I Want to be Underwhelmed, Again.

I love that movie. Sorry, didn't mean to sound too peppy.

I'm eating Baskin Robbins pistachio ice cream and watching Peter Ustinov in Death on the Nile.

I'm abed reading this message board.

I braised chicken for dinner.

I had fresh pomegranate seeds as a side dish for dinner, along with grilled chicken breast, avocado and salad. Spa meal.

I have a land-line. I heard a scratching noise behind the wall where the phone jack is. My land-line is dead. I'll have to trap a mouse.

There’s a man with a c-pap on next to me, snoring.

I went to a McDonalds and had coffee and an Egg McMuffin for breakfast this morning. Ate it in the car. I’m a fat whore.

I love when Lee Grant screams "DAAAMIAAAN!" in Damien Omen II.

A true professional.

I was walking outside earlier and my sock slipped down into my shoe.

I just bought garbage containers for my car to hold all the disinfecting wipes and used paper masks/rubber gloves.

I ate a honeybun today.

I stopped by the juice bar at the mall and ordered a pineapple, orange and watermelon fresh juice cocktail and drank it while sitting on a bench waiting for my ride home. Exciting Saturday night stuff.

My ride was a woman, so it was I went home and hit the sack.

I just watched North By Northwest on TCM for probably the fifth time since lockdown. Not that I don't love it but tonight it was because the remote was out of reach. Just out of reach. Now I'm making peanut butter cookies and watching people walk their dogs outside my apartment.

Here r9, A brief indulgence in overwhelming

starts at 3:09

Uploaded a picture of my uncle to our family's Ancestry.com tree.

(Think I just underwhelmed myself. Getting sleepy.)

I saw a squirrel retrieving a walnut it had buried in my garden.

My "casual" boyfriend/fb of six years broke up with me tonight after I told him it looks like I have prostate cancer.

Last night for the first time in my life I drank until I passed out. It was fun, I think I'll do it again.

I am filling in all the cracks and holes in my wall in the dining room. Quite therapeutic.

The St. Joseph statue I buried in my front yard has NOT helped to sell my house.

I'm now wondering if St. Joseph is on summer vacation or perhaps transferred to a different department?

Earlier, I took the car through the car wash.

I painted a small dresser. Same color as wall.

Should have removed the drawer handles (as opposed to taping them) before I started.

Viewed across 4 nights, I finally finished watching Brainstorm. Spoiler alert: The movie ends with Natalie Wood literally nagging Christopher Walken back to life.

I’m sorry to hear that, r18.

I made spaghetti and red sauce for dinner. I was craving carbs, and boy did I get them.

I'm waiting for rain to wash my car.

I’m really sorry r18.

I went to the farmer’s market today. I bought peaches, carrots, cherry tomatoes, and beets.

i cleaned some quilts today.

I’m not going to do jack shit today. I’m good at this.

Speaking of which r29, I jacked off to pron a few minutes ago.

The smell of smoke from the wildfires is wafting through my bedroom window. I'm reloading PurpleAir and sneezing. If the AQI gets to 100 I'll walk 2 metres and close the window.

It's cool today. I'll pull stuff out of my garage and sweep it out.

There is a small garter snake hiding behind debris. I don't know if there are more but I saw baby snakes. Hope they crawled away and it's just that one.

I just washed a white t-shirt all by itself and I didn’t use bleach.

Well, you've come to the right place.

I took a bath tonight and resisted the temptation to wank in it, which I sometimes do and always immediately regret

I picked up the new Dawn Powerwash Dish Spray on a whim today. I haven't tried it yet, hope it's as impressive as the commercials claim it to be.

You're going to be underwhelmed, R36.

I had about a cup of Australian Shiraz that I didn't want to put back in the bottle or throw out so I dumped it in an already opened jar of Spag Bol sauce. Sauce turned grape coloured but tastes great. Might have it tomorrow night with fresh pasta.

That's too bad r18. But you know, it sometimes takes things like this to get people to reveal who they really are. Hate to say you're better off .....but you don't need any added stress with/from this person.

I'm dumping into jars!

I'm turning sauce purple!

I'm tasting!

I'm cooking fresh pasta!

R28 is a [italic]bit[/italic] too ambitious for my tastes.

R38 that should have been. Quilt-cleaning R28 is just as tiring though.

r37 Just ruined my evening.

I planted some tomato plants in pots today.

I'm sorry, R42. I sensed a hint of excitement and I was afraid you'd damage yourself.

There was a fat pigeon outside earlier, making low noises that sound more like growls than coos. It looks like a bit of a bruiser. I didn't know it was possible for a pigeon to look or sound menacing, yet somehow this one is managing it.

I think animal behavior is changing, 45. I blame climate change.

Taking cat in today for routine eye checkup. She developed a scab on cornea from accumulation of eye sleep "junk" which I now have to clean every single day. She's Siamese. Don't know if Siamese cats are more predisposed to these "scabs."

I just watched a YT of America's Test Kitchen taste testing brands of prepackaged Provolone Slices.

Organic Valley won, I was surprised.

Galbani was runner up.

I made matzoh balls for a sick loved one. Only had a bite of one because I’m eating keto.

I just watched it too R48. I had no idea about dolce (aged 4 months).

There's an Amazon package on my front porch and my house is surrounded by thunderstorms

But I don't want to go out and pick it up because I'm already in bed.

You've joined us, R51! I think you'll be very happy here.

That said, what kind of overachiever even considers getting out of bed? You need to rest. You're not thinking clearly.

I don't want to go to work, but I can't call in sick because I was sick last week (genuinely). What should I do?

R53 - household emergency, R53.

OR Migraine

Target was out of Colgate Extra Soft toothbrushes so I had to settle for just Soft.

Here you go, r53:

1. Death in the family

2. Pet just died

3. Furnace, front door broke - anything to do with house which requires you STAY home

4. Waiting for important letter (parcel) from family via registered mail - work from home excuse

5. Writing an exam for anything related to work -self-improvement, career advancement course at local college (part-time studies)

6. Visit from long lost elderly relative - on their way to hospital to "die" - don't be overly dramatic though.

7. Sudden house break-in (related to #3) - car or computer or something of value stolen and waiting for Police

8. You are adopting a child - waiting for social services to visit, interview (assuming you are fit to be a parent! lol) - then say you were "declined" .

A death in the family is always a good one R53. Just remember to keep a list so the same one doesn't die twice.

I sat down to watch some television but couldn't decide on anything so I turned it off.

I want to go to the toilet for a cigarette but can't be arsed to get out of bed. Am hungry too. Same obstacle. I am suffering.

I am craving hot, salty, buttery popcorn but don’t have any. Settling for some green olives.

I was watching Return To Peyton Place -1961. Roberta says to her son's new wife - Don't you think of anything else but sex. BOY that was a risque thing to say in 1961.

Changed the sheets.

I am out of clean dish towels.

Turned the furnace on tonight - hate the idea of winter.

I decided that unloading the dishwasher can wait until morning.

Lee Remick you idiots, not Grant.

I miss [italic]PM Magazine[/italic].

As I type this I'm listening to the full length theme song to Welcome Back Kotter

R68 You have my condolences.

R64 - where on earth do you live that you need the furnace at this time of year?

I sent my laundry out to be cleaned today. I made sure to leave the bag outside my door for the delivery guy so there was no face to face contact.

When I get below 240 pounds I will treat myself to Chinese food.

Just chillin' and watching Sam Cushing. I guess there is hope for the next generation after all.

I was just watching Little Gloria Happy At Last-1982, on youtube.

R68 was it due to those Applebee's commercials? So far they have done Welcome Back Kotter theme song, Cheers theme song. and a third one I can't remember. All very catchy and annoying.

Nova Scotia, Canada, r70. And I had to turn it on again this morning. Went down to 9C or 48F last night - cold winds off ocean.

I have a zoom call with my department today, just checking in. It will probably run about 30 minutes.

I trimmed the cat’s claws. He behaved very well.

r47 How was your Siamese's check up? Mine wasn't particularly prone to eye snot, IIRC the breed isn't but they can have eye issues.

She's nearly there, thanks for asking r79.. There's just a foggy type film left on the cornea but nothing compared to the caked, dry, crusted scab she had. So I have to continue antibiotic drops for a while yet. Eye cleaning (by me) is now part of her daily morning routine from now on.

I have to pee, but I don't feel like getting up off the couch.

I posted upthread about taking the day off work but I'm too lazy to find my post. I ended up using my very last personal day for the year.

I succumbed to preparing a mid-century luncheon meal of salmon patties Danish style for my partner. Now I have caper skin and chive caught between my teeth.

And I would have to get up to get some floss.

I had ants, but I put out some baits and they seem to have disappeared. I live on the seventh floor, so how they got here is a mystery. I told them to go away, or I’d have to do something drastic, but they didn’t listen.

I just took the trash out and drank a Sprite Light.

I just burped.

