The Happiness Thread

And now you've figured out why Tony wears a mech suit. I'm reminded of the lines in Pirates of the Caribbean:

(Paraphrasing - I don't remember the exact words)

Will Turner: In a fair fight, I would have killed you!
Captain Jack Sparrow: Well, that's not much incentive for me to fight fair.

 

Well, Iron Man is a reckless narcissist, so I'm guessing the suit helps him stay pretty.

 

Fixed that for you.
Yes, I'm a POTC nerd.

 

Its not going to rain today and I don't have any projects to complete. This is not good, so I'm gonna make something up, but I'm not spending today indoors scrubbing walls or floors.

 

After overcoming the shock of being virtually assaulted by a demon (see Not Happy Thread), lunch turned out quite pleasant today because I was able to scavenge a coworker's leftovers. Kaiserschmarrn. Love it.

Also, Irritating Radio Dude showed up to work today and, predictably, turned on his music again. Judging from his sheepish response and immediate grab for his headphones when I said the words "About the radio", he did remember me telling him to not play it out loud. Ohh, the satisfaction.

 

Wrey and I are currently experiencing some orientation disorientation, it seems. Normal services will be restored shortly, or so we hope.

 

Hahaha

On a different note - though somewhat related - I was recently visited by the eldest son of the sergeant to whom I reported when I was stationed in Berlin. Her name is Angie, his name is Jefferson. When Angie was preggers there was a concern that her hubby was going to be in the states on TDY at the time of Jefferson's birth, so I was her just-in-case Lamaze partner. Not counting the parents and the hospital staff, I was the first to hold little Jefferson as a newborn.

Jefferson was here to visit his girlfriend who is doing volunteer work in post-Maria mental health services. They found a little stray dog, of which there are no lack in PR. When they got the dog back to the U.S. Angie wrote to tell me about the dog, how cute it was, how happy she was that I got to visit with adult-version Jefferson, but she didn't know where Jefferson had gotten such a dopey name for the dog. He named her Bobbie Draper. As in, MCRN GySgt Roberta Draper.



I, of course, was ecstatic.

 

I was having such a shitty day. Now I feel like I can handle anything.

Coincidentally enough I’m gonna spend the evening with my “sleipnir”, a mare who’s about as nuts she might as well have six legs when she gets going.

 

Just... Go back to googling dresses, moose.

 

Goddamn I love this place today...

 

Nice weather + no projects = day off! Relax and enjoy!

 

Is it just me, or has it been a little more tense than normal?

I saw a fight brewing elsewhere. I typed out a sassy reply, then deleted it without posting.

Coyote is being GOOD today.

 

Might be the heat... shortening fuses.

 

Just had a WONDERFULLY refreshing swim with two dogs who are finally learning that humans ARE, in fact, able to swim and don't need to be rescued and/or herded back to shore. I'll just get them fully trained and their owners will come pick them up... but they're mine for now!

 

It's been that way for the past few weeks. At least today people are funny.

Yep.

 

Awww.

 

Poor babies! The chlorine can't be good for them.

Cute, though...

 

Unless maybe a salt water pool? But I don’t know if turtles like salt water. I don’t actually know anything about turtles other than I didn’t know until I was an adult that they’re green, mostly, not brown.

Yay colorblindness.

 

I think some turtles like salt water, some don't... I have no idea how to tell which is which by looking at a photo.

 

We have a "rescue the turtles" campaign where I live (rural area, lots of water) because lots of turtles get killed on the roads, trying to cross over from one lake to the next. But a good number of these turtles are snapping turtles, which have VERY powerful jaws and are generally bad-tempered/bite-y, so they're dangerous to pick up. The accepted way to rescue them off the road is to get a stick or a rope something, dangle it in front of the turtle's face until it bites whatever you're offering, and then pull on the rope and drag the turtle off the road.

Then the bastards just hiss at you and try to bite you as you get away.

 

That’s smart. Love it.

Tagging @Dragon Turtle because I assume this is relevant to their interests.

 

You just pick it up at the sides, it's a turtle not a bloody wolverine.

 

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Aw, they even arranged themselves into a smiley face for you in the skimmer basket.

 

Those are adorable. I'd be tempted to keep two until they grew up. Then I'd set them free for that movie-esque tearful goodbye. Napkin an all.