I hope you don't think that I just come over for the spells and everything. I mean, I really like just talking and hanging out with you and stuff.

Willow ,'First Date'


Natter 36: But We Digress...  

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.


§ ita § - Jun 27, 2005 6:23:29 am PDT #4710 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Do you have any idea why? Or is that a too-nosy question (and sorry if it is)?

I think it's because I'm old, and they are. Sort of a (and as a single person myself, this is very flawed) if they're this old and single, what's wrong with them?

Makes no sense. What'll happen, will happen, as long as I don't sabotage stuff.


Nilly - Jun 27, 2005 6:28:51 am PDT #4711 of 10001
Swouncing

if they're this old and single, what's wrong with them?

You know what's sad? That I had to explain to several friends (around my age) that it doesn't mean that there's anything that is wrong with them. But they definitely think that about themselves - if they're this old, and still single, they must be flawed.

What'll happen, will happen, as long as I don't sabotage stuff.

Yup.

[Edit: 4+7=11]


Steph L. - Jun 27, 2005 6:33:22 am PDT #4712 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Grokster decision's in. Grokster lost.

Whuzza?

(That "whuzzah?" was meant to convey "I have no idea what those 2 sentences even MEAN.")


§ ita § - Jun 27, 2005 6:34:01 am PDT #4713 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

But they definitely think that about themselves - if they're this old, and still single, they must be flawed.

Hee. I don't think that about me (most of the time, anyway). I mean, I am flawed, but so is everyone else. But for me, if I see a guy I think is interesting, I figure my timing sucks so bad that someone else found him interesting first, and has staked a claim.


Nilly - Jun 27, 2005 6:41:39 am PDT #4714 of 10001
Swouncing

if I see a guy I think is interesting, I figure my timing sucks so bad that someone else found him interesting first

Oh, gotcha.

I mean, I am flawed, but so is everyone else.

One of my roommates seems to think that she won't deserve to find a SO unless she finishes fixing all her flaws. She has to become perfect in order for anyone to be interested in her enough.

I guess there's a place that whines, in me: "in what am I less than everybody else, that they got what they wanted and I didn't?". Not "what is so flawed in me that nobody wants me?" sort of whine, though. Closer to "what am I doing wrong? Am I doing something wrong?". And then I keep reminding myself that it's not up to just me. And then it's back to timing and luck and that's out of my hands.


flea - Jun 27, 2005 6:43:23 am PDT #4715 of 10001
information libertarian

Grokster, a file-sharing service, had a case before the Supreme Court, about whether or not they could be sued for providing the means for people to illegally share stuff. They can, say the Supremes.


Steph L. - Jun 27, 2005 6:54:06 am PDT #4716 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Thanks, flea!

We talked here about the kid in Tennessee whose parents sent him to a "rehab" program for curing homosexuality after he came out to them, right?

Tennessee officials, including Child Services, are investigating the program: [link] And, relatedly (sorta), the gay penguins who raised a chick together now have a book about them: [link]


Topic!Cindy - Jun 27, 2005 7:03:11 am PDT #4717 of 10001
What is even happening?

One of my roommates seems to think that she won't deserve to find a SO unless she finishes fixing all her flaws. She has to become perfect in order for anyone to be interested in her enough.
If she gets all perfect, she'll take herself completely out of the dating pool. Who could live up to, or with perfection?
I guess there's a place that whines, in me: "in what am I less than everybody else, that they got what they wanted and I didn't?". Not "what is so flawed in me that nobody wants me?" sort of whine, though. Closer to "what am I doing wrong? Am I doing something wrong?". And then I keep reminding myself that it's not up to just me. And then it's back to timing and luck and that's out of my hands.
It is. And, you are a very busy woman, right now. I can't imagine handling your workload as it is, never mind with a serious boyfriend or husband in the picture.


§ ita § - Jun 27, 2005 7:06:27 am PDT #4718 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I can't imagine handling your workload as it is, never mind with a serious boyfriend or husband in the picture.

How about a casual boyfriend, one who's lots of fun, and always there when you call but not pining when you don't?

They do make those, right?


Nilly - Jun 27, 2005 7:08:49 am PDT #4719 of 10001
Swouncing

I can't imagine handling your workload as it is, never mind with a serious boyfriend or husband in the picture.

Most of the grad students here are already married, and most of them have at least one or two children, for the record.

They hadn't known how they'd be able to do it, either, according to them, but each and every one of them says that they had learned to use their time better, to re-order their priorities.