I am makeing the best of monday by watching Bride and Prejudice.
It is more fun that the kira Knightly version - because things can be changed in order to fit the culture norms. and of course, Naveen Andrews
I tell you I have this theory. It goes where, you're the one who's not my sister. Cuz mom adopted you from a shoe box full of baby howler monkeys, and never told you cuz it could hurt your delicate baby feelings.
Dawn ,'Selfless'
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.
beth b - Apr 03, 2006 9:58:51 am PDT #7061 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Calli - Apr 03, 2006 10:01:14 am PDT #7062 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
My non-online name is "Heather". I never tended to get nicknamed. "Heath" didn't seemed nick-ish, nor did "Ther". (If my sister had been of a more literary bent, I might have been renamed "Blasted Heath" by her. Instead she just called me "that brat".) Thanks to the Heather popularity that came along about 5 years after I was born, I haven't had any trouble with folks spelling or pronouncing it.
sj - Apr 03, 2006 10:03:12 am PDT #7063 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
My family called me sj as a child, but almost none of my school friends called me by a nickname. When they did it was a nickname on my last name and not my first.
brenda m - Apr 03, 2006 10:09:37 am PDT #7064 of 10001
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
My sister is Hilary, not terribly nickable, but that child's had more nicknames than anyone I know. A lot of them actually stem from her own mispronunciations when she was learning to talk. Several more from the three or so days following her birth when she remained unnamed.
I had one nick as a child that only people who knew me before I could walk ever use. Other than that I get called B or BJ or beej on occasion, none of which I mind.
Nicole - Apr 03, 2006 10:11:41 am PDT #7065 of 10001
I'm getting the pig!
My best friend's name is Heather. I have nicknames for her but they're just between us and have nothing to do with her name. Even back in high school she mostly just nicknamed herself anything that was a riff off of her own name. Like when her jeans were too tight, she called herself "Heifer". I shortened it to just Hef and then when she was pregnant with her first daughter, she changed it to Hef & Calf. Which, fun for *us* to say but not your average nickname. If anyone else called her that, she'd have probably killed them.
vw bug - Apr 03, 2006 10:13:25 am PDT #7066 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
I go off for a couple of hours, and you guys get CHATTY!
For the record, anybody who wants to put money in my account is free to do so.
I’ll keep that in mind.
I loved answering "And who may I say is calling" with "his daughter".
Bwah!
Welcome home, Sail!
I think forced nicknames are arrogant and contemptible, and will therefore never call someone something they've asked me not to call them, even in jest.
I think ita might have just become my favorite. Don’t tell Emily or msbelle. I used to HATE it when I was waitressing, and I’d introduce myself as Valerie, and people would automatically call me Val. As my brother says, Val is not my professional name (which makes me kind of sound like a hooker or stripper, but anyways…). You don’t call me Val unless you’re in my social circle or my family. It’s one of my biggest pet peeves.
Today sucks...total sucktastic Monday.
Poor erika! {{{}}}
In mememe news, ‘cause I can’t seem to post without it, the DigiTrace will take 10 to 14 days for the results. Blah. I’m impatient. In the meantime, we just wait. Waiting sucks.
But, in better news, some of you are very, very evil. You know who you are, and I am very grateful.
Nicole - Apr 03, 2006 10:31:16 am PDT #7067 of 10001
I'm getting the pig!
the DigiTrace will take 10 to 14 days for the results.
Wow. That is a long time. If I can order The Magic Bullet off of my tv and be using it to create the bestest egg salad you've ever seen by the following week, results for the DigiTrace should be faster. ijs.
vw bug - Apr 03, 2006 10:34:41 am PDT #7068 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
If I can order The Magic Bullet off of my tv and be using it to create the bestest egg salad you've ever seen by the following week, results for the DigiTrace should be faster. ijs.
Isn't the Magic Bullet the Best. Thing. EVER?! Now I need a smoothie.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 03, 2006 10:40:45 am PDT #7069 of 10001
What is even happening?
I used to HATE it when I was waitressing, and I’d introduce myself as Valerie, and people would automatically call me Val.A stranger calling you "Val" just seems so overly familiar. Most of the people I'm close to call me "Cin" in real life, but I don't think Strangers ever do.
WindSparrow - Apr 03, 2006 11:02:06 am PDT #7070 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.
Isn't the Magic Bullet the Best. Thing. EVER?! Now I need a smoothie.
Ok, I know it's wrong, wrong, wrong, but my mind does NOT go to a foodie place reading that sentence.
In Other Spring News, I put a load of laundry out on the line in the backyard. It's not a foregone conclusion that it will be completely dry before dark, but it is a strong possibility. Also? I raked a bed of flowers. I'm pretty sure I didn't savage any of the new baby tiger lilies coming up, but some of the wooden blocky things that bordered the flower bed came out. I may have roughed up some grape vines, but I think they are ok. Not a foregone conclusion that the job was done thoroughly. I think it may need another going-over. But, this is, like, the first bit of yardwork I've done here independently. Hope I didn't muck it up.