I'm drinking my third cup of coffee, Peet's Major Dickason. I make it myself and drink it black. I don't like getting coffee out, unless it's at the end of a meal.

I got Reynolds Precut Foil Sheets at Dollar Tree, they are the perfect size for the little baking tray of my Breville Smart Oven.

There is a store brand version of the foil sheets that is just as good and you get more sheets in the box but they were out of stock.

I gave in and got the box from the front porch before the thunderstorms came. I got some new socks.

[quote]I have to pee, but I don't feel like getting up off the couch.

Never stopped me.

I guess there will be less titillation on Instagram now that the colder months are coming on.

My coworker who is only 6 feet away from my cubicle, IM'd mr to tell me that I was clicking my pen really fast but I actually was typing on my keyboard.

Turn the sound off on your keyboard, r91.

I’m crumpled up in bed in front of my box fan

I'm listening to I Don't Know How To Love Him (original 1970 recording) on youtube as I'm typing this.

The ants have still not come back.

There's something sticky on two of my fingers. It's been there for three days.

I don't care what it is, except the fingers are really orange from the Flaming Hot Cheeto dust sticking to them.

My trick du jour cancelled our 11 a.m. fuck.

I finally emptied the dishwasher ( no I'm not R65) and put out the trash. I am not feeling well so I looked at work emails and lay down on my bed.

When I get up again from the computer, it will be to take a piss. Then I shall do some dishes. Then make breakfast. I'm cooking so much now, it's hard to keep up with the dishes.

We fucked this morning. The day is starting off well.

I did the dishes. Now I'm baking potatoes, which I shall eat with tuna fish and peas, in a vinaigrette. I'd really rather go grocery shopping and out to eat, but I'll hold off one more day...again.

r99

Evol Truffle Parmesan Mac & Cheese is good.

I did have to add a minute to the cooking time listed on the package.

Cats just finished eating their home roasted grain-fed chicken. Down for the afternoon now while I work. Siamese cat had huge booger in her eye this morning. Gross.

I’m wondering why my cat has never climbed higher than sofa/coffee table height. Is there something wrong with her?

I had water crackers and cream cheese for breakfast. It was pretty good.

My plans for the day are to launder my shower curtain, scrub the bath tub, and re-caulk it.

That’s a busy day ^

R106, that would whelm me.

I am hungry but the thought of fixing something to eat is also whelming. So I sit here hungry.

This ought to do it.

I think I will pick up my cat’s medication refill tomorrow.

I left my bath mat out of my laundry basket yesterday.

But the laundry mat is closed today, so the bath mat is still in my back seat.

I had a telehealth appointment with my psychiatrist today (or whatever it is you call a video appointment nowadays). I can't stand seeing myself in the corner of my screen -- it's both distracting and depressing. Now I just want to crawl into bed and eat fried chicken thighs and watch Netflix.

I just yawned.

Bathtub cleaning and caulking all done!

Went down to the river for a swim, dragged there by a motivated friend.

Feel relaxed now.

It was a clothing optional area. Lots of portly elders with dicks flopping.

I microwaved a burrito for dinner.

I have found 71 of the 72 words in the NYT Spelling Bee and I don’t think I’m going to find the last word.

R112 - can't your psych just meet in person with distancing and masks? I find online doctor appointments depressing AND inefficient for patients.

I'm ALWAYS tired, ALL DAY , EVERY DAY.

I just put chicken in oven. My 2 cats love grain fed roasted chicken.

I'm painting my bedroom. I just finished cutting in the walls. The new paint is of a very slightly lighter shade than the old one.

R122: show-off!!

My cat refuses to eat anything but fish. I'm worried she'll get mercury poisoning.

The last word was “baaed.” As if.

Unfortunately not, r119. His physical office is closed until further notice. He has explained that he is trying to prevent transmission between patients, as well as between practitioner and patient. I get that. My dentist just now reopened, and my primary care office is only seeing acute issues in person. It's a difficult time to be in healthcare, either mental or corporeal.

America's Test Kitchen did another taste testing, this time potato chips, the Winner is:

Utz Kettle Classics Original

When I hear Utz I think of Mad Men and Jimmy Barrett....

I went to Costco this morning and was able to get out of there with exactly what I went there to buy - raspberries. I feel powerful and in control!

^^ you are a WINNER today!

Now go lie down.

I’m exhausted just reading r128’s post.

I think I’ll take a nap.

My office is still closed. I wonder what's happened to the bag of salad and tub of hummus I left in the fridge.

I ate salsa and blue corn tortilla chips for breakfast.

I opened the gmail account I use for personal email, looked at all the unread messages, some from friends, and signed out. I just can't today.

Breakfast! I knew I forgot something.

I just took an Aleve for a tension headache with some mineral water.

Wow R67. My first job out of school was as a producer for PM Magazine. I haven't thought about it in years. It wasn't bad, got to travel and meet some cool people.

The smallest toe on my right foot is arthritic.

I spent the night drinking beer and watching housewives. It's been a trend throughout quarantine.

I was told that a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser would clean my glass stovetop. That was a lie.

My new medication 💊 is making me constantly underwhelmed and tired all the time. It's kind of nice; for now, anyway.

What day is tomorrow? Oh, never mind. Who cares?

I have it on good authority that R140 received a gentleman caller today without even putting on a bed jacket. Can you imagine?

I miss the days when DL only attracted those of high moral standing. Now, it's just completely exhausting wondering what filth awaits as one scrolls down.

I can't go on.

Last night I maniacally completed 5 crossword puzzles. Finally slept for 2 hrs at 5 am. slept for an hour and a half early afternoon. Did this again late afternoon. It is now 12:41 PDT and I am going to try the sleep thing again. I felt very relaxed today, however. My appetite for food is gone. (I know, I know - I look great). I take my temp compulsively and it was as low as 97. Anther day blown. Tomorrow I must get up early, shower and go out for needed medications. BP etc. I keep wondering if this is going to shorten my life expectancy. or totally reverse aging process.

Have to go downstairs in basement to get laundry and then hang it outside. Still drizzling outside but who cares, it'll rinse clothes off even more.

Oh no!!!! You all reminded me that a pot of tomato soup sits forgotten in the fridge. It's been there for a week now.

I'm scared to look.

I didn't have room in my freezer so I put a box of frozen turkey pot pies in the fridge and forgot about them for three days. When I checked them again they had all melted and the box was soggy so I microwaved them and then decided not to risk food poisoning and threw them all away.

I still haven't looked.

Maybe tomorrow.

Let’s talk about socks!

Let's talk about socks, baby.

Let's talk about toes and feet.

Let's talk about all the mismatched and the folding that will be.

Socks can travel inter-dimensionally. That why they “vanish.” Show some respect.

I like to walk around my empty house while wearing my big, padded noise-canceling headphones. Everything is dulled. It's the aural equivalent of Nembutol. My own private heaven.

I ordered a pizza today and debated over tipping $4 or $5. I settled on $4 and then the pizza arrived cold. I wish I had tipped less.

I drove my 2017 Toyota Camry LE today.

I clipped and filed my fingernails. They were getting a bit long.

I like to keep regular but sometimes I forget in the afternoon if I went in the morning.

Ben and Jerry's Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream is pretty good.

Inspired by a DL thread, I bought a Squatty Potty.

I let my cat lick my empty mac and cheese bowl, I hope she doesn't puke.

R157 Do you evacuate more cleanly now?

R158 she will. Cats don't handle food changes well.

Yes, R159, very much so. I bought one for my 75 y/o mother and she's happy with it too.

I was forced into being whelmed last night.

Running late, I arrived at Target on an erand just as they were closing. Two emplyees were actually locking the doors (!) but they saw my widening eyes and let me in. As some overhead lights were [italic]literally being turned off,[/italic] I was forced to scurry through the aisles to grab my product . . . all with warning announcements coming over the loudspeaker!

I sat in my car afterwards, shaken.

[quote]Ben and Jerry's Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream is pretty good.

It needs a swirl.

I'm so tired of doing dishes, I bought sandwich stuff and paper plates yesterday. I have never bought paper plates before except for eating outdoors, which my current living situation precludes.

I'm getting a haircut today. Because of the virus, It's only the second time I've gone to a barber in 2020.

did you thank them R162?

I've been a hermit since March (have left my building maybe 6 times) but am thinking of going for a walk today because the weather in NY is nice for once.

[quote]r166 did you thank them?

Yes, both on my way in and on my way out.

(The latter haltingly, through muffled, shellshocked tears...)

*thumbs*

What should I have for supper? I'm hungry but don't feel like making anything and I don't want to order in.

I’m watching Barnaby Jones.

I’m not hungry because I ate junk all day.

I'm jealous of R172.

I’m watching Columbo. It’s the episode where George Hamilton murders the blackmailer who was going to out him for making a porno.

I switched up my Tom’s lavender deodorant for the more manly sage blend and it’s like applying chalk to my sensitive pits.

I've lost some weight, but haven't gone down in pant sizes. What's going on?

