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ketherian replied to your post “sinvraal IS IN THE STATES.  SHE IS ALMOST HERE.  IT’S A FANTASTIC...”

Remember to ply liberally with the alcohol. It won't necessarily make her feel like she's home, but it will certainly provide her good stories to tell when she gets there! ;)

NOTED. Alcohol will definitely be on the menu. 

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ketherian said: It is handy when testing printouts and designing layouts (and sending said designs to clients). In 15 years, I think I’ve used something like this maybe twice and never from indd.

I’ve never had a use for it, but I’ve only be doing print work for ten years, so maybe I just haven’t found it yet?

I suppose I can see the utility if you have a client really doesn’t understand the space limitations? I think I usually tell them to just trust me.

(Then again, I recently overheard our writer saying the admin lady should send complainers to me, because “She’s meaner than I am.” So the jury seems to be out on wether that tack works for me :P).

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Riverwaaaaaaaaalk. I had the most AMAZING prickly-pear margarita and tacos al pastor at a place kind of at the far end of the touristy part. La Gloria I think?

Ooooh, I love prickly pear margaritas. Budro’s makes a mean PP margarita down on the Riverwalk. And I’ve had al pastor street tacos at Rio Rio that were to diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie for. Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum. 

ketherian replied to your post “GUESS WHO IS COMING TO SEE ME IN SEPTEMBER!!!!!! HINT: IT’S sinvraal!...”

Awesome! You don't just get a Sinvraal - you get to be the Sinvraal vacation destination! We'll miss her. Send her back with a huge smile will ya?

That is the PLAN. I will do everything in my power to make sure the heat doesn’t kill her either, because September in San Antonio is not what I would call comfortable. Worst comes to worst we can just bolt out of the house and leap into the pool. And refuse to come out unless margaritas or rum is involved. 

threnodie replied to your post “GUESS WHO IS COMING TO SEE ME IN SEPTEMBER!!!!!! HINT: IT’S sinvraal!...”

I'm currently in Mexico. Mexican food is the best

Boy you ain’t kidding. I’ve been in San Antonio for almost 6 months and Mexican food still ain’t gettin’ old. [grabby hands]

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lhs3020b replied to your post: I swear I get by most days on a diplom...

Capital-S social events like weddings have a dreadful capacity to induce anxiety :(

They do. I really shouldn’t stress too much in this case, though... the friend is question is a pretty laid back guy. It’s just the reception, and I think there’s a burlesque show as part of the evening’s entertainment, so I don’t think formalwear is high up on his list of expectations. Sometimes Lizard Brain still likes to freak out, though.

ketherian replied to your post: I swear I get by most days on a diplom...

Hrm. So that means you’re supposed to wear a new-ish t-shirt, clean jeans and wipe down your sneakers before you leave the house, right? ;)

Hah! Yes, exactly. It’s a pity that stormtrooper armor hasn’t shown up yet, I could go in that.

musanocturnis replied to your post: I swear I get by most days on a diplom...

*comfs* Never know if to say “no, no, you look lovely as you are” or just “feh anyone has a problem just eat em /wrex”

That’s the problem, I have the same internal paradox. Don’t care versus maybe I should care but I don’t really know how to care? I genuinely don’t, most of the time, because it genuinely isn’t important to me. But in moments when I’m supposed to care, I can have these crises because my lack of experience is suddenly an issue. And it’s not just lack of experience in dressing up, it’s managing the stress that comes with it, all of that.

In other news, being a human is fucking complicated.

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ketherian replied to your post: I actually have the weekend off! *conf...

For this. There should be cupcakes. Or fancy tea. Or some such finery. Absolutely!

Mmm... cupcakes...

annakie replied to your post: I actually have the weekend off! *conf...

You using that gif makes me extremely happy. :D And Yay for a weekend off! :D

I’ve been catching up on podcasts. Need to do a new spate of downloads. :D

sekritjay replied to your post: I actually have the weekend off! *conf...

I don’t know who that is

Croach the Tracker from Thrilling Adventure Hour. It’s usually a radio-style show, but they did a full makeup job of the character.

kiramaesavestheworld replied to your post: I actually have the weekend off! *conf...

i misread that is things in your butt unclenching and i was like, wow, that was some stressful week of work

Hahaha. Close enough, really.

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ketherian replied to your post: So I downloaded all my ME writing from...

Eee! So excited to see! Tell me all the font and styling details! Spare no commas in the telling! …. #EditorAtHeart

Right now I'm looking at a 6" by 9" format... I have a couple of novels in that side for comparison purposes. I'm still trying to decide on the rest. Simple and clean, as much as I can. Font choice remains at large... I have to try a few of the recommended ones and see what works. But I'll probably hit you up for your thoughts at some point, since you know what you're talking about and I don't. ;)

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musanocturnis replied to your post: Three days of avoiding milk products, ...

Between low-grade and unexpected-symptom, you’re doing really well troubleshooting this.

I wish I'd realized it sooner... but so far so good, right? And I think it had been building for so long that I didn't realize how constant it had become until the last few days, because suddenly I just feel better. It's like when you have a nasty bout of cramps for a few hours and then they finally fade and you feel like you could float away.

synthesisalenko replied to your post: Three days of avoiding milk products, ...

I might have slight intolerance, pure milk makes my intestines really complain. And I can’t eat strawberry cheesecake without getting a big headache. Which is sad because strawberry cheesecake! D; Choco-milk is a pass, which I find odd. o_o

Yeah I think it comes in all degrees. I was reading about which products have more or less lactose in them... and chocolate milk was actually listed as being less of an issue than milk. I suspect it might be something to do with how it's made... they might even pre-break down the lactose in it. Butter is safe because lactose is water-soluble and water is removed in the butter-making process. That's also why hard cheeses are better than soft ones.

tinierpurplefishes replied to your post: Three days of avoiding milk products, ...

The (diy) test I heard for stuff like this is go at least a week without, and then have a bunch of it.

ketherian replied to your post: Three days of avoiding milk products, ...

Glad you’re trying to figure this out. When I went through it, I was told to wait at least a week before over-indulging. Fingers crossed for you.

I might make it to Monday, anyway... We have a big potluck planned at work. I was going to make cheesecake for it, natch. I'll have to decide how I want to approach it. 

jupiterjames replied to your post: Three days of avoiding milk products, ...

Milk and dairy allergies tend to go unnoticed because they can manifest in adulthood. I developed it and my ONLY symptom ever was nausea that got more and more severe.

Huh, sounds a lot like what's happening to me. I'd just not heard of that version of it before, so it didn't occur to me to test until this week. :P

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ketherian replied to your post: So ketherian and I went on an adventur...

It was. And there are two others in the region to try. We should be scientific about this after all. ;)

Absolutely! Proper science requires a large sample size. Under all kinds of conditions.