Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
[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.
if you can let go of being concerned about others' frustration with you... there was nothing you could do, short of being super psychic or something... If you can't handle that at this point in the semester (what with crazy catching up the students), I think you're well within the bounds of acceptability to let the department/coordinator know that.
Not your fault!
We've taken to calling my cat the Lich Cat (for the undead thingy from Dungeons & Dragons). He has very few teeth, he wandered around with an open wound for nearly two years until we moved (we couldn't afford to go to the vet every time he re-opened it), all the fur's been worn off his ears, and petting him is like petting a skeleton with a faintly fuzzy warm covering. But he's still ticking along, purring in my hair at every opportunity and going up and down stairs without problem.
I was going to call him the Velveteen Cat, who was waiting to be Real, but he's already Real. I think.
Oooh, pet nicknames!
Josie: Jo, JoJo, Jo-kins, Jo-kinny, Mow (or Mal), Mow-Mow, Mow-kins (or Mal-kin, Mal-kinny), Mow-kinny, Shims, Shimmy, Shim-Shim, Josephus
Bianca: Binky, Binks, Binkydoo, Binkydoodle
Jo is almost 12 and Binky is 2. Binky will end up with many more on her list, I'm sure.
Shadow, the plushy black cat, is called Fuzzy and Darkling.
there was nothing you could do, short of being super psychic or something.
What Nora said. It's not a good situation for you or the students, but it's 100% not your fault.
Bailey the dog - Bay, B-dog, Beeb-alicious, Boobers, Bigbutt, Wondermutt.
Ashton the cat - Ash, ShittyKitty, Hey!, NO!
I may be playing favorites between the dog and the cat.
I don't have any wacky nicknames for my cat. But I used to call a roomate's cat "The Little Fucker."
My brother had a cat named Fucker.
I address all cats, regardless of their size, as Big Fat Kitty.
And have taken to greeting my mom's dog with "What up, dawg???"
He never answers me, though.
Ok. I've calmed down a bit. I know this isn't my fault, but somehow I'm just afraid that the students/professor aren't going to understand that. Oh, well. I can only do what I can do at this point.
I'm currently printing out the lecture notes for Biology, so I can listen to the lectures online. I may disappear for a while while I listen to that. I'm not sure if I'll be able to surf and listen at the same time.