Niska: Mr. Reynolds? You died, Mr. Reynolds. Mal: Seemed like the thing to do.

'War Stories'


Spike's Bitches 25 to Life  

[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.


libkitty - Jul 18, 2005 4:22:48 pm PDT #1505 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs

No Chocolate Therapy within 40 miles of me. It's probably a good thing, but crap.


DavidS - Jul 18, 2005 4:38:58 pm PDT #1506 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

For Jilli & Aimee and vw.

Hannah Fury talks about reading Wicked:

BLG: I have to ask you about the cycle of "Wicked" songs inspired by the book of the same name by Gregory Maguire. How did you come to write them?

HF: So, regarding the Wicked songs: A friend lent me "Wicked," and I was completely lost in it. Obviously the book itself is wonderful, so imaginative and beautifully written. Perfect, really. Gregory Maguire is amazing. But mostly it was the main character herself that touched me so deeply. I really think Elphaba separated from the story at some point and became absolutely real to me. I became totally obsessed with her and thought about her constantly and for a long time after finished the book. It felt like I had a crush on her, or was even in love, because she was always on my mind, and I had this longing feeling that I can't describe. It was like I had lost her when I finished the book, and so there was this emptiness, this sadness. It just felt like my heart was broken. But her ghost was always there, haunting me. I wasn't able to concentrate or anything. It was the weirdest thing, very sorrowful and difficult emotionally, but very wonderful too.

I think I really identified with her and understood her in a lot of ways, too. How she was so misunderstood and alone, how people thought she was too strong to need love, how she was thought of as evil, and had to feel that way about herself, how she felt ugly and different and so she devised ways to protect herself because she was really very sensitive, and the fact that she sang "songs of longing and otherness." There were times when I felt so close to her that I'd almost say I became her.

So the songs came out of that obsession, that love for her, that desire to help her. They just came one after the other, and all of a sudden I had six of them. Some of them were written through her in her voice, and others were written for her in my voice. Five are on the album and the last one will be on a single.


Steph L. - Jul 18, 2005 4:40:24 pm PDT #1507 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

And Steph, your description of your dad's behavior made me literally groan in recognition.

Beej, thanks for the book recommendation -- I just checked my library's website, and put it on reserve.


vw bug - Jul 18, 2005 4:54:55 pm PDT #1508 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

Hec, that's really cool. Gonna go check her out now.


Fay - Jul 18, 2005 4:56:52 pm PDT #1509 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

That is very cool.

Hannah Fury, eh? Huh. Probably not so much available in Cairo.

kicks table.


Amy - Jul 18, 2005 5:07:13 pm PDT #1510 of 10001
Because books.

Dinner was homemade crab quiche. Yum-mee.

Did you work with Dr. Ellis for the copy? ... Any idea when the new copy will come out?

No, to the first question -- with new editions, I'm usually asked just to revamp the old copy and add a new spin. And my notes say it's coming out in February 2006. I hope there's a new look for the cover, too. The old one was pretty bare bones.

I just checked my library's website, and put it on reserve.

Tep, if you like it, I can get you a copy, I bet. If I hadn't sent back the one I used for writing the copy, I would have sent it on.


sj - Jul 18, 2005 5:12:13 pm PDT #1511 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I had a good day today. I called T because she took a mental health day from work, and we went out with my mother shopping. It was fun, kind of like what we used to do when T and I were little girls.

sj, new Lily pictures start here: [link]

Thanks Teppy! She is getting prettier every day. I love the shirt that JZ made for her, and I love that skirt Jilli is wearing.

Annabel is getting so big! She looks a lot less like a baby and a lot more like a little girl.

So far, all I have is the intent, the resolve, that there are going to be some boundaries, by god. My actual follow-through, however, hasn't been so great. When the ignoring of boundaries comes from the other person's neediness, I'm unable to say Cut That Shit Out, because I'm too afraid of hurting the other person. Particularly when it's my Dad. Or a close friend.

{{{Teppy}}} Know what you need to work on and having the intent to work on it is half the battle. You'll get there, though maybe not as much with you Dad as you would like to. Parents can be tough. My mom does the constantly checking in thing with me too. I find it easier to just put up with it and cut the conversation short because I am "busy". Good luck.

I'm gonna be in Vermont in 3 weeks -- Ben & Jerry's tour, baby!!!

Teppy, are you going to have any time to spend with the Sommervillians?

Also, I forgot to say this in my last post. I got my grade back for my summer session class that I almost withdrew from.

A

Yay, vw!!! More amunition to throw at you when you say you can't do it. Go you!


askye - Jul 18, 2005 5:12:13 pm PDT #1512 of 10001
Thrive to spite them

I had no therapy today, it got rescheduled for tomorrow.

Went dancing, co worker did't show up but I gave lousy directions. I think I'll suggest next week she come to my house and then follow me over.

I danced with lots of different people. This guy from Turkey. I screwed his name up a few times. Another guy with a thrilling accent, don't know where he was from. Forgot his name.

And this guy who was teh hawt. Seriously omigod. Hot. Tall, nice arms (at least they felt nice when we were dancing) and hot.


DavidS - Jul 18, 2005 5:26:55 pm PDT #1513 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Hannah Fury, eh? Huh. Probably not so much available in Cairo.

Fay, I can put a song up at Buffistarawk for you to download it you'd like to sample her.


Steph L. - Jul 18, 2005 5:29:03 pm PDT #1514 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I just checked my library's website, and put it on reserve.

Tep, if you like it, I can get you a copy, I bet. If I hadn't sent back the one I used for writing the copy, I would have sent it on.

Oh, thank you! I'll let you know, once I read it.

My mom does the constantly checking in thing with me too. I find it easier to just put up with it and cut the conversation short because I am "busy". Good luck.

You know, now that you mention your mom, I think you and I talked about this a little in Cleveland -- the hyper-vigilant "you-must-check-in-with-me-or-I'll-call-the-morgue-looking-for-your-body" parental technique.

I'm gonna be in Vermont in 3 weeks -- Ben & Jerry's tour, baby!!!

Teppy, are you going to have any time to spend with the Sommervillians?

I tried to juggle my schedule, and my family has made it clear that there are going to be Far Too Many Family Things for us to do for me to go gallivanting off to Boston. Feh. (But they're probably right, and I love my bro and want to be there, anyway.)

My back is randomly spasming, which is reallllllly annoying. I have muscle relaxers, though, so I took them and now I'm in bed, snuggled up with Harry Potter....errr....the Harry Potter *book*....and hopefully my back will be un-spasm-y in the morning.

(Harry Potter progress: Chapter 1 finished. Woot.)