I Want To Be Underwhelmed: Summer 2025 Edition

Thanks, OP.

I, too, went to Arby's last night!

I had the slightly underwhelming new Philly Cheesesteak (ok) and super delish crinkle cut fries right our of the fryer. Oh, and the strawberry lemonade which was a bit too sweet but refreshing.

I'm eating a Snack Pack Chocolate Pudding from my emergency food stash meant for hurricanes/power outages/end of the world etc.

I've mentioned this here before but just in case there are any newcomers who need to be brought up to speed, I only eat from my emergency food stash when I'm in a really bad mood. Crappy food to go with my crappy mood I suppose. It's not intentional, just a pattern I've developed.

It was time for the summer Swiffer wet mopping of the hardwood floors. But autumn will be here before I know it

I'm going to buy a spurtle like Kevin Lee Jacobs uses. He provides the link for purchase in the description box below his video.

I want a steam shark.

R5, I remember Lucinda Scala Quinn selling spurtles on TV awhile ago. I bought a set of 3 when my local, and large, Bed Bath and Beyond closed. I've used one of them once but it did exactly what it was designed to do. I will admit that a flexible spatula works better to get cake batter out of the bowl.

I'm going to make an Oreo pie tomorrow for dessert after dinner.

I was horrifyingly whelmed today when I opened my laptop and discovered Bitlocker had shut it down and I had to do a recovery.

Fun.

If Seattle boosted hot-weather hygiene centers for dogs, I’m sure we could slip hot-weather hygiene centers for humans.

I can send stinky people two places. We need more.

They're reporting 27°C today. Might be a new record this summer. I live near the coast, so this is actually very hot for where I live. Normal temps during summer are like 18-22°C. Europeans are roasting from the heatwave, but it's been kinda cold this summer so far here in Norway. Might even go swim in the fjord today to cool down! I think it'll be like 18°C or 19°C in the water. Like I said before: we don't have tall mountains where I live, so I won't have to swim in ice water, lol.

Keep your stinking foreign temperatures to yourself. We’re Americans. We don’t do math.

Norway and fjord swimming sounds lovely r11! It's currently a nice 20 deg C here and we are having a rainshower. Smells.amazing!

^^the rain woke up the little cat. Now he's watching it from the arm of the chair. The big cat is repositioning g on his fur blanket...oh..here he comes too!

R12 You're being overwhelming.

We're genteel on these threads and don't bitch about the nature of underwhelming reports even if they're boring weather reports.

I will cop to perhaps a touch of whelm, but overwhelming? Please.

I'm wearing my "Free Luigi" tshirt

There's tons of Pride events happening today and....I'm sitting them all out.

I really don't care.

Paypal just charged me a random 1200 Euros from some company I've never heard of in Germany. I marked it as fraudulent and they said, "No, it looks OK to us". They say I need to work it out with the company. Jesus Christ, this is annoying.

No, r18, I don't care. I liked it when it was just this one weekend, instead of an entire month. But I'm gay.

I am too.

It's just not that interesting. Crowds, and bad/expensive entertainment.

Today, I saw a man just old enough not to be embarrassed walking with his mom.

I don’t know if you remembered when this happened for you, but it was a liberating event for me.

This was my mom - a bitch who tore out my hair and she was mine and I loved her. And I didn’t make fun of her weight. In front of her face, that is…

They’ve got that French guy with the huge Chiclet overbite on another Travago commercial. Who the hell does Not think this guy is too weird looking to be selling anything you want.

R12 Celsius to Fahrenheit

We have a weather warning for wind today.

R18 Oslo had the pride parade yesterday. 100k walked in it. Most straight people, but I guess I don't mind. Our Prime Minister from Labour walked in front, which was nice. Straight allies are important too. And before you ask: no. I didn't participate as I don't live in Oslo.

So I was quite overwhelmed by the F1 movie.

It was loud and exciting!!

I can't think of any movie I would less want to see than the F1 one.

Hollywood BroMale Execs LOVE greenlighting a big, high budget race car movie every few years.

Even though most of them lose a shit ton of money.

Whatever, R28.

Gorgeous guys abound. 😍

I see nothing but shorts down to the knees.

We (I) need Daisy Dukes!

I’m a liar so I’ll say I don’t care about your leg shape. I just want to see thighs. Perhaps, hairy thighs as well. Not picky, but hairy thighs would help an old queen cope with the day.

R23, I can't stand to look at that guy! His teeth are so distracting. They are overly white (or maybe it's an illusion because of the beard and mustache) but it looks like all 32 teeth are on the top and visible to the human eye. WTF?

I'm off from work all week.

R33 I'm off from work for 4 weeks. I'm using 20 of my 25 vacation days.

I'm off from work forever.

Congratulations, R35!

I wanted to make carrot cake today, but I am missing a couple ingredients, so I need to make another store run and will probably not make it until tomorrow.

I don't care for "sweet" cold cuts. Maple honey ham, honey turkey, etc. Ruins the sandwich for me.

Carrot cake. Yum.

As I get older, I trust deli meat less and less.

It's just so fake.

It quickly starts feeling slimy.

It's kinda nasty.

I was tired of the grey, dreary, under 70 degreees, tepid Seattle weather last week and now that's 80 here today I hate it and want my tepid back.

Well, my Mr. Clean sponge mop finally broke. Twelve years I’ve had it. I miss Big Lots.

