the money I earn takes us into a very flexible finacial life. Even with one child it would be worth me working.
Don't belong. Dangerous, like you. Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. Everyone could just go on without me and not have to worry. People could be what they wanted to be. Could be with the people they wanted. Live simple. No secrets.
River ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 32 Flavors and Then Some
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.
beth b - Feb 11, 2005 2:07:10 pm PST #6584 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Laura - Feb 11, 2005 2:09:37 pm PST #6585 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
OMG that sit-up picture is so cute!
Hil R. - Feb 11, 2005 2:15:33 pm PST #6586 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Interesting discussion. Since my salary is publically available, and everyone's probably got some idea of what grad students are making anyway: $1,943 a month, nine months a year. My rent is a bit more than half that. No debt, unless you count the $100 or so that I'm usually carrying over on my credit card. I'm also making about $100 a month from tutoring when I can (there hasn't been much lately, but midterms will be coming up in a few weeks and I'll be able to get a bunch then), and my parents give me $200 a month, and sometimes another $40 or so from babysitting. Plus grading high school math competitions, which usually works out to about $400, two or three times a year.
Betsy HP - Feb 11, 2005 2:18:12 pm PST #6587 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Yeah, I understand. What I meant is that my experience has been, you don't get any routine raises or COLAs at all; you maybe get a promotion after a few years, or you maybe quit and find another job -- so the lifelong trend is up, but it's nothing nice and predictable like annual increases.
You're right. I think my brain is stuck back in the 1980s. It used to be like that. Really. At least for me.
Scrappy - Feb 11, 2005 2:34:05 pm PST #6588 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Kinda hard to type with my NEW DOG sprawled out halfway on my lap. She's awfully awfully sweet. So far I have observed: Dogs are like cats except they like you all the time.
lori - Feb 11, 2005 2:36:25 pm PST #6589 of 10002
Yay DOG!
So far I have observed: Dogs are like cats except they like you all the time.
Yes!
amych - Feb 11, 2005 2:36:27 pm PST #6590 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Dogs are like cats except they like you all the time.
You must have barky cats.
Also, AWWWWWW!!
DavidS - Feb 11, 2005 2:37:18 pm PST #6591 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So far I have observed: Dogs are like cats except they like you all the time.
Yeah. Go, dog, go.
Scrappy - Feb 11, 2005 2:39:16 pm PST #6592 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We haven't heard this dog bark at all yet. She whines a little when distressed, but not big on barking, even though she has seen other dogs, a squirrel, our two cats, and a stranger (Kat, who was the first to meet her! Yay!) at the door. The foster carers said she only barks when she's playing outside.
JZ - Feb 11, 2005 2:39:19 pm PST #6593 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
You must have barky cats.
Or part Siamese. They are very chatty and gossipy and never shut up.