I avoid eye contact with strangers because I learned, growing up back east, that it could be taken as a challenge/invitation. That many people around you, personal privacy was important. There's a difference between looking past someone while giving off "I have a purpose" vibes and walking around with your head down looking like a victim.
Do you know what else has blood in it? Blood.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35
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.
Connie Neil - May 23, 2005 7:52:30 am PDT #6221 of 10001
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-t - May 23, 2005 7:56:46 am PDT #6222 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I feel like making eye contact is more of an invitation than not making eye contact, so mostly I don't. I haven't been attacked yet, though that's bound to me more a matter of luck than anything else.
Jessica - May 23, 2005 7:58:55 am PDT #6223 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
They painted it like not looking was equivalent to flashing your panties.
I never make eye contact with anyone on the street. I don't want to communicate with them, I don't want them to communicate with me, end of story.
Glamcookie - May 23, 2005 7:59:03 am PDT #6224 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Scathing anti-war testimony: [link]
EpicTangent - May 23, 2005 8:16:14 am PDT #6225 of 10001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Connie Neil - May 23, 2005 8:18:28 am PDT #6226 of 10001
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Psst, hey connie!
Pretty sword pens!
Of course, my eye was then immediately grabbed by the itty vibrators below the pens . . .
EpicTangent - May 23, 2005 8:32:43 am PDT #6227 of 10001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
my eye was then immediately grabbed by the itty vibrators below the pens
I can take no responsibility for the "if you like this, then check out these!" connections...in fact, mildly disturbed by a sword/fukuoku link.
Sheesh! Sometimes a sword is just a cigar, err, or something.
DavidS - May 23, 2005 8:37:58 am PDT #6228 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Dammit, I looked at a hamburger blog and now I want a hamburger. On the plus side I can go over there at 11:30 and beat the rush.
Less fun than contemplating the imminent cheeseburger: Emmett's got a sore neck, so he's home with Mom. Emmett is surprisingly muscley for an 8 y.o. and he will occasionally "sleep wrong" and get a pinched nerve. These don't seem like 8 y.o. ailments to me, but he gets them.
His Mom will be bringing him to my workplace at 2:30 today. Which at least relieves me of an afternoon commute, and he should be placated with a small gelato (which I owe him anyway from baseball).
Still, I didn't come in to work yesterday because it was too fucking gorgeous to be filing paperwork on a Sunday. But now I'm going to get behind and I'm stressing. Also, the car failed it's smog check and we already dropped $700 on it to fix that problem. So it can't get registered and blah blah dominoes.
Feh.
When's my cheeseburger? Can somebody set a timer?
Jessica - May 23, 2005 8:40:10 am PDT #6229 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Nilly - May 23, 2005 8:40:35 am PDT #6230 of 10001
Swouncing
Poking head to congratulate Betsy on her new job - yay!