OK, Hec, you and Maria need to get your stories straight...
Tired= just regular Monday tired, and busy= work is kind of slammed, but right now, in an OK way.
They're doing it backwards; walking up the down slide.
River ,'Ariel'
Spike's Bitches 22: You've got Angel breath
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Nora Deirdre - Feb 14, 2005 10:21:46 am PST #978 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
brenda m - Feb 14, 2005 10:22:29 am PST #979 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
It's wedding invitations where I really get the why-am-I-alone bs going on. Valentine's, whatev. But then I'm not specificaly told to bring a boyfriend to Valentine's, or seated at a table with an empty chair or a bunch of other random singles, or being all third-wheely at a Valentine's reception filled with couples, many of seem to be there specifically to scope out who you brought with you.
Given my innate contrariness, I strongly suspect that Valentine's will be far more irksome to me when I am in a commited relationship than it is now when I'm not.
vw bug - Feb 14, 2005 10:23:51 am PST #980 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
vw, I thought you might find this link on Appalachian dialect interesting:
Thanks, Susan!
I am home. Paper still not magically written. I think I'm gonna have to work on those powers a bit.
Connie Neil - Feb 14, 2005 10:26:03 am PST #981 of 10001
brillig
The best response to have when asked why you didn't bring a date to a wedding or something is, "Oh, he's just for fun, he's not worthy of the event."
I didn't seriously hook up with anybody till I was 24, and my contentment with that state terrified the 19-year-olds around me who lived in dread of turning 20 without a guy.
lisah - Feb 14, 2005 10:28:09 am PST #982 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
That's because you live in the City of The Broken Hearted. Duh! It's all hopeless, anyway.
Hah! That makes me both laugh AND cry!
It's not your stupid brain.
I blame my brain because I KNOW about the evil Hallmark dudes and what they're up to but I still get sad about being ALONE FOREVER!
lisah - Feb 14, 2005 10:31:56 am PST #983 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
VW I love that you are setting a specific goal and rewarding yourself with an IPOD if you reach it! I'm rooting hard for you!!! And also trying to figure out what hard but attainable goal I can set for myself that would warrant me getting an IPOD as a reward. hmmmm....maybe successfully creating a budget and following it for a couple of months. Very hard for me.
brenda m - Feb 14, 2005 10:32:18 am PST #984 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
The best response to have when asked why you didn't bring a date to a wedding or something is, "Oh, he's just for fun, he's not worthy of the event."
Yeah, I'm pretty much over giving a shit or feeling awkward about it now, but in my early 20s it was pretty painful.
vw bug - Feb 14, 2005 10:47:20 am PST #985 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
VW I love that you are setting a specific goal and rewarding yourself with an IPOD if you reach it! I'm rooting hard for you!!! And also trying to figure out what hard but attainable goal I can set for myself that would warrant me getting an IPOD as a reward. hmmmm....maybe successfully creating a budget and following it for a couple of months. Very hard for me.
I think that sounds fabulous! I think everyone should reward themselves with iPods. It's my new thing. I wish I could fund it for everyone.
§ ita § - Feb 14, 2005 10:49:16 am PST #986 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
ita announced it earlier.
No, I didn't.
Trudy Booth - Feb 14, 2005 10:49:22 am PST #987 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Cashmere:
Amy Parker wanted me to tell you that she's sorry that your Mother had surgery today too. She wonders which is more ironic, heart or uterine surgery on Valentine's Day.