My decision to walk to the Kroger to get Fudgesicles and celery was a wise one.

I've come to enjoy youtuber Timmy's Takeout. He's adorable and puts effort into entertaining his viewers. I give him credit for recently spending a couple of days reviewing restaurants in The Villages and being so pleasant, that's a rough crowd there.

It's a happy little feeling when the name of the grocery delivery person appears on the tracker and it's someone that has delivered to you before and you can now just sit back and relax as they did it right last time.

Oh, dear Lord, they are actually selling caftans on QVC right now! 😲

I'm in the office today because we have to be in 2 days a week; my regular days are Wed and Thurs. I think I'm the only one here so far. I'm leaving at 1pm to do some food shopping since I don't want to fight the crowds tomorrow.

I took today off for my birthday. I have nothing planned, which is fine.

Happy Birthday R47.

I saw the most awesomely dressed young person today. This is Seattle, so I doubt he lives here.

Seattle people dress “off” instinctively. “Let’s wear green socks with our flooded orange forestry pants! And, here’s a purple shirt that barely covers my navel!”

They were wearing an exquisitely cut, fitted gray morning jacket(?) with a black rope belt, slightly flared black pants (Dior is pushing tall people pants again) that they were tall enough to pull off, black cuban heeled boots, and medium sized afro. The person had a slim build and I was trying not to gawk as I walked past them in the opposite direction; that’s why I don’t know/care about the gender.

They were on point!

R49 What part of town? Downtown? The Hill? Uptown?

I had my annual CT scan last week and I got the results last night at like 10pm. The CT scan is because I smoked for 30 years (I think) and my lungs are fine but I got these two charming bits of info:

ascending aortic aneurysm measuring 4 cm

and

cholelithiasis (aka gallstones)

Who doesn't love worrying health news about potential future issues right before bedtime?

R50, they were in Pioneer Square traveling West along Chief Seattle Club. I’ve chosen lug soles over leather soled shoes because of the inclines and slippery metal on the walkways, but this person walked confidently on those amazing boots that would look awful on me. I really do prefer an almond toe or even a cartoon round toe.

In those pants, I’d look like like the cartoon character Cathy when the newspaper finally let her wear pants - “Help, these pants ate my fucking feet and my ass still looks stupid!”

It’s like an IQ test R51!!

Man, like I just re-read The Serial by Cyra McFadden and I flashed on how my folks kinda went crazy when we moved from the Midwest to SoCal. We were teens and mom and dad were tripping on living thru Their teen years all over again. Dad making homemade granola for the wine n cheese parties on Friday afternoon at his really cool job in Del Mar and mom strutting around in halter tops. Open marriage, lots of pot, Kharman Ghia, brewers yeast, whole wheat fig bars, the whole scene.

I'm off work for a 4-day weekend for Holiday, after being off all last week for vacation.

R51, are they going to "watch and wait" on the aneurism? Or surgery while it's small?

R56 How would I know? All I've received are my test results via MyChart. I've not spoken to my doctor or anyone. I just got the results LAST night at 10pm.

Google "ascending aortic aneurysm measuring 4 cm"

They don't do surgery unless it's over 5cm. It's seemingly 'not a current problem, but one to carefully monitor' kind of thing apparently, at least what I can ascertain via the web.

That’s a bit whelming r51.

I’m off early today for the holiday weekend. I had planned to go to the garden center but don’t much feel like it. I’m having company tomorrow and wanted to get some more flowers in pots.

R57, please don’t read test results and don’t crowd-source information about your condition. You trust this doctor. Let the doctor interpret the results and suggest treatment methods.

They communicate findings to other professionals in their own hyper-efficient and exacting medical code (like lawyers or brokers). The nuances of their findings will be best translated to you, the common non-medical person, in a format you understand.

Of course, if you’re a MD or LPN, you may speak their language.

Membership has its privileges.

Ha! We were able to get into the Costco today at 9 instead of having to wait until 10.

Apparently some people were complaining and saying it wasn’t fair that some got to go into the store earlier. The lady at the door would say that we had the Executive membership and if they wanted to get in an hour earlier, they could buy the more expensive membership.

I love it! Especially since it is a day before a holiday, when they close, plus it is early in the month when peeps get paid also. It was going to be a madhouse later in the day. Plus it is the only Costco within a 400 mile radius.

Go bless Costco.

^^God^^

My area was under a severe thunderstorm alert but other than some high winds and a couple of rumbles of thunder, nothing much happened. I was hoping we’d get enough rain to help fill the dog’s pool but it hardly rained at all.

My dog is having his first playdate at home. I will have the pool ready, the splash pad set up. For snacks, I am making frozen banana slices, and cutting up some watermelon, for me and my human friend as well. I hope it goes well. My friend’s dog is still a puppy.

Tonight is my annual watching of the movie "1776".

I have spent the last three hours prepping a bolognese without jarred sauce. Yes, it reduces stress, but I’m wondering what stats mean when environmentalists report that we throw 4o% of our vegetables away.

Are they talking about the outside leaves? Are they talking about the ugly bits? There are many parts of vegetables that could make a stock if I had space, but I don’t and several stock brands give me instant joy.

I think, at least in my case, they are referring to the stuff I take one bite of, say off-season blueberries, and return them to the refrigerator where they remain uneaten until you need the space they're occupying, some months later.