R176, maybe it all came off your thighs or ass, but not your waist. Sadly, it's not always evenly distributed.

I've just handwashed my fabric anti-plague mask and am drying it with a hairdryer while I type.

Eating Rosemary & Olive Oil Triscuits. The rosemary flavor is too strong. Maybe even overwhelming.

I feel a little heartburn all of a sudden.

I have the day to myself as roommate is out with her girlfriends so I can walk around naked.

I just put month old raw sweet potatoes on to boil. My brother gave them to me.

I have no idea what to do with them once they're tender. The skins are still on them.

Ok, I'll come clean. I'm trolling for underwhelming ideas on what to do with them.

r182 Somewhat mashed, with salt, olive oil, and vinegar. Maybe sour cream.

Thank You, r183.

R178 how do you manage to type and hold a hairdryer and a mask? Are you a hindu god?

Yesterday I heard Jason Mraz sing Rocket Man on the radio and I understood the words.

I have not eaten in over 20 hours. I do this partial fast twice a week.

Good morning R185 !

I laid the hairdryer on its side pointing at the mask which was suspended by its ear loop with a paper clip and hanging from a push pin that I hammered in to a shelf of my computer desk.

i don't have a hammer so I used an empty wine bottle.

I am now chewing carrot sticks while I type!

that's brilliant, R188 < : D but ... are you picking up the carrot sticks with your mouth, as your hands are occupied typing?

Do my neighbors coordinate so that just as one of them finishes with the lawnmower, the next one waits 10 minutes then begins? Why can’t they all mow at the same time? What’s wrong with sheep?

R187, I’ve done enough eating for both of us. I just had guacamole & chips for breakfast.

I just mopped the kitchen floor. It’s really humid today so it’s going to take forever to dry. That’s one was to keep me out of the kitchen for a few hours.

Which is your favourite of the three original Omen movies, OP? Those films terrify me, even having watched them many times.

It’s half- past two in the afternoon. I got up at seven thirty this morning.

I haven’t done shit all day and I don’t plan to start doing anything else.

I’m torn between continuing to sit here and getting up to eat a cookie.

What kind of cookie?

I watched all of “Titanic” this morning. It’s the first time I didn’t sob, though I did sniffle.

For dinner, I had spaghetti bolognese. It was so-so. Gave most of it to the dog.

I'm almost out of Nielsen Massey vanilla extract.

I just looked at the price on Williams Sonoma, $32 for 4 oz...

McCormick's it is then!

The end of an era for me. I'll no longer be able to nod in agreement with Ina Garten when she says to use the "good" vanilla.

I would gladly have eaten it R196. Please let me know ahead next time.

Hi r193. I've never watched any Omen movie until I happened to land upon Damien: Omen II

I know it sounds crazy, but, It's true. I guess I'll have to find them and watch 'em all.

I thought it was cool enough to open the windows but after a few hours I realized that I preferred the ac.

I have a stack of dirty dishes but can’t be bothered washing them yet. Spent the afternoon masturbating to Chris Evans’ rockclimbing photoshoot instead.

I had chopped dates in my porridge this morning instead of raisins. It was an improvement.

Porridge? Do you live in jail?

R203 No, he lives in the Southern Hemisphere which has been suffering through a long Winter of Discontent.

I considered buying one of those “clean/dirty” magnets for my dishwasher, but the front of the dishwasher is all plastic.

Just ordered Chinese Food delivery.

That could easily have been overwhelming, r205.

I've spent the weekend doing what I love - smoking weed and masturbating.

If everyone had worn masks during the 1918 flu plague would 50 million have still died?

When I'm standing my pants fall down. When I'm sitting my pants are TOO TIGHT.

Take them off r210.

I met a guy who had a familiar-smelling cologne. I asked him what it was, and he said it was "Paris Hilton". I've never smelled it in my life, so she clearly knocked off another cologne brand. We didn't chat long.

I have one rogue eyebrow hair that grows straight out. No matter what I try, it won't lie flat like the others. I'll pluck it and I swear it's back the very next day. It's crazy and I hate it. I'm thinking of getting laser treatments on the follicle.

Hey, R199. Not crazy at all, I have watched things out of sequence before. The Omen (not the remake!) is the best of all three and definitely worth a watch if you feel like it. It's terrifying.

R213 I have one that grows about an inch longer than all the rest. It also loses its pigment about halfway through growing and turns completely white. I pluck the bastard whenever it comes back.

Mine turns white too, R215. I loathe it.

I washed the car today. Tomorrow, I'll vacuum and clean the interior. This old gurl can only handle so much excitement in one day.

My "22" sticker (to be affixed to my license plate by the end of the month to update my car's registration for two more years) came Saturday.

I may apply it today or I may not. I have another three weeks.

My cat is out of sorts. She gave me a pick-me-up look and loud purr, but when I picked her up it was claws out and wriggle free. Ouch. Three times ouch. Bitch.

I just watched a guy on YT make Beefaroni, he added Marmite for umami flavor. I never thought of using Marmite. I've always used fish sauce.

You have overwhelmed me, r220.

Now I’m giving her the silent treatment. Hah!

I had two ham sandwiches on brioche buns with mayo. Drank peach iced tea directly from the bottle as all the glasses are awaiting the dishwasher.

There’s a movie coming up on Lifetime called “Pool Boy Nightmare” and I’m going to watch it. How bad could it be?

It’s stars model Tanner Zagarino!

OMG. 5 minutes in. It’s so bad. How do these things get produced?

Tanner has not aged well and he’s covered in tats.

I’m watching the Dick Van Dyke episode in which Buddy and Sally moonlight as a comedy team at a vacation resort, and they don’t want Rob to know.

I ate cold leftover pizza for breakfast.

My cat is lurking in the hall.

I check in with "The Young and The Restless" every once in a while. A weeks absence brings you back to the same last dialogue you heard the week before....by the same characters in the same room. Joshua Morrow can still make my heart jump a bit, though.

There’s bump on my eyelid. I hope it doesn’t develop into something permanently disfiguring.

High winds in Portland.

I’ve been on DL for hours.

My stomach is queasy.

I wish I had ginger ale.

I am hungry but have no appetite/interest in fixing something to eat. I wonder if it’s possible to starve out of laziness?

I decided to try something new this evening. As I prepared the cat’s 7:00 feeding (which of course comes at 6:30), I intoned in a deep, loud voice, “It is I, the Foodgiver, and I shall have respect.”

I’ll let you know how it goes.

R234, let me know. I am ready to stop cooking/eating myself.

I was going to order a pizza for dinner, but decided to nuke an Amy’s Broccoli and Cheese dish.

Has your cat stopped laughing yet, R235?

R237 I JUST NOW had amys broccoli cheese pie. Went perilously close to 'cooking' and cut up green onions for the top.

She finds it more effective to play the cute card, r238.

I love Amys broccoli cheese pie, and thanks for the green onion tip, R239. I had the broccoli & cheddar bake.

I can't be arsed to cook yet another meal so I'm eating White Cheddar Cheez-its spread with a little dab of peanut butter. It is very tedious but at least I will get bored with it before I consume the entire family-sized box.

R236, I ended up making scrambled eggs and a salad with tomatoes and lettuce from my garden, avocado and some shaved Parmesan cheese., and some potato chips. It was good but almost whelming.

I am so sick of buying and preparing all of my meals and then clean up and put stuff away. I’d rather just be able to take a food pill.

R234 - same...spent do much of 2020 washing dishes after I ate and prepped meals. Oddly, when at the office, I only did it once a day at night and maybe in the office (own sponge or hands cuz company lunchroom sponges are sketchy).

Do the lesbians on here think I should tell my roommate to do my dishes cuz, after all, it's women's work ffs?

Best Buy delivered and the Geek Squad installed my new dishwasher.

THEY were certainly underwhelming.

If it's women's work, then methinks you should do it, R244.

I just got back from my daily constitutional. I'm sweaty.

I'm watching Lord of the Rings. I like the one blond elf. Not the main blond elf, the one that eventually dies.

Elves die?

He just got killed, R249. I thought they were supposed to be immortal, but he just got killed off. He was hot, probably a top too.

He just got killed, R249. I thought they were supposed to be immortal, but he just got killed off. He was hot, probably a top too.

I just dropped the L word on my cat.

R252, you called her a lesbian or you dropped the Blu-ray Complete Box Set Special Edition on the poor animal?

I cut my toenails to the same length at the same time a couple of weeks ago. For some reason the nails of the middle toe on each foot are noticeably longer than the other nails.

The nails on my ring fingers grow faster than the others. I don't know why.

I made a chocolate cream pie. Going to eat half today and half tomorrow. I’m a fat whore.

Recipe, R256?

Oh. I would like some chocolate cream pie.

Hell. I would like pie.

Any pie.

Pie!

R257 - I use America’s Test Kitchen recipe. It’s on YouTube

I was at Whole Foods today. I bought two Almond Croissants and one Whole Wheat Croissant.

i finished off the take out Menudo from Sunday.....with scrambled eggs in the mircrowave it was ok.

