Of course, now he's lost the advantage of surprise, so I'm thinking stealth is right out.
You're right. Cage match it is. "And in both corners, ZZZMMAAAAYYHEMMMMMMMM!!!"
See, Vera? Dress yourself up; you get taken out somewhere fun.
Jayne ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
billytea - Aug 10, 2005 2:57:47 pm PDT #5737 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
DavidS - Aug 10, 2005 2:59:53 pm PDT #5738 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Of course, now he's lost the advantage of surprise, so I'm thinking stealth is right out.
Hmmm, headlock or full-nelson....
erikaj - Aug 10, 2005 3:05:41 pm PDT #5739 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
My mother would *smack* me to SF if I ever did something like that! The weird t-shirts, she has come to accept as par for Buffista course, though though she probably wouldn't think much of strange men wanting to see odd slogans across my breasts. But seriously, where is some people's pride? (I know. She sold it.) I'll come to the main event...I'll have just the shirt for it.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 10, 2005 3:07:01 pm PDT #5740 of 10001
What is even happening?
Oh, I wonder if I could sell my pride. I'm pretty sure I could make more.
JZ - Aug 10, 2005 3:07:08 pm PDT #5741 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Oh, God. He's going for brute strength. My only hope is to lay a pit trap in the lobby of our apartment building, carefully concealed with scattered leaves and old Warrior comics, and baited with an original lineup New York Dolls bootleg CD.
Then while he's climbing out, I can snatch the car and book down the 5 to hide behind ita.
erikaj - Aug 10, 2005 3:11:17 pm PDT #5742 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
You can still win. Remind of how fast hair grows and that the Gypsy Kings made five albums.
DawnK - Aug 10, 2005 3:11:38 pm PDT #5743 of 10001
giraffe mode
JZ, at this point I think your plan is sound (plus a bonus visit to see the LAistas - F2F YAY!)
erikaj - Aug 10, 2005 3:13:58 pm PDT #5744 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Y'all Golden State folks and having your f2fs... huh. Maybe I should start freetheliberal.com too.
billytea - Aug 10, 2005 4:12:15 pm PDT #5745 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Wally Report! You know you want it. ...Actually, that would make a great Wally Report. Um. But anyway, latest doings. Yesterday a woman in my office left to take up a new position elsewhere. I asked her out for something to eat sometime. Didn't get quite the enthusiastic response I was looking for, but she said yes, and I'm feeling good about having asked her.
Actuarial student has sent me an email every day this week. (Of course, I've been keeping up the same pace.) I shall take this as a Good Sign. However, I must regretfully conclude that she really is tone deaf when it comes to flirting; my attempts - which I thought were reasonably charming, myself - have been treated as misunderstandings. Me, misunderstand! Can you believe it?
Anyway, I have decided on a slightly different tack. We'll see how that goes.
Fay - Aug 10, 2005 4:27:28 pm PDT #5746 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
...so I've got an official email re the situation with the new school. Their explanation of the whole electric cable thing convinced me, actually. My options now are:
To spend the year doing preparatory work for the school's 2006 opening, under the direction of the school's Principal. The salary and benefits would be the same for 2005-2006 as if I were teaching.
Alternatively, they can offer to pay me three monthly installments of the starting annual salary under my contract to agree to rescind the entire contract, or to rescind only the first year of the contract. The choice would be mine. This payment represents 50% more than the amount the contract requires.
They're being pretty decent, as far as I can see. I guess I'm going to go back to Egypt and take the non-teaching job, then. Probably. Need to think this through, because I'm loath to lose a year's classroom time. But on the other hand I've got a flat full of stuff and a lonely and puzzled cat and my life in Cairo.
bangs head on desk.