I Want to Be Underwhelmed 🎃 Fall 2024, Continued

Five weeks until Daylight Saving Time ends on November 3rd and we "fall back" an hour.

I doubt I'll buy a pumpkin this year. But maybe.

I feel under the weather today. Chilled and listless, I only had coffee, cheese, and crackers for breakfast. For lunch I had a protein shake and strawberries. For dinner I might have Ritz crackers with potted meat, which I love. If I die, you can have my stuff.

I got a new med at the pharmacy today, and the new baby pharmacist was called over to explain it to me. He fumbled with the box for a bit, and ended up reading me the instructions off the label.

I can't decide whether I should buy an indoor smokeless grill.

[quote] He fumbled with the box for a bit, and ended up reading me the instructions off the label.

I worked in a restaurant that had a pretty fancy wine list. I knew nothing about wines. I asked my co-worker what I should say when someone asked me about a certain wine. He said to just re-read what it said on the menu (each wine was followed by a brief description). E.g.,: Fruity with notes of peach and apple.

So, I should say: "That wine is fruity! It has notes of peach and apple!"

Today is a terribly unremarkable and very underwhelming day.

Could be worse.

It’s a new month.

I made Biscoff cheesecake bars, and they turned out amazing.

I’m going to buy a pumpkin 🎃 but I’ll probably not disembowel it and slop around all the innards

I don't like River's tiara or outfit today.

I was disappointed when I opened DL this morning and none of my watched threads had any new posts and there were no notifications that any of my comments had been liked.

Sorry r12, but we're just not that into you anymore.

I’m thirsty

R19 are you a child?

Hey r15, there is no r 19 yet. Are YOU a child?

Ok r14 eat my ass!!

I’m having an exceptionally bad day

👶🏼

I had just put on clean socks when I accidentally stepped in stealth cat barf.

The cat totally knew that.

I turned my heat on today. It's 68 degrees outside but feels damp and chilly. I like hearing the sound of the baseboard heater coming back to life after having the past four months off.

R18- Why?

Please explain in detail.

Fall foliage is coming on beautifully in northern New England, the colors are vibrant.

I cut down the hibiscus on the side of the house.

The leaves 🍁 are fallin’ all around,

time I was on my way

Practicing my hog call

I have a pain in my shoulder this evening

Oh god me too and my right foot and left wrist r28

I didn't like today.

I feel like I'm going to throw up.

I've been seeing a lot of skeletons in people's yards. Tall ones, it must be a thing.

It’s called Halloween fool! 👻

Jesus, fuck, I’m watching a new show on TLC. This woman is completely covered in tumors.

Her condition is truly horrific.

You think you have problems? Just look out the front door. 🥺😧

I can't find sugar free NeoCitran anywhere.

I just discovered that The Mummy 1932 is on Amazon Prime, I'll be watching it this month.

[quote]I have a pain in my shoulder this evening

Probably arthritis because of your old age.

Dracula (1931) was on TCM earlier. What a great movie! Still holds up.

Woke up to 3°C. It's fucking cold! Will have to change the car tires soon😭

Several years ago I bought two economy sized boxes of Bounce fabric sheets. They were on sale and I had a coupon. I finally used up the first box and opened the second box this morning. I recycled the first box.

I had to catch an adolescent possum in my back yard this evening. I just walked up and stuck a bucket it over it, then flipped the bucket around and put a trash can lid over the bucket to cover it.

I then walked to a nearby vacant field and released it.

I've read they're not dumb, but they sure do know how to act dumb.

That possum story is kind of whelming.

I got a very annoyed look from the barista when I asked for an iced pumpkin spiced latte. Sure, the weather was in the 50's but I like crunching the ice when I'm at work since it annoys Pam, my cubicle mate. She's a Christian but a real phony one and I know gay people make her nervous so I'll do little things to annoy her. It really sets her off when I click my pen multiple times so I tell her it's a nervous habit I picked up in school and I just can't help it. I am really hoping she moves soon, I miss looking at porn when I'm at work.

I'm slightly whelmed by your story, R43, and may have to put myself on Team Pam.

Wait until she eats the food you bring to work for lunch, r44, you'll see.

R43, Can't you just fart silently like a normal cube mate?

