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'


Spike's Bitches 29: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.  

[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.


sumi - Mar 29, 2006 8:30:45 pm PST #6123 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

{{{Harvey}}}

Hec, I'm appalled that so-called Nice Boss would do the "I'm looking you straight in the eye" thing and just tell a bold-faced lie.

I watched Top Chef! I'm not surprised that Candice (sp?) is gone and I'm REALLY happy that Stephen was in the bottom three.

Next week on Bones: " Pirates !"


sj - Mar 29, 2006 8:34:43 pm PST #6124 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

sumi I was sad to see Candace go; I wanted Stephen to go before her so she could gloat a little bit. Also, I just want Stephen to go. I can't stand him. His cocky, I am too good for this and I don't follow the assignments, attitude needs to go.


Cass - Mar 29, 2006 8:50:34 pm PST #6125 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Ack! ((Harvey))


Steph L. - Mar 29, 2006 8:58:12 pm PST #6126 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

So, The Boy and I finally had The Talk tonight. You know, the what-the-hell-are-we-doing-and-do-we-try-to-define-it-and-will-this-all-end-in-tears talk.

The long and the short of it is that we're on the same page, emphatically not!dating, just being friends who flux. It just took us a VERY long conversation to realize that we're on the same page.

Him: "I worry, because....I don't obsess about you." [He has ADD and a lot of OCD tendencies, and his M.O. in past relationships has been to obsess about the lass in question.]
Me: "I call that *healthy,* actually. I'd be creeped out if you *were* obsessed with me."

Him: "I'm attracted to you....but it's not always lightning flashes and overwhelming lust."
Me: "Oh, honey. We're not *14* years old. It's not always overwhelming lust for me, either."

Him: "Our friendship is SO important to me. I don't want to fuck it up."
Me: "....Me, too. Like, me too, times 1 million."

Me: "So....*what* are we doing?"
Him: "Same thing as we have been -- making it up as we go along."

It's cool, it's good. I think.


WindSparrow - Mar 29, 2006 9:13:39 pm PST #6127 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

Tres groovy, Teppy.


Spidra Webster - Mar 29, 2006 9:27:41 pm PST #6128 of 10001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

Carrotlicious.


§ ita § - Mar 29, 2006 10:05:59 pm PST #6129 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Apparently he stopped by our mailbox on his adventure.

Oh, Gud, that's marvellous. You have a handful and a half, there.

Deena, congratulations!


meara - Mar 29, 2006 10:39:06 pm PST #6130 of 10001

Aww. I feel your conversational pain, Teppy. I hate those conversations, and have had too many of them in the past six or nine months. And yet, they've mostly turned out good, once we were both figuring out what the hell we were trying to say (or realized we weren't sure WHAT we wanted to say). So, yay for being on the same page!

I went out tonight with a friend from LJ who I had never met! She's awesome, and I was so glad to meet her! And we went to a dyke bar in San Francisco, my very first lesbian San Francisco experience! Yay. Of course, they were all too cool for life hipsters with freaky hair and piercings and crazy clothing (WHY were several of them wearing bandanas around their necks? It was very "I'm going to rob a train" or "I'm taking part in an IMF protest"...)


vw bug - Mar 30, 2006 1:43:22 am PST #6131 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

Hec, I'm still just boggled this morning. And so sorry you have to go through this. You don't deserve it. Not in the least.

Gud, that is one handful you've got there. I'm so glad he didn't wander too far off. But, still, such a cutie!

{{{Deena}}} Hope you're still sleeping and sleeping well and that the doctor gives you the good drugs today. This is no time for your body to decide to get sick!

Teppy, sounds good. Glad you guys are on the same page.

I think I'm forgetting stuff. So, hugs and kisses all around.

Went to quilting last night and had good fun. Ruth, one of the quilt shop workers, had seen mom on Sunday and Tuesday. She asked mom where I was, 'cause we always come in together, so she knew I'd been in the hospital. She was so excited to see me and came and gave me a great big hug. It's nice to have such caring people everywhere...including the quilt store. Of course, they get so much of my money, they better care! *grin*

It was nice to get out of the house, though. I even got a little dressed up. Wore my new pancho, which mom said was lovely and not the least bit too tight, so YAY! Even got compliments on it at the quilt party. Oh, and I put on makeup and jewelry too. I don't remember the last time I did that. I felt all put together.

Today I get the electrodes stuck to my head. There is much quilting and crocheting in my future. I've got two quilts to work on and three crochet projects going, so I should be good. It's gonna be nice this weekend, so maybe I'll take an adventure out to the balcony to work. That would be nice. I would love to get the two quilt tops done, though. That would be fun.

The new quilt they introduced last night is just lovely and very simple. It's an Irish Chain, which is a version of the nine patch [link] The main colors are green and cream. I searched the quilt store for the perfect border fabric, because I think I'm going to give this quilt to J for her birthday. She's got a green couch and a purple couch in her living room, and she keeps saying that she wants something to pull them together. What's more perfect than a quilt? I found a lovely purple flower fabric with the right green color (it was a tricky green to match): [link] (it looks a little blue in this picture, but it really is a lovely purple). I think she's gonna love it. And it's really gonna brighten up her living room and make it feel even more homey. I'm excited. Her birthday is in May. I think I won't have any trouble getting it done by then.

Ok. I think I got chatty enough. Time to shut up for a little while.


Stephanie - Mar 30, 2006 1:48:55 am PST #6132 of 10001
Trust my rage

Good luck with the electrodes and all, bug! The quilt sounds like a really great quilt in and of itself, but it also sounds like it will be a good distractor.