I am trying DIY ASMR by scratching my head. I wish someone else was scratching me.

Pie!

I'm hungry.

I just took my cat to the vet for a tooth extraction.

Oh crap! How's the cat? I feel almost whelmed by this info.

^^Thanks! :) They will call me when I am able to pick him up. I felt so sorry for him, he was howling the entire journey.

Thoughts and prayers for howly cat. I'm scheduled for the dentist tomorrow. A very painful procedure awaits. I'm howling too.

R268. Aw, good luck, I hope all goes well with your procedure. Keep us updated. And thank you :)

Today I am doing Italian exercises and contemplating the paintings of Duncan Grant. Thank you to r-100 in the "Dream Art Piece" thread. I would not have known this homosexualist existed had not that homosexualist spoken up, albeit in an anti-print, anti-Rothko manner.

A slice of chocolate cream pie for breakfast!

Pie!

Why are living rooms called living rooms? What are you supposed to do in other rooms? Die?

I hate that I am so vulnerable to suggestion right now. Just saw an advert for McD's burgers. So glad I have some frozen hamburger patties in my freezer.

I can't find the contract. I sold some property 5 years ago, and the buyer wants to stop payments. The Rubbermaid tub that was marked and carefully stored away turned up with old tax records instead.

Those surely aren’t the only copies r275

The buyer also has a copy, R276. It's weird, I've carefully kept all the documents from the deal in a safe place (or so I thought), just in case the buyer flaked on the deal. I'll keep looking.

Isn't there a copy in the city register?

^It's a building and other structures (leasehold improvement) on US Forest Service land, so no copy of the contract beyond a conveyance document exists at USFS, County or State level, although I can see the wisdom now of doing that. One other person has access to the storage area, so I'm checking to see if they may have removed it or mixed the containers for some reason. The plot thickens!

The ant baits I put out two weeks ago have worked. The ants are all gone. Sorry, ants. Please stay away and don’t make me kill again.

My cat brought fleas home. They are biting me on the ass. I don't know how to get rid of them.

Watching an underwhelming BritBox British mystery about a fake Asian psychic healer

The dog needed to go out, so I paused the mystery...

and ate some leftover roast beef and some stewed apples while the dog pissed

I'm watching A Guide For The Married Woman 1978 -starring Sybil Sheppard. Unfortunately the only version I can find is dubbed in Russian.

I’m admiring my new athletic socks. I dare say, I’m quite satisfied with my purchase.

Those ant baits killed entire colonies of ants. They ain’t coming back. But their cousins will have revenge.

If he says, "why don't you just..." just one more time, I will just STRANGLE HIM!!!!

Who, R286?

R280 invaders must die. That's what I tell myself in these insectoid situations too.

Thank you, r288. I feel better.

My partner, R286. The latest was when I put my Stouffer's lasagna on a plate. "Why don't you just eat it out of the container and not get a dish dirty?" I love him dearly but it can get annoying.

^^^ Meant for R287. I did not mean to answer myself.

I’m eating peanut butter for breakfast.

I had a tomato, pesto, mozzarella salad again for breakfast.

it's 10 a.m. on a saturday. should i start drinking now, or wait until lunch?

Let's blast Prodigy at ants, fleas and spiders! Either they'll go, or... they won't.

I craved a processed sugar breakfast. I was going to the bakery for sweet rolls.

Then I remembered, I've got a stash-oatmeal, real butter and real maple syrup.

r294, you can have that first drink tomorrow.

You really don't want that first drink today.

nope, never on a day before work.

I was just looking at the bio of a middle-aged, bald, TV performer on IMDB and read this—

"Anthony Edwards was born in Santa Barbara, California, on July 19, 1962, to a well-blended family."

What does this mean? A value judgement on how well one can blender a family?

I'm verklempt.

I'm watching a slim, sober, hot 1970 Elvis Presley rehearse for his return to the Las Vegas in "That's the Way it Is." He's singing "Get Back" by the Beatles.

It's underwhelming or over whelming, depending on how you look at and hear him.

Now he's gossiping with The Sweet Inspirations.

[quote]r256 made a chocolate cream pie. Going to eat half today and half tomorrow. I’m a fat whore.

[quote]r257 Recipe?

[quote]r259 I use America’s Test Kitchen recipe. It’s on YouTube

YouTube breaks as we all rush to view it - -

Watching a really good British police procedural I discovered today

Amazing how excited I get to find an interesting new TV show with some cute/hot actors

For the first time, I find myself too lazy to wrap a present. I’m using a gift bag and tissue paper.

I cleaned out a drawer and found a VISA gift card that I had forgot about!

^it’s probably expired.

[womp womp]

I looked outside just now.

^^ I hope you just opened the shutters or blinds a crack (??)

Don’t rush into such things!

R303, what's the British show called?

I need to dust the bedroom ceiling fan. I think this is the first day it’s been off since June.

r310 But you're not actually going to do it, are you? Thinking about it is enough for one day.

Realizing the fan needs to be cleaned is most of the battle. Rest up for stage two.

Definitely r311 and r312. Still lying in bed looking at it. It’s on my mental list of things to do. Maybe a higher priority than clean top of refrigerator.

[quote]what's the British show called?

"New Blood" available on Amazon

The homoerotic flirting between the stars threatens to whelm me

THANK YOU, R314!

These guys are insanely hot. And I love a British crime drama more than my mother.

Bingo!

I just opened a new box of Kleenex.

I'm watching the 1979 "Dracula" starring Frank Langella.

I’m finishing Cable Girls and all the swarthy male leads look like NYC rentboys I hung out with decades ago at Roxy, Boy’s Life and Limelight, especially the one that played the twins. They’d all be old and prolapsed by now though, sigh.

I'm searching on Instagram for supermodels from the 80s and 90s to see what they look like now.

We all seem to be watching something. I’ve watched two “Snoop Sisters” movies of the week today. They’re underwhelming in just the right way....

R320, where can one watch those movies? YouTube? Thanks in advance!

I've been watching TV movies of the week from the "Made for TV Movies You Still Remember" thread

So far I've enjoyed "The Victim" with Elizabeth Montgomery, "Isn't It Shocking" with Alan Alda, and "Night of Terror" with Donna Mills

It's like a wonderful time warp...but no danger of being whelmed or overwhelmed

I picked one of those plant based hamburger patties but put it back when I realized I like meat that had a soul. Makes it more tasty!!

There is a giant spider in my hallway. I went to find a dustpan to kill him with but, when I returned, he had hidden somewhere.

Will I have to live with him now?!

R321, YouTube is where I found three of the movies. There are two more I cannot find. Just search ‘Snoop Sisters’. Here’s the link to the first one.

Thank you R320! You might have just saved my quarantine

R322, Those old movies of the week are great! In addition to the ones I posted at r320, I also caught the two Kolchak movies, Night Stalker & Night Strangler on YouTube.

Here’s another good one, “Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate.” Helen Hayes, Sylvia Sidney, Mildred Natwick and Myrna Loy catfish a psychotic Vince Edwards! It’s nuts! Dr. Steve Hardy from General Hospital is the the detective! Sylvia smokes the whole time, of course.

Thank you, R327, Sylvia probably smelled liked an ash tray and died riddled with cancer - but she had style

The charge cable that I ordered for my ipad was delivered today. It's the wrong one.

I hate Apple for making everything so difficult.

New vacuum cleaner bags came in the mail. I'm trying to remain underwhelmed.

I watched a video on Youtube earlier on how to fold a fitted sheet. I’ve just tried to put the technique into practice and it didn’t work awfully well. It just means that all the creases are inside a smooth-lookiNg folded parcel. It’s 2.16am here and this is he bullshit I am worrying about.

Aw, R331, just fold it into a square-ish lump and stuff it into a drawer. No one will ever know.

I was walking down the hall on my way to the bathroom and, for no apparent reason, thought of Tyne Daly.

R332 I laughed at your post because that's exactly what I think when I fold a fitted sheet..."fuck it, it looks sort of square-ish. Good enough."

Yes, the ‘good-enough solution,’ R334.

I am in my hammock on a sunny afternoon under my giant Eucalypt tree.

I can hear the song of the birds above me and was just sprayed with droplets from above.

It’s easier to just roll a fitted sheet like a burrito.

Put it on the bed right away

I JUST finished a 12 pack of TOFFIFAY. I'm nauseous.

I’m on day 4 of a low-carb high-fat diet because I am the size of a spacious family home. I’ve stopped craving sugar, but I am eating far too much meat.

I want to masturbate again

but I don't want my dick to get sore

I’m watching Big Brother and I can’t wait for that freak faced Kevin to get the boot!

I’m eating Snyder’s buttersnap pretzels straight from the bag and got a potato chip. Does Snyder’s even make potato chips?

R343 It's probably some employee's ear.

