Wesley: Hey. Hey, Gunn. Is something weird going on? … Charles, you just peed on my shoes. Gunn: I'll be damned. That's weird.

'Life of the Party'


Spike's Bitches 23: We've mastered the power of positive giving up.  

[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.


Betsy HP - May 18, 2005 12:06:15 pm PDT #9896 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

I couldn't do an affair, it would just be wrong.

It's also not going to make you feel better in the long term. It's like drinking heavily in that respect.


Betsy HP - May 18, 2005 12:06:36 pm PDT #9897 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

I think that's more of a priority if you like people.

Next time around, I am totally dating Sebaceans.


ChiKat - May 18, 2005 12:07:17 pm PDT #9898 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

Stephen's office had a lunch meeting in a local park last week, and they actually witnessed an affair-in-progress. The couple -- two adults in business garb -- pulled up in separate cars, he got into hers, they proceeded to make out for a while, and then he got back in his car and they left.

In my happy land of denial, I'm going to choose to think that this couple has been married for 8 years and just wanted a lunch make-out session with each other.

See? Isn't that romantic and warm fuzzy making?


Topic!Cindy - May 18, 2005 12:16:21 pm PDT #9899 of 10001
What is even happening?

I don't know anyone now, but my paternal grandfather was generally book intolerant. He thought that time spent with a book was time wasted. Whenever he caught his son reading, he'd get pissed off about it. I'm pretty sure my Dad became a bookworm as an act of teenage rebellion.
This could have been part of a brilliant strategy. I'm picturing your grandfather hiding War and Peace under his mattress, and putting on a book-hater facade, to get your dad to read. I think I'm going to tell the kids to watch more TV.

yet if I suddenly found myself alone and wanting to find someone new, there would be a lot of filters in place that have to do with who I am *now*.
I think right now, all my filters are set to: Is he Scott? I can't imagine someone else.


Amy - May 18, 2005 12:20:36 pm PDT #9900 of 10001
Because books.

I think right now, all my filters are set to: Is he Scott? I can't imagine someone else.

That, too. Like I said, not gonna happen without an act of God or some other natural disaster, so I don't worry about it too much. You know, except for when he's inexplicably home late from work and I'm certain that a bus *has* run him over and I will be alone forever... Gotta love catastrophic thinking.

See? Isn't that romantic and warm fuzzy making?

I like your happy, romantic land of denial. I may need a day pass there occasionally.


P.M. Marc - May 18, 2005 12:26:24 pm PDT #9901 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Next time around, I am totally dating Sebaceans.

But... no tropical vacations!


Polter-Cow - May 18, 2005 12:26:37 pm PDT #9902 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Cindy, LJ was logging me out too, but when I changed to Standard (rather than Secure), I stayed logged in.

vw, good luck on your job! Cause my job search blows.

My Pfizer contact hasn't responded since I sent him my stuff.

i3 Statprobe needs a medical writer...with two or three years experience.

Covalent isn't hiring.

MedImage isn't hiring.

QuatRX gets their people from a contractor.

SoloHill doesn't need a medical writer, but maybe they'll take a microbiologist, not that they're actively looking for anyone, though.

GAH. It doesn't look like the university has anything available either. I don't even want the perfect job. I just need a job. Preferably, that gives me relevant experience. To keep me afloat while I figure out how to start my damn career.


Betsy HP - May 18, 2005 12:26:55 pm PDT #9903 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

I hate tropical weather myself. The absence of suitable hot tubs is the real deal-breaker.


Connie Neil - May 18, 2005 12:30:44 pm PDT #9904 of 10001
brillig

I can't imagine someone else.

This. I hate the idea of being by myself, but the thought of having to learn someone new to that extent is gut-wrenching. Besides, I've been at this married thing for 20 years and counting, and part of me keeps whispering that it wants a break.

During a particularly bad time, Hubby said he wanted me to remarry if it came to that. I told him it wasn't going to happen. I think that made him feel all smug, I didn't tell him it was because I didn't want to adapt to someone else's way of doing dishes and all that.


P.M. Marc - May 18, 2005 12:34:01 pm PDT #9905 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

You can't take Sebaceans into the sauna, either.

Not that Paul's a sauna person, or a fan of heat, so it's almost like having a Sebacean in the house, only with fewer guns and no leather pants.