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.
It's like, in the middle of all this, I'm paranoid that you'll think I don't like poetry.
Buffy ,'Empty Places'
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.
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
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.
Gudanov - Apr 20, 2005 11:11:37 am PDT #7454 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Somehow my extended family avoids ugly conversations despite some pretty sharp political and religous differences.
lori - Apr 20, 2005 11:14:02 am PDT #7455 of 10001
Allyson's big public thing here at work went wonderfully. Good crowd, people laughed at her jokes in the intro, the speaker was funny and engaging. Yay!
Gudanov - Apr 20, 2005 11:15:19 am PDT #7456 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Yay for Allyson!
§ ita § - Apr 20, 2005 11:15:27 am PDT #7457 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Allyson and The Big Public Thing.
I like the ring of that...
lori - Apr 20, 2005 11:17:26 am PDT #7458 of 10001
Also, I sat next to QPB and got a mini-recap of the Lost shindig.
Sue - Apr 20, 2005 11:17:33 am PDT #7459 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Allyson and The Big Public Thing.
ita makes it sound dirty. It's the capitals.
Calli - Apr 20, 2005 11:18:27 am PDT #7460 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Go Allyson! Woo-hoo!
My dad and I used to love political debates. It never got terribly personal or emotional. Lately he's been agreeing with me, though, which is a little unbalancing. He used to be my reality check--now he's all, "They really do suck. Damn."
-t - Apr 20, 2005 11:20:08 am PDT #7461 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Allyson and The Big Public Thing.
ita makes it sound dirty. It's the capitals.
I think it sounds like a children's book.