I upgraded to the latest iPad OS today, and everything looks different. It’s freaking me out, man.

R340 how much cheese you eating?

I purchased a new dry food for my cats that suggested larger servings, so I thought it was a good time to weigh the cats. I had to weigh myself in the process as well, for calibration.

I have gained 60 pounds in one year.

For the first time in about 5 or 6 years, I want an aspirin.

It’s just a slight headache but I fear this could get whelming.

I’m a manager at a corporate hair salon that is hiring a trans person, she was late for the interview but I called her on it and despite my initial misgivings, go figure, I like her for the job! I had a bad experience previously with a very loud aggressive trans in the past that made my job a living hell, so this time around I outlined what the company and myself could and could NOT do for her. I live in Florida and there aren’t protections here- and II told her Tampa IS NOT NYC and not to expect so.

The previous trans would hit on straight guys but did it in a sneaky way (I’m just kidding!) and had several manipulative ways of getting around responsibilities- always had excuses and a full on meltdown about a previous job to distract from the issue at hand. She also realized we wouldn’t fire her because we were short staffed so she ignored warnings. She would say horrible things about my appearance, weight and age in front of other workers and disrupt meetings when she didn’t like what she was hearing. When I called her out the same way in front of the group, she’d walk out. She was genuinely a damaged person I thought I could help. I was always careful because I never wanted to appear transphobic YET she could always claim so if she didn’t like what I had to say...

This one is older, not passable in the least, and seems like she’ll work out. I’m keeping it real this time around.

I was looking at pictures of Melanie Griffith and her faces thrust the years.

R349–I didn’t come here to be whelmed.

Not much cheese, r346. I suppose I need to eat more dairy? I’m having lots of olive oil. It’s a satisfying diet though, As my carb-cravings (especially sugar cravings) have disappeared.

As I was waiting for my lazy lunch of Amy's Enchiladas to microwave I thought of Schitt's Creek "fold in the cheese" episode.

Wow, that trans didn’t like me at ALL. She complained to HR and stirred up trouble, I spent all morning cleaning up. Sigh.

My sweet potato went moldy.

I'm listening to Tom Jones's "Sex bomb" on the radio. It's awful. I'm too lazy to change the stations though. So I wait in pain.

Ah, that's better. Depeche Mode, "It's no Good". Memories from the best year of my life.

r343, that sounds like the work of a yokai.

I sat around eating macarons all day and now I’m not hungry for dinner.

I’d say macarons qualify as bonbons.

Coconut macaroons or almond macaroons?

Chocolate dipped or plain?

I rarely eat red meat. I craved a sodium saturated hamburger pie. I used Mom's recipe.

Equal parts ground ground chuck and ground beef, raw onions an mushrooms cooked together. Add Better Than Bullion Beef paste, sparingly because Campbell's mushroom soup is stirred in.

I used a Pet-Ritz Deep Dish pie crust. Parbake the bottom crust for 15 mins.

Ooops. 350 degrees don't forget to use the other crust to put on top of filling. make 3 slots in top crust, put in oven for 45 mins

As I type this I'm listening to Helen Reddy singing I Don't Know How To Love Him on youtube.

I ate a certain brand of cheese snack and had a very intimate relationship with my terlet for the next five hours.

R363- Is your last name BUNKER?

[quote]Just chillin' and watching Sam Cushing. I guess there is hope for the next generation after all.

R73, please tell me he is gay. Otherwise, I'll very underwhelmed and disappointed with baby Jesus.

Almond, of course. Not chocolate-dipped, but some chocolate flavor.

Today is nose hair and ear hair trimming day.

Today I learned (thanks to the NYTimes crossword) that a petard is a type of explosive weapon used to breach fortifications. The expression from Hamlet (hoist by his own petard) refers to being tossed in the air as the result of the blast. I had always assumed a petard was some kind of hook used with a rope and pulley.

Had a stupid dream about Obama. He was as "pleasant" and completely cold as I actually think he is. He gave me a birthday cake but I rejected it. Hope this is prescient that "we" will win but will be underwhelmed by the Biden administration.

Hope that wasn't too unboring. It bored me.

I’m lying in bed after a nap, wondering whether to make an omelette for dinner or just go back to sleep.

I’m currently wondering why I can never complete anythi

R370- How old are you?

R367, you might want to leave the nose hair intact. It can help protect you somewhat from COVID.

I am waiting for my Medicaid exam. My nurse said her name is Champagne.

I found out today that female Prussian Carp have unique spawning abilities.

They don't need males/

It's 12:56 am. I'm already hungry for breakfast.

It’s 7.44a.m. I’m still sick from last night’s dinner.

I have a tin of King Oscar sardines in olive oil. I bought them because I've read they're nutritious.

I haven't eaten sardines in decades. For some reason, although I love fish, I can't bring myself to open the tin and eat those sardines.

^perhaps because they are DISGUSTING?

In spring & early summer I saw TONS of people out walking on our back roads. A lot of them came out from the city in March. My street is long & windy and there were lots of people walking every day. Then it got very hot & humid. But it’s been cool, so I wondered why I wasn’t seeing anyone walking. Then I found out a neighbor got hit by a truck while running at 7 am. About 5 years ago a little girl was killed on the same road when she crossed the street after only looking in one direction.

I guess I won’t be seeing anyone out walking til next spring, when new people come out from the city.

I’ve spent most of the day in bed, sleeping and thinking about how shit the world is. I have a headache. I also think I may have had low-level depression for a few years now.

I baked whole wheat bread today, but I didn't bake it long enough. It's doughy in the center. The ends and crusts are good though. I put it back in the oven and baked it some more, and that helped, but it's still not normal breaf. Oh well. I don't feel like starting all over.

R382 make bread pudding! Or overnight French toast casserole. Assemble it tonight and pop it in the over in the morning. Freeze the leftovers.

I had a dizzy spell and fell to the floor in the kitchen, hitting my chin on the counter on the way down. But I wasn't really hurt, so I guess I wasn't whelmed. There wasn't much blood at all.

I wore new underwear I bought this week. That was underwhelming. They have a "ballpark" pouch where one parks one's balls.

They are no more or less comfortable than shorts without a ballpark pouch. Twenty bucks a pair and my balls don't care.

I had sex with 2 strangers last weekend so I will refrain from activity this weekend . I am watching a korean zombie movie on Netflix , I will get in the hot tub later with some hot chocolate spiked with Rum Chata. My cat is lying across my chest and arms as I type this, she is attentive to the sounds that the zombies are making in the movie but not disturbed. by it.

I bought a paid of boots online tonight. I'm running out of decent orange marmalade and I didn't pick up any Seville oranges this year to make some. I loathe this horrible country that has rolled back to 1860 Alabama.

I had two squares of Trader Joe's milk chocolate with almonds and feel better. I order it on eBay because I can't step into one of those suburban-asshole-riddled places. My partner made a quadruple batch of green tomato soup today and says he's making the same tomorrow. I wonder if that's excessive.

Oh, no, r284. I'm glad to know you're OK.

ooops- Oh, no ,r384. I'm glad to know you're OK.

Um, you too, r284

Is it Train to Busan, r386?

[quote]R378 I haven't eaten sardines in decades. For some reason, although I love fish, I can't bring myself to open the tin and eat those sardines.

Try them on a piece of sourdough bread. Maybe with a mild white cheese.

Saltines, and a pruny dill pickle floating in that very depressed jar.

Think of the old days when you had large curd squeeky cottage cheese and tomato. Now, stop. No whelming.

Got a message from Amazon that the post office could not deliver my package because my address does not exist. Please contact post office.

I’ve heard excuses for missing a delivery, but the post office being unable to locate my address is a new one.

Heading into 53 years of still not being DEAD despite all promises, I’m taking up breakfast. This needs to be underwhelming, typed up, and rolled into the day without thought.

Toast , but with butter or with butter and peanut butter? It’s yuppie thick-sliced wheat.

See? Plain black coffee involves less bullshit and I smoke more.

[quote] I’ve heard excuses for missing a delivery, but the post office being unable to locate my address is a new one.

I ordered something from Staples and I got that same message. Unfortunately, they sent it to Brooklyn, PA instead of Brooklyn, NY. Brooklyn, PA has a population of 963 people.

I’ve been wanting to mow the lawn all weekend. It’s now 4.30 on Sunday and I am sitting on my fat ass on DL.

R393 A friend who works at Brown told me a similar story: Fedex called to say they had a package for her but couldn’t find her office.

Her response was underwhelming: “That’s funny. It’s been here since 1788.”

But this is Amazon. They have the right address. The order was shipped in two packages and one of them got here.

Amazon telling me to contact the post office is rich. As if.

I’m assuming it will arrive Monday and the “can’t find address” (house here since 1924) is just the PO’s way of avoiding a hit on their on-time delivery statistics.

[quote]make bread pudding!

This suggestion, especially with the exclamation point, seems a bit too enthusiastic for this thread. It's a little whelming.

But I know you meant well.