People still use pens at work?

Silent farting is not all that it's cracked up to be, r46.

Enjoyed a nice walk in the forest with a friend. It rained last night, so the woods looked perfectly refreshed and autumnally moody. Lots of moss, mushrooms, birds you don’t hear in the city.

It was a good day.

Informed Delivery tells me I'll be receiving a package from the Passport Office. I'm not expecting anything from the Passport Office. Are they sending me someone else's passport by mistake?

It's a scam.

I remember when Halloween lasted a few days.

[quote]I remember when Halloween lasted a few days.

I remember when Halloween lasted one day.

I remember when the five-second rule was the thirty-second rule.

In Catholic elementary school they would "kiss it up to Gawd". I was already an agnostic in the making so I didn't kiss anything I dropped on the ground up to anyone.

r46, a silent fart may seem silent but sometimes it produces something liquid. So, I'd rather not risk it.

r47, you mean the lower classes aren't using pens these days? That's so sad.

I fucked up a recipe. I think it can be saved.

In the Catholic school I went to, All Saints' Day - November 1 - was a school holiday, which was nice. We always went trick or treating, stayed up late, organizing our candy, then had the next day off.

R58 Didn't you still have to go to Mass on All Saint's Day as a Holy Day of Obligation?

R59, I went to Catholic school, but I wasn't Catholic (so, no, I didn't go to mass). I seriously doubt that my Catholic classmates were going to mass on All Saints' Day.

I decided to cut it off with scissors

I've become addicted to the Honey Jalapeno Hummus I mentioned in the previous thread. I don't think I should buy it again as I can't leave it alone.

When some fucker drives past my home blaring their car stereo bass so loud it rearranges my wall hangings.

I’m so over whole body do commercials

I'm watching the SYFY channel.

"Van Helsing" starring Hugh Jackman is on.

I don't know why, but VH always draws me in.

It's stupid, corny, not the least bit scary, and the special effects are bad.

I guess it's one my personal so bad it's good movies.

I have a badly formed rant about personal cleanliness that has been bugging me.

I have siblings that believes that they are by some Aryan (they are not Aryan) genetic lottery, they are clean and immune to bacteria, dirt, viruses, etc.

The concept that clean people are people who clean themselves is foreign. These are the people who leave streaks on the wall when they turn on and off light switches. Flames. Flames up the side of my face…

I know someone who just won $250,000 on a $20 scratch off ticket.

A cousin of mine won a million dollars on a scratch ticket. Before taxes, of course.

Maybe your cousin will give you $18,000, which is the maximum for tax-free purposes.

Fat chance, r69.

$18K per year.

Be greedy. Get $18K now and another $18K in three months when it's 2025.

R67 &. R68 How are these underwhelming?

Should I take my walk first or go to Whole Foods first.

I think I shall take my daily constitutional first then do my shopping at Whole Foods.

I ordered a Chantilly Cake online at Whole Foods last night but it won't be ready until Sunday therefore I shall have to make an additional trip to Whole Foods on Sunday just to pick up the yummy cake- which I'm buying just for me.

The Canada Goose migration is fully on, you can hear them coming a mile away. They rest on the lake and leave at sunset.

R68, ask your cousin if I can have fifty bucks.

Tell your cousin I would gladly pay him Tuesday for a hamburger today.

I imagine there’s been a run on Chantilly cake at Whole Foods after this article from Wednesday.

Well fiddle-dee-dee

Ordered a new desktop PC to replace the current 15-year-old one because it started crapping out, and I tried redirecting it into a parcel box and it worked! Can't wait to pick it up tomorrow, it's very near my flat. No human contact needed or wanted, even though those delivery boys are usually sexy af.

I'll miss Windows 10 and I VOWED – on DL, where it counts the most! – I'd skip 11, but I just can't bring myself to install it on a brand-new computer. So Win 11 it is. Looking forward to not having to wait fifteen minutes for the whole thing to fully boot up anymore, I genuinely don't know why I waited so long. 😑

R79 incredible on many levels

I would go nuts if my computer took 15 minutes to boot up.

I just went to the CVS drive-through and there was no one in front of me.

I'm going to upgrade my phone plan to unlimited data. Most people probably already have this. I had unlimited data several years ago, but had to give it up in order to get unlimited talk and text.

