Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.

'Shindig'


Natter 31 But Looks 29  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jesse - Jan 10, 2005 3:25:12 pm PST #4583 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Rather than thinking that guy over there with stars in his eyes who's shadowing my steps is either a) gonna mug me or b) gonna be my Prince Charming, I fear he's going to stick to my elbow like glue, and fail to understand my social indications that he should back away.

This, exactly. I've come across far more annoying than scary guys.

Edit: And needless to say, even fewer Prince Charmings.


Betsy HP - Jan 10, 2005 3:25:15 pm PST #4584 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

t puts on the bitch hat

There was a bad landslide in southern CA. Some people were killed. [link]

I was feeling very sorry for the people when I ran into this.

We were standing on the street and just talking and somebody said, 'Oh my God!' and then the hill came down," Mike Bell said. "It covered the same three or four houses it hit the first time, then came across the street and hit six or seven more houses. It clearly destroyed them. It just blew them apart.

"The first time" was an El Niño year in the 90s. Why in God's name were people allowed to rebuild? It isn't as if you can stabilize a coastside cliff.


Topic!Cindy - Jan 10, 2005 3:27:35 pm PST #4585 of 10002
What is even happening?

He pulled his hand away like he'd been bit by a snake, he turned around with huge eyes, obviously appalled by what he had just done, and stammered an apology. I told him it was no problem. Then, as soon as he was out of hearing range, I fell into hysterical giggles.
Hee! At Back-to-School night, this Fall, Scott was reaching up over the lockers, to straighten out one of Ben's pictures, that wasn't taped well. I came up next to him, but he didn't see me (I'd been in talking to the teacher). When his hand came down, it brushed my breast. The look of panic melting into relief was priceless.


Betsy HP - Jan 10, 2005 3:28:23 pm PST #4586 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

It's not self defense for supermen -- it's self defense for people.

I guess I tended to think that if it was something that attracted you, it was ipso facto too much for me.


Topic!Cindy - Jan 10, 2005 3:29:57 pm PST #4587 of 10002
What is even happening?

Me too, Betsy.

I'd rather just bite that one guy's tongue again, have him curse at me and never speak to me again. That was quick and tidy.

This is classic.


§ ita § - Jan 10, 2005 3:30:05 pm PST #4588 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I guess I tended to think that if it was something that attracted you, it was ipso facto too much for me.

Pfah. There are people in there twice my age, and half it. Shorter, taller, skinnier, fatter, less limber, everything.

It's not art. It's a self defense system.


Topic!Cindy - Jan 10, 2005 3:31:11 pm PST #4589 of 10002
What is even happening?

It's not art. It's a self defense system.
Yes, but you get bruised and stuff. I am wimpy, hear me whinge.


Allyson - Jan 10, 2005 3:31:29 pm PST #4590 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

It's the running, ita, that makes me feel like throwing up. And hitting Polgara.


Betsy HP - Jan 10, 2005 3:31:39 pm PST #4591 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

Hm. Do your guys know somebody they respect up here in the People's Republic?


Kathy A - Jan 10, 2005 3:32:49 pm PST #4592 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I am wimpy, hear me whinge.

Is it just here, or does everyone spell it "whinge" nowadays? I'm a traditionalist--it's "whine" for me.