I'm strangely craving a margarita, but I almost never drink. I wonder what that's all about.

I just placed an order at Target.com for In-Store Pick Up.

Last time I did this the Customer Service Associate seemed annoyed I didn't use the "I'm on my way" feature in the App to alert them of my impending arrival.

I'll be sure to let them know "I'm on my way" this time. I don't want to incur the the disdain of yet another Target Associate.

Namaste, Target Customer Service Associates everywhere.

I ate two large bowls of stone soup with dandelion greens, drank a quart of water, and polished it off with fried plantains with cinnamon sugar.

I hope I'm not on my way to becoming a fat whore. I don't want my life turned into a DataLounge thread.

R331 If have only one set of sheets so I don't have to worry about folding them. I only have to worry about whether they'll dry by bedtime, and hope that a bird doesn't fly by and shit on them.

I’ve been reliving the 60s during the shutdown. Classy Paula Prentiss and Anthony Perkins play Password

Why cant I post a new thread? Something went wrong - rejected.

I want to talk about what an idiot C-ris Roc- is for blaming Pelosi & Dems for the rona. Is C-ris Ro-k a forbidden topic?

I guess he is forbidden, just like Dav!da was

Chris Rock underwhelms again.

They're spraying in my area for EEE, which I think is the best name for a mosquito borne disease ever.

I've always found Chris Rock underwhelming.

Wondering if I should see a Dr. aboot my traumatic masturbation syndrome.

Mosquito spray kills all insects, not just mosquitoes. Then animals that depend on the insects for food starve to death. If your lawn service treats for lawn pests, you kill all the bugs birds need to feed their young in spring. Ever see a mother bird fly with a beakful of bugs, or a robin pulling a worm from the ground? You made that stop.

^^ Obvious Mosquito Is Obvious

I'm very overwhelmed by R411's exposé. I would like to talk to a manager.

Seven months without a haircut and I’m Jessica Fletcher. Will I have a full bob if I go a year?

The dream is a lion mane like that of Richard Branson, but I’m afraid it’s headed towards. I fear it will be more of a gray Robert Smith type deal.

Seven months without a haircut and I’m Jessica Fletcher. Will I have a full bob if I go a year?

The dream is a lion mane like that of Richard Branson, but I’m afraid it’s headed towards. I fear it will be more of a gray Robert Smith type deal.

Six months without a haircut for me. I'm approaching Fredo territory.

R401? That’s how they know to get your shit and have it waiting for you.

You want your shit, don’t you?

You rang r410?

Call me. I can help.

Ok, I think we need an overwhelming thread tonight. R411, that was a lot. It was very emotional and I don’t think r408 is spraying the mosquitoes himself, it sounds like it his municipality. Don’t blame him, but either way, your post was traumatizing.

As for Chris Rock, he’s not a smart man. He just wants to be relevant again and remind people to watch his show on Hulu. He just reminded me not watch his new show on Hulu.

Target should start getting your order ready as soon as you have paid for it, sending an email when it is ready. I could see if you show up 20 minutes later & they haven’t notified you yet, but otherwise...fuck them. Get it ready.

I just broke my ass digging out another garden bed for my veges. Planted some seedlings. Made a pea teepee and a mini tunnel house for my peppers

Ever since I turned off the a/c last week, I've been waking up needing to use nasal spray. But only in my right nostril. I sleep on my left side.

[quote]Ever since I turned off the a/c last week, I've been waking up needing to use nasal spray.

Since I turned off the a/c, I have finally been able to breathe without the cough caused by nasal drip from said a/c filling up my lungs whilst I sleep.

"Made a pea teepee..."

....while I made a peepee tea.

Would you all quit typing, please? I'm trying to take a nap over here.

R424, please don’t be so confrontational. - You are whelming me!

I’m trying to decide between a nap and lunch. I find the typing soothes the stress.

Why choose, R426? I find lunch followed by a nap to be a delightful combination.

R421 I just use the generic Rx kind that comes in a fairly drab bottle, not your lovely ergonometric packaging.

Besides, I think delivery via "Sensimist" might be a bit overwhelming.

428 posts in less than a month is whelming.

I feel lost and empty on this chilly Monday late morning. Alone, unemployed.

No, it's unscented, r428. Nothing to whelm.

Sorry, R430, you are not alone. Can you get outside and take a walk, get a coffee?

The house does me in--I'm an outdoor cat.

The last few posts have whelmed. Stop it.

[quote] I just broke my ass digging out another garden bed for my veges. Planted some seedlings. Made a pea teepee and a mini tunnel house for my peppers

Are you using insecticide in your garden? If so, you are killing bees, butterflies, other pollinators & lightning bugs.

My yard is full of lightning bugs. No pesticides for me.

I'm on Datalounge, tired but not too tired to giggle.

The Amazon package was delivered. There was nothing incorrect about the address.

^sb r398

Is 12.41 a.m. My fuckwit neighbours are singing. They have even less talent than brains.

I spilled my Trader Joe’s Bibimbap Bowl all over the place. The cat wouldn’t eat the meat. Hmmm .

I need to buy some slippers.

[quote]R419 That was a lot, [r411]. It was very emotional and I don’t think [R408] is spraying the mosquitoes himself, it sounds like it his municipality. Don’t blame him, but either way, your post was traumatizing.

I agree - those were words chosen specifically to incite, to inflame. I had to take a whole day away from this thread because I feared the fallout.

I do not like seeing that type of garden club warmongering here.

R420 What are you growing in your garden bed? I'm doing the same thing right now....I have a 8'x 30 plot I'm tilling up. I'm getting it ready for some fall/winter vegetables.

Gummi Bear Free for 35 days, bought pop tarts - blueberry. It wasn’t a celebration or anything; I no longer digest gummi bears correctly and I was stoned and bought sugary poptart goodness.

I bought a box of brown sugar cinnamon Pop Tarts this week. Not a usual thing for me, but there was a big display of them right when you walked in the store.

I meekly acquiesced.

I don't have hives.

I, for one, am glad for you, r445. But not overjoyed, because that could whelm.

Did the Pop Tarts company end up making an edible product? I remember getting free samples in the mail back in the 1960s, and they were just awful.

[quote]Right now, I'm enjoying Damien: Omen II starring William Holden and Lee Grant.

I also enjoyed the hair-raising opening scene where 1930s-40s actor, WW II conscientious objector, and one-time Ginger Rogers husband(!) Lew Ayres is trapped under the ice! A touch of old Hollywood in the grisly opening scene to set the mood right away!

It all sounds entirely too stimulating.

Pass.

Also, three exclamation points in one post (let alone paragraph) is poking the bear, r448.

We don’t go for revolutionaries here.

I’ve just walked 10 feet from my work desk to my bed, lain down and I may stay here until morning.

[quote]Did the Pop Tarts company end up making an edible product? I remember getting free samples in the mail back in the 1960s, and they were just awful.

The Pop Tarts company is Kellogg's, known for its many fine cereals.

They're just as good as you remember them.

My English roommate ate them untoasted for years when she first got here.

#You’reDoingItWrong

Disgusting product.

On this chilly first day of fall, I am cradling a mug of hot chocolate. This is usually a nighttime, winter indulgence.

[quote]My English roommate ate them untoasted for years when she first got here.

Raw food advocates still suggest eating them untoasted.

That is an outrage.

The nefarious raw foodies are out to strip us of our most basic, simple pleasures.

I brought my bedding down to the sofa to watch my shows on Netflix. I'll probably be asleep by 5 PM

I don’t know where else to turn, and I’m sorry for that.

I’m about to go through a big stack of dusty junk mail and knitting magazines of my mother’s with her, for recycling. This could easily escalate.

When I pick up her mail, I throw all the junk and charity pleas in the trash. Someone else has been here!

Shitty life tip: You sort mail while they are trying to nap on the potty, R459.

No confrontation, but it’s manipulative. You DON’T have to keep Haband or Verner.

I rather enjoy an untoasted, unfrosted Pop Tart.

I could eat them every day.

The unfrosted brown sugar-cinnamon Pop Tarts are the very best of a bad thing. When toasted perfectly, they are sublime.

I am watching The Birdcage on the Mesothelioma / Molesting Boy Scouts /AARP channel. It's not really held up well.

I love The Birdcage. It's funny enough, esp when Nathan Lane is taught to be "manly", and not whelming at all - a rarity with movies today. Producers seem to rely on shock value way too much to keep their audiences awake these days.

I also love and often rewatch the fantastic gay-themed French comedies Pédale Douce and Le Placard. Wholeheartedly recommend for your enjoyment.

Tiny, gnat-like fruit flies are in my house. I don't recall ever seeing them this bad.

Merci, Dr Marrow(spell?) is also a non overwhelming movie with The Dianne Weist (spell?).

Lovely scenes with Jane Birkin wearing wallpaper

[quote]I am watching The Birdcage on the Mesothelioma / Molesting Boy Scouts /AARP channel. It's not really held up well.

