The rope burns! *skeeve*

I confess I go to Hobby Lobby, because that’s pretty much my only option that doesn’t require me to go two hours out of my way, and some things you gotta see in person before you buy. But I go in there with the hoochie mama red lipstick and heavy metal on the ipod, I abuse the heck out of the 40% coupon to the point…

That’s because they couldn’t stand the fact that Wilmington reaped most of the benefits of the NC movie industry.

You must be out in the boonies, because not a single presidential election sign survives in the city where I live, and this county is moderately red - I see them go up, mostly Drumpf (maybe two Hillary), but without fail, within 24 hours they’re gone. Only the local election signs remain.

A *European* warned me that the staff working at the Riga airport in Latvia were kinda grumpy. When I got there ... well, it was no different than anywhere else I’d been in Europe. They just ain’t got time for social pleasantries. It was kind of a nice change, honestly, but I’ve been in retail so long that it’s been…

My Five Guys fries are going to be soggy *anyway* from the sheer amount of malt vinegar I shake on them. om nom.

I lol’d my ass off and then print-screened it for social media when I got to that point the other night.

Anecdote: someone once tried to return an item that was technically but not insurmountably nonrefundable, and instead of asking nicely and explaining the situation, they took the Asshole Route to try to bully us into it: told straight up falsehoods about being treated badly by the salesperson and being lied to. Loud,…

Was he in Virginia Beach about fifteen years ago? Because I had to clean that up. It required a trip to Target for elbow length rubber gloves, a facemask, and several bottles of cleaner to hose it all down. I had to keep running out of the bathroom every thirty or forty seconds to breathe air that wasn’t tainted with…

Biff Tannen was based on Trump, fyi...

Humidity doesn’t stop the flakes here, I think it’s just a function of age-related skin changes. I usually wash my face with Bath & Body Works’ shea butter soap and that does a pretty good job of not aggravating anything as long as I moisturize as well.

That’s what I’ve been using. They have a couple other kinds, African Paradise and something else, which work equally well for me but might be less rashy on you?

Lush makes this stuff called “body conditioners” that you’re supposed to slap on in the shower and rinse off. They are, however, *obscenely* expensive, especially at American prices, and to use them as directed means I’d get 4-5 uses out of them max for a small pot that costs $30+.

That was the best part, personally. I could get all my crafting crap done without fifty people getting in my way. I did skip getting the garrison AH so that I’d *have* go out and interact with the public once in a while, though...

She was also not dealing well with mental illness, iirc - bipolar?

I *loved* the undersea zone, especially the second half. I must’ve spent a good ten fifteen minutes admiring the scenery.

This makes me think about excavating the old SNES so I can play Donkey Kong Country.

If that’s your only strategy after your one striker gets taken out, and you already have an extensive tournament history of not winning until penalty kicks because your one striker hasn’t been doing a great job to begin with, it means you’re a terrible team and should think about recruiting other people who can score…

Rub it in. lol. But at least they can win in under 90 minutes!

I think you mean to say “Portugal had no idea what else to do after Ronaldo got hurt so they just turtled.” (but I will agree France wasted a lot of opportunties too.)