crashed UFO. The fact I've filled up the water basin may help.
And, Jesus, I haven't eaten dinner today. Got a tree, bought big Styrofoam balls, dragged the tree inside, and vacuumed up what must be 3% of the fallen needles, but
And speaking of Crashed UFOs, I'm reading Chronoliths. Very enjoyable. I'm kinda regretting not getting more Robert Charles Wilson, he's a good Canadian SF writer. It's enjoyable the way he builds the dread very slowly.
Heh. 45 hours until the party. I'm terrified.
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Date: 2004-12-10 01:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-10 04:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-10 01:58 am (UTC)Remember: it's just as afraid of you as you are of it.
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Date: 2004-12-10 12:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-10 02:49 am (UTC)Mysterium scared the crap outta me years and years ago when i was at summer camp as a kid.
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Date: 2004-12-10 03:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-10 04:21 am (UTC)http://www.robertcharleswilson.com/
Canadian SF writer.
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Date: 2004-12-10 03:58 am (UTC)Trust me on this one.
Dr. B.
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Date: 2004-12-10 04:22 am (UTC)I think the sap is giving me a rash.
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Date: 2004-12-10 12:41 pm (UTC)Yep, that can happen as you got lots of little scratches for the sap to get into.
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Date: 2004-12-10 05:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-11 12:32 am (UTC)We have a tree stand. I guess we just want to use it.
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Date: 2004-12-12 02:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-12 08:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-10 10:12 pm (UTC)(blame
Codename: Operation Chocolate Mice
Date: 2004-12-12 05:02 pm (UTC)The backstory: My mother LOVES mice. She also loves chocolate. I found this place in Toronto that has mouse truffles (http://www.nuttychocolatier.com/index2.htm) that she absolutely adores. I got a box for her last year and she asked for some more this year. Not only are they mice, but the chocolate from this place is really good. Unfortunately, the company says they are having trouble shipping the chocolates across the border this year; customs is sending them back.
So what I need is to ship some nice canuck some chocolates, and have that person step/drive across the border and fedex them to me overnight.
I will of course cover all costs incurred in this endeavour, not counting air travel. . .if it's that far to the border for you, I'll find another canuck ;) I will however send you a check for the cost of the fedex and the gas it takes you to get to the border, and include a small box of truffles (your pick) for your trouble.
Still game?
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Date: 2004-12-11 02:02 am (UTC)Sure. Ask away.