This will probably cost me an extra $20 to $25 per month.

I'm sick today, but it isn't Covid. Just a plain ol' cold.

R77- I just had a craving for that cake. I had not been aware of the NYT article even though I read the NYT online frequently. It is just a coincidence. I do agree with this article in the NYT there will be a run on the cake. I ordered it late last night. If the article had not been published I probably would have been able to pick up the cake sooner than Sunday.

I've never tried that Chantilly (Whole Foods) cake. What's so good about it?

It’s got a Pretty Face

Publix Chantilly Cake is good as is their Raspberry Elegance Cake.

There used to be a notorious red neck bar in my area called Chantilly Lace. Made my skin crawl.

My area may be considered a food desert, but I’m not tempted by cake.

Walgreens keeps nagging me about my prescription is ready for pickup.

So, pick it up, ya lazy asshole!

I picked mine up at Walgreen's this morning. Only one in line on front of me. So overwhelmed!

Bacon makes my gallbladder angry.

Have it removed, R94! I did, and I don't miss it at all!

..Can't stop thinking about my crush whom I saw on the subway a day ago

Vertigo by Hitchcock on. I never cared much for it and, after reading a few howling reviews on IMDB, I now know why! Jimmy plays a freaking middle-aged sex pervert/STALKER. I never realized it.

Edsel Dope, from the heavy metal band Dope, has been the replacement lead vocalist for Static-X as Xer0, and does all of their live performances in disguise since Wayne Static passed away in 2014.

Ate a whole pack of Oreos.

How many cookies are we talkin’?

R99, that's not the achievement it used to be. The packs are 30% smaller than when I was a kid.

I got into a fight with gravity last night and lost.

^ I read this as "gravy" and figured it had to do with mashed potatoes...

[quote] The packs are 30% smaller than when I was a kid.

I bet the cookies are too. I bought a bag of Tate’s the other day and I think they are about half the size they used to be.

^Good catch - absolutely 👍

I look well preserved

I ate a whole package of the lemon Oreos (early pandemic) and got stopped up (constipation). Never again.

R101- Years ago ca. 1999 I could barely finish half a dozen Dunkin Donuts. Today I could finish them and still be hungry and it's not because I'm a fatter whore now than I was then it's because they're donuts have shrunk in size by at least 33% since then, also they are not made on the premises of each store anymore and made FRESH DAILY like the ads used to emphasize.

I enjoyed the Tiara Troll we had here on DL a few years ago.

[quote]Ate a whole pack of Oreos.

That sounds whelming to me, even with reductions in the size of the package and the size of the cookies. Unless you're talking about a snack pack such as you'd get from a vending machine.

No, I ate that entire, full-sized pack (of Oreos, it was either lemon or vanilla). Not sure how long it took me, but I think it was less than 2 days. Like I said, this was an early Covid purchase. I was hunkered down and wanting comfort food.

[quote]I enjoyed the Tiara Troll we had here on DL a few years ago.

I'm sure she's still here whenever tiaras are being discussed.

We haven't had a good tiara discussion for a long time.

There is an insta account that shows royal crowns. They talked about the crown that Catherine The Great had. It was stunningly beautiful.

They also showed the Shah’s Crown Jewels. Also unbelievably beautiful. 👑👑🤴🏽🫅🏼

I can barely eat one Oreo. I hate the too sweet filling and would usually scrape it off.

I just made some chicken stock and frankly I’m not sure it’s worth the bother.

It isn’t, R116. Plus don’t you have to throw out the chicken you used?

That’s wasteful.

I just set my stew meat to marinade with red wine.

I’m going to debut my Le Crueset pot with Ina Gartens’ beef stew.

👩🏻‍🍳🤗

[quote] I just made some chicken stock and frankly I’m not sure it’s worth the bother.

Why do you say that? People always say it's "liquid gold," etc.

I've thought about buying a Costco rotisserie chicken because I wanted to make stock with the bones. (I don't think you need to waste the meat in there. Although I'm sure it's better if you use some meat.)

Well, it was actually quite a bit of bother. Sautéing the chicken spattered a lot of grease. Some burned me. Pouring the hot soup through a strainer was quite messy. Then I had to de-grease. Given that it’s just an ingredient, I’m not sure Swanson’s isn’t the ticket.

