I'm awake! I didn't oversleep. Okay, so awake just means that I am drinking coffee, but still in my jammies.
What should I do, then? Send her a gift? Sacrifice? … Unholy fruit basket?
Angel ,'Just Rewards (2)'
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.
Allyson - Dec 30, 2005 4:29:27 am PST #6048 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
Kate P. - Dec 30, 2005 4:42:01 am PST #6049 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I'm gonna start a site called crankyalone.
Ah, I love this.
Funny to see everyone talking about dating, since that is what I spent 2 hours in the car yesterday discussing with my mother. Good times. I had two fairly serious relationships in college, although one was with a total fucking loser, and then in the last five years I have dated exactly one person, for all of six awkward and confusing weeks. I'm extremely leery of online dating sites (but see very few other ways of meeting single men in my area who are interested in dating women), so I generally can't be bothered, which is alternately totally OK with me and totally depressing.
But I'm cheerful today because I'm going to see Brokeback Mountain this afternoon! Although I suspect I will be significantly less cheery afterwards, and am stocking up on Kleenex in preparation.
Jesse - Dec 30, 2005 4:46:46 am PST #6050 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I am already eating chocolate. At least I'll get out of work at 12:30 or so today.
The only word I hate more than quirky is kooky, which is what my Mom invariably calls anything I'm interested in, or do.
@@ My parents think I'm "edgy," which I think they think is cool.
I know I've said this before, but here is the reason I like online dating sites (and similar): Not because I'm going to meet my husband, but because it gets me used to talking to strangers. Which I generally avoid.
tommyrot - Dec 30, 2005 4:47:23 am PST #6051 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Maybe instead of a relationship, my goal will be to be abducted by super-intelligent aliens and used as their pet.
"Aww - he's so cute when he tries to explain his species's comprehension of quantum mechanics!"
As long as they don't have drunken parties where they make fun of my lack of a Unified Field Theory....
Theodosia - Dec 30, 2005 4:49:48 am PST #6052 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
but I'm cheerful today because I'm going to see Brokeback Mountain this afternoon!
I suppose it says something about my quirkyaloneness is that I was perversely cheered up by that movie, because no matter how cranky and alone I am, I'm not as bad off as those characters, not by a long shot.
Jesse - Dec 30, 2005 4:53:13 am PST #6053 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, also -- the temp who was out yesterday? Got bit by a dog! On her nose! I was totally assuming she just bagged out on working, and wouldn't be in today, either.
Jessica - Dec 30, 2005 4:55:51 am PST #6054 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Pilot dumps drunk man on island
The unidentified man swore at crew and passengers after being refused a bottle of wine on the four-hour flight from Manchester to Tenerife.
He became so abusive the fed-up pilot diverted the Monarch Airlines Airbus to Porto Santo island off West Africa.
After the plane touched down, the man was marched off by police and had his luggage dumped on the tarmac.
The plane and its remaining passengers then took off again for Tenerife, where it landed almost four hours late after the unscheduled stop.
Topic!Cindy - Dec 30, 2005 5:02:24 am PST #6055 of 10002
What is even happening?
Oh, also -- the temp who was out yesterday? Got bit by a dog! On her nose! I was totally assuming she just bagged out on working, and wouldn't be in today, either.I just heard from my mother that a
She was at her (other side of her family) cousin's ex's house for a party. My cousin grew up with a dog, has dogs now, and is a dog person, in general. The dog was gentle and friendly during the whole party. When my cousin got up to leave, the dog bit a chunk of her nose off, out of the blue. The dog is a Pit Bull, I guess, and apparently has bitten someone else, before.
Jesse - Dec 30, 2005 5:05:41 am PST #6056 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hmog! This was not a bite off, just a bite on. An English Bulldog, I think. They were having kisses when the dog got bitey. Oops.
§ ita § - Dec 30, 2005 5:08:49 am PST #6057 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My mother told me we'd get mumps if we let dogs (or cats, I'm pretty sure) get too close to our face.
Totally beats teeth in your nose.