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cimorene1. Wax thought of a new way to Google the little connector that the tip of the wire broke off in when I accidentally broke the doorbell. And it worked! She found the right bit and we picked it up this afternoon at Tokmanni and she managed to get the doorbell functional and back on the wall.
2. They had the tiny miniature cousins of the giant monstera too, and she's been curious about them, so she got one. The other day we also bought two small Coleus scutellarioides, or painted nettles, which I've been coveting for a couple of years; we were planning to put them in the garden, but when Wax googled she found out they can't survive the winter outside here so they're really houseplants. People buy them in fall for planters around here and then just leave them to freeze to death as if they were annuals, something they actually do with a fair number of exotic perennials that are unsuited to our climate. As you can probably tell, I feel pretty judgy about the practice. Anyway, that's three new houseplants, and Wednesday, on Wax's next day off, we're going to the flower shop down the road from my job: the lady told me last week that she should have some more red and pink phalaenopsis orchids this week!
3. Finished season 2 of Good Omens at last, so I can stop worrying about accidentally seeing spoilers. Whew. I'm pretty happy with it. I can see why certain segments are in an uproar, though.
2. They had the tiny miniature cousins of the giant monstera too, and she's been curious about them, so she got one. The other day we also bought two small Coleus scutellarioides, or painted nettles, which I've been coveting for a couple of years; we were planning to put them in the garden, but when Wax googled she found out they can't survive the winter outside here so they're really houseplants. People buy them in fall for planters around here and then just leave them to freeze to death as if they were annuals, something they actually do with a fair number of exotic perennials that are unsuited to our climate. As you can probably tell, I feel pretty judgy about the practice. Anyway, that's three new houseplants, and Wednesday, on Wax's next day off, we're going to the flower shop down the road from my job: the lady told me last week that she should have some more red and pink phalaenopsis orchids this week!
3. Finished season 2 of Good Omens at last, so I can stop worrying about accidentally seeing spoilers. Whew. I'm pretty happy with it. I can see why certain segments are in an uproar, though.
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Date: 20 Aug 2023 04:45 pm (UTC)found something neat on tumblr that I hope amuses you:
"millennial nerd bertie wooster for some reason"
https://www.tumblr.com/probablyday/726031479736532992/holy-heck-tumblr-you-all-really-like-my
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Date: 20 Aug 2023 05:42 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 20 Aug 2023 05:50 pm (UTC)(I only just went to the tumblr link of MORE, and the Homestuck bit is so incomprehensible as to be completely on-brand for the fandom. I actually read a bunch of Homestuck to see what the hell it was, and ... it's a very weird webcomic, almost designed for teens to hyper-fixate on.)
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Date: 20 Aug 2023 06:21 pm (UTC)And... not really: they're light comedies and the situations tend to be a confluence of unfortunate circumstances that compound into disasters. Some of the humor is based on the attitudes of the bright young wealthy twits and their sometimes ridiculous concerns, which can be trivial, but I'd say what he complains about most are his aunts, and after that probably the ridiculous roles he's asked to play in various schemes by his friends and by Jeeves. The rhythm of those dialogues was pretty accurate, just with the references switched out. And that captures the most recognizable aspect of the short stories.