I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.

Fred ,'A Hole in the World'


Natter 40: The Nice One  

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 § - Nov 10, 2005 5:05:35 am PST #2722 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Light pole Robin Hoods?


Kate P. - Nov 10, 2005 5:06:35 am PST #2723 of 10006
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

OMG.

A grant that I've been working on is due today. It involves our partnership with another city organization that works with low-income teenagers. Yesterday at 5:15pm, the guy in charge of the other org calls our Education Director (who had already left for the day) and says "I just talked to one of our board members, and I think we may be applying for the same grant, so I'm not sure we can partner with you after all." What. the. fuck. am I supposed to do now?


Jesse - Nov 10, 2005 5:07:52 am PST #2724 of 10006
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Stab someone.

And I speak as a seasoned fundraising professional.


Laura - Nov 10, 2005 5:10:21 am PST #2725 of 10006
Our wings are not tired.

I think we may be applying for the same grant

He thinks! And it's due today. Yeah, stabbing seems about right.


Calli - Nov 10, 2005 5:13:28 am PST #2726 of 10006
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

He thinks! And it's due today.

Don't grants have some sort of identifying system? Names, numbers, something? If he thinks it's an issue, perhaps a five minute session of comparing grant proposals would clear it up.


Nilly - Nov 10, 2005 5:20:47 am PST #2727 of 10006
Swouncing

were there such a thing...NO MORE WINTER EVAH!

The next step is, of course, to invent a machine that stores those coldon particles, so that they can be released to the air in months like July and August, in places like Tel-Aviv.

50 Cent

The only thing I know about this movie is that it was mentioned in some Israeli movies site, and they kept mentioning his name as the current Israeli currency equivalent to the sum of 50 cents. So the kept calling him "2.34 NIS".

Kate, is there a way to fins out for sure whether that person is involved with another grant? This way, if he isn't, fine, and if he is, you can start figuring out what to do from there, but at least you'll know you have to deal with the problem, not just be in this annoying "what now?" state. [Edit: x-post, of course. Either way, it'll have to be finished today, and then it will be over, right?]


Trudy Booth - Nov 10, 2005 5:21:07 am PST #2728 of 10006
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

She has a goldfish brain and was startled, so she promptly bit me and started purring at the same time.

Or she's kinky, you just don't know.

It's raining and windy here. blah!

You should come to New York then! Woo hoo!

Makes me wonder if activist groups have to make noise periodically so that people know they exist

Like a bunch of women in lingerie and wings protesting the destruction of the rainforest outside the Victoria's Secret show. Other than the fact that VS has catalogs I just don't see the connection.


Kate P. - Nov 10, 2005 5:21:07 am PST #2729 of 10006
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Plus, did I mention the two other people in my office who deal with grants aren't here today? Argh.

Don't grants have some sort of identifying system? Names, numbers, something? If he thinks it's an issue, perhaps a five minute session of comparing grant proposals would clear it up.

I'm a little confused about what you're asking. It's a major local grant, so I doubt he'd be confusing it with another proposal.


Trudy Booth - Nov 10, 2005 5:22:07 am PST #2730 of 10006
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

The only thing I know about this movie is that it was mentioned in some Israeli movies site, and they kept mentioning his name as the current Israeli currency equivalent to the sum of 50 cents. So the kept calling him "2.34 NIS".

That is hys.ter.i.cal.


bon bon - Nov 10, 2005 5:22:50 am PST #2731 of 10006
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

dreamt of dogs last night. They were large dogs, and not dressed as wedding participants. I felt that bon bon should know this.

I do feel better knowing this.