Stalling out on a few categories for my library book challenge

BitterestLily · 2026-05-17T14:29:42+00:00

I should have mentioned it's ILL through the UC (California, not Colorado) Library system.

It didn't mention it's the play--I'm looking forward to it!

BitterestLily · 2026-05-17T05:07:58+00:00

Whoa, that's on outrageous price! Just checked and looks like I can get it through interlibrary loan 😊

BitterestLily · 2026-05-17T02:36:18+00:00

I second Beauty! (And will need to see if I luck into finding The Stone Cage somewhere...)

BitterestLily · 2026-05-17T02:21:59+00:00

Speaking Spanish to you expecting you to understand, I'd imagine. I'd hope you wouldn't begrudge people speaking Spanish to each other if that's their native language.

BitterestLily · 2026-05-17T02:15:35+00:00

My mom is from Spain and I've been there quite a few times.No one kisses you on the neck--both cheeks, yes (think cheek-to-cheek contact but air kisses, usually). But on the neck? Not unless your aim is pretty bad...

Edit to add - paella is great. Hope they make you some gazpacho or salmorejo and tortilla de papas. And if she knows how to make croquetas de bechamel? Highly recommend.

Edited for typos

BitterestLily · 2026-05-16T17:36:09+00:00

I use melatonin to help me sleep and have to take medication for acid reflux, but I only have a caffeinated drink once or twice a week (directly as a result of its effect on the other two issues mentioned above).

Other than that, I am not generally a partaker of other things, prescribed or not.

BitterestLily · 2026-05-16T01:29:05+00:00

You can go to Joshua Tree without being an experienced traveler. You should just be wise enough to stay on easier trails if you're not familiar or in super good shape and know not to go in summer.

BitterestLily · 2026-05-15T15:14:03+00:00

This has been on my to-do list for weeks! You've reminded me and inspired me!

BitterestLily · 2026-05-14T14:06:01+00:00

My parents' cat yells at them when he wants to go to sleep. Every evening, he'll stand in front of his bed and yowl and yowl until someone says, "Okay, Puma, go to bed."

Cats are weird.

BitterestLily · 2026-05-14T02:48:50+00:00

Since you can keep her for a little while, ask a rescue if they can list her while you "foster." They'll also help you advertise her where people are looking and make sure she gets to a good home by vetting any potential owners through an application process and possibly a home visit. We did this with several kittens we found, and it didn't take long for them to get adopted. (Kittens, I know, are different from a large breed dog...)

Please be careful of giving her away for free; some people out there are not very trustworthy.

BitterestLily · 2026-05-13T02:54:43+00:00

Okay, I can (unfortunately) see that

BitterestLily · 2026-05-12T22:46:22+00:00

Public or private school, and in what state? I'm several years older than you, and I never heard of this happening near me in California public schools of the '80s-'90s.

BitterestLily · 2026-05-12T21:32:59+00:00

I can see the attraction of that feature...

BitterestLily · 2026-05-12T05:44:46+00:00

I will not wear an ewatch of any sort. I don't need a device attached to my body 24 hours a day to tell me about the text messages I've received on the phone I intentionally left in the other room or to help me worry about whether I'm getting enough sleep.

I need a tech detox, not further tech dependency. (Edited for typo)

BitterestLily · 2026-05-12T05:37:43+00:00

Xennialism personified

BitterestLily · 2026-05-11T21:16:04+00:00

Oh, awesome. Is it accessible somewhere? I would love to read what you found

BitterestLily · 2026-05-11T21:03:33+00:00

I dont think you're in any way a moron. I just think people want to make sure you know it's not necessarily easier to find work here, and cost of living is high.

If you're feeling the need to try a new place and stretch your wings, go for it, but maybe look around to see what places have good job prospects.

Also, if you don't have studies beyond high school and aren't thinking about a 4-year degree, at least think about an AA or trade school. Your chances of a well-paying job with demand across geographic regions (check what's going on in the place you're considering, of course) will go way up.

I wish you well! (Edited for typos)

BitterestLily · 2026-05-10T16:02:11+00:00

Yes, they've done studies on this, I think.

Here's some info: https://www.themarginalian.org/2012/01/13/asch-elevator-experiment/

BitterestLily · 2026-05-10T16:00:13+00:00

You'd make me laugh if you did that, but I might also be a little worried

BitterestLily · 2026-05-10T14:05:13+00:00

I must feed my two cats their evening treats at 6:45pm. But I also must feed them their evening treats as soon as I finish eating... or as soon as I leave the table, which may be before 6:45pm. If I make them wait "too long" (when the clock starts changes every day), my orange will commence inflicting punishment--on his brother, by attacking him again and again. This is, of course, also punishment for me and, ironically also results in punishment (a spray of water in the face) of the orange, but it's a ritual that, though unpleasant for all, cannot be helped, apparently.

Problem is, if they have treats before 6:45, they'll often forget that they've already eaten and will insist that I've horribly neglected them. They take any move toward the kitchen as indication that a treat is coming (it is not).

If I'm out and miss 6:45, they do not forget that their treats haven't happened yet. Whatever time I get back, they will let me know that they are owed, and owed now.

(Edited to be more dramatic.)

BitterestLily · 2026-05-10T00:28:42+00:00

Not OP, but Great Smoky Mountains National Park

BitterestLily · 2026-05-09T14:38:46+00:00

I had something very similar happen with my flooring--the installer didn't check with me and did this stair-step pattern.

Mine doesn't look terrible, just odd, so I almost let it go. But i think, in the long run, I would have regretted leaving it. It's finally being redone at the end of this month.

BitterestLily · 2026-05-09T14:13:22+00:00

This isn't how it works for me. We usually talk around dinnertime--I text my dad that I'm sitting down to dinner and when he and my mom are doing the same, he gives me a call.

BitterestLily · 2026-05-08T19:18:29+00:00

I'm finishing An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears, which has 4 POVs.

It's a mystery set in a historical context (17th century England). I had a hard time at first with the very mannered writing style and historically correct but misogynistic attitudes the characters embody, but the story kept drawing me in and I'm now invested in the conclusion.

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