I too taught myself to read at around 2. I'm not sure exactly when, because my mother contends I was born being able to read. I must have figured out phonics at some point, because I could sound out words, although there were embarrassing moments with words such as "lapel." The two earliest books I remember reading were Little Women and a book about Roy Chapman Andrews' hunting dinosaurs in the Gobi Desert. Yes, I was another of those obsessed-with-dinosaurs children. What I did through most of school is read books hidden in my lap or behind the book we were supposed to be reading.
It's simple. I slap 'em around a bit, torture 'em, make their lives hell...Sure, the nice guys'll run away,but every now and then you'll find a prince like Spike who gets off on it.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
Spike's Bitches 24: I'm Very Seldom Naughty.
[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.
Ginger - Jun 09, 2005 7:05:25 am PDT #3702 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
vw bug - Jun 09, 2005 7:13:34 am PDT #3703 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Mmmmm...lunch!
WindSparrow - Jun 09, 2005 7:14:10 am PDT #3704 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Rules for stray cats - [link]
vw bug - Jun 09, 2005 7:22:05 am PDT #3705 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
I absolutely love our chef.
"Are you sure you got enough? There's still some left."
My god, I stuffed myself!
Strix - Jun 09, 2005 7:22:45 am PDT #3706 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Murphy's Law at Work, at work:
When you bring enough stuff into your temp job to keep you occupied for the day, that will be the day they finally give you some work to do.
In my case, transcribing 6 months of meeting notes. Which is fine; it's a stockbroker firm, so it's all kinda interesting, in a I-have-no-fucking-clue-what-this-means jargon-y kind of way.
And it does make the time go faster, and hey! I don't have to work tomorrow!
Aims - Jun 09, 2005 7:34:04 am PDT #3707 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Annabell = teh cutie pie!
And also, we have the sme pack n play with the elephants!!!
Loan has been funded I should have it today!!!
t goes nuts on eBay shopping spree
t just kidding
I *am* getting a mani/pedi on Friday though. I haven't had one since NOVEMBER.
§ ita § - Jun 09, 2005 7:35:32 am PDT #3708 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have a mani/pedi question. Or two -- they remove your existing nailpolish? Or do you go in bare? Also, how do you make it home without messing up the toes? Do they have a magic drying machine?
Emily - Jun 09, 2005 7:37:38 am PDT #3709 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I can't believe you actually wrote it down :)
I didn't. But I typed it while he was on the phone, and just left the notepad open.
vw bug - Jun 09, 2005 7:39:26 am PDT #3710 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Ah...
Edit: Em, could you jump on AIM for a minute?
Nora Deirdre - Jun 09, 2005 7:43:08 am PDT #3711 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
they do remove existigng polish. they often do have a quick dry machine or drying areosole spray. But the bet thing to do is bring flip flops to go home in.
ION, I am really freaking out because there is too much to do and not enough time to do it. I can't do anything except think or write about how overwhelmed I am, and obviously, that does not halp the work get done, in fact it takes time away from doing it. But I just can't do this. I don't know what to do.