Yes—I threw away 3lbs of chicken, though I bought the cheap brand.

[quote]I’m going to debut my Le Crueset pot with Ina Gartens’ beef stew.

Mon dieu. Le Creuset.

We get a lot of cheery fatties on these threads! I like them!!!

The new PC is working beautifully, I can't believe it takes all of five seconds to see the login screen! Never again. I'm feeling so much more productive already.

Couple of things marred my experience, though. First, that one USB-C port can't be used for charging my mobile phone because the computer shuts down immediately. Apparently it's only for data transfer? So that sucks. Why would anyone design it that way?

Second, I forgot my national digital certificate password, so I can't access the online portal where all my health records are stored, and I can't communicate with my primary physician and dentist. So now I'll have to go back to the old computer and export the certificate with a new password. This is a relatively minor annoyance, though.

Lastly, I won't be torrenting porn anymore, because apparently the constant writing/reading that entails isn't good for my new SSD hard drive. It'll be a healthy change for me, I think, so that's not really a loss.

Long walk through town, the park.. was lovely.

Wish my shoulders wouldn’t start to hurt so much after about 30 minutes of leisurely walking.

Yeah. It looked wrong when I wrote it. Sorry.

We need a fire park for urban dwellers. I don’t want to keep a barbecue grill or a fire pit.

Every once in a while I want to set something on fire. The park would feature nonflammable surfaces to burn wood. Visitors would set their fire, extinguish it when done, and clean up all evidence.

[quote] First, that one USB-C port can't be used for charging my mobile phone because the computer shuts down immediately. Apparently it's only for data transfer? So that sucks. Why would anyone design it that way?

Seems like a normal design. I don't consider the ports in my computers as charging ports. They're for data transfer.

Plug your phone into a wall or a power bank, if all you want to do is charge the battery.

Kevin Lee Jacobs (YouTuber) made a "quesadilla" loaded up with black beans and sweet potato, about an inch high. What the hell. It's supposed to be relatively flat and mostly cheese.

I love Kevin Lee Jacobs' house, inside and outside.

R129, does it seem like he's always cold in that house, though? He's always layered up (in clothes) in his kitchen.

Brandon Marsh is ugly

Then I'm glad I have no idea who he is.

Pete Alonso is fine

He has a nice ass but I’m not sure if he’d come off as a rubekin in an interview

All I had for dinner was a wedge of iceberg lettuce topped with Marie's Creamy Italian dressing with garlic. It was just filling enough.

[quote]Wish my shoulders wouldn’t start to hurt so much after about 30 minutes of leisurely walking.

Do you walk on your hands?

it's Monday. yay!

I just discovered there's an entire Wikipedia article on the claim that Hitler only had one testicle. That is rather niche.

Easy for you to say, r138.

R136 haha if only! It's a strange, "pulling" feeling, as if something in the sides of my shoulders is cramping up. Very uncomfortable.

Celebrate the day

I don't know if you remember my post about the housefly that got into the house. I thought it had gotten out or Cos had eaten it. Turns out, it was atracted to the Zevo bug catcher and got stuck, as it should have. It scared the shit out of me when I changed the insert! Until now, it's just been gnats and fruit fly-type insects that it's caught. Seeing that huge fly was quite a jolt.

I'm finally having my second bathroom updated. Kohler is installing a new tub and shower wall and I'm getting a handheld and overhead shower head. I have to buy the vanity and toilet but they will install it. I'm so happy. I hate the shower doors and would like a shower rod. Once installed, I shall take a long luxurious bath and rinse off with the handheld spray head. I've lived here 25 years and all other rooms have been painted/updated.

As long as the bathroom is Barcelona brown with gold fixtures, r142, you’ll be ok.

I hope you got the taller elongated bowl.

You're lucky to have two bathrooms during a bathroom renovation.

Time to flip grandma over in bed

R142, the bathroom will be an off-white color with grey walls to match the grey marble vinyly flooring that's already installed. I would like a higher toilet with elongated seat. I just have to make sure the dimensions are the same as the current toilet. I really wanted to keep the grey tub but a replacement was the better choice (it's not a metal tub). If I had the money, I would have had a clawfoot bathtub installed. I love those and almost bought a house just because of the tub.