I hadn't tuned into my mesothelioma/AARP channel in a while, but I woke up early this morning and couldn't get back to sleep, so I tuned in and watched an episode of "Father Knows Best." Was Betty/Princess on the verge of tears in every episode? She can be a little whelming early in the morning. Anyway, during a commercial break, I saw that Molesting Boy Scouts had been added to the mix. The spot was more whelming than Betty Anderson. "They took your innocence! Don't let them take your chance at justice!"

I now have a craving for unfrosted brown sugar PopTarts. I’m not going to act on it, but it is there. Hovering.

My back hurts.

My cat is sneezing. Poor thing.

Keep your sink drain closed--the gnats come up thru the pipes.

Oh. Thanks, r470.

I also have an invasion of these fruit flies (and other flies too) and I probably live on the other side of the globe from you, assuming that you're American. Very strange.

[quote] Very strange.

I think, and notice, all animals- insects, humans, wildlife, what-have-you- are behaving strangely. It's subtle but detectable.

I live close to a river and for the first time ever this summer it overflowed its banks by many, many feet due to heavy rains at its source. I live in a climate that gets it all due to distinct four seasons, but still.

I think all animals are adjusting to climate change and that's what causing the "strange" behavior.

What’s “strange” about fruit flies in your house? Do you have pest control companies come to your house every month & drench everything with firehoses full of pesticides, therefore no insects could possibly exist!?

R474 your post is very aggressive. I feel like you’re barking.

“Very Strange” is not an unusual response to an insect infestation in someone’s home. I’ve only had one, and I thought it was very strange.

Again, you will kindly STOP with the insect genocide fear mongering, r474. This thread’s members cannot take the dark cloud of that drama. It is not the time nor the place.

This is your second (serene) warning.

I read all these whelming comments about flies, and felt dangerously close to having an emotion. However I shut my eyes and thought beige thoughts, and I have regained my poise.

^^ you are giving voice to many of us here.

Thank you for that.

We are having a gnat attack here too... 😐

In the meantime, I had a productive day, managing to fill the car’s gas tank, buy a baguette for dinner and some office supplies, and go through the bank’s drive thru, all on lunch break from working from home. Sadly this is the most accomplished I have felt in months.

Yes, if you feel the urge to whelm, there are many other threads to play in. Here, all is peace and tranquility

I had the car washed but didn't get gas - as I'd planned to.

I went to the store and didn't get dill pickle relish, as I'd planned to.

I haven't found a birthday present needed by next Tuesday, but I've been looking.

And none of this bothers me one jot or tittle, as perhaps it should.

This thread is my safe space.

I had to research a new, affordable laptop today. Fearing whelm, I texted my high tech lesbian friend for advice.

After a few questions, she lasered in on the right one for me in about 10 minutes, with links to deals.

#BlessThem

Congratulations, r483. I wish I had had your friend when I chose my laptop. I don't [italic]hate it[/italic] hate it, but it's a Dell/Windows computer, so it doesn't do foreign accent marks as easily as a Mac does them. If only I'd known...

Five different census workers have knocked on our door in the last 2 months. And we did the online census way back when it became available! Still they keep coming back and asking the same questions. Weird.

Went to PT and got my aching neck massaged. Biggest thrill of my week.

I'm happy that tomorrow is Friday, even though I retired last year. Force of habit, I guess.

My Chinese food is very late.

I can’t sleep.

Trigger warning:

You may be whelmed by those last two posts.

My ancestry.com analysis changed by a few percentage points. More Norway, less Sweden.

They are not fruit flies, they are cluster flies & they come into houses in autumn to hibernate.

I am watching "Laverne & Shirley" and Toni Basil has appeared. Her characters name is Mickie

Could I pull off a snood? My hair is now mid-length dried-up Blanche Devereau length/texture in a gray squirrel color. Why can’t I have Warren Beatty lazy hair instead of Gene Shallot?

This is your big chance to try a manbun!

I seem to have a large spot on my nose. It’s not painful, except when I use a handkerchief.

I occasionally use punctuation, incorrectly?

R498 Oh, dear.

I'm also watching ATK. I want to produce a segment with Dan and Brian, where eventually they get around to cooking something....

Got my nasolabial folds filled yesterday & my doc has some left over & said “I’ll outline your lips.” I said no, no I don’t want duck lips! She said “Not duck lips. Just outline because your lips are way too flat &there’s no tissue on the edges. It’s just flat red skin.”

Well, that’s true. I lost my lip edges years ago.

So I wake up this morning and I have half duck lips, half normal lips.

Shit.

Verging on whelming, r501

My cock is still worn out from overdoing it at the start of the week and yet I still couldn’t stop myself from wanking 3 times today

I've bought new glasses. They are almost the same style as my old glasses, with a slightly stronger prescription.

Ah. That’s more like it.

Wanking is whelming, r503. Not appropriate here. Desist.

Trigger warning!!!

I missed my dentist's appointment today. I just missed the date when looking at the note they gave me (with 7 dates written on it). I thought my next one was on the 29th.

The nurse sounded really angry on the phone. I heard the dentist loudly saying "Bullshit!" in the background when the nurse told her my lie - that today was not in the note they gave me.

I feel like shit. I don't want to go there again.

R507, I bet you tell them you floss twice a day, too.

Do you know how intimidating dentists are, R508? Their job is primarily to point out to you what a shit human with gross personal choices you are. It's impossible to not lie to protect yourself at least a little bit. And my dental goddess is especially snarky.

Ah. You need to consider methods of appeasement. Next time you enter her office, approach with head bowed and hands outstretched, presenting her offerings of bath beads and scented soap.

A present! What an excellent idea, R510! Thank you!

[quote]So I wake up this morning and I have half duck lips, half normal lips.

Always follow your instincts, R501. You knew it was a bad idea.

I started feeling too ambitious today (with very little to do), so I spiked my tea. I watered the plants, sat on the patio and welcomed a couple of hummingbirds.

That reminds me I have to make more nectar. The last of the season.

I’ve been putting out hummingbird feeders for the last few weeks, and after the first three days when I got lots of hummingbirds visiting, there haven’t been any more.

My feeder broke last year and I haven’t replaced it, mainly because it never seemed to help. I have some late blooms on my Brazilian Jasmine that are bringing the hummingbirds to the patio now. .

[quote] I feel like shit. I don't want to go there again.

Don't. You should never go anywhere where people make you feel like that

Well, get this, I got the time wrong on my SO's cortisone shot appointment, missed it, and now he has to wait until tomorrow. I feel way more whelmed and shitty than this deserves.

I need to urinate but I don’t want to.

finally a belly laugh from this thread!

[quote]I need to urinate but I don’t want to.

That's me every morning, when I'm too lazy to get out of bed, so I delay the inevitable.

Wear depends. The underwear of astronauts.

[quote]Wear depends. The underwear of astronauts.

That's a line I'm really afraid to cross. I suspect it wouldn't end well.

That’s how urinary tract infections start - dick rubbing up against a“barrier” soaked in piss. That’s overwhelming stubbornness no matter how much gin wafts from your pores.

I need an electric blackhead sucker.

I think we need less whelming topics.

No one should be whelmed by the fact that I got a new Kindle cover and an extra-deep fitted sheet in the mail today.

Coincidentally, I was just thinking this morning that I should get a new Kindle cover. Mine's looking a bit worn around the edges.

[quote]No one should be whelmed by the fact that I got a new Kindle cover and an extra-deep fitted sheet in the mail today.

That must have been a very large envelope.

Well, the sheet came in a very large envelope, r528. The kindle cover in a smaller one. Both were white plastic.

I've opened both now. The kindle cover is just slightly too small for my kindle, even though the ad on Amazon said they were compatible. And the sheet smells. I'm dealing with the kindle cover company now. I hope this does not become overwhelming.

I know you were planning to launder the sheet before using it, R529. That should take care of any unpleasant odor.

Normally yes, r530. But the smell is so strong, I don't want to wash it yet in case I decide to return it. I'm letting it air out a couple of days before I decide.

That seems wise, R531.

For the past few days I keep getting a whiff of a dill pickle. I haven’t had one in the house for years. I haven’t used any dill or garlic in a few weeks. No idea what it could be coming from.

Today outside on my break I was smoking a cigarette next to a wash with mesquite trees in it. I saw a really tiny cute bird perched on a branch and wondered what it was (I don't know a lot about birds). Then it de-perched and started flying around and was clearly a hummingbird. I'd never seen one just sitting on a branch before. I hope that's normal and doesn't mean hummingbirds in my area are stressed by lack of nectar. It hasn't rained anywhere near a normal amount this summer. Maybe it was a special mesquite tree hummingbird.

You're going to have a stroke, R533. They are often preceded by olfactory hallucinations.

Over Christmas my sister left a pair of her black leggings at my house. I offered to mail them back and she said not to bother, she has dozens. The first cold day we had last week I had no clean sweats or pajama pants but I had the leggings.

