Deadline avoidance syndrome.
I have been diligently hacking away at the flustercuck that is my inbox. I may now feel virtuous for an hour, and then I must grimly face the baleful red gleam of my voicemail light.
But she was naked! And all... articulate!
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
shrift - Jan 11, 2005 9:21:24 am PST #4807 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Topic!Cindy - Jan 11, 2005 9:21:48 am PST #4808 of 10002
What is even happening?
People are talking about the SoCal woman that moved barricades to drive into a flooded area, resulting in the death of her toddler. God, some people. Why does she get to walk away from that level of stupidity?
They're trying to decide on whether to charge her with a crime. I don't think she should get a pass, either. Gah. Fucking stupid person.What can be done to her that's as bad as what she's got to live with? I mean, I wouldn't be horrified if she was charged with depraved indifference or wreckless endangerment, but to my mind, they pale with living with one's self (oneself?), after.
I just want to know what was so important that she needed to drive into a flood with her children.
Mmm. I can't even imagine.
Allyson - Jan 11, 2005 9:22:54 am PST #4809 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
I considered it for a moment, because Owen has become fascinated with the phone. He sees me talking into it and smiles and tries to grab it.
Oh! Do tell!
My nephew called me, once. Breathing and giggling into the phone.
I told my SIL, and she said if she leaves her phone in reach, he'll sometimes grab it and occassionally hit the redial button by chance.
Her friends will call her and say, " Your kid called me this morning. It's really hard to hang up on a baby."
He also loves remote controls.
§ ita § - Jan 11, 2005 9:22:57 am PST #4810 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What can be done to her that's as bad as what she's got to live with?
If I kill someone and feel really bad, I don't need any other punishment?
sarameg - Jan 11, 2005 9:25:17 am PST #4811 of 10002
Her friends will call her and say, " Your kid called me this morning. It's really hard to hang up on a baby."
My SIL gets the same thing.
msbelle - Jan 11, 2005 9:32:04 am PST #4812 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
oh, I made one of the phone calls. go me.
also? it's not just me with the hot, so I guess I'm not getting sick.
§ ita § - Jan 11, 2005 9:32:55 am PST #4813 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You could all be getting sick.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 11, 2005 9:34:06 am PST #4814 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
What can be done to her that's as bad as what she's got to live with? I mean, I wouldn't be horrified if she was charged with depraved indifference or wreckless endangerment, but to my mind, they pale with living with one's self (oneself?), after.
Yes, but then you're a good parent who would be wracked with guilt forevermore at the thought that you did something to harm one of your children. The level of obliviousness indicated by bypassing safety barricades to drive into a flood—in the apparent belief that "Don't you know who I AM?" works on natural disasters—says to me that she'll find something other than herself to blame for the tragedy.
§ ita § - Jan 11, 2005 9:36:49 am PST #4815 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I read they're thinking of fining drivers who drove past barricades. Making them pay for the rescue effort. I hope they do. I wonder if any of them put the barricades back behind them when they were done being invulnerable?
msbelle - Jan 11, 2005 9:39:21 am PST #4816 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I guess we could all be getting sick - a day when everyone called in sick would be awesome.
made the second call. I rock. painless calls too.