Yes, R144. I am extremely lucky. When I had the kitchen redone, and was waiting for the countertop and sink, I was washing dishes in the bathtub. It was no easy feat, considering the damned shower doors.

r127 Interesting, I charge all my stuff (phone, headphones, flashlight...) through the USB port on my computer because it's physically closer to me and handier than the outlet in the wall. I'd charge my electric shaver that way as well if I could. Never considered I was an outlier in that respect.

We have to start "Halloween decorating" here in La Jolla. My granddaughters told me this week PopPop we start "pumpkin time". My DIL Ingrid told me they have nagging her to remind me about it.

The 14 oz. squeeze tube of Daisy Sour Cream is just too much for my occasional needs. I need to stick to the small 8 oz. container of sour cream and only get the big tube when I'm having guests. Actually, I wish Daisy or Breakstone or the supermarket brand would offer a 4 oz. container which would suit my needs even better.

I’m eating birdseye frozen peas with a dash of salt and a pat of butter. It soothes my needs.

Fats are added for flavor, moisture and texture.

Peas are a decent source of fiber.

Men under age 50 should have 31-34 grams of fiber daily.

Men over 50 should have 28 grams of fiber daily.

A half cup of peas has 4.4 grams of fiber.

But if you have IBS or are on a FODMAP diet it's probably best to stay away from peas as they are naturally rich in sorbitol and fructose.

Peter O’Toole screws up his lines in How to Steal a Million. He says:

[quote]I want my bloody car cabs; I don’t wish to take a key.

I’m surprised it was left in.

You may come over and visit but be prepared to start cleaning my house after 15 minutes.

I made 15 bean soup last night.

[quote] When I had the kitchen redone, and was waiting for the countertop and sink, I was washing dishes in the bathtub. It was no easy feat, considering the damned shower doors.

That would be when I would (temporarily) say "damn the environment" and stock up on paper plates and plastic utensils.

I already dug into the Trick or Treat candy.

I blame my sister for bring it over here over 3 weeks early.

It's ALL her fault.

[quote]I made 15 bean soup last night.

Soaking 15 kinds of beans sounds whelming. Or is it a soup with a total of 15 beans?

It’s not like you have to soak each bean variety separately.

R156, I did! I ate off paper plates and used paper bowls. But Cos pulled an Attica! and promptly flipped is paper bowl (with wet food in it) upside down. He eats out of ceramic bowls and, being a DLer, refused to eat out of paper anything. He is the diva his momma raised. What can I say.

My job gives me severe anxiety

R160 I do t know how they let him out of jail early with all that evidence and all those victims

I have to pay extra attention to my driving these days since the fall foliage in northern New England is spectacular. The best I've seen in years.

R163, I pulled over yesterday to take a photo, it's getting really good here.

It’s hovering around 100 degrees and at the peak of fire season here.

The beans come premixed in a dry bag. You’ve never seen this hillbilly bean bag in dry bean section?

here, there & everywhere

R165, I'm sorry! We put up with endless winters and miserable summers in NE because the autumns are so nice. It won't last long, if that makes you feel any better.

If some of you could share pictures of those New England autumn displays, I'd be much obliged.

Only photos you made yourself, of course

Yeah, those long hard hooded bridges are exactly the Fall elements we need.

R169, let me take a few more today before I tackle imgur.

R170 We simply call them Covered Bridges. There's one near me but it's closed to traffic, so old it isn't safe. Pretty, though.

I often top a toasted Thomas plain mini bagel with avocado. Wholly Guacamole plain avocado or mild guacamole. Those little Wholly cups are so handy.

I posted this combo here a while ago and a DLer told me I was mixing food cultures.

I never looked at it that way. It's my "fusion" bagel. 🤣

LOVE guac on a bagel.

How the fuck is guacamole and a bagel (bread) a mixture of two food cultures.

I got my flu shot this morning and for the first time ever, I have side effects other than soreness at the injection site. I have chills and a dull headache. I hate this.

I'm guessing Jewish and Mexican, r175.

I just chalked it up to the DLer needing to rain on my happy little breakfast parade.