I LOVE the way they feel. They are soft as butter. I keep rubbing my legs. I might wear them under jeans when it gets really cold.

[quote]You're going to have a stroke, R533. They are often preceded by olfactory hallucinations.

I think he would be smelling burnt toast, not a dill pickle, if that were the case.

I had a Blue-Tongued Lizard in my backyard this morning.

It was as fat as my wrist. I closed the back door and waited until it slithered away.

R537, they say it's not just burnt toast. It could be any food smell, or just smoke, or burning tyres.

R535 that’s pretty fucking whelming!

I only smell it in an area of the kitchen, no place else in the house. I know I should probably empty and clean out cabinets in that vicinity, wipe everything down and mop the floor but that’s too whelming to even consider.

R535 is a fucking whelmer!

Can we ban people from threads?

A stroke is more whelming. With my timely warning, he can relax and be prepared for the future. Or optimize his kitchen hygiene. Either way a win-win in terms of improved serenity.

[quote] R535 is a fucking whelmer! Can we ban people from threads?

The one who had the huge lizard outside his back door has to go, too.

[italic]Remember who you are, people!

I live in a double-wide manufactured home. It's single story, no attic, no basement (crawl space), metal roof.

I think there are bats between the ceiling and roof. I hear things from my ceiling; alive things.

I dreamed last night that my left nipple suddenly fell off. I felt something drop from my chest, looked down my shirt and saw that my nipple was gone. I was like WTF? How did that happen? Will it grow back? (Probably not, I sadly concluded.) I was relieved to wake up and discover both nipples intact.

That is a huge stone off your chest, R545!

[quote]I think there are bats between the ceiling and roof. I hear things from my ceiling; alive things.

Not to whelm you, R544, but, as I recall from reading the novel, this is how the events in "The Exorcist" began.

R547, I'm sorry but you have whelmed me. I am whelmed.

Go stand in a corner, and think about what you have done.

lol, r547.

Pazuzu fears me, let's just put it that way....

I just made Pickle Juice Hummus yesterday, r533. All the ingredients you'd expect plus a 1/4 cup of pickle juice as well. Not bad, but next time I'd cut the briny stuff by a half. Made my mouth pucker, it did.

My slippers are here and they’re leather lined - I love sheepskin and fur, but they go stealth funky (zero odor when you put them on and then wet dog after twenty minutes).

My ballot is here!

I accidentally ate chocolate cake batter mixed with Ajax dish soap.I just squirt some in the bowl and was gonna clean it by hand instead of filling up my whole sink. When I got around to cleaning it, I grabbed the spatula for one last bit of the remaining batter and got a mouth full of dish soap as well.

I mopped the floor. Now I need to lie down.

I'm the OP. I want to continue to read your underwhelming posts, but I don't want to be the one to start a new thread.

I'm thinking about cleaning my bathroom rugs and throw rugs around my place in the washer, but I'm already on my second vodka on the rocks and sort of don't feel like it now.

One of my thumb drives for a client is corrupted and won’t open.

I want to throw it away.

Don’t worry OP. Someone will do it at some point, I imagine.

I just got back from a couple of errands. I went to the pharmacy drive through widow. While I was waiting for the tech to come back with my scrips I noticed there was a big jug of hand sanitizer on the counter. It said that it was 67% alcohol on the label. I thought the minimum was 70%, but whatevs.

Then I went to the local Grabbit-Quik and got a soda and a gallon of milk. $4.00 for the milk. That was almost whelming, but not as whelming as the thought of going all the way to Winco for milk at $1.83 for a gallon, so whatevs.

Finally, I went through the McDonald's drive-thru for a McDouble and a McChicken (no fries; I wouldn't want DataLounge to brand me a fat whore, rejoicing). I got my cat a 6-piece chicken nugget because she loves them (as long as I pull the breading off). She nearly took my fingers with the chicken, she was so excited. She eats the whole box. I'm glad she's happy, so whatevs.

The day has been so underwhelming that I'm thinking of cleaning the bathroom just to make sure I don't slip into a coma.

I don’t understand how you can say you are afraid of a coma when you left the house.

I never would have imagined just how far a box of leftover Chinese food rice can scatter all over a kitchen floor.

Although my husband is naked and available, I am listening to Whitney Houston and sipping Limoncello. I'm staying where I am.

Marie Callender's restaurants used to put paper napkins on the table which were printed, "Apple pie without some cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze." Yet they NEVER offered you cheese with your apple pie. I'm still resentful to this day. Miss Marie Callender my ass.

[quote]I mopped the floor. Now I need to lie down.

Just thinking about possibly mopping the floor would be enough for me to require a lie-down.

We don't need a new thread until the 590s.

Lots of leisure time till then. Thank the Goddess.

I'm taking Spanish lessons on duolingo. I'm now up to level 4.

I took 1 lesson in Chinese Mandarin. I believe that's enough for this season.

I started taking a new Italian class on Wednesday. We're not allowed to use any past tenses yet.

I put some dishes in the dishwasher. There were already clean dishes in the dishwasher, but I couldn’t be bothered to empty and then add again. Sometimes you gotta work with the limited energy you have.

I once sent a whisk through four times before giving in. It wasn’t really dirty; it just didn’t work well with my other stuff.

New Jersey is banning disposable shopping bags, plastic and paper. I’m feeling a bit anxious thinking about getting groceries home.

And yet, R572, a supermarket chain in Northern Virginia wouldn't allow people who used the cashier lanes (as opposed to self-service) hand the cashiers reusable bags they brought from home. They were given plastic bags, because of the Covid.

I lived in New Jersey for 10 years (because of work) and discovered it was one of only two states in which self-service gasoline pumps were not allowed. New Jersey certainly has lots of regulations.

No self serve gas in Oregon.

R562, my husband is walking around the house naked and obviously wants a blow job but I'm watching my shows..

So, partnered & horny requires semaphore for blowgoodies? Does he have flags?

[quote]my husband is walking around the house naked and obviously wants a blow job but I'm watching my shows..

Don't you mean "my stories," R575?

R 51: it’s only 6:13 pm. There’s an amazon package 12 feet away at my front door.

I’m so lazy. Haven’t been out of the house one second . Enjoying my hatred yet acceptance of isolation.

Trying to see how long I can go before going to the market . Good for my waist and wallet .

I’m just picturing Partnered&Horney waving flags *My*Dick*Needs*Love*And*Good*Punctuation!

The flags would be in that old Nautica yellow and blue. There’s a cat swinging at his balls.

Just had sex with my husband, now I can do nothing for the rest of the week. Good times.

My cat can be such an asshole.

I'm thinking of painting a door frame, but dragging out all the supplies could possibly whelm me. Further consideration is likely.

Someone really ought to clean my house.

I took the dog to the vet for his annual shots today. The receptionist wasn't very friendly.

I spent $50 at Dollar Tree today adding to my horde.

Okay, Attila the Hun. :)

Okay, maybe I should call it my stash.

I've had a Chipmunk living in my house since May.

The Great Mongol Stash?

I fixed a hamburger patty with Dijon mustard for dinner. Sliced up one of my few remaining homegrown tomatoes. Served with a side of kosher baby dills. Now I'm hungry again.

Just paid bills. Not whelming because I hardly spend any money on extras.

[quote]I've had a Chipmunk living in my house since May.

Does he look like one of these guys?

R591- Kind of. I bought a rather expensive bag of Snack mix with macadamia nuts on nuts.com and that DAMN chipmunk made a whole in the bag and ate some of my snack mix . I had to throw it ALL out.

[quote]Wear depends. The underwear of astronauts.

"I feel as fresh as Mount Fuji"

They're not diapers - they are absorbent pants!

"You are the friend in my pants."

I'm thinking about the food I may eat tomorrow.

And I'm remembering how my grandmother had so many beds tucked away in different nooks and crannies of her house - to accommodate all of her children and grandchildren when we stayed for overnight visits. I remember that creating a cozy and welcoming ambiance.

Now that I'm well acclimated to the pandemic quarantine, I find I napping in different places throughout my house seems to enhance my napping experience...

I may add a few more daybeds to my home...

My house cleaner could come only one day this week.

But even so, I've managed to stay just under the whelming threshold...so far.

It's a full moon. Looks the same as any other full moon.

It's the mid-Autumn festival in China. I wish I had one of those almond-flavored moon cakes. They are delicious.

I resent people who dress up for Zoom meetings...WTF?

What kind of sociopath does that?

My dog has stayed inside with me so much during the quarantine that he seems to be developing a hesitancy, bordering on fear, of going outside...

I don't think he needs dog therapy at this point...

But I am wondering if Internet Dog Therapy could be a new business opportunity for me

Best to you and your dog, r598.

Thanks for reminding of "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" which has a running joke about a dog therapist. DAUIBH is dated ( and was when it came out) but I still think it's overwhelmingly hilarious.

I had two slices of leftover pizza for breakfast, pepperoni and mushroom. I heated it in the oven.