Jayne: Well... I don't like the idea of someone hearin' what I'm thinkin'. Inara: No one likes the idea of hearing what you're thinking.

'Objects In Space'


Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!  

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.


Emily - Dec 16, 2005 10:23:09 am PST #2681 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Whoa. I ordered some mirrors for my father yesterday and went to try and find them on the site just to look at them again and couldn't. Which is when it occurred to me -- given that they're handmade, they're not there anymore because they've been sold. To me. I don't know, somehow that seems all significant -- these are the only ones like that!


flea - Dec 16, 2005 10:23:14 am PST #2682 of 10002
information libertarian

I think the two 2-hour phone calls are more alarming than the mix tape, myself. I mean, if I had a boyfriend, I would wonder what he was thinking there. I thought he was Old Flame, not Best Buddy From Grade School.


Allyson - Dec 16, 2005 10:23:21 am PST #2683 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Well, are you finding it ego-soothing and reminding of your essential lovability?

HUGELY.

ita's peeing on my mix parade.


Allyson - Dec 16, 2005 10:24:28 am PST #2684 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I thought he was Old Flame, not Best Buddy From Grade School.

He's both. Well, high school and college.


brenda m - Dec 16, 2005 10:24:30 am PST #2685 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I say 3000 miles and a girlfriend means you bask in the crushiness without worrying that you'll have to follow up.


Emily - Dec 16, 2005 10:25:01 am PST #2686 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

HUGELY.

Well, keep some perspective to mitigate the bad, but revel in the good! That's what I say.

Also, what brenda said. She is v. wise.


flea - Dec 16, 2005 10:26:32 am PST #2687 of 10002
information libertarian

Okay, then. If he's an Ex-Best Buddy, he may not be evil.

Signed, has a great distrust of ex-Flames who call after several years and jerk you around for a few more weeks just because they're bored.


§ ita § - Dec 16, 2005 10:27:38 am PST #2688 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

ita's peeing on my mix parade.

You betchya.

I say 3000 miles and a girlfriend means you bask in the crushiness without worrying that you'll have to follow up.

But then there's the flipside that it's much easier to overinvest believing that you're safe, and suddenly the 3000 miles really hurts, and there's nothing you can do about it.

Don't get me wrong, I'd kill to have a good heady crush (I'm not sure I ever have). But they're so much better when the odds are good. And if you do have any control (may not be possible), I say you look at the odds before you get too far into indulging the warm fuzzies.


Lee - Dec 16, 2005 10:31:55 am PST #2689 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I just walked down a flight of stairs for the first time while wearing my new bifocals progressive lenses, and I was staring at my feet oddly the whole time, and stopped once mid step to figure out the depth thing, and when I got to the bottom, one of the senior partners and his wife were staring at me.

I'm pretty sure I came across as not being tremendously bright.


Emily - Dec 16, 2005 10:32:05 am PST #2690 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Wow. So I just went and looked up both the school they were trying to place me at and the one they're now trying to place me at... parent reviews of the two schools: "This school is a dead end school. As a Prent/Guardian, I never seen a school that bad in my whole life" to "This is the greatest school on earth." And the real indicator, I think, comes from the students: "I am a student there and the children are out of control parents who do not go to the school during school hours can not even comment i feel bad for teachers who can't teach because the students are such a distraction.I am a senior this year graduating 2006" versus "No other high school could have equipped me better for coursework at Princeton and balancing academics and extracurriculars." Ouch.