Got my COVID shot and flu shot today.

Did that last Thursday, R178. Thankfully the reaction to the COVID vaccine was mild. Hope yours is too.

Marketside (Walmart bakery) Caramel Covered Pretzel Flats Drizzled with Chocolate are very good.

The caramel is soft, the chocolate is good and the pretzel base is crisp.

Recommend. 👍👍

Will repurchase.

My day just never started today.

Oh, I did things. Had to let an engineer in at 8AM to take measurements on the front door. Did all my back exercises. Watched English Teacher and some YouTube videos and by noon I just knew it wasn’t going to happen for me today.

I’ve been off work since June and I can’t really tell the difference between self-care and depression anymore? Am I depressed? I don’t think so. I am very kind with myself and get a lot of joy from my existence.

I’m waiting to hear about a job interview. Waiting to hear about some other things. I feel like sometimes you just have to be patient, it doesn’t have to be negative. Sometimes there just doesn’t seem to be a lot going on. Mostly I’m grateful I can amuse myself and I guess that’s what matters.

For R169. We're not yet at peak color but every year I feel like I wait too long to start taking photos.

Another one.

The view over the bowling alley in our ratchet town.

Christopher Walken should’ve won an academy award just for one scene when Sean Penn confronts him with a gun in the movie At Close Range. Sublime acting.

Hint to the wise from today: Discontinue Ozempic at least 1 week before a colonoscopy, even if they don't tell you to in advance. Anesthetists get tetchy otherwise.

R174,173 i never got in5o the Guacamole trend

Thank you very much indeed, R182. Beautiful hues.

What is the opposite of "top off," referring to a liquid?

Drain down.

Or maybe "drain out?"

Lornadoone

Guacamole isn’t just a trend food. I’ve liked it for maybe 25 years.

It’s a trend maybe for people not exposed to foods outside of chicken fingers and Lunchables.

I was at Trader Joe's and bought their Frozen Lemon Bars for the first time.

I was standing there in the aisle reading the back panel, and it says you can defrost them on a plate and serve them as if you've made them yourself.

For some reason that made me laugh, as it sounds like something you'd see in a TV sit com.

I'm going to try that with my boyfriend and see if he thinks I made them.

They have eggnog in the stores already and I want some.

I bought some Divinci egg nog sugar free syrup. I've been adding it to coffee and plain yogurt.

I’ve already watched a holiday romance, a gay one called The Holiday Exchange. It wasn’t bad.

I'm waiting for a bit more color change in the leaves before I drive up to High Point State Park in NJ. From there, you can see where NJ, NY, and PA all meet as well as the Delaware Water Gap.

I bought duck fat spray.

If you saw all the vegetables and shellfish I’ve slathered with duck fat over the years you’d drool at the side of your mouth and suck in spit.

And it all started with some restaurant that served ugly potato rectangles fried in duck fat on Tuesdays. They were wonderful and worth the line.

I was handling corroded batteries and now my finger is burning.

Wear gloves, next time.

Hold under running water (some answers cool, others say warm) for 30 minutes according to ecosia.

30 minutes seems like a long time. Perhaps r200 would rather lose just the one finger.

Soaked finger in a bowl of ice water for a while and then applied my handy dandy Alocane Burn Gel. That stuff has never failed me.

I do have a box of disposable gloves in the garage I could have easily used. I also have a box in the kitchen and in with my cleaning supplies. No shortage of disposable gloves here. SMDH. Dumb move.

R182 being out of work and looking is really tough. I was out of work for 9 mo once. I can't remember anything about that time except that I gained weight and worried about money. Days ran into each other. My house was a mess. I stopped showering every day. It was before covid so when covid hit I kinda knew what to expect. Since I have no discipline except about work, it was difficult to make myself do things. But when I did, I felt at least I accomplished something that day. Keep at it. All will be well. You are probably not depressed, but it's good you are self-monitoring and asking the question.

^^ Sorry that was for r181

For R199:

Thank you, R205.

USPS tracking is fraught with inaccuracies.

Like what?

I got three different pieces of mail at three different addresses when I picked up my mail yesterday.

Slather finger in duck fat spray and suck on it like a kid with his thumb

Pile o'admin waiting for me.

It’s soothing very soothing when