The Frying Pan

12:48 AM

@Jolenealaska He is truly crazy.

Just that wrapped in his own self-pity.

Hehe.

But he must have a good side...

Really, the only thing about him that I like is that he is nuts about me.

Other than that, he's really a jerk.

Haha.

Can't you educate him, mould him?

I have tried before to mold men...it's a lost cause.

12:55 AM

Haha.

You never know...

One thing that I have accomplished with him is that he is less sexist than he used to be.

He used to think that all women are brainless.

How odd.

So you are making progress.

Now work on the lack of empathy...

I don't think that there is enough time on earth.

Heh.

The Mother's Day thing is but one small example.

1:00 AM

Right.

I have known you long enough to know that he is difficult.

So, I'll see him the day after Thanksgiving. He can cry in his own damn beer! :)

Haha.

Is he that depressed?

Is he seeing a shrink?

Yes and yes.

That is something.

I used to worry about it, but not so much anymore.

1:08 AM

Good.

Some people can't be helped.

I was just watching this video, the second one:

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"How do I tell people I want to spend Thanksgiving alone?"

He makes no effort. He pisses and moans about his weight, for instance, yet his diet is appalling. We're not talking normal challenges with willpower...

Yeah, people who complain but ignore solutions are a pain.

I mean coming from the grocery store with 20 pounds of candy.

Haha 20 pounds?

That is...a lot.

I dunno, but nothing but crap.

Nothing green, ever

1:11 AM

Heaven forbid.

Thanks for the Prudence video... I can relate!

Millions of people are probably alone on Thanksgiving.

Many of them are fine with it, even want it.

I have always enjoyed the pleasure of my own company. I should get out more, but it can wait until spring :)

Haha.

I don't need people either.

I do need a date once and a while though

I'm getting a little overdue on that one

1:24 AM

Hmm.

I'm sure you could easily arrange one if you put your mind to it...

HA! I'm watching Chopped. One of the chefs is also a 6 foot tall, blond model. She just said, "Looking like I do, you have to prove yourself so more than normal folks."

HA!

Yes, I could dig up a date if I put effort into it. It may come to that :)

Speaking of which...I haven't heard much about your love life lately either. Anything new?

Hilarious. So she is way above normal...

I have been dating the same guy for over 6 months now!

woohoo!

Sometimes "nothing new" is a good thing!

You have been married, haven't you?

Indeed, it is.

Yep

1:34 AM

Do you miss it?

Sometimes. Sometimes I even miss him.

Hmm.

It did not end well?

Something happened to him, he woke up one day a completely different man than he was the day before.

Unfortunately, I couldn't live with the man he became. I left about 3 months later. It took 12 years for us to get divorced.

Hmm.

So...why the marriage questions?? hmm?

1:38 AM

How long had you been married to him?

Haha, no, no, no marriage in sight.

So could it have been a brain haemorrhage? Was he cheating on you?

We were married (for real) 7 years. Separated for 12. That's procrastination for you!

I'm pretty sure he never cheated. The sudden change could very well have had an organic cause, but I had reached the end of my rope. I don't know if he ever reverted back to the man I loved, we only spoke a few times after we split up.

So until this day, everything was fine?

Didn't you question him what had happened?

Yep, everything seemed fine. He went "home" for a week for some family thing, I couldn't get away from work. He came back just a nasty SOB. I tried to get to the bottom it, but I never did.

Hmm.

Did his family like you?

As far as I know. His mom and sister are a bit hippy-dippy, but we got along fine. I called his mother "mom".

1:55 AM

Odd.

One would think something had happened during that trip.

Yep, but I never found out what.

Aarrgghh...How the hell am I out of cornstarch??

Whew...there it is! I forgot that I had purchased the industrial sized pack.

Haha.

How large is it?

They don't sell packs heavier than 1kg here. In fact, they only sell 1kg.

It's a kilo. That's huge here, the typical is maybe half a pound?

But they have the kilo pack at Sam's Club/Costco.

Woohoo! My favorite eye-candy is on TV tonight! New episode! So much for going to bed early.

2:19 AM

@Jolenealaska Hmm I suppose a kg is rather a lot, I never use that much in one session.

Then again, it keeps very well.

As in, it will probably still be good a year after purchase?

But half a pound is very little.

How much do you pay?

1kg is €35 or so here.

Oh yeah, I would expect cornstarch to last a couple of years at least.

What's your favourite eye-candy? Or should I ask, who?

The best by date on my pack is January 2017.

That just ain't right.

Shemar Moore.

Every episode catches him shirtless at least once.

Ah, I think you have posted his face before.

Have fun!

He's actually the only actor I have appreciated in that way since I was a kid. I'm not generally into eye-candy.

but yowza

2:26 AM

Hmm.

My favorite actors are Patrick Stewart and Morgan Freeman, so the eye-candy thing is not usually how I roll. But that just isn't fair.

Well, favourite actor ≠ favourite eye-candy.

tru nuff that. And Shemar is only an OK actor.

He is extraordinary eye-candy though.

I can't imagine why they always make a point to catch him coming out of the shower or something like that.

I'm sure it's coincidence.

I'm sure.

It's funny to see a man so successful because of his looks. He's a pin-up.

His acting talent could maybe get him a role in community theater.

a small role

3:19 AM

Haha aww.

He'd better save now for old age, then.

Yes, but men have it sooo much easier in that regard.

Did you see the picture of my almost 70 year old wicked stepmother?

I think my line was, "Jesus Christ lady, if you have one more plastic surgery your ears are going to meet in the back of your head."

ElendilTheTall

9:17 AM

Happy Good Riddance Day, Americans!

(I jest of course, nothin' but love for you all)

I'd like to give 'em back!

Sweet potatoes and marshmallows?!

Pfft.

I seriously have to go to sleep now though.

As in 5..4..3..2..

dammit

maybe I'll see you tomorrow

'g'night

ElendilTheTall

1:33 PM

In replying to the thanksgiving turkey frying question, I have realised that I am a gibbering moron. Good Riddance Day is July 4th, of course.

Happy Thanksgiving, Americans!

5:30 PM

@Jolenealaska True.

I have not! Ohh show her to me!

@ElendilTheTall Oh, well, it's Something-New-Worldly Day Anyway, no need to be precise.

oh shit, here we go. Nearly 70:

Ugh...I could puke now.

Narcissistic bitch from hell. On that note, I don't think I'm quite ready to be up yet. I think I'm going to go back to bed for a bit.

I'll try not to think about that poor little dog.

sya in a bit

Oh, dear.

Even from a distance, that looks like plastic.

6:30 PM

suuup

6:57 PM

not soup

suup

Jefromi

Happy Thanksgiving y'all!

7:21 PM

Happy Thanksgiving indeed. Almost as important as Christmas to 'muricans, I gather

Hello!

Whom do they give thanks to, and for what?

Is it religious? To commemorate an historic event?

I think it was when the first settlers...settled. Had a roof over their heads and some food for the first time

or something

All right.

Jefromi

All the original videos have been removed, so this is the best quality I could find, but... here is the thanksgiving story, kinda!

facebook.com/video.php?v=1718870968534

7:49 PM

well yes, that too. I wasn't going to disparage someone else's origin story though

@Jefromi Haha, lovely.

History is like that.

Ethical politics is a modern development.

rumtscho

9:29 PM

Have a nice holiday, all Americans here, if it's not over yet

and Jolene, it's sad how some people think they need to present themselves to the world as something they aren't. Like trying to look 30 years younger than they are. But don't worry, her inner life is probably giving her more hell than anybody else could. Narcissists are their own worst critics, and never escape themselves. She's getting what she deserves.

Oh, and her hands totally show her age.

@rumtscho Yes, they do :)

rumtscho

@Jolenealaska How are you? having a nice non-stuffing-yourself holiday?