God, Hec, that was just...cool. I do consider it my job as an American to bitch to power...I just didn't expect to work so much overtime. Jessica, ha!
As Willow goes, so goes my nation.
Oz ,'Selfless'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
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.
erikaj - Apr 20, 2005 10:50:19 am PDT #7444 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Emily - Apr 20, 2005 10:51:35 am PDT #7445 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Jesus. I mean, even when Zell went rabid, the beef with him wasn't that he was disloyal to the Democratic party, but that he was batshit crazy. Or that was my beef, anyway.
§ ita § - Apr 20, 2005 10:52:07 am PDT #7446 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Big with the squeeling and the bows in my hair.
How does this work with the cowgirl hat?
Emily - Apr 20, 2005 10:55:37 am PDT #7447 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
So, totally off-topic: does anyone know anything about self-publishing? Like, should I just go out and Google self-publishing and then compare prices, or are there things I should look out for, or what? My brother wants to put together an actual book for my mother and her husband (that is, for them and friends and relatives -- sort of a couples' festschrift, I guess) and I said I'd look around for info.
Jesse - Apr 20, 2005 10:56:44 am PDT #7448 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
How does this work with the cowgirl hat?
When I wear the hat, the bows go at the ends of my braids, obviously.
§ ita § - Apr 20, 2005 10:57:45 am PDT #7449 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
When I wear the hat, the bows go at the ends of my braid, obviously.
You can tell I'm not American, can't you?
Connie Neil - Apr 20, 2005 10:58:51 am PDT #7450 of 10001
brillig
sort of a couples' festschrift
t weeps in geeky joy at seeing "festschrift" used in a general sentence
Jesse - Apr 20, 2005 11:00:44 am PDT #7451 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You can tell I'm not American, can't you?
Even from here.
Emily - Apr 20, 2005 11:02:11 am PDT #7452 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I wish I could pretend that I toss it off insouciantly, connie, but really my mother's been working on one for the better part of a year now and I hear about it (and the tribulations of co-editing) every time I talk to her. Including on the way to buy her wedding dress.
askye - Apr 20, 2005 11:04:22 am PDT #7453 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
Most of the time when these family members start saying things I don't respond. I make polite excuses and leave. If it's during a meal I eat quickly and then leave. If I'm stuck in a situation for long enough I start thinking about gay vampire snuff porn, which usually distracts me.
However, there are times when things are said and I can't keep my mouth shut. Usually the person I have the most problems with is my Southern Baptist preacher relative, he says the most bigoted, racist things and I can't always keep my mouth shut for that. I've been rather successful at politely saying that I find what is being said offensive and I have to leave. Normally I just say I'm taking a walk or a nap or going to read a book, but there are times when I want to state that I'm